The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

Mrs. r. M. Wilbur a teacher in the Madi-
SON school OF st. Paul, died very suddenly
at the Clarendon hotel, where she was stop
ping. Deceased came to St. Paul very re-
Gently from Omaha.
Gov. Hubbard says thatinasmuch as the
day set for the execution OF Hutchinson,
the East Grand Forks murderer fell upon
Good Friday he would reprieve him Tor one
week.
Seventeen persons were poisoned at Thir-
teen Towns, from eating corned beef.
Analysis showed the presence OF arsenic.
All will recover.
post mortem on the body OF Andrew
Gilberg OF Garfield shows that he died
natural death. Foul play was suspected.
DR.. f. s. King, formerly sheriff OF Winona
county, died in Florida OF neuralgia OF the
heart.
Lawrence Dygert OF Albion, Wright Co.,
died of consumption recently, and was
buried at that place. Mr.. Dygert was one
OF the oldest settlers in that part of the
county.
Rev. A. r. Ward, who had been forced
by his wife Whom he deserted) to leave st.
Paul recently, arrived at Dubuque over
two weeks ago and obtained the pastorate
Of the African M. +. church, which he has
since held. He did MT preach Sunday
having been dismissed by the bishop at the
instance OF his wife.
New Workers are plentiful in st. Paul,
and they have formed New York state
| association.
The city council OF Brainerd approved
plans for IL new city jail, which will cost
upward OF $50, 900, and the same are to
be modelled after hygienic, humane and
other suggestions laid before the council by
| Secretary Hart, of the national and state
boards of charities.
| Sarah MArson, domestic, is found with
a bullet in her head at Mansfield; sup.
| posed attempt at suicide.
The heavy damage suit of C. L. Dunn vs..
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
railroad is decided by the Minnesota SUI
preme court in Dunn's favor; $25, 900.
A permanent exhibition of builders ma
| terials at st. Paul is considered by the
chamber of commerce.
The greatest of ix-day bicycle races came
to an end at the Washington rink, Mime
| apolis, the night of the 18th. Albert
| Schock, the winner, made the grand record
| of 1,0O9k miles which is now the worlds
| champion record in 72 hours. The former
record was LOOT miles and 1, 232 var 8,
made by F. J. Leeds at Middlesbrougn,
Eng, Sept. 27Oct. 2, 1880.
| The house, barn and machine shed of An
| tone Lohre. of Morris, with their contents,
were burned. The cause was defective
flue. Loss, 81, 900; insurance, $3,5
| A. G. Bechaud & Bros, Of Fond du Lac,
Wis.,, have purchased 1000 acres OF land
near Marshall, for stock farm,
William Beach's saw mill at Clotho
burned. Loss not known.
Charles Grant Turner, a musician and
composer OF local fame, was found dead in
bed at filings hotel, at Currie, Murray Co.
| At the coroners inquestit was shown that
he contemplated creating a sensation by
attempting suicide. He gave the key to
his trunk to a young lady, and also a let
| ter, in which he told her what to do with
his effects and where to bury him. The
| letter was to be opened In an hour after
her arrival home. AS he had made similar
threats before, however, the young lady
| did not think he would commit suicide.
| There is no doubt that he took laudanum
to create sensation, and too much, by
| mistake.
The mystery OF the terrible cutting at
the stock yards of the Minnesota Transfer,
near st. Paul Friday night the 18th inst,
is still unsolved. Circumstances on which
| the suspicion is based, that the man now
In custody may be the guilty party, are de-
tailed atlength. Smith, the man who was
SO badly cut and mutilated, died at the
city hospital at O'Clock Saturday morn
ing never having recovered consciousness
from the time that he was found by En-.
gineer Woods. J. D. Martin, placed under
arrest by the detectives, charged with the
murder, denies the accusation.
A young man named Reuben Johnson,
died at his residence in st. Paul, from the
effects of a blow upon the head, received at
the hands of 'Skinney," a barkeeper, on
the 18th of February last.
Mrs. Hickok, OF Big Rapids, Mich, while
chasing her husband, who had deserted
her, drops dead in the street in st. Paul.
There is chance for a young man from
Congressman Nelson's district to get a
cadetship in the Annapolis naval academy.
At meeting OF the directors of the State
Agricultural Society at St. Paul, Secretary
Judson reported that he had made a care.
full canvass of the situation, and was con-
vinced that the society would receive the
hearty cooperation OF all parts OF the
state, especially the farmers, making the
coming fair the finest exhibition of its kind
| that was ever seen in the Northwest The
representative OF the other organizations
present pledged their hearty support to the
enterprise.
Oscar F. Morrow and Effie NJ. Dyer are
schoolmates at the village OF Good Thun-
der, Blue Earth county. He is scarcely
eighteen, and she is sixteen. The girls
father, Henry o. Dyer, objected to her en-
her extreme youth and his alleged worth
lessness. An elopement was arranged, and
Morrow went to Mankato to procure q
marriage license, representing his age at
twenty and hers at eighteen. A license
was issued, with a proviso that it was only
to be used in the presence and with the
| congent of his parents. She threw her
clothes out OF a second-story window and
| went with Morrow to Vernon Center, where
minister married them without noticing
the conditional clause in the license. Dyer
pursued them, reaching Vernon one hour
after the ceremony was performed, over
took the couple and returned home with
his daughter, who is now under the paren.
| tai roof.
| Postmasters appointed In Minnesota
! Woodstock, Pipe Stone county, III. B. Ell.
throp. In Montana-Jolliette, Pembina
county, r. Ferguson; Perry. D. A. Kimball;
| Tulara, j. K. Martin.
The Manitoba railroad recently sent out
a surveying party to run q line for a cut of
| from Elk River through Princeton to Ma
lacca, on the Hinckley branch. The COM
pany made a proposition in due form to
the towns of Baldwin and Princeton, stat.
| ing that it would build such a line, and
have it in running order by Dec, l, provid.
ed the first named town voted bonds in the
| sum Of $4,000, and Mile Laos county In
the sum Of SAT 900, or 5 per cent. OF their
respective valuation.
Mrs. E. l.. Bowden mysteriously disap.
pears from Minneapolis.
| Judge Dickinson filed q depisien In the
| case OF Frank Robel vs.. The Chicago, Mil.
| waukee 4 st. Paul Railroad Company.
Plaintiff was the father Of Martin Rohel,
| a minor who was killed by coming In con.
tact with bridge while descending ON the
side Of o freight car. Judge Dickinson
holds that recovery might be had In behalf
Of the father OF more than merely nominal
damages.
A mysterious attempt at murder oc-
| CURED at the stock yards ut the Minnesota
| Transfer, about five miles from the city
hall in st. Paul, by which stockman,
| whose name is unknown and OF whom moth
| ing can be ascertained, was dangerously
wounded and left for dead in cattle pen.
| County Attorney Greenman recovered
| $500 from the village OF Leroy for injuriea
received from p defective sidewalk.
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