New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-12-23
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

/ invented and patented a fire. escape that
i attracts much attention.
The Oivet Baptist church is dedicated al
/ Minneapolis, and enough money raised 70
pay off the debt.
Daniel Foley, an old resident OF Sibley
| county, is found murdered near Belle
Plaine.
The jury in the Chamberlain murder case
at Mankato brings in verdict of guilty.
Albert Lea parties are preparing to ship
/ 5000 bushels OF potatoes to Kansas City.
The dwelling of Sam Enos, near Browns.
vile, together with lot ofgrain, burned.
| A child OF Stephen Chase's, at Monticello.
was SO badly scalded that it died in a few
| hours.
The name OF the enligrant who cut his
! throat on the Northern Pacific train at
! Fort Ripley, was III. Lands, formerly a
merchant at Cheny, Wash, and lately az
inmate OF the insane asylum.
The new Presby terrain church at Canton
has been dedicated Rev. G. F. McAffee OF
st. Paul, was one of the officiating clergy
! men.
| Charles Conway who failed at Fort Rip
| ley, had liabilities OF SIS, 900 and assets Of
So, 400 in stock and about 81, 900 in &C.
| counts.
The loss from fires in Mankato during
the past year has been only about So, 600,
covered by 81, 800.
span OF mares, buggy, harness and
robes were stolen from the barn OF j. K.
Sanders, manager OF the James Thompson
tract IN Sprinswater township, Rock coun.
| ty.
new depot is to be built at Lake City
by the Milwaukee company.
The Jackson fax mill at Jackson, Mimi,
is making and shipping about two tons OF
tow day.
u. w. Hammond was instantly killed at
the Boston block Minneapolis by being
caught in the elevator.
Phillip Nugent, an old an respected citi.
zen OF st. Paul, died very suddenly ofheart
| disease.
The resignation OF H. A. Gray, as audit.
or OF the Omaha road, is announced. Mr..
Gray leaves the company Jan. 1, to &C.
OF the Union Steel company of Chicago, il
which H. H. Porter is largely interested.
| Hon. Henry NJ. Rice has donated to tn.
Minnesota Historical society some very
fine specimens OF ancient Indian weapons
and implements from La Pointe and vicin.
lty, on Lake Superior. Among them is the
scalping knife OF Buffalo, F." the famous Glib.
way chief who died a few years ago, aged
nearly LOO years.
The death of George Carville at his ranch
in Profile, Mont, about fifty miles from
Billings, is announced. Mr.. Carville was
the son OF one OF the old pioneers OF the
state who settled at Farbault He was
| himself we'll known in Minneapolis and St
Paul. He was a member OF the class of'79
OF the state university.
At Anoka the boarding house of Erick
Engren, was totally destroyed by fire.
DR.. Q. f. Hewitt was elected member Of
the executive committee OF the American
Public Health association.
The First Presbyterian church OF Hal.
lock, Minn., filed articles of incorporation
in the secretary OF states Office The first
board OF trustees are c. j. McCallum.
George Thompson and L. B. Riddell.
There is talk at Luverne OF lynching Otto
Angus, q horse thief.
The finishing department of D, NJ. Gil
more & Co.'S furniture mandatory O,
Minneapolis burned. Loss $22, 900; insur-
ance $55 900.
The St. Paul & Duluth declared a divi.
dend of 3k per cent.
Minneapolis expended s9,5OO,OOO for
new buildid gs last season.
Herman F. Feller, indicated for rape at
Delano, gets fifteen years at Saltwater.
Otto Angus, the thief who stole the team
| of J. r. Saunders, is the same person who
is suspected of slusging j. B. Shaver OF
Luverne, and robbing him of over 5000
some two years ago.
very serious break occurred in the new
stone dam which was put in at Melrose
across the Sank river by Edwin Clark last
summer at a great expense.
The pine timber now standing on Rum
river is estimated at 251, 100000 feet,
with the estimate for the Mile Laos reser.
walton, 500 900, 900, gives a grand total
OF ISL 900, 900 feet.
The controversy over the Graceville mill
has been settled, and the mill will probably
soon commence grinding again.
The farmers are talking OF building
So, 1000 elevator at Edgerton.
Mrs. Catherine Fishburn, of Pipestone,
county, is now suing the Milwaukee & st.
Paul for $4,000 damages for being elected
from q passenger train near Edgerton
Wis, in the summer OF 1884, while on he1
way to Chicago. She bought a ticket at
Edgerton, but in her haste to get aboard
the train forgot to take it from the agent
! hence her election.
Nal. Strait visited the state department
at Washington in behalf OF A. F. Hoff Of
Zumbrota, who has been advised that he
! is heir to share of a large estate in Eng.
! land. The estate is now in the chancery
court OF Great Britain, and Mr.. Hoff desir.
ed an extension OF time in the settlement
OF the case so he could perfect his claim.
| At AnoEa the money drawer in the ST.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba depot was
broken in and $40 taken from it by three
| youngsters.
DR.. John Steele, OF St. Paul, deceased, be.
lueathed to his children, Charles Steele,
/, Cora Steele, Lizzie Schwam and Jennie Alb.
oott, his entire estate, real and personal, t.
share and share alike, with the condition
chat none OF the real estate, with the ex.
,eption OF the farm in Mendoza township,
Dakota county, and the lot on Dayton and
Nelson avenues-be sold or divided, until
sixteen years have expired after his death.
The Minnesota appoint ments which
come before the senate for approval are the
rostmastsrs at Shakopee, St. Cloud. st.
Peter, Duluth, Mankato, Rochester, Fari.
bault, Detroit, Moorhead, Lake City. Pres.
ton and Winona; the collectors OF customs
| and internal revenue, and eight or ten