The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-30

general railroad and warehouse laws, for
distribution among the grain and elevator
and railroad men OF the state and others
interested in the operations OF these laws
The pamphlet is neatly printed in Clear
large type, and is infinitely indexed. Itcon-
tains $50 pages.
DR.. A. Guernon, Little Falls who is to
be the successor OF Collector Bookwalter at
the St. Vincent custom house has qualified
by taking the oath and furnishing bonds.
The Metropolitan hotel at st. Paul is to
be repaired and reopened.
Malignant scarlet fever is reported in the
town OF Randolph, Dakota county. A child
OF William Otte died in forty eight hours
after being attacked. Another child is dan
gerously sick.
Mrs. Marcn Olsen, who lived alone on q
claim near Lake Eunice, Becker county, was
found dead in her bed, having been dead sew
sr;ll days.
j. G. Graham, proprietor Of the Graham
house at Good Thunder, has been appointed
postmaster at that place.
Mr.. p. H. Potter, champion fast skater
Of Southern Minnesota, has accepted a chal-
lenge from the champion OF the state to
skate three mile heats, best twoin three, for
the championship badge. The contest will
probably take place at Rochester.
General Superintendent Du Puy, OF the
Minnesota e Northwestern, has announced
he would begin running mixed trains be-
tween Mona IL West St. Paul. These trains
one each way daily, will be run until the
completion OF the bridge at St. Paul, to take
care OF the company's local business. When
the bridge is completed through trains will
be put on and run regularly.
1t is proposed to celebrate the battle OF
New Ulm by q; grand reunion OF all who
took part in the defense OF that town
against the attack OF the Sioux Indians,
Aug. rs and 2G.
Mr.. Lyman, chief examiner Of the civil
service commission, has asked for assistant
examiners at one or two points along the
Northern Pacific.
Simon Mcbride, of the town OF Erin, fell
from a hay rack upon a pitchfork, running
one Of the tines into his left side through
the lung and into the liver. The injury,
though serious, is not considered necessarily
fatal, and his physician has great hopes Of
his recovery.
Carl Eklund, the assailant Of Ole Jacob
son, has fled from Sheriff Bodkin, at Moor
head and succeeded in getting across the
Dakota line in the territory, and is there
hiding. He is about twenty-four years old,
five feet and nine inches tall, slim, light
complexion, white hair, blue eyes, smooth
1lCC anu wears ~ WllIlc lliLG, Dlttc CIcCheicu
overshirt and jean pants.
Israel T. Alexander, who murdered
Charles Mowers in Redwood Falls on the
10th inst, waived an examination before
Justice Chapman, and WAS ordered to be
committed in the New Ulm Jail.
The total number OF cattle Of all grades
and kinds in Rock county is 8, 80; number
OF horses, all ages 2,9OS; mules, 81; sheep,
3,267, hogs, 5,OS6. The number OF pounds
OF wool sheared in this county, spring OF
1885, l6,O91. In 1884 there were G37 old
farms in the county and 1 new ones; May l.,
1885, the number OF old farms WAS 731,
and the number Of now ones 20, a total OF
7GO farms in the county.
David Hill and his son, sixteen years DID,
were drowned, in West Silent lake, Otter
Tail county by the upsetting OF their boat
The following list OF farmers in Hancock
and Benton towns, lost by the late hail
storm their entire crop OF wheat and most
OF the other crops growing: Gottwald Bach
mann, j ohn Bovey, Math Bovey, Guenther
Tuebert, Patrick Colbert, ohm Wirtz John
Miller, Sam Rolls, H. Finkelmeir, F. Brues-
hoff, William Rolls, II. Schwirtz, A. I'm
glaub, j. Drocke, NJ. Hermann, and Others
whose names could not ascertain. In
Washington Lake town the sufferers are:
John Flannery, James MulleR B. McPort-
Mr.. Klinipken and Owen McDcrmott:
The Cottonwood grand jury has indicted
Frank Gilleland for va grancy.
Carver county has Is, 97G inhabitants, a
gain of nearly 2 200 since 1880.
The census of Cottonwood county elbows
population OF s, 0O2.
The census OF Redwood county shows an
increase OF 20 per cent. over 1880, the
county having population OF G,4SS.
OF the 500 inmates OF the. Stillwate,
prison, not one is found in the number who
was a veteran soldier OF the war OF 1865
Fire in Norwood destroyed Suepke, Meyer
& Co.'s store, Jabob Lief's shoe shop and
Effertz's barn. The adjoining bank build
ing, Effertz hotel, Hebeisen & Krause's
Union hotel, Germania house and Fritz
Hoeffkens store are all more or less dam.
aged. The loss was partially covered with
insurance.
Fhe census Of Wabasha county, which is
about completed, shows a population oil
about nineteen thousand-a gain of nearly
one thousand In five years. Wabasha re-
turns 2,514 and Lake City 2,496 "a gain
: of about 400 for the former and a small
loss for the latter since 1880. Plainview,
too, taking the town and village together,
;
The total valuation ofpersonal property
in Blue Earth county is 81, 961, 243. Total
number OF horses three years old, 42S, 751
average value, $55; cows, three years old,
: 166, 100; average value, SD; sheep, 6, $50;
average value, $1.45; hogs 80, 562; average
value $2.O4; wagons and carriages, So, O59;
average value SIG; sewing machines, 13, I'll;
average value, IS; pianos, IL, 724; average
value, $50; household furniture, $119, 273.
S. N. Hornecke was appointed postmas-
ter at Detroit, Mich, and E. A. Vandyke at
Eagle Bend. !; !:
The valuation of personal property in
Olmstead county, as shown by the RETURNS
Of the a sss o%6 is sso6o, being
! value OF horses is $56O,661; Of the cattle,
| $3Os, 366; of sheep, $25, O48. " =
The following is the population Of the
towns in Goodhue county, as just com.
pleted by the census takers: Belle Creek,
/ 966; Belvidere, 9S5; Burnside, $50; Can non
/! Falls, 943; Cannon Falls village, ], 1928; Cen.
trail Point, 40; Cherry Grove, 9S2; Fea ther.
stone, 997; Florence, 951; Goodhue, ], O6O
Hay Creek, 947; Holden, 1905; Kenyon,
1869; Leon, ], 1872; Minneola, 1853; Pine
Island, 912; Pine Island village, 663; Red
ass 1 isa9 W 9s"H ill., ' Wananin e
! l. 4sS'; Warsaw, 1858; Weleh, ae6; Zum
! brota, 658; zumbrota village, aO5; tota]
! population OF county, 81, 1888, of which
! 1888 are males and l4,755 are females
The population in 1880 was 20, 59S; in
1875, rs, 500; and in 1870, 2.61S.
The population of Brown county is 13,
97S; net gain in five years 1852.
! w. H. Goddard, the erring clerk of New
York banking firm, is forgiven by his EN-
| ployers and will return to his home in Min
neapolis.