Little Falls transcript., 1886-04-16
Minnesota Hospitals for Insane.


Commissioners G. W. Wood and Dr. c. II.
Boardman, board OF examiners of hospit-
ais Tor 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, 303 males and
3O4 females. During six months there have
been ~ deaths, 3 males and 3 women
During the same period fonr men patients
escaped. but they have either been return
ed Or permitted to remain in their own To-
calities as i! onparole. The condition and
administration Of the hospital are most
creoitable 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 mecha ncul ap-
pliance, and add, ''resort TO such
methods appears to be rapidly falling
into desuetude, which is praiseworthv
as we'll as innocuous' The sanitary
and hysienic conditions OF the hos
pltal arc good. The detached ward. when
completed, will bring needed relief from an
oVercro~ded condition. The commission
ers reco mnend that changes contemplated
III the Old or central build ing be made as
soon az possible, and an increased Drotec-
tlon against fire. At the St. Peter hospital
the commissIoners found sos patients 500
men and 3oo women. Twcnty-thrce deaths
were reported since September last, ish teen
me men and five women. Nine patients escapei.
Inc hrst OF the detached wards is now com
pleted, and the second will be before newt
winter. The daily average number OF
patlents from Aug. ], 1885, to Feb /,
1855 was ISL, and during March, 1886,
~ Was oVS. The appropriation now SUP
port'ng the hospital was made OH a. basis
OF an average daily number OF 775 The
iosplta1 Is found to be in excellent con.
o'"oh. The commissioners recommend
gamnaslums for both hospitals, and hot
houses Tor flower culture are suggested.
lhe losses OF the Duluth branch OF Hook
er Crlttenden, Il Co., aggregate 81 SO, 900.
lhe hr'n, however has been very prosper.
Gus, and is we'll able to meet the losses.
The Mian asota state poultry association
decide to hold the annual exhibition Dec
Z, and 3.
Freight Conductor Jennings, OF the Min
neapolis Il St. Louis, is knocked of his
train while crossing a bridge near Waseca
and killed.
The election at Preston wus the most ex-
citing ever held there. II. r. Wells was
chosen Mayor.
Herman Bergman Of st. Paul ATTEMPTS
to commit suicide, with probable fatal re-
suits.
Judge Panderburg affirms the right OF a
municipality to extend a street across the
roadway Oh railway corporation.
Mrs. Cling, formerly of Chicago, died at
the Arlington house Faribault OF consumu-
ton.
Ernest Olmsted OF Dodge Center. was
pound 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. C. Fairbank elevator.
The Minnesota State Pou TRY associa-
tion met at Roches ter, with u 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 eelected:--Presideut, II.
kaib OF Rochester; vice president, "A.
Gale, Garden City; secretary, w. w. Church.
III; treasurer, A. 7. Stebbins; directors. C.
{. Conklin, Spring Valley; f. j. Gates and
w. J. Eaton, Rochester. The date for
holding the annual exhibition viii be Dec.
z. 8 and 8, and the city offerin. 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 ;s offerad
for the arrest OF the man who shot tI.C
Elckmann-s3oO by Alexandria village and
5000 by Douglas county. @
Louis Bogen, editor and publisher OF the
New Ultn Post died suddenly OF heart dis
ease. Mr.. Bogen was born in Michelstadt
Grossherzogthnm Lessen on June z. 1910.
He studied lay in Germany and was adj
mifted to the bar in l84S He took an
active part in the revolutionary period.
ana was arrested for his revolutions
ideas. he came to America in 1856, and
located in Saltwater. In 1864 he went to
New Ulm and took charge OF the New Ulm
Post. which he edited and published up to
the time of his death. 81 =
Andrew Erickson, q once prominent resi-
dent OF ST. Paul. blew out his brains with
q pistol. Excessive use OF LIQUOR, lack OF
work, general despondency and the mis-
fortunes OF in-lnck all combined to cause
the tragedy. Sss
The first ST. Louis boat Of the season to
arrive at Winona was the Libbie Conper,
Capt. Dawley. She arrived "wednesday
afternoon, the 7th inst s5. as.>
The committee for the examination Of
candidates for the naval academy at An
napolis, from the Fifth conversational dis
strict. will hold q competitive exssnination
ct the office OF g. T.. Cowinr in Fergus FalIs.s
April Letters Of inquiry may be ad.
dressed to either member Of the co oIflmittee:
Senator Steenerson, Crook ston; Stunt. @. F.
Goxing, Fergus Fails; r resident 1. j. Cray, /