The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15
Minnesota Hospitals for Insane

Minnesota Hospitals for Insane.
Commissioners G. w. Wood and DR.. c. HI.
Boardman, board OF examiners OF hOspit-
ais for insane, have reported to Gov. Hub
bard that they had completed their semi
annual trip to the Rochester and st. Peter
hospitals. At Rochester they found GOT
patients under treatment, 3O3 males and
3O4 females. During six months there have
been % deaths, 8 males and ID women.
During the same period four men patients
escaped. but they have either been return
ed or permitted to remain in their own To-
calities as il on parole. The condition and
administration OF the hospital are most
creditable to the superintendent and his
staff. Nearly SO per cent OF the patients
are employed in various avocations. The
commissioners note the marked decrease
in cases of restraint by mechanical APP
methods appears to be rapidly falling
into desuetude, which is praiseworthy
as well as innocuou u.s." The sanitary
and hygienic conditions OF the hos
pital are good. The detached ward, when
completed, will bring needed relief from an
Overcrowded condition. The commission
ers reco mmend that changes contemplated
in the old or central building be made as
soon ne possible, and an increased protec-
ton against fire. At the st. Peter hospital
the commissioners found sos patients, 500
men and BOG women. Twenty three dea this
were reported since September last, eighteen
men and five women. Nine patients escaped.
The first of the detached wards is now com
pleted, and the second will be before next
winter. The daily average number Of
patients from Aug 1, 1885, to Feb. /,
1886, was 781, and during March, 1885,
it WAS 500. The appropriation now sup.
porting the hospital was made on basis
OF an average daily number of IT'S. The
hospital is found to be in excellent con-
dition. The commissioners recommend
gamnasiums for both hospitals, and hot
houses for flower culture are suggested.
The losses of the Duluth branch of Hook
er. Crittenden, & Co., aggregate $50, 900.
The firm, however has been very prosper
GUS, and is well able to meet the losses.
The MINI ssota state poultry association
decide to hold the annual exhibition Dec.
Z, 8 and Q.
Freight Conductor Jennings, OF the Min
neapolis & st. Louis, is knocked off his
train while crossing bridge near Waseca
and killed.
The election at Preston was the most ex-
citing ever held there. III. r. Wells was
chosen Mayor.
Herman Bergman OF st. Paul attempts
to commit suicide, with probable fatal re-
suits.
Judge Vanderburg affirms the right Of q
municipality to extend street across the
roadway OF a railway corporation.
Mrs. Cling, formerly of Chicago, died at
the Arlington house Faribault OF consump-
ton.
Ernest Olmsted OF Dodge Center, was
bound over to the grand jury on charge
OF grand larceny, being the third man
bound over charged with the larceny Of
clover seed from D. G. Fairbank elevator.
The Minnesota State Poultry associa-
tion met at Roches ter, with good attend
ance, including several from distant parts
Of the state. New members were received
and others heard from by letter. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:-Presileut, III.
Ka!b OF Rochester; vice president, C. A.
Gale, Garden City; secretary, w. w. Church
i'll; treasurer, A. T. Stebbins; directors, c..
G. Conklin, Spring Valley; Z. ]. Gates and
holding the annual exhibition will be Dec
z. and 8, and the city offering the most
inducements will be selected as the place.
In Saltwater, the Republicans got half
and the Democrats the other hall Of the
officers at the election.
Five hundred dollars reward is offered
for the arrest Of the man who shot ]. G..
Eickmann-$3O0 by Alexandria village and
5000 by Douglas county.
Louis Bogen, editor and publisher OF the
New Ulm Post, died suddenly OF heart dis
ease. Mr.. Bogen was born in Michelstadt
Grossherxogthum Lessen, on June q, 1910.
lie studied law in Germany and was adj
mitted to the bar in 1848. He took an