The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-28

as it may seem, none of them ever said
word about it until a few days ago.
They did not want to get into trouble,
and have to 60 to court as witnesses, is
the reason some of them. give for not
speaking at the time.
The 100000 bushel elevator at Wa
basha, built by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& and st. Paul railway, and to be oper-
ated by the Minnesota Elevator COM
pany Of Red Wing, is nearly completed
How soon the company will occupy it
is just at present undecided.
B. F. Mackall, one Of the oldest set
tiers of Moorhead, was married the 18th
inst. at West Philadelphia to Mary H,
Kurtz, sister of DR.. Hurts of Moorhead.
The remains of Judge L. L. West
were inferred in Oakland cemetery,
Sank Centre under the solemn and
beautiful rites and ceremonies Of the
masonic order.
H. J. A. Holmen, ex-city treasurer
of Rochester, is lying very low Of heart
disease, from which he has been suffer
er for year or more, and his recovery
is extremely doubtful.
A man named johnson, living neal
Pine Lake, was badly frozen while
driving home, drunk, necessitating the
amputation of both hands s, =. Z. 3
Ernest Bendimore, who Was taken u
the Clay county jail from Becker ooin-
~ on the charge 81 having assaulted
his wife by shooting Her sssstioe with q
|reXolyer q the YiiHagesof Detroit, was
released On i writ Of habeas corpus by
Sam Partridge, court 2 commissioner,
Moorhead, ssF'''
in reply to a request by Springer
Harbaug, Clifford Richardson, assistant
chemist of the department of agricul.
ture, submits the following analysis OF
specimens of Minnesota Scotch Fife
wheat: Water, 8 81 per cent; ash, 2.O5
phosphic acid, 81; nitrogen, 2.32; al
bumen, 14.53; gluten, moist, 1916
gluten, dry, 14.08. Weight of 100 grains
2. $50 grammes. It is therefore, says Mr..
Richardson, apparently above the aver.
age production of the country, in quail
ity with thes exception of size Of the
grs!r
Sam Daniels was before Justice Wood
ard at Wells last week on charge Of
perjury in swearing to his wife's age in
obtaining marriage license. The
charge was made by Yankee Myers,
father of Daniels wife. The prisoner
was bound over to await action of the
grand jury and set at liberty on his own
recognizance.
The gambling hell" that has been
running full blast" in Walkers build
ing, Alexandria, for several weeks was
brought to *fgrief" by the arrest and
conviction of John Gilman, William
Counts and man who refused to give
his name Each of the defendants was
fined 800 or be committed to the county
Jail for ninety days or until the fines
are paid.
Articles of incorporation of the
Societa Italiana Dante Alighieri di
Mutuo Soccorso have been filed with
the secretary Of state::.' It's general pur-
pose is the mutual benefit and improve
lnent of it's members, who are restricted
to persons of good character who can
speak the italian language The in
corporators are G. Defranci, A. Zac-
cagnini and others.
The hardware store of Allen g. Phil
lips Of Northfeld was closed by the
deputy sheriff on Wednesday, the Goth,
on an attachment in favor of. S. Allen
for the sum of $4,000. The total liabili-
ties are as yet unknown.
Charles W. Shepherd of the Gilsey
house, New York, is to be the head
manager, under Col. West, of the new
West hotel in Minneapolis.
At St. Paul Rev. DR.. Brooks celebra-
ted the golden jubilee Of his ministry.
Hon. B. Sampson of Crookston, Polk
county, has arrived in..St. Paul from
Washington where he has been for a
month past: The. object Of his trip to
Washington was to aid in the passage
of bill vacating the Red.Lake Indian
reservation. Mr.. Sampson says the
reservation contains about fifty. town
sites and is divided about equally be-
tween timber and prairie land, the lake
being near the center Of the reservation.
The timber is of a very good quality, Of
pine, oak, and poplar. There are a
great many settlers around the reserva-
tion who. are in need of timber for
building and heating purposes; and
they cannot afford to ship lumber in as
it is too high in price. There is also q
demand for prairie land. A petition,
with 5000 signatures attached, praying
for the passage = of :. this
bill was sent to Wash
ington some time ago and the Minneap-
oils people were expected to urge it's
passage, but did not. The bill pro-
vides for 100 acres for each Indian, and
eighty acres for the children. It also
provides for the. sale of o part Of the
timber and the resumption of the pra-
RE land. The Indians are very few on
the prairie, though there are quite a
number in the timber, and most Of
these would go to the White Earth res
ervations being occupied by the same
tribes. Mr.: Sampson says that the
secretary of the interior has given his
endorsement to the bill. III -
= Pipestone will: soon have a marriage
insurance company, Z p: - ~: :: Y !.
Richard Roller is under arrest at Has
ings for stealing lotEof meat from a
man in Vermillion. Morris Dix is also
under arrest. ,1-.3I~e. n. ). =
Samuel Daniels was arrested in; Wells
recently charged with perjury in swear
ing to Che age Of his solid girl in order
to obtain q marriage license. ss.5t IS. .:s.
The proposition to bond Polk coun-
y for railroad purposes was lost byover
800 majority s.s5s &''. s.
Henry Lennox, hurt in Mitchelps
lumber camp recently had his eganpu-
tated in Duluth
The audit Of Blue Earth county So
paying ont conside rable money for boun-
iss tor olf scalz,s.