New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
MINNESOTA STATE I E. NEWS.

Mr.. Leuis, Demeu1es, an old resident OF
St Paul, died at his home recently. Mr.
Demeules was born at st. Philippe, in the
county Of Huntington, Canada, on Feb
! lS, 1892.
/ W. E. Merriam teIegraphed to the police
OF st: Paul from; New York, that he had
I identified and recovered his property stolen
fromihimby burglars on Aug. 2.
Thestate treasury has over 5000, 900 on
hand in cash.
/ A pleasant little sffair occurred in St.
/ Paul at the general offices OF the St. Paul
q Duluth. 1t consisted OF the pres
;; entatlono1 aihandsome and valuable gold
watch: and chain to, Hon. James Smith,
! Dr., general solicitor and ex-president OF the
/ company. The watch was the gift Of the
resident directors; officials and employees
/ of the road.
A gentleman from Pittsburg visiting St.
| Paul and Minneapolis, writes toa friend at
home as follows. St. Pau}and Minneapolis
are just the busiest municipalities in the
| geography Of .ourcountrv to-day The peo-
| pie don't sleep in either. ,la Sc, in order that
they may be up just shade earlier than
their neigsebor. Talk about the jealousy OF
Chicago and st: Louis! ltpales before that
OF ST. Paul and Minneapolis. st. Paul is
making the most elaborate and enterpris-
| ing corporate improvements. Streets are
being extended in all directions, and three
new bridges are being built. OF about to be
built, spanning the river: They are scarce
| ~ behind this overin! Minneapolis, but I'll
give you a little instance. showing you the
| jealousy that exists. A photographer went
about taking views-of the business houses
and street scenes Of st. Paul Having fin
lshed business there, he went over to Min
neapolis and proudly exhibited samples Of
what he had done for Us, as a surety OF
what he might do for them The samples
| killed him. The people wouldn't give him
an order because he hadn't been over there
/ first.
II. H. Winchester a Minneapolis travel
| ing man, committed suicide in Sheldon.
| Iowa.
| Hastings seems to be neetfiessfy excited
| over young man who was engaged to two
| girls, and in the nature. OF things, could
/, only marry one.
Elwood and Wilson, the noted burglars
who, when arrested in New York, had some
OF their ST. Paul plunder in their posses
sion, made a great effort to escape at jersey
City from the Toledo Officer and pretended
| they were being kidnapped. The game didn' t
work..
Mrs. Michael Welch of Minneapolis spent
/ few days visiting friends in the interior
| OF Minnesota. She returned home via the
Omaha road. Before leaving the train
while caring for her children she missed
her satchel and could not find it. 1t con-
tanned two checks, one for $3.50 and the
other Tor 1928; $175 in money, a diamond
pin worth. S75, a, gold watch and other
valuable property. ,
Edward! keeaer Of Hokah, has in
vented a device to prevent accidents from
people having their feet caught in the frogs
OF railroad tracks. The. device is simple
or<1on ~ 6 s
as to tit tightly in the orevces OF the frog
! The Milwaukee &. ST.. Paul tracks in the
st. Paul union. depot yard were supplied
with them recently.
The Northern Pacific has for some time
past been afruitfu subject OF speculation
and conjecture. The latest report concern
ing the roads is that there is a scheme on
foot in New, York to form a combination
between the Northern Pacific and the Rock
/ Island, Milwaukee & ST. Paul and Omaha
roads, somewhat on the order OF the old
tripartite agreement between the Union
Pacific and its. eastern connections at
| Omaha:
A,correspondent at Gsand Rapids Oak,
says the very lowest report from threshers
i is LIZ bushels; highest, 2SA. Three
fourths OF it will gnade No l hard, and the
balance No. 9: hard. 1t Luverne, Mimi,
the yield shows 1913 bushels grading No. 9,
and 1T is claimed to be an average OF that
section. Gardner, Oak says machines
report 81 fair yield from three townships,
VIZ: One 49, one, 20 and one 2OA bushels,
with an, average OF IS. Grade about No l
hard.
The Manitoba has prepared a time table
to govern the running OF trains to and from
the State fair grounds. Trains will leave
st. Paul and Minneapolis at 7:15 SIS, 9:15,
9:45, 1Ol5, 1Q:15, Ills, and 11:45 a. M,
and every twenty minutes thereafter until
4:15.p. m. The trains will run direct to
the passenger station on the fair grounds
No stop at any intermediate points will be
made: Returning trains will leave the fair
grounds for both st. Paul and Minneapolis
at 7:45, S:45, 9:45, 1915, 1915, Ills
and I1:45 a. m, and every twenty min
: utes thereafter until p. m. Thelast train
will leave at I p. IN. The single fare will
be, 20 cents and the round trip fare 25
CENTS Regular short line trains will berun
between the two cities as usual.
4 little child sixteen months old fell
through stove-pipe hole to the floor in
che room below, at Zumbrota, the other
day, and was picked up insensible.
There has been 100000 worth OF farm
machinery and $1,000 worth OF binding
Irvine sold at Zumbrota during the present
year.
The Winona Bicycle club will probably be
represented at the bicycle tournament at
Minneapolis Sept. %, by Messrs. j Ohm il
Wilson, H. S. Bolcom and Z. c. Smith,.
The large boarding house neal the foun-
dry at Moorhead was partially burned
The flames started in the second story, and
are supposed to have come from q defec
tive fue The house was owned and .oceu
pied by S. Samuelson. The furniture was
saved. The building was worth $2.5DC
and was insured for 81 900. Loss, $7OO.
Senator Sabin delivered an addressat tbs
Red Wing Fair.
Mr.. w. J. Van Dyke is in receipt OF q
letter from President J. J. Hill, stating
that he has no more bulls to distribute tc
farms along the Manitoba road. He. has
already placed about lao young Thorough
bred bulls in the different counties, traverseo
by the Manitoba road.
E. L. Thorns of Ashby, Otter Tail county
lost threshing machine and forty bushels
of wheat by fire, recently. Loss about
$64O.
The state railroad and warehouse com
missioners lower the grade Of No. hare