St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-08
APPLETON,
Town Which is Soon to Have
Three Railways.

Ehree Railways.
Special to the Globe.
APPLETON, MIMI, May 7.-Appleton is
bound to boom this summer. We are to
have three railroads, among them the Du-
luth, Huron u Denver. The county has
voted S25. 600 bonds as bonus, and lately
the town has been flooded with surveying
parties. j. j. Hills party is here at pres
ent. and the Manitoba extension to Benson,
twenty-five miles, will be completed by
Aug. 1. The Northern Pacific will extend
the Morris division south of US, and ere an
other year Appleton will be quite railroad
center. We are looking for large immi-
grafton this season. There is large amount
of railroad land unoccupied at present,
which can be purchased on easy terms and
long time, some of it being within one mile
of town. Appleton is thriving village
with a population of 900, is very healthy,
has fine school building, four churches,
Congregational, Episcopal, Methodist and
Lutheran, two first-class flour mills, good
water power. two banks, two firSt-claSs
hotels, two hardware and six general
merchandise stores, one newspaper, six
saloons and one brewery, three lumber
yards, three large elevators, Van Inwegan,
Smith q Co.'S capacity 80, 900 bushels
the Others equally as good, but not so large.
Any person coming to settle in the village
or adjacent country, with more or less
capital, will find openings. Water is the
best. The people are intelligent and in
dustrious. The Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, Hastings & Dakota division, runs
through the town. 1t. is 159 miles from
Minneapolis, six hours travel.
FaribauIt.
Special to the Globe
FARIBAULT, May THE young woman
from the imbecile institution, drowned in
Straight river yesterday, was Miss Mary
Eastling of Minneapolis. She was SO
years of age. Michael Hanm, black
smith employed in Adam Weyer's wagon
shop, died suddenly Of heart disease at 6
o'clock this morning. He was 43 years of age
and leaves wife and nine children. The
grand jury, before it was discharged, recon-
mended that all advertising other than that
pertaining to legal business, be removed from
the walls of the county court house. -. The
petit jury will be called in the following order
commencing Monday, May 10, at 10 a. m.
Emery VS.. Gallagher, Simon VS.. City of North
field, Deoping VS.. Wilson. Curren VS.. Nutting,
Blair VS.. Minneapolis & ST. Louis Railway, Lin.
coin VS.. Stehley, Townley VS.. Moran, Craig VS.
Barton, Ward VS.. Barton, Jones VS.. Bean
Keyes VS.. Minneapolis g. St. Louis Railway,
Bonte & Co. VS.. Wall, Martin VS.. Nahl, Wood
VS.. Cults, Davis VS.. Langee, Archambante VS.
Hill, Milwaukee Harvester company VS..
Gleason, Schrader VS.. Barton, Cassidy VS.
Bean, Converse VS.. Minneapolis & st. Louis
Railway and Becksted VS. Cook.
Rochester.
Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, May AT the regular
meeting of the board of education Monday
evening Prof. Darius Steward was reelected
principal of the public schools for the next
year. The wife of Henry Schaeffer of Pots
and will be buried to-day. "A special meet
ing of the common council was held last even
ing. A franchise was granted the WesteI d
Electric Light company to put in lights here,
provided this franchise would not exclude
any other company if they desired to come
here. The jury list was read by the recorder
and accepted. The settlement Of the quarry
question was left for the next
meeting. The plans and specifications for
the new buildings were presented and ac-
cepted and the recorder ordered to advertise
for bids. Several condemned walks in the
city were ordered rebuilt. "A special meet
ing of the Carrollsville Farmers alliance was
held May1. A set of resolutions were drawn
up and accepted. They nominated Hon
Judge Wilson of Winona on the Peoples
ticket for congressman from the First con
greSsional district of Minnesota, also Hon. w
w. Mayo of this city for state senator from
this district, and Edward Judge as represent
alive from the Ninth legislative district.