New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.

NllNNESOTx NEWS.
Two whisky barrels were bought from
the stock of closed up saloon in Chat
field, formerly kept by A. P. Hess, late.
". On opening them one was found 10
contain quantity of chips, supposed to
be logwood, and the other the stomach
and intestines of a sheep.
John Becker, the proprietor of a
Touring mill on the north branch of the
Vermillion river, in Goodhue county,
while oiling tho machinery, was caught
in shaft and killed.
On the afternoon of April ~, 1883,
John Mcconnell left Benson on horse
back for his home four miles east. He
was intoxicated ut the time, and as his
horse came home without him, it was
supposed he had been drowned in a
slough near the road. The body. however.
had never been found until Monday af-
ternoon when two men while hunting
in the slough found the skeleton of a
man which by means of the clothing,
shoes, etc., was identified as that of the
lost Mcconnell.
c. j. Humason, auditor of Dodge
county, asks the attorney general if a
county commissioner moves from his
district into another in his own county
whether the office is vacant and shall
an appointment be made to fill tho
vacancy. The attorney general gives it
as his opinion that the Office is vacant
as soon rs the officer removes from the
district from which he is elected.
I. H. Lewis, the archaologist, has
now surveyed over 1000 mounds in
Goodhue county. mostly in Burnside.
Among other forms is one representing
an arrow or spear head. another re-
presents pipe, and third an animal
lying on its side. He has also discov.
cred four other which are serpentine in
form. or are mounds with serpentine
entertainments running out from
them. Three have round heads and the
fourth has an oblong one.
Reports from all over the state show
that while the acreage Of amber can
was much smaller, the yield was much
larger than on any previous year.
Con Ryan OF Brandon, went to the
Minnesota river for wood. Not return.
ing home, search was made, and he
was found dead on the prairie with the
load of wood tipped over on him. He
leaves a large family OF small children.
The Jackson Republic tells of the
piano-harp peddlers canvassing that
county selling instruments that cost
$50 for SEQ. Some farmers have mort
gagged stock TO get money TO purchase
them. III ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred it is the best thing farmer
can do 10 kick these peddlers out of the
house and over into the next county. 1t
is cheaper to pay damages than to buy
their go.ds--Mnnk0to State Register.
VIM. vi. Smith, clerk in the Lake
Crystal post office, indicted for embez-
Element from the mails, by the United
States district court, plead guilty and
was sentenced to one years imprison.
ment in the penitcntary.
A disease thought to be blacklcg,
says the GAINESVILLE Argus, is epidemic
among cattle in the Savage neighbor-
hood. On Saturday Mrs. William
Jewison lost two; also on Friday
Thomas Sexton lost two and Valentine
Hoffman, one. The cattle show weak
ness in the hind legs and hips and rare
~ survive over twelve hours from the
first attack.
| The officers of the Southern Minneso.
ia Poultry and Pet Stock association
are making preparations for poultry
show in Rochester next winter.
A silver polish peddler named Moore
outraged the fifteen-year-old daughter
of James Sheldon, Of Somerset. Mr..
Sheldon was absent from home at the
time of the assault. and on his return
swore out a warrant for Aloore's arrest
but he had taken a freight train for the
east. He has not yet been captured.
Two men who were stealing ride on
3 freight train were killed in u railraod
accident near Aitkin last Thursday.
They were found under car load of
wheat smothered to death. Moral:
Don't steal ride, especially in car
loaded with wheat.