The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-09

sure NOl BEND rather severely, holding tina
his answers to the charges are entirely INSULT
cient
j. Crowley was run over and killed by trail
at Wyoming, near Rush City. He has relatives
| IN Nova Scotia.
In Minneapolis Mr.. Wardes supers wer
largely composed of university students on tn
night "Richard I'LL" was presented. The.
were in the army to be defeated, according t
| the text of the play, but in the heat of the bat
tie well nigh overcame Rlchmond's force, com
posed of bootblacks and newsboys. The bat
tie was fought with 80 much earnestness tina
| eighteen spears were broken and half a doZel
really wounded.
Seymour, Sabin & Co. have been sued in tn,
United States circuit court by the First Nation
al bank of Stevens Point, Wis, on note fol
$1,000 given on Jan. Is last, to run foul
months, and Endorsed by Dwight M Sabin.
Adolph Johnson was killed Wednesday in ,
Minneapolis roller mill
Croker, Pell & Boardman, are financially en-
barrasseu, and q receiver was appointed in thu
district court
The frame dwelling house of Samuel Weisber
| ger in Duluth caught fire from defective flu.
| recently, ana was burned line furniture wal
saved Loss, 81, 600; insured
The trial of Rapist Burns at Brainerd wa.
enlivened by vigorous attempts on the part Of
the prosecutrix to kill the defendant
| Minnesota leads the country in the amount
of track laid during the nine months of thu
present year, the total number of miles being
239. The amount laid in Dakota was 112 miles
| il - I'LL
operatian, but only the track actually laiG
| since Dec. 81.
| Near Norris, Samuel H. Mckee, a well digger,
while decending a we'll was killed by gas with
which the well had suddenly become filed.
In a storm Mr.. "OPENS barn, near Lake
| Crystal, Mimi, was struck by lightning and
| burned, with one fine blooded mare, two colts,
| three ull-blooded Durham calves one blooded
| shorthorn bull, one hay stack, sixty five tons
OF hay In the barn, a set of harness, seeder,
harvester and buggy Loss, 2,5C0
The house of julius Seeman at Rollingstone,
Winona county, was burned. Loss, $1,000:
partially insured.
The postffice safe at Wadena was blown open
early Thursday morning. The postmaster
lives up stairs over the postoffice, and on hear
idg the noise rushed down, but the burglars
had left Nothing but some postage stamps
were taken The other contents of the safe
were scattered on the floor by the explosion and
left there.
Henry Nelson, living near Rockford, Mimi,
was found dead in his room, having apparent
Iy died in fit
The postoffice at Fisher was entered by burg
lars the safe blown open and 1925 stolen.
The thieves then entered the stable of Steener.
son Bros, took the horse and buggy belong.
ing to them and drove to Crookston where they
took the train for the south
Judge Brill at st. Paul, decides that citi zens
books
At the Baptist State Convention at Winona
Hon NJ II. Dunnell, spoke briefly on the histo
ry and diff culties of the academy of Owatonna
The speaker corrected some statements of Mr.
Gates and said the Owatonna acad DENY had it's
origin in St Paul and was placed under the
management of men from various parts of the
state Owatonna had given literally toward it
Her contributions were more then those of st
Paul or Minneapolis, and had aggregated s..
UG0 What the institution needed was the hear.
state. The speaker expressed himself in active
sympathy with the educational interests of the
denomination. The committee on nominations
reported the following: Members for the
board of education, three years, W. W Hunting
ton, George A. Pillsbury NJ. H. Dunnell, E. F.
Drake, Gen. Bishop; two years, r. R. Rlddell,
F. O. Hoblitt D. D. Merrill, A. T. Gale, H. c.
Woods one year, E. Wescott, j. T. Barnum
E. r. Smith, J. H. Drake, G. F. Menage
Articles of incorporation have been filed
with the secretary of state of the Farmers
Union Elevator company of Kandiyohi and
Swift counties. The object of the company is
the keeping and operating of elevators and
handling of wheat. Kerkhoven is to be the
headquarters of the company, with branch
offices in Minneapolis, St Paul and Duluth ;
capital stock $4,000, and 80, 600 is fixed as the
amount necessary to start in business with.
There are twenty-four incorporators and all
are farmers living in the counties mentioned.
Judge Brill, of the District Court of Ramsey
county in recent decision says: Gas a mat
ter of public policy the records of every pub
lie Office should be kept open to public
inspection within reasonable limits of time,
place and manner. The records belong to the
public and not to the officer, who is but the
servant of the public According to the
American system of government, public policy
requires that the ordinary work of public
officers should be open to insp ection, and the
reason urged by the defend ant why the rule
should not apply to this particular Office,
namely: That considerable portions of the
abstract records are kept in pencil and eaily
blurred or erased, in reality but emphasized
the necessity for the rule, for if such state OF
facts exists the public certainly ought to know
it But the question is placed beyond all con-
eta 10 xya c<n %y,kr
one of 1873
Col D. A. Robertson and family of St Paul
have left for an extended absence in Europe
They sail on the 9Th from New York by t;ls
French line for Havre, and will go direct to
Paris, where they will remain fc the present
Their absence is likely to extend for q period
of four years, during which time the colonels
grandchildren, who accompany him, will be
educated in France and Germany.
Ortonville has been greatly excited by the ar.
rival of children from st. Paul who had beer
exposed to diptheria.
The heaviest storm of the season passed
over Iitchfeld, the rain falling in torrents
Lightning struck the house of Mr.. Kelley,
knocking Mrs. Kelley and young lady board
ing there senseless The damage to the build
ing was slight
Four children of r. s. Thomas of Albert Lea
died Of scarlet fever within two weeks.
The st Paul system earned $2,201 100 dur
ing September, or $40 900 less than during the
same period last year.
Commodore Kittson certainly has no reason
to grumble over the performance of his horsea
Of late; in fact he ought to be, and probably is,
rather jubilant AtChicago recently Johnston,
Minnie R. and Fannie Witherspoon all did
noble work The first named was on the bills
to beat his record of 2:1O, and he did it
thoroughly, MAKING mile in the phenomenal
time Of 2:06L, the fastest time on record for
single harness. Next came Minnie r with
hef running mate, and accomplished her mile
in s:081, lowering her record W seconds.
Finally. Witherspoon knocked off three-fourtha
of Accond from her 2:17 record.
TheI house of Julius Seeman, Of Rolling
stone, MINI, Winona county, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday afternoon, Oct l, together
with nearly al Of its contenta