The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

Sutherland Mclean Of Worthington, fell into
tub of hot water and was scatded to DEATH
The LIE sueur Sentinel claims the discovery
near that village of fine brick and freproot
mineral paint -.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick of Wheatland Rice county,
dropped dead recently as she was walking
home. ,
Charles smedburg and Charles Runwan, lv- >
ing near Gotha, Carver county, were coming
home from hunting, when Runwan ordered
Smedburg to stop or he would shoot him. and
the latter not obeying, Runwall fired, the charge
Of shot entering Smedburgs body, and it is
feared he will die. Both were about fourteen
years of age.
In Waconia, two young men named Kray and
another lad, while fishing on Burands lake,
threatened the owner of the lake, who desired
them to desist using spears, whereupon Bu
rand threw d stone, which struck ono OF tLa
Kray boys on the head and fractured his skull
Burand was arrested, and the boy is likely to
die.
The track of the Minnesota & Northwestern
was completed to the river at St Paul, and the
construction force, with the exception of q
small gang, which remains behind 10 put on
the finishing touches, has been sent back over
the road to begin construction between Cas-
cade and Mona. The total length back from
St Paul to Mona will be 1lOI miles.
The residence of Henry Luerson, near
Pratt postofice, was destroyed by fire and th
FIVE children Of Mr.. Luerson perished in the
flames. Mrs. Luerson was seriously mo-
fatally burned
Alittle son of Martin Micholowski of Winona
was scalded to death in tub of hot soap.
At Duluth, in the trial of Waiseman for the
~ or1o {fpo ratiro6 few
minutes before noon and returned in less than
fifteen minutes and the verdict was. "Guilty
of murder in the first degree" The jury took
two ballots, the first being eleven guilty ana
one for acquittal The prisoner receive: sne
verdict without any outward demonstrations,
and seemingly in composed mind, and was
quietly taken back to jail Sentence was pro-
nounced
Articles ofincorporation of Of the Minnesota I'm
proved Telephone company was filed with the
secretary Of state. The capital is 900,
divided into 10, 900 shares of the par value OF
$50 each: Reuben Warner, Albert q Llndeke;
w. ]. Cahoone, w. P. Warner and H P. Hall
are the incorporators. This company uses the
Randall 4 Macentire receivers, by means OF
which, it is claimed, the voice JIG transmitted
much more distinctly than by the telephone
now in use
The railroad and grain commissioners held
open session in the senate chamber of the cap
itol recently, and the whole question Of grad
ing wheat was discussed in all it's bearings by
representatives from the St Paul and Duluth
boards of trade, Minneapolis chamber of COM
merce, and various farmers, mlllers, elevator
and commission men from all sections Of the
state Chairman j. H. Baker presided, CON-
missioners Murdoch and Becker occupying
seats by his side No decision was made
At St Paul, Frank 4Dnders charged with ut
tering, on six st. Paul iirms, forged orders or
notes to the extent of So, 100 was sentenced to23
years in the State Prison
The council of the First Baptist church Of
St Paul, met for the investigation of the charges
against DR.. Riddell, and adjourned till May ~
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph thus re-
fers to an old-time St Paul journalist: Mr.:
James Mills, of the Post, and one of the Oldest
newspaper mon in Pittsburg, lectured before
Union Lodge, A. o. U. w., on the subject OF
ssNewspapers and Newsgatherers" The lee
ture was one of the most complete efforts o.
the kind that have ever been heard here, ant
deservedly won the attention and hearty ap-
plause of the audience
The details Of singular shooting case in
Leaf Lake Otter Tail county, have come tc
light On the Goth of April Aleck Cairncross.
P F. Dibb, John l. Taylor and Mortimer Tay-
lor were spearing fish. They were suddenly,
and without warning, fired upon with rifles by
parties from the shore five times. The as
saulted party threw themselves flat upon the
boat and thus escaped being shot After tho
firing ceased they swore out a warrant against
their assailants, and succeeded in arrestina
Jacob H johnson, Andrew A. Anderson, An.
drew Anderson, Henry Kerler and Andrew
Mike all Fins, from the vicinity of New York
Mills. They were held or appearance before
the grand jury.
One of the burglars who robbed Page &
stor'ys store at Glyndon, recently, of about 500
dollars in goods was arrested at Haverley on
suspicion by A. Whaley, Jr:, the village marsh
al The burglar is about seventeen years old,
halls from Jamestown Dak., and was former
| ly of Chicago. He gives the name of John
Lind
A few days ago, when the German steamer
Werra, arrived at 81 oboken, N. Y, a handsome,
we'll dressed young man ran up the gang plank
and got warm reception from beautifuf
blooming German girl who was standing Oh
the deck of the steamer: The young m
handed his companion into waiting coach,
and they were speedily driven to Mayor Tim in
kins' Office, where they were married The
bridegroom was Julius Broecker, wholesale
cigar dealer in St Paul, and the bride was
Louise Birette The couple had been lovers
in the old country, and eight years ago Brock
er came to seek his fortune He found it and
then sent for his sweetheart
A man by the name of Herman Carlson camtS
to Red Wing from near Decorah, Iowa, IN SC,
for his wife, who had left him about e:g
months ago to come to Red Wing to VII,
parents as she said. He received letteKfr
her constantly, in which she said that\she
would soon return home. He, mistrustng thai
all was not right, concluded to visit her. o..
his arrival he found her married to another
man, named Joseph Larson, with whom she
| utterly refuses to part
Mary Edith Carle youngest daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank A Carle, of St Paul, manag-
ing editor of the Pioneer Press died at Kalama-
| ZOO, Mich recently, aged four years. Mrs Carrie
| and her little daughters went to Kalamazoo
some ten days ago. There the child was taken
with diphtheria, and grew rapidly worse until
the disease terminated fatally.
Andrew Randall of Duluth has been arrested
for forging the name of Ole Olson to certificate
| of deposit for $500.
The commencement exercises at Hamline
university, at st Paul, occur June 10 and H.
| Preliminary to these dates, however, the bac-
calaureate sermon will be preached by Rev.
Cyrus D. Foss, D. D., LII D., on June l. The
apnual address before the literary societies
will be delivered by Rev. John l. Pltnsr at
| 10 o'clock on June 10th.
In the vicinity of Wabasha bees wintered
badly, many swarms having died, and the cold
weather of the past month has been very de-
structlve on those that survived the winter.
S. Hirschy has lost thirty out of thirty-five
| swarms; J. Tennev, all but one out of twenty
John Luger had twenty-one colonies, but has
| only five now, and others have suffered losses
| in about the same proportion.
John Griswald of Garden City was terribly
gored by bull, one horn entering the bowels,
passing upward, grazing the stomach and COM
ing out near the heart He will probably die.
| A reunion of all ex-soldiers of the United
| States army in southwest Minnesota will be
held at Aldricn's Park, Lake Shetek, June Is,
| 16, and II.
| Ole Norken of Granite Falls has been arrested
/ nalzo4a nd falzox 4<4 Tia n...:4e Iaa1le