The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
The St Paul state board of equalization is
in session at the state capitol T 70 following

The St Paul state board of equalization il
in session at the state capitol. I 10 following
are members and judicial districts: D. Bas-
sett, fourth district; F. S. Christensen, first
J. Compton, seventh William Dawson, second
L P. Durfee, sixth; A. N. Johnson twelfth
]. 6. Lawrence, third; c. McNelly, tenth
William Rich, ninth; z. B. Page, fifth; H.
Poehler, eighth; H. Thompson, eleventh; At
torney General W. J. Hahn, State Auditor W.
w. Branden, Gov. l. F. Hubbard, ex- officio
members.
The Prohibitionists of the First, Second and
Third congressional districts, have called con-
ventions for the purpose of putting in nomina-
ton candidates for congress- The convention
IS; for the Second district at Worthington,
Sept 10; for the Third district at Carver, Sept
II: f'
Sixteen bushels to the acre is the average talk
of the wheat prophets.
New Canada, Ramsey county, is the newest
Minnesota post Office.
AtSt Pauls church st. Paul, on Sept 3, 1884,
by the Rev. E. s. Thomas, Maidie, daughter of
Hon. Edmund Rice, was married to William
Dawson, Jr.
Ex-senator William Window of Minnesota
arrived at Wormleys Washington Sunday
morning from his trip to Yellowstone Park.
from which he returned by way of Salt Lake
and the Union Pacific. His family is in Eng
land, to remain until November.
During the storm Wednesday, which passed
over Lemond, south of Owatonna, Cornelius
Larsen, who was blowing, was instantly killed
by lightning. His clothing was torn into
shreds. His $500 team was killed, and three
stacks OF wheat, twenty rods distant, contain
ing $50 bushels, were totally destroyed by fire.
A number of trees were struck near the city:
Four prisoners, confined in the county Jail
in Mankato, escaped Friday evening by saw
ing Off the iron bars of their cells They took
the steel spring from the shanks of their shoes
and the strap irons from the bottom of their
beds and made saws and did good work with
them. Tho escaped prisoners are the ones who
were charged with the burglary of Strauss 4
Schlesinger's store some time since.
First-class fire clay has been discovered at
Herman.
Henry Jones lawyer Of Red Wing, who was
arrested on change of appropriating 1921,
collected for William Deering of Chicago, was
acquitted, the prosecution failing to make ont
case.
Murphy, the temperance advocate is having
success i'll St Paul
The Republican convention at Morris nomin.
ated Il. H. Wells for senator, and K. G. Orion
for represent ative.
The Bingham Lake creamery has been closed,
leaving several debts, which will be paid bv
Mr.. ellis of Illinois.
The Cottonwood county fair will be held at
Window, Sept 49, II and Is.
A number of Indian girls from the Rosebud
agency in Dakota have been placed with the
Sisters Of the Holy Child Jesus, at their acade-
my at Anoka About as many boys have been
placed with the Franciscan fathers at Clon-
tart
The friends of John P. Owens, register Of the
United States land Office at Taylor's Falls will
be sorry to hear that he is quite i'll and partial
~ disabled by recent stroke of paralysis
His wife has long been bed ridden invalid
from rheumatism % '"t
Mrs. H. D. Huntington, of Cincinnati, who
died IT Crested Butte last Saturday, will be sim
cerely mourned in Minnesota is w6A as in
other states where her numerous benefactions
are remembered with gratitude. While out
driving with her sister and daughter on the
l1th, she was thrown from her carriage and re-
ceived injuries from which she never recovered.
Mrs. Huntington's gifts to the Episcopal church
were many and large. Shattuck school at Far
ibault owes more t. her than to any other of
it's friends and supporters. The Shumway
chapel. one of the most perfect and
complete church buildings in the state, was
and no year passed without some token Of re-
from the same hand. Her men,
DRY, will long be gratefully cherished in Mime
sofa and elsewhere by those who owed much
70 her earnest sympathy and liberal assistance