The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-29
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

Herman Lessing died at his residence in
Wabasha, aged So years. He leaves o.
| wife and four children. DECREASED was n
member OF Company K, Ninth Minnesota
volunteers, during the war OF the rebellion,
| and the disease which caused his death was
| contracted while he was in the service.
John Schwirtz was chosen president Of
| the First National bank at Wabasha, vice
| Michael e. Drury, resigned.
The deed to large tract Of land located
at and near the Mounds just north of Luz
| verne, was recorded recently. The pur-
| chase price was 500, 900, paid by the Lu-
| VERGE Granite company to b. B. Richards
Of Dubuque. Iowa, and Others. The trans
| Ter embraces sections "a, 103 and As.
A strange disease is prevail .nt among the
horses in Shakopee vicinity that seems to
battle the best medical skill. Charles Kopp
| of Eagle Creek township has lost three val
uable animals. Many Others have lost ono
| and two. The young stock especially is
suffering.
| mysterious case OF kidnapping has de-
! veloped near Wnona. Two little boys,
sons OF p. d. Walworth, who lives near ths
eighty called Johnny Carter place, Oh the
Gilmore Valley road. were spirited away
| from home few evenings ago. Tho
| children were playing near the house when
| stranger came along in lumber wagon,
| driving IL gray team. He asked the boys TO
| help him drive COW which was attached
to the rear OF the wagon. They did 80, and
| disappeared down the road. Their parents
| can find no clue.
| The formal announcement that the Nil
| waukee 4 st. Paul and Oraha would put
| on fast trains between Minneapolis, st.
Paul and Chicago Was made Monday the
| 18th inst. The first trains will leave Mon
| day, May 2, and viii make the run from
St. Paul to Chicago in twelve hours and
| twenty minutes. The retarn trip will be
made in twelve hours and twenty-five mil
utes The time between Minneapolis and
Chicago will be twelve hours and fifty-fve
minutes going, ami thirteen hours coming.
| Work was commenced this morning on
| the new roundhouse of the Winona 4. st.
Peter in Winona. 1t is located just south
| of the present roundhouse, in the First
ward. and will contain twenty-one stalls.
Minneapolis cash relief fund foots up
| $50, 900.
| st. Paul & Northern Pacific company
advance wages in the construction service
by 3 cents day.
Edward Kelly, alias "Bull Dog Kelly,
whose real name is Mclaughlin. walked out
OF the county Jail at st. Paul "a free man
by order of Secretary Bayard. This action
on the part OF the executive department
had already been anticipat ted. There are
|
| case, and so far the only thing which has
| been developed tending to throw SUSPICION
| on Kelly is the fact that while in British
Columbia he was not known by his right
| name,
The posts OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public in Fillmore county are making ex-
tensive preparations for the reunion and
encampment Of the Union soldiers of the
late war, which is to take place there the
latter part OF the present June.
The postoffice at Fisher burned recently.
Nothing was saved.
strike at the Winona Touring mills is
| averted by compromise Oh wages.
| The Wisconsin Central will begin fast
| train service between st. Paul and Chicago
June Is.
At New Ulm, Herman Koop and W.
Trautmller, were indicted for the killing Of
one Martin. The jury in the case OF Traut-
miller brought in a verdict of manslaughter
in the third degree. Judge Webber SEN
fenced him to two years in state prison at
hard labor. Herman Koop ple ded guilty
to the charge OF manslaughter in the second
degree, and was sentenced by the court to
| five years at hard labor Martin was killed
In December last in a row in which koop,
| Trautmiller and the victim were partici-
| pants.
The chiefs OF the Mile Lacs Indians have
sent II letter to the president requesting
permission to visit Washington to talk
over plans for bettering their condition.
| During heavy hail and wind Storm at
Atwater DIR. L. B. Woolson was quite seri-
ously injured by being dashed into a lime
box.
| Prarie fires in Murry county destroyed
the residences of Enoch Yates and John
Price in Moulton township. Nothing was
saved.
Rev. A. Rodell OF Brooklyn, n Y. has
been chosen pastor of the Swedish Lutheran
church at Red Wing.
Mr.. Ferguson OF Great Falls, Me-, has a
snake hauled out of his stomach, and dies
Indian School Commissioner Jones is ar
rested in Idaho for embezzling Legion OF
Honor funds in Arkansas.
Thirtyone saloons are shut up by the
w. C. 7. o., in Clinton, Iowa.
| In Saltwater Isaac Staples is nominated
for mayor by a joint republican and demo-
cratic convention.
j. II. Mailer OF st. Paul was given a re-
ception and banquet recently by the Roch-
ester On. W Temple OF Odd Fellows.
Hon. Charles E. Flandrau has signified
HE acceptance OF the invitation to address
the Ramsey County Pioneer association
on May Ii, 1886, the twenty eighth ami
I
dress is to be historical and reminiscent
tial.
State Superintendent Kiehle announces
that owing to the cyclone at Sauk Rapids
no institute will be held in Benton county
| this year. This renders necessary the fol-
| lowing changes in the schedule Miss
| Sprague will go to Dassel, Meeker county.
in place OF w. NJ. Pendergast May 10, and
| to CanbN Yellow Medicine county, in
| nf trE Eicl-
will take Mrs. Z, X. Jacques place at
Breckenridge May 10.
Two young men at Grey Eagle. Iodd
county, we're poisoned by eating wild pars.
| nips, mistaking them for artichokes One
OF them, Patrick Calhoun, is dead and the
other, named Wickwire, is Mat expected to
| recover.
| According to q Minneapolis paper.
party of capita!ists in that city, including
W. D. Washburn, II. 7. Wells Thos.
Lowry, j. X. Sidle, John c. Oswald and
others, in conjunction with the Northern
Pacific, are to build line OF road to
parallel the Manitoba through MINES ota
and Dakota, The name OF the new cor
poration is the Minneapolis & Pacific, and
Il. b. Langdon has taken the contract to
construct the first Ito miles, from Minne-
about midway between the Fergus Falls
and Breckenridge divisions OF the Manito-
ba.
Winona has contributed over $4,000 to
the cyclone sufferers.
The sons of tho late William H. Wander
bilt have given $3.50, 600 to the College Of
Physicians and'Surgeons to build and en-
dow q building to he used exclusively for
clinics. The building will cost $780, 900.
1t win be known as the Vanderbilt clinical
in honor OF their father,
Judge Wilkin OF ST. Iaul says, that a
jury OF six men Ia not a legal institution,
and is merely an "assembiy or board of
men" and not a jury, Numerous authors
tias are cited, showing that n jury must be
composed OF twelve men in order to make
it jury in the legal acceptance OF the
term.
A. Hokah, a young woman gave birth to
| n live, well developed child IN an clubhouse,
threw it in the vault. Ind evidence was
found warrantina the belief that she ended