The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-08
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

Hon. George r. Oaso OF Lake Emily will start
soon for France to bring his family home
Four Mormon elders are doing missionary
work in Todd county. openly advocating polyg.
amy
An attempt ID wreck Hastings i Dakots
passenger train at Shakopee was foiled by &C
cident
Burchman Brothers saloon building in
Thompson, was burned Sunday night Loss,
81 ZOO; insurance 81 Goo
Tho house Of Mr.. Meihorn Of Warsaw, was
burned with the entire crop of his farm for
the past season; uninsured.
St. Paul capitalists talk of buying he Kilt
son-De Graft property At Midway and giving Il
to the state for fair ground
Postmaster Sweet has sent to Gov. Hubbard
his resignation of the Office Of judge Of pro.
bate of Pipestone county, to take place at once.
The postofice authorities report the numbe,
of Christmas gifts passing through the mail ir
St Paul to be less than half as many as at this
time last year
Mr. George W. Smith of Ottawa Prairie, died
few days ago. of heaat disease, He was one
of tie largest And most RESPECTED farmers 81
LIE Sucur county.
John Laughlin of Blooming Prairie came to
Minneapolis Monday with about $50 on his per.
son. He has not since been home, and his
family fear foul play,
Mrs. Catharlne Geislovsen of San Francisco
Carver County, was found doad upon the foo,
of her home by her Bon. who left her short
time previously iii good health.
Creditors Of Stresser h Masinman Of Mime
apol.s file a petition for le,eiver Tho
Comm a,al bal k of Minneapolis mas ben in.
corpo ated with SlU1,ooo capital
William Allen Woodson one of the oldest set
tiers of Mower county, died at his residence in
Austin recently. Hewa highly respected. and
held hlany lecal offices of trust
Gov. Hubbard received from Commissioned
Gibbs two oranges, on long stems, picked from
Grove around Mr. Gibbs present quarters
near the exposition buildings. There are 3
(Ot trees in the grove loaded with fruit
The new $4,000 hotel at Harris recently CON-
pleted by Ruben Holman, has been opened
in appropriate manner. About one hundred
and fifty guests were pressut from the sur
rounding coui try and North Branch and Sun.
rise.
Articles of interpretations OF the Excelsior
Nursery company, of Excelsior, Henncpin
county, with capital stock of $25 00o, have
been filed with the secretary of state. The In
aorporators are F. G. Gould, A. B. Choate and
others
Adolph Bollingar tried TO drive sleigh con
tanning nine persons iii front Of an engine al
st, Paul. Sam Holllugef Vas Killed. 1hzz,e
Zimmerman badly nlangled, and Mrs. Bollin.
gers shoulder broken. The fool driver was
not hurt.
W. S, Holbrook, Boston defaulter, was ar.
rested in Minneapolis, Saturday. Although 3
married man. he became enamored of the wife
of his neghbor, Walter Reynolds, and recipro-
eating his unholy affection, she ran away will
him at the time.
The store of Singleton & Bonnahor, of North
Branch, was burned recently. The firm car
ried general stock of dry goods, groceries
and drugs. The postofice, of which Mr.. SIM
gleton WAS postmaster, was also burned. LOSS,
$11UCO; Insurance, $4,000
Rev. George f. McAfee, formerly of St Petef
and now Of Pierre, has been appointed state
missionary agent for Dakota and part OF
Minnesota He will move lis family to St
Paul soon, and MAKE that city his headquart-
ers.
Rev. Kristofer Janson, pastor of the Scan
dinavian Unitarian church of Minneapolis il
about to publish novel setting forth the ex-
periences of a young Swedish wife in this
country, the scene of which will be Mime
apolis and the Northwest
The old Minneapolis Academy of Music in
Minneapolis corner of Washington street, and
Hennepin Aveniie, vas bttrnea Christmas. The
loss aggregates nearly $500, OG0, with insurance
of $166, Goo The principal sufferers are Her.
rick Brothers, Thomas Lowey and E. A Steele
William Baler of Chatfeld, who was objected
to as sutton for his daughter Martha by Mr.
Barnard, visited the Barnard mansion and
gently lifting Miss Martha from her bedroom
window. together with those of her personal
effects that could be carried, drove to Dexter,
where they were quietly married
:. Bt. P Fl. Willard is the heaviest creditor. Of
the Fowler Furniture company Of Minneapolis
which failed recently, being loser in the sum
of 1890. This failure, by the way, has not
yet come to the public notice, although being
for the sum of $ll, COO, with assets nominal
Willard was for some time in the furniture bus
mess.
The Mazeppa mills started up Monday, after
s,ispehsiOu Of six ffionths caused by assign
j. C. Pierce of Red Wing and Paul Hauser Of
St Paul. W. T. Brown, lately vice president
of the Mazeppa Mill company, is engaged as
superintendent. The mills have q capacity OF
600 barrels daily
On JAN 12 and 13 the reserve militia compa-
MES at Duluth and St Cloud will be inspected
for admission to the national Guard of Mime
sofa. The company making the better show
ing will take the place Of Company X. Second
regiment, which is now vacant Company A.
Second regiment, New Ulm, has recently en-
listed forty men, and is fast reg aiming its old
position
Twice within the past three weeks guests at
the Brunswick hotel in Faribault have been
rescued from imm nent death from escaping
gas which they had neglected through ignor
ance or other causes to turn OF aftec extin-
gushing, by the watchfulntss OF the night
clerk. The first bridal couple from the
country. the last a prominent lawyer from
Northfell
officers Ferguson and Flynn arrested two
toughs who came to the Northern Pacific
Junction, and were proceeding to the jail with
them, when one Of them drew revolver, but
had hardly done 30 when Ofacer Flynn knocked
him down. The fellow succeeded in firing at
him twice, but without effect, when Flynn
drew his revolver and shot him threw leg.
He managed to escape but was afterward ar
rested
Henry A. Wilson, one of the oldest and best
known lawyers of St Paul, died Wednesday
morning at his residence Deceased came to
Madison, Wis, in 1856, and removed to st
Paul in 1874, entering into partnership with
Mayor O'Brien and ex-Gov. Davis. In 1880
the firm was dissolved, Wilson and O'Brien
remaining in partnership till Nov. l of the
present year, when Mr.. Wilson retired owing
to i'll health.
An association for the relief of superannuat
ed ministers of the Methodist conference has
been organized and will be Incorporated in a
few days Judge Brill of St Paul is president,
Rev. DR. Wayne of Minneapolis secretary, and
B. F. Nelson treasurer final meeting will
be held in few days in st. Paul, at which
time it is expected to complete arrangements
for the founding of Methodist religious
weekly paper, similar in character to the large
family of Christian Advocates.
AS the early freight was moving from the
station at Rochester, Clarence Jackson, a brake
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