New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The Minnesota State Dairymen's As
ISOLATION will hold their summer meet
ing at Moorhead, June "a, 25 and 26.
The St. James Journal intimates that
hens are laying double-yolk eggs this
year, for the purpose Of showing that
the country is prosperous under Demo-
cratic administration.
VIM. Van Rueden, living about two
and half miles from Clearmont, sho
and killed his neighbor. John Lehman
claiming he did it in self-defense.
Van Rueden was peaceable and in
offensive citizen and has the sympathy
of his neighbors.
The Laird Norton sawmill at Winona
made the largest days cut of the sea-
son last Saturday. They succeeded in
hrowing out 265,5O0 feet of lumber,
$4,000 lath. 10000 shingles, besides
about $4,000 culls, not scaled.
Edward Dupius, Frenchman, work
ing in Watkins mill at Crookston, was
instantly killed few days ago. He
fell on belt and was carried around
pulley dashing his brains out. He was
sober and Industrious and had been
married two days.
The population of St. Cloud is 1850
"a gain of 1880 in five years.
Private Carter, q colored soldier at
Fort Smelling, gets thirty years at Still
water for outraging a young German
woman.
c. E. Marvin of Rochester has been
appointed manager of the butter,
cheese, egg and poultry department; OF
the Northern Paciic's refrigerator car
line. He will have jurisdiction over
the entire road and full charge of the
refrigerator at St. Paul.
A fifteen-year-old son of Joseph Shar-
bino, living near Bird Island, went to
the pasture after the horses. The hors-
es returning without him, search was
made and the boy was found lying in
the road with his neck broken. It is
supposed he fell from the horse he was
riding and struck on his head. He
lived about ten hours,
Maj. Gen. SehoReld has ordered that
the rifle and oarbine competition this
year for the military division of. the
Missouri shall take place at Fort Smell
ling. instead of at Fort Leavenworth, as
in previous years. The department
competitions for places on the rifle
teams are to be completed by Aug. 20,
and the several teams must arrive at
Fort Smelling by Sept. l, each in charge
OF 3 commissioned officer.
The man, Charles Sanders, charged
with robbing the Mankato street COM
missioner at Minneapolis, was acquit-
ted. Proved by his friends he was in
St. Paul at the time the robbery was
committed.
Andrew Nelson was found dead I'M
der load of lumber in slough few
mornings ago, three miles north of
HawleY. The team were mired and
drowned.
Chas. Grunewald and Aug. Strass-
mann living in the town of Oscar,
Otter Tail county, were killed by light
ming on Saturday, 23rd ult., during
thunder storm. One man was struck
on the head and hole made as large
as a mans fist, the bolt passing through
his forehead. The other was struck
on his side, which was blackened and
badly mutilated. His boots were
found twenty feet away from the body,
torl to pieces. The men were in
barn taking care of stock when struck.
A horse. colt, cow and calf were killed
by the same shock.
According to Col. King, the barrel
of the future is the paper barrel which
is said to be cheaper, stronger, cleaner.
and better every way than the common
barrel. A company is now being
formed in Minneapolis to build 5000
600 establishment with a manufactur-
ing capacity of 10000 barrels per day.