The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-01-14
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

CLAUS Oleson, a Jackson county farmer,
was killed by falling from his wagon.
A volunteer fire department has been or
ganized at Browns Valley.
Saloon licenses at Lac qui Parle have
been fixed at $500.
improvements at Eush City aggregate
$4,000.
About 13O. 900 bushels OF wheat were re-
ceived at Browns Valley the past season,
two-thirds of which graded No. 1.
The cash receipts oi the saltwater Car
comLany fer November and December weJs
nearly $2O0,O0O.
The Winona Harvester works declared a
dividend OF 6 per cent. cash and ten per
cent. stock.
Messrs Spauldng, Plymat and Berry, OF
Ma apleton, offer 81 900 reward for the ar
rest ami conviction Of the miscreants who
are supposed to have set fire to their ware
house at MGpleton.
Miss Mary T.. Sleeper, daughter OF Rev.
w. I. Sleeper OF Worcester, a member oi
Wellesley college, has been invited to a
position in the Northwestern Conservatory
of Music, Minneapolis. as teacher OF voice.
She has not determined whether to accept
the position or to study music another
year in Boston.
August Richter of ST. Cloud took drink
with IL stranger and was fatally stabbed
for his complaisance.
Rev. r. NJ Gossard died in SanJose, Cal,
Jan. Sd, 1886, aged 81 years 4 months
and 20 days.
David Smith OF Rochester was very Sc
vercly injured by being thrown from a wag
on.
John l.. Lang's house at Sheffield burned.
Loss, 81, 900; insurance 81 400.
The old ID. NJ. Sabin matter was revived
in the United States circuit court at St.
Paul. three banks obtaining judgment
against him for the amount OF promissory
notes which they held, the Second National
bank OF Mauch Chunk, Pa, for So, $780,
the Black River National bank, OF Low.
vile, for 50, 5,539.5S, and the Third Nationa.
Bank of Hartford for 81 !, ,119.24.
1t is understood that the charges against
Marshal Denny having been withdrawn. the
latter's resignation will be handed in.
John L. Gibbs of Geneva who was speak
er OF the house during the last meeting OF
the legislature, has forwarded to Gov. Hub
bard his resignation as member OF that
body under date Of Jan. l. The governor
accepted the resignation.
The Architects of Minnesota met at St..
Paul. and elected the following officers:
President. d. w. Millard. st. Paul; vice
president, w. G. Whitney, Minneapolis
treasurer, E. p. Bassford, st. Paul; secre-
tary, j. W. Kelly, Minneapolis; board OF
management, &. w. Goodwin, L. G. Corser,
A. F. Gauger and A. H. Stem; committee
on library, J. w. Kelly, j. Hodsson, A. H.
Stem and j. II. Taylor; committee on en-
tertainment, d. w. Millard, w. G. Whit
y ~
mittee on membership, d. w. Millard, w.
G. Whitney, J. w. Kelley, F. G. Corser
and f. p. Bassford.
d. B. Parmenter OF the town OF Scambler
sold his farm for 81, 500, and with his
other effects. skipped to Dakota, leaving,
it is said, quite debt behind.
A man named Hill from Madison Wis,
while passing through Excelsior suddenly
became insane, and Was detained until the
arrival OF relatives.
Duri ,g q severe gale recently Willard had
a narrow escape from being swept away
by fire.
Statistics prepared by A. E. Johnson, the
st. Paul emigration agent, shows that
406 900 European immigrants arrived in
the United States during the year 1885. vi
these 2SO, ,OCO landed in New York, and
the remainder at Quebec, Philadelphia
Boston, and Baltimore. The arrivals at
New Orleans and Galveston are not incl'ded
in this reckoning, as no data concerning
those ports could be obtained.
John Mitchell of Frontenac, who was
president and treasurer of the Frontenac
Stone company, died Of consumption, aged
forty eight years.
A brilliant wedding occurred in Owatonna
at the residence OF the brides father. Hon.
b. S. Cock, Miss Belle NJ. Cook to L. A.
Knobloch hard are merchant OF that city.
John Westphal, lately engaged in the sa
loon business, at Winona, while driving
out to Sugar Loaf was struck by the cars
at the Milwaukee & St. Paul crossing, and
instantly killed. He leaves a wife anc
child.
fat Barnesville, the Central house caught
are, and it, with Emerson's barber shop
bnd bowling alley AID j. Peterson's two
tuildings were burned to the ground. The
otal loss is about $4,000, two thirds OF
which is covered by insurance.
The business done by the St. Paul post
office last year shows n large increase over
that OF 1884
Tn the United States circuit court at St.
Paul judgments aeqfegating $S5, 0uO are
entered in favor OF sevGral eastern banks
against D. NJ. Sabin.
In digging well on his farm, miie east
of GAINESVILLE, Timothy Sullivan struck d
vein OF genuine hard coal at depth of flour
teen feet The vein was but an inch or two
thick:
Some handsome brick buildings will be
put up in Redwood Falls in the spring to
replace those destroyed in the recent fire.
On Dec 81 several farmers in Pipestone
,kxy. c.,ffinu Lotto fay q nd ,,innoh.
ing.
A farmers stock insurance company is
talked Of in Freeborn county.
Thirteen divorces were granted in Free
born county in 1886.
A German church near Candy, raffled off
a COW to raise funds,
The Hubbard County bank opened its
doors for business Jan: l, 1886. The de-
posits in two days were $4,000. 1t is the
only bank in Hubbard county. The bank
is officered by the following gentlemen: Har-
ry Billings, president; james Billings, cash
ier; j. H. Bradford, assistant cashier.
q The snowfall OF the Sd and 4th insts.,
was the heaviest ever known at Rochester
by the oldest resident. The depth is es
tin,ated by good judges to be at least two
feet IN the level, and as the first days snow
was softened by mingled sleet as it fell the
weight OF snow is very great.
Ira G. Walden, OF Jackson, who enlisted
from Rochester in 1861, was found dead il
his bed, a victim to heart disease. Mr.
Walden was wounded at Mill Springs, and
was shot near the spot where zolcoffet
was killed. He WAS ut the t!mc OF his death
surgeon OF John A. Myers post OF Jackson,
and an esteemed citizen. Age, sixty years.
At the meeting OF the Minnesota Loya,
Legion at the Ryan hotel, st. Paul, the fol-
lowing members OF the first class were elec-
ted: First Lieut., George Grcnville Barnum,
One Hundre,lth New York Infantry; Bvt.
Lieut.. Col. Gaines Lawson, Twenty fifth
United States infantry; Capt. Charles Still
man Ilslcy, Seventh United States cavalry;
Bvt. Brig. Gen. Edmund Mann Pope,
Eighth New York cavalry; John Finlay
McIaren, Jr., son OF the late Chaplain ohm
F. McLaren, Tenth regiment Pennsylvania
reserves.
Charles Schneider, Jr., OF Pickeral lake,
Freeborn county, threshed this season 49,.
LOG bushels of wheat, 1880 bushels oi
oats and /, ,425 bushels of barley, or a to-
tai OF 81 ,S11 bushels OF grain,
Albert Lea college was opened for the
winter term on Wednesday, j an i 1856, there
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