The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-09-10
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

Mr.. LOUIS DemeuIeS, an Ola resident oil
st. Paul, died Mt his home recently. Mr.
Demeules was born at st. Philippe, in the
county OF Huntington, Canada, on Feb
Is, 1882.
w. r. Merriam telegraphed to the police
OF st. Paul from New York, that he had
identified and recovered his property stolen
from him by burglars on Aug. 2.
The state treasury has over 5000, 900 on
hand in cash.
pleasant little affair occurred in st.
| Paul at the general offices of the st. Paul
q Duluth. 1t consisted Of the pres
entatiOn OF O handsome and valuable gold
watch and chain to Hon. James Smith,
Jr., 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 to q friend at
are just the busiest municipalities in the
geography OF our country to-day. The peo-
pie don't sleep in either place, in order that
they may be up just q shade earlier than
their neigebor. Talk about the jealousy OF
Chicago and st. Louis! Itpales 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, or about to be
built, spanning the river. They are scarce
ly behind this over in Minneapolis, but I'll
give you 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
ished 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.
H. H. Winchester, Minneapolis travel
ing man, committed suicide in Sheldon,
Iowa.
Hastings seems to be needlessly 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 plumber in their posses
sion, made great effort to escape at Jersey
City from the Toledo officer, and pretended
they were being kidnapped. The game didn't
work.
Mrs. Michael WEIGH OF Minneapolis spent
a 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 S2aQ and the
other for $125; $175 In money, diamond
pin worth SIS, gold watch and other
valuable property,
Edward Keller OF Hokah, has in.
vented device to prevent accidents from
people having their feet caught in the frogs
OF railroad tracks. The device is simple
and consists OF a piece Of STEEL SO curved
| as to fit tightly in the crevices of the frog
The Milwaukee & ST. Paul tracks in the
st. Paul union depot yard were supplied
with them recently,
The Northern Bacific has for some time
past been fruitful subject of speculation
and conjecture. The latest report concern
ing the roads is that there is q scheme ON
loot in New York to form q combination
between the Nprthern 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 it's eastern connections at
Omaha.
A correspondent at Grand Rapids, OAK,
says the very lowest report from threshers
fourths OF it will grade No. hard, and the
balance No. 2 hard. At Luverne, Minn.,
| the yield shows 192 bushels grading No. 2,
and it is claimed to be an average of that
section. Gardner, Dak., says machines
report fair yield from three townships,
viz: One 10, one 20 and one 2OY bushels,
with an average OF Is. Grade about No.
hard.
| The ManiJobs, has prepared time table
TO govern the running OF trains to and from
| the State fair grounds. Trains will leave
St. Paul and Minneapolis at I'll 5, 8:15, 9:15,
9:45, 1915, 1O:45, Ills, and 11:45 a. M,
and every twenty minutes thereafter until
4:15 p. IN. The trains will run direct to
the passenger station on the fair grounds.
No stop at any intermediate points will be
made. Returning trains win leave the faia
| grounds for both st. Paul and Minneapolis
at 7;45, s:45 9:45, lois, 1O:45, Ills
and HAS a. M, and every twenty min
ttes thereafter until pm. The last train
will leave at p. m. The single fare will
be 20 cents and the round trip tara IS
cents. Regular short line trains will berun
between the two cities as usual.
! A little child sixteen months old fell
through stove-pipe hole to the floor in
the room below, at Zumbrota the other
day, and was picked up insensihle.
There has been 100000 worth OF farm
machinery and SIS, 900 worth OF binding
Irvine sold at Zumbrota during the present
year.
The Winona Bicycle club will probably be
| represented at the bicycle Tournaments at
Minneapalis Sept. az, by Messrs. ohm L.
| Wilson, II. s. Bolcom and E. 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 g. defec-
tive f1ue. The house was owned and occu
pied by s. Samuelson. The furniture was
saved. The building was worth $4,000
and was insured for 81 900. Loss, 500.
Senator sabin delivered an address at the
Red Wing Fair.
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letter from President j. ]. Hill, stating
that he has no more bulls to distribute to
farms along the Manitoba road. He has
already placed about 140 young thorough
bred bulls in the different counties traversed
by the Manitoba road.
E. L. Thorns OF Ashby, Otter Tail county,
lost a threshing machine and forty bushels
Of wheat by fire, recently. Loss about
Sa4Q.
The state railroad and warehouse com.
missioners lower the grade OF No. hard
rs per cent at the solicitation OF Duluth
grain dealers.
At st. Paul Dr. H. S. Walrath and John
Barger are arrested, the one charged with
abortion and the other with seduction.
Frederick Herman Of Buffalo, Wright
county, is under bonds on a charge OF out
raging Mrs. Margaret Uhl. He broke open
q trunk with an AK and rifled it Of notes,
mortgages and other DOCUMENTS aggregat-
ing in value upwards OF 81 900, after which
he took to the woods. Mrs. Uhl was found
some time aafterward in an unconscious
condition:
The Albert Lea Standard says there is q
sharp demand for good teachers in Free
born county:
Mankato has shipped 200 car loads Of
stone for the insane asylum building at
Norfolk, Neh.
James Norton OF Waseca county raised
,, 5000 bushels OF grain this year.
The new freshman class Of the State uni
versity, numbers 189.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul has issued
circular to agents that, taking effect Sept.
1, shipments OF green apples or cider in
straight or mixed car loads, minimum lao
barrels OF apples or &c, 900 pounds ofcider,
will be billed from Chicago, Milwaukee and
common points to all stations on the COM
pany's lines in Minnesota and Dakota lex
cept St. Paul, Minneapolis and Minnesota