The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-09
''Mother" Gastrow of Minneapolis was jailed
in default of bail, for keeping house of i'll

Gplscopai conference, whlch ID to convene
Springfield on tho 7th proximo.
Harriet Burner gets three years in Still water
for attempting to poison Lille HeadleY
II. E. Nelson, Lake Prairie farmer, VA,
attacked by the son Of = farmer named SLe,
while driving across . meadow belonging Il
the latter near Ls Sueur. Tho boy felled Mol
| son with pitchfork and then beat Nelson'i
and will be tried for assault with . deadly
| weapon as soon as Nelson IL able to appeal
against him.
Henry Durr of Tacoma has secured thu
arrest Of his wife and cousin, Charles webber
on a charge Of adultery. Some time since Mrs
Durr left Tacoma to visit her parents At Am boy
and not returning as agreed her hus.
band made search, and found her living with
Webber at Seattle.
Gustave Borg was waylaid and robbed oi
$40 on Superior street Duluth Chas. Halmate
was arrested on suspicion Of being implicated.
small but enthusiastic band Of Minneapolis
ladies resolved that ''it 10 the duty Of every
woman citizen to cast her ballot for members
tho school board"
committee Of eight men, representing .
colony OF 50 families from Wasau, Wis, have
purchasedland in Becker county, near Detroit
Joseph Irea Of Chicago, proprietor of town
site on Clear Lake, four miles west Of Jackson
is having the place plated and will bring a
Bohemian colony to settle there. It is intend
ed to make tho manufacture of Bohemian beer
an industry.
Raymond Du Puy, superintent Of the Minne1
sofa & Northwestern has entered upon thd
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arations for the resumption of work upon the
new road. The grading OF the entire line
from West St Paul to Mona, distance of l10
ing remains but the bridge work and the
track laying.
President W. O. Wright of the Chicago,
Freeport St Paul road, informs Saltwater
parties that the engineer Of the road is about
to * mmenco survey from Eau Gala viz
Saltwater to St Paul
Gabriel Renville, head chief and president
of the Sisseton and Wahpeto nation, accom-.
panied by David Faribault, assistant chief, lef.
for St. Paul to consult their old friends, Con-
Sibley, ex-Gov. Marshall and others in st.
Paul, in regard to the affairs Of the Sisseton
reservation The Indians are very much dis
satisfied with the government Of tho presen3
agent. Thompson
Mr.. Ole Oleson and Miss Christien Nelson,
living on Mile Lacs lake thirty miles from
Aitkin, walked all the way into town to bl
married.
The bell in church at Rushford, weighing
! 300 pounds, fell recently, crushing everything
i'll its way in its hurried descent.
Workman post, G. A. R., of Little Falls, has
endorsed Gov. Hubbard's action in votoing thu
S7,000 picnic appropriation.
Bishop Seidenbuseh of st. Cloud is reported
improving.
P. A. Dufour, ESQ.,, formerly fSt Paul and
Minneapolis, but lately a citizen of Orookst0n,
was examined in the probate court of Henne-
pin county, for insanity. Mrs. Dufour testified
that last fall she noticed in her husband inc6-
herency OF speech, and signs that his memory
was failing. These symptoms continued to
increase Lately Mr. Dufour's mind has been
mush agitated over an important suit in the
land Office which he has been conducting The
physicians in attendance pronounced tie case
that Of general paralysis, Ind in their opinion
hopeless. The patient was accordingly COM
mitted Mr. Dufour is well known in Wright
couhty Of this state, and alse in Buffalo.
Minnesota Iron company at Duluth, has
made contract with the Wilson line Of pro-
pellers for transporting all it's ores to Cleve-
land this season. The terms are private.
The company now has IS, 0UO tons Of ore mined,
aid will have 4O, 600 tons by tho opening of
navigation Manager Stone of the company,
tons this year if the market justfes it
A seven year convict named Blake from
Minneapolis, attacked Norman Brunson, FORE
man Of the machine shops in the Saltwater
penitentary, striking him over tho head with
a bar Of iron. The wound is not dangerous.
Mr.. o. Olson of Grove City dropped pack
age Of 5000 notes on the street, which the
wind scattered in all directions, and $4OO worth
blew away to be seen no more by the owner.
Anton Roeder Of Luverne, has received q
back pension of $3.50 and - per week here
after.
Mrs. W. Magner fell and broke her arm in
the Sauk Rapids roller rink.
At Appleton, Swift county, two Indians found
the body of man in tho Minnesota river re-
comfy, and the village marshal of Appleton
brought tho murderer from near Atwater,
Kandiyohi county. He gives his name as Jo-
seph s. Blanchard, residence seven miles south
Of Redwood Falls. He confessed the murder
and waived examination, claiming to have done
the deed in self defense He given tho name
of his victim as George Johnson, alias George
Brown, alias Allen from Appleton.
William Miles of Hampton, has purchased
tho Percheron stallion Baptiste, from Leonard
johnson OF East Castle Rock. The price paid
was So, 600.
Minneapolis is going to have fine boulevard
200 feet wide, extending from the heart of the
city to the state fair grounds
Two store buildings belonging to Messrs
Moe and Cutting, at Byron, burned on the 18th
Loss between $4,000 and $4,000
Bishop seidenbusch is seriously i'll at St
Cloud.
Rev. G, O. Tanner has returned to Owatonna
from Fullerton, Neb., where he went after the
bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Porceval and child,
who were murdered last fall The bodies are
placed in the Forest Hill receiving vault, where
rives when they will be buried Bishop Whip
pie will conduct the services.
The Mississippi Water Power and Boom
company have decided not to await the tardy
action of congress, but will go ahead and build
the long projected dam across the Mississippi
river at Brainerd. In all probability tho dam
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cost of $4,000
The state teachers institute held in Roches-
ter recently, is said to have been the largest
one ever held in tho state 300 persons being
enrolled Prof. Kiehle addressed tho institute
at the Baptist church on the "Higher Uses OF
Education" The exhibit made Of school work
is very largo and creditable
Died, at Vassa, March "a, Mrs. A. l. Peter.
sou, aged seventy years. she was a lady
Of unusual intelligence and considerable of q
writer in the Swedish language. She leaves
four children, three daughters and ons son,
Hon. J. w. Peterson; q member Of the last
legislature.
j. l. Buzzell an old resident Of Fair Haven,
died recently. He was post commander Of the
Grand Army post Of Fair Haven.
A hog which was buried for four months in
haystack in Alden has been found a little
emaciated, but still in the flesh, and the moth
or Of litter of very young porkers.
The county commissioners of Wright county