New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04
MINNESOTA NEWS.


the citizens of Anoka for the location
of shoe factory at that place.
The trial of Jesse Neville, who MUIR
dered Mary Paulson at Winona, last
April, has been postponed until Nov. 80
in order to bring witnesses from other
states to prove hereditary insanity.
Great excitement exists in Big Stone
county over the discovery of coal on
the claim of Nathan Colburn. The
vein was struck at the depth of eighty
feet while they were digging well.
Mirick, the printer who shot and kill
ed Peter Gross at Anoka, has been
found guilty Of. murder in the first de-
gree and sentenced to imprisonment for
life. The defense in the trial was in.
sanity.
The barn of Hon. r. R. Green, of
Lanesboro, burned last Thursday, and
bis youngest son, Ole, 2 years old,
persisted in the flames. The two boys,
Guy and Ole, it is supposed. set the fire
while playing with matches in the barn,
but Guy escaped.
BY an explosion on the steamer Mylis,
lying at the dock at Duluth, last Thurs
day, First Engineer Thomas Hickey and
Second Engineer William Rooney were
almost instantly killed. Poor material
in the cylinder and jacket are said to
have been the cause of the accident.
Ducks and brants are more numer-
Gus on Big Stone lake this fall than has
been the case for years before. The
lake about the islands is at time COM
pletely covered by the immense num-
bers Of the fowls, and people living on
the lake there say tho noise in deafen-
ing.
During the past year the Chatfeld
creamery manufactured 400, 1000 pounds
of butter, which all sold at top prices
in the New York market, usually going
little higher than Elgin butter. Not
withstanding the large amount and the
prices secured, the company has lost
money.
Willard Wooley of Howard Lake met
horrible death at Waverly recently.
He was boring well, and had dug
about forty feet deep, when q rumbling
was heard and the smell of gas issued
from the we'll. He descended into the well
to fix the machine and in a few minutes
was pulled out suffocated.
The fifth annual meeting Of the Min
nesota Butter, Cheese and Dairy Stock
association will be held at Red Wing,
Mimi, Dec. Is and 16, 1885. Arrange
ments are being made for the largest
and most successful meeting yet held.
Distinguished stock and dairymen will
be present to lecture upon timely topics
and to answer all questions.
The meteor which fell on Oct. IL,
near Lake Geneva, fifteen miles south
west of Owatonna, has been dug up
and blasted with dynamite. The frag-
ments weigh nearly 1,40O pounds, and
are of blush gray color and quite
hard. Specimens are being sent to diff
ferent parts Of the country, which are
considered rare curiosities.
On the morning Of Oct. "a, an eight
year old son of Hiram Z. Waddell Of
Decoria, was killed by being run over BY
q wagon loaded with corn. The men
were hauling corn from the field to the
crib, and the little fellow was permitted
to ride upon the wagon. It was his
practice always to get off the wagon
when it reached the house, and in doing
SO this time he fell under the wagon and
the hind wheel passed over his stomach.
He got up and walked to the house,
about eight rods distant, but died within
fifteen minutes Of the accident - Man
hkato Revies0.