The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-11-19
A Duluth & Iron Range saw mill, at Tov
er burns at q loss of 81 600

er, burns at loss of 81 900.
Morton S. Barrows and Miss Ada c.
Noble were married at the House of Hope
church, st Paul.
Michael Neary, a awell-to-do-farmer of Nc
Pherson township. Blue Earth county, is
charged with criminally assaulting little
girl. He denies it.
Oscar Horner, sixteen-year-old son OF
Simon Horner of Cranky, Nicollet county,
was poisoned by eating wild parsnips in
mistake for artichokes.
The Litchfield Independent predicts that
Meeker county will become the center of
the woolen manufacturing industry in the
Northwest.
The Duluth produce exchange directors
have decided that after the first fifty MEM
bers the fee shall be $1OO each for the next
fifty.
Special Agent Child, of the postoffice de-
partment was in Rochester recently and
arranged with the Odd Fellows for new
lease of a portion OF their building for the
postoffice for four years. The price agreed
upon was 5000 a year. This building cost
the Odd Fellows 5000, and they expect
to have it free from debt in two years
more.
At Ada w. w. Irwin argued a change OF
art, for the killing OF DR.. E. L. Narrum last
July. Eighty-three affidavits were pro-
duced alleging that a fair and impartial
trial could not be had in Norman county.
The court granted the change and the case
will be tried at the general term in Becker
county beginning Dec. Z.
Over 800 acres OF school lands were
sold in Norman county recently. The
highest price paid was S13.25 per acre, and
the average Sc. Last year only 1,24O
acres were sold, at an average of $3.50.
H. p. Robie has sold the Rnsh City Post
to Judge Percy B. Smith OF Saltwater.
Hubert H. Cox, formerly of Brainerd,
went into the mountains near Tacoma,
WASH, some time ago, to purchase horses,
and has not been seen since.
G. j. Lonen has resigned as clerk of the
Houston county court, and will engage in
the practice of law.
w. B. Taylor left Slayton a few days ago
to resume his duties as Senator Logan's
private secretary:
A nameless Minnesota embezzler has
been caught at Macon, Mich.
j. P. Holmes, st. Paul lawyer. shakes
the debts Of st. Paul from his shoulders
and disappears.
Two pugilists, Killen and tannan, had
q prize fight in Dakota county, near st.
Paul, on the old battle ground of Cardiff
and Wilson. Their work kept them warm,
as the fighting was fast and furious from
start to finish; too much SO indeed; for 1T
was this, more than Killen's hard blows,
which defeated Lannan. Barnes protege,
though beaten. made an awfully plucky ef-
fort, and had he been handled by as ex.
perienced men rs Killen, the result might
have been different.
Minnesota has Jared slimly in the matter
OF fourth-class postoffices. Since March
there have been but ninety-two such offices
filled. These are the fattest in the state
with less than hall dozen exceptions.
There are about twelve hundred fourth
class postoffices in Minnesota, and under
the ordinary course OF changes when the
Republicans were in power, one-fourth of
them would be filled with new officers or old
ones recommissioned.
Secretary Lamar has finally approved the
renort of commissioners in certain Mime
sofa claims, and they will be paid at once.
ihe amounts claimed were over
$lOO, 600. The amounts allowed by
tho commissioners are as followg: Eu-
lalie Turpin, assignee and Louis Rob-
ert, $14, 900; Nathan Myrick, 1921;
J. and &. L. Daily, assignees OF B. F. Pratt,
So 900; Amanda B. Forbes, widow of w.
&,
The citizens Of Anoka are very much ex-
cited and mystified over the sudden disap.
pearance OF T. +. Bennett a well known
blacksmith ofthat city.
Warner, who some time ago was tried
and found guilty OF the attempted murder
OF Mrs. Warner, and who was awaiting
sentence in Jail at LIE Sueur Center escaped
and has not been found.
There is considerable proving up going on
in Norman county this fall, and five out OF
every seven men borrow from $500 to
81 900 on their claims.
The new bridge acrosa the Red Lake river
at Crookston ia nearly completed. The |
contrast price Is "a, 096..
Commissioner Folwell OF Warren was
held to the grand jury charged with setting
fire to his own building.
Mrs. Bills of Champlin. daughter af na.
Wolcott, OF Anoka, was taken TO the In.
sane asylum at st, FeteA '''
a nsW mating house has been built Mt
Hastings, with q capacity OF manufactur. |
Ing 100, ,OOG bushels OF barley into malt
At the land sale in Norman county bid.
ding was lively and $13.25 was paid for a
piece OF University land appraised at So.
+. M. Miller, prQminent business man
OF Spring Valley, Ia dead.
The state board OF pharmacy will ex-
anime applicants for license to practice
pharmacy in Minnesota at the capitol.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1856. !
Articles ofincorporatiOn ef the Minneso-
to Rubber company have been fled with
the seeretary Of state.
The receiptGand disbursements of Ramsey
county Tor five months were $4U4, 935 and
1852. respectively.
The Episcopal church at North Hgsnch wsa
sonsecrated recentlya Bishop Whipple con-
aucted the services.
D. e. Little, a prominent citizen Of Du-
nth, is dying OF cancer.
Judge Brill decides that the 81. Paul
appointments of 9 receiver, =