New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-09-08
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.


constitution, died very recently in st.
Louis. He WAS postmaster. under Buchan.
ans administration. and his name is famil.
lar to many of the old settlers. widow
and six children mourn his demise.
Miss Allen was killed bysa Manitoba
train near Melrose.
State Treasurer Kittelson reports bal.
ance OF 1892, 1887 in the treasury July
81.
Will Baihly, proprietor ola meat mark,
ct, at Rochester, has made an assignment
to s. B. Clark.
Inc Tree delivery system has been order.
ed to be established at Winona on Oct. /.
An attempt at jail breaking was discov.
cred IN the Winona county Jail. There
are sixteen pretty tough prisoners confin.
ed. Sheriff Bogart had his suspicious
aroused and made Thorough investiga,
| ton OF the cells, discovering that in one
cell triangular piece. Of floor had beer
partially sawed out.
The postoftice at Rluffton was robbed
Sunday night the goth ult., being discover.
; ed next morning when Postmaster Bisnop,
in whose store the office was kept, opened
it for business. The safe was found Drilled.
the door blown off.in the regulation fash.
, ion and the contents gone, including
stamps and cash, about 800.
The writ of prohibition issued by tbs
supreme court to restrain the Wadena
! county commissioners from ordering an
election upon the question OF the remova!
| OF the county scat has been discharged.
and the commissioners will meet Sept !
Tor the purpose OF granting hearing to
petitioners. fit is decided that a major.
ity OF the legal voters and freeholders o.
the county have signed the petition the
election win be ordered.
A. man calling himself John Smith wa.
] killed by the cars near Chester, Olmsted
county.
WinoDa dispatch says: The returns
from the threshing show the best crop fol
years. The quality is the best Winona
county has ever raised. Peter Adams oil
| Wilson, threshed lao bushels of barley
!. from forty acres; 3l5 bushels OF sprins
! wheat from tweary acres and 200 bushels
OF wheat from fourteen acres Hon. B. v
simpson reports the quality Of the grain
on the Simpson farms OF the very best
wheat running about fifteen bushels pei
ac7e. The barley he exhibited is OF very
tine, quality and color. As whole, thu
crops in this county are excellent this yeal
despite drouth and chinch bugs
Frank Clark seriously stabbed William
Shaw on farm near Moorhead.. Both
! men were members OF q threshins crew
! Shaw had previously worsted Clark in a
/ fist fight. Clark is at large.
sixteen year old boy named Lariamber
near Fairmont, accidentally shot himself
| through the abdomen with a revolver. HI
! will die. He ran home, half q mile, after
! being shot.
w. H. Hohl OF Hokah has been arrested
; charged with stealing horse from John
Green.
| An unknown tramp attempted to out.
rage Mrs. Bengt Anderson, who lives near
Lltchfeld.
Gen. Fairchild, commander-in-chiei G.
| A. X. had rousing welcome in Minneapolis,
also Guards Burdette, Black, Conner, etc.
| The bank clearings in Minneapolis are
! about $4,000 per day.
/ The Murray and Wadena county seat
contests are decided by the supreme court
against the petitioners for injunctions.
The prospective trouble cover the cheap
round trip to Boston made by the Chicago
& Grand Trunk, for the supreme lodge OF
the Odd Fellows, which meets in Boston
Sept. 20, has been avoided. The local
roads have agreed upon a $3.50 round
trip rate to Boston, for this special occa.
sion. The tickets will be sold only on Sept.
| II, and will be good to leave St. Paul only
ON that day. Return tickets will be sold,
and must be used between Sept. % and
Oct. 2. The tickets must be used for con.
! secutive trip, and will only be sold to par
ties OF five or more.
A laborer named William Bobmeyer, EN-.
! ployed on q construction train on the
Manitoba railway, was knocked OF fat
car and killed near St. Paul
At meeting Of the State High School
Board in St. Paul, appropriations of $4OO
each were allowed to the high schools o.,
Anoka, Howard Lake, kasson, Luverne
st. Peter, Moorhead, Wadena. The revis.
ed rules and regulations OF the board were
adopted, no special change being made
The Wlnopa and Lanesboro high schools
were relisted for three years supervision.
!; Classification OF high schools was made as
follows: Second Class-Albert Lea, Alex
! andria, Anoka, Duluth, Faribault, Fergus
Falls, Hastings, Lake City, Mankato, New
Ulm, Mortified, Owatonna, Rochester,
Sau1 Center, St. Peter, Spring Valley, Still
J water, Winona Zumbrota. Third Class
/! All other high schools in the state except
those in st. Paul and Minneapolis which
are the only ones independent OF state con.
!, troll.
Paul Fritzche, post trader among the
CnlDpeWa Indians at Glover, Wis.,, arrived
in St. Paul on one OF his periodical trips
for supplies. This time he combined bust
ness with pleasure and proceeded to view
the town. For several days he spent con.
! siderable sums OF money in various sa-
looms, and was finally robbed OF large
sum OF money.
I The Farmers Alliance at Redwood Falls
passed resolutions demanding state and
national control of railroads and condemn.
ing the use OF free passes by legislators
and officers.
The planning mill at Motley owned by
Curtis & Lawrence was destroyed by fire.
At Cannon Falls, D. E. Tates' hard.
| ware store was broken into through a
back window, and between $500 and $500
!; worth ofgoods stolen, consisting mostly OF
| revolvers, jackknives and razors.
At Waseca Frank Dible, Charles Cooke
and George Abomethy, were severely
burned by accidental explosion OF powder.
Michael McIntee of Caledonia, Houston
county, is under arrest for attempted
rape.
The newly erected Methodist church at
GAINESVILLE, was dedicated under the super
vision Of Presiding Elder McClary