New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Miss Ella A. Stone are married; also j.
Frank Shaw of New Orleans and Miss
Matte 3. Riley.
Sofar in the State Of Minnesota. but four
o,emargarine licenses have been taken out
Three OF these were wholesale, and were
taken by the Armour Packing company,
T. J. Brown and B. [. Brayton-sll OF St.
Paul. One retail license has been taken
ont in the state by j. Nay & Co. of Min.
neanolis. The Armour Packing company
rannrted that it had found a marked in
az in its sales of olemargarine since it
took ont its license-the increase in the few
dave since the law vent into effect being
ahont 10 per cent. It intends to contin-
ue the sale right along.
An exceedingly sensational divorce case
has been commenced in the Washington
county district court. and will likely be
tried during the present term. The parties
re members OF about the oldest and best
known families in the st. Croix valley.
The action is brought by the husband,
whose complaint charges the. wife wi
adultery with prominent physician OF
saltwater and with a professor of music
Who absconded from the locality some
months ago.
The change in the county seat at Lac
mi Parle county, from Lac qui Parle to
Madison. was carried by vote l,173 to
7O2. Gov. Hubbard has issued his proc.
lamation accordingly. Hon. Gordon E.
Cole has notified Gov. Hubbard that the
election will be contested.
All the returns of the counties III the
Third congressional district have been
officially canvassed. and they show that
Judge Macdonald received 1,21O more
votes thar Editor Herbert.
Judge Vanderburg OF the(supreme court,
hands down decision affirming the valid
ity OF the olcomargarine law.
Circulars received in st. Paul announce
that arrangements have been made for
five California excursions via New Orleans.
They will leave Chicago over the Illinois
Central Nov. 16, Dec. ID, Jan. II, Feb. Is,
and March IS. The fare for the round trip
from st. Paul will be $3.50.
Bait Steffins' brewery at Hastings was
damaged $4,000 by fire.
The official canvass Of votes on the cues
ton OF removing the county. seat OF Trav-
erse county to Wheaton gives majority
of 200.
Frank Patten, one OF the men in the
Waseca county jail. brought from Austin a
few months ago. charged with robblng the
Weckworth house. escaped.
The new site for which the government
paid SIS, 900 for the erection of a public
building at Winona fronts $50 feet on
Fourth street and 12O feet on Main street.
The building will be started early in the
spring.
The grand. Jury OF Wabasha county fin
ished it's work and was discharged. In
dictments were found as follows: Anton
Gedert for polygamy, Henry A. AndEus for
horse stealing Frank A. Hamm ond for
selling mortgaged property, jeremiah King
,or robbery, A. j. Edstrum for burglary
and David Vining for rape. Gedert pleaded
guilty and was remanded for sentence.
The others pleaded not guilty, and they
Eill be tried shortly. The case OF Vining,
| indicted for rape is a peculiar one, the
| woman in the case being his granddaughter
\ young girl. Winning is between 60 and 70
years of age and resides in Lake City. His
alleged victim is resident OF Florence,
Goodhue county.
st. Cloud journal: The water power
company's dam across the Mississippi riv
.r at this place has finally been completed.
There is still some work to do on the can
al, but the dam is an accomplished fact,
and the father of waters at last rolls over
what The people OF St. Cloud talked about
and hoped for Tor many years. The COM
pany extended the canal three hundred
teet longer than the contract with the city
calls for, and it is ROW one thousand feet.
Col. Sam McPhail was elected county at
torney OF Lincoln county.
The Citizens Bank OF Cannon Falls for.
merly owned at Hastings, has been sold
to SERVER & Norton OF Northfeld.
Gus II. Beaulieu, a Chippewa Indian has
sued I. j. Sheehan, Indian Agent. in which
he claims that be owned on March 25,
1886, a lot OF type and printing material
valued at $500. and that it was in his,
possession and removed him and his ma
terial from the reservation.
The following corrections, from official
returns, have been received since the pub
location of the list OF legislators OF the
state at the recent election. In the TWEEN.
tieth district (Rice county,, A. D. Keyes
and II. A. Swartw oudt, both Republicans
are elected instead of Batchelder and
Matthias, Alliance candidates, as report
ed. In the Thirty third district Wright
and Sherburne countiesj, E. F. Hurd,
Republican. is elected over Fridley, Demo-
GRAFT, by ESQ majority.
The resignation of Rev. D. D. Reed has
been accepted by the trustees Of the Bap-
tlst church at Rochester. He removes to
Boston very soon.
The Minnesota surpemc court has decid.
cd that complaint for selling intoxicat-
ing liquors without a license, which sub
stantially follows the language OF the stat
ute or ordinance under which the prosecu-
ton is brought is sufficient 1t is compe-
tent Tor the legislature in establishing mu.
niclpal courts to provide for the trial and
nearing OF complaints and causes involv-
ing merely the violation of municipal or
alnances in u summary manner, without a
Jury. AS respects such prosecution, tho
act esta blishing the municipal court of the
Ivy OF Mankato, CHI. 119, Special laws
1850, is constitutional.
The following additional majorities have
oeen received on governor: Renville. 29s
Tor McGill; st. Louis, 1. O6e for Nc Gill: Wa,
dena. 81 for McGlll; Itasca, 1872 for Ames.
and Hubbard, "a for Ames These and =
lew minor changes in the maiorities preyi.
ously received make McGilI's majority
s'121. The only county not yet heard from
is Lac qui Parle.
a company has been organized to build
line OF road from st. Paul to White Rear
and thence to the Wisconsin boundary line
on the st. Croix river It will be known ar
the White Bear Lake & Wisconsin railroad
Its capital stock is 5000. 900, divided into
To- 900 shares and the incorporatora ave
y. u. Conings. w. A. Somers. r. A. Smith