New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-01-13
. MINNESOTA STATE. NEWS.

MINNESOTA STATE. NEWS.
Olaus Oleson. a Jackson county farmer5
was killed by falling from his wagon.
volunteer fire department has been sor-
ganized at Browns Valley.
Il Saloon licenses at Lac qui Parle have
been fixed at $500.
Improvements at Rush City aggregate
$40, 900.
/ About I2O. 600 bushels OF wheat.were re-
celyed at Browns Valley the past season,
txo-thirds. Of which graded No. 1.
The cash receipts of the Saltwater Car
company for November and December were
nearly. $2OO;oOO.
The Winona Harvester works declared a
dividend Of s per cent cash and ten per
cent. stock.
Messrs. Spaalding, Plymat and Berry, OF
Mapleton, offer 81 900 reward for the ar
/ rest.and conviction of the miscreants who
aresapposed TO have set fire to their ware
house at Mapieton.
/ Miss Mary E. Sleeper, daughter of Rev.
w. u. Sleeperof Worcester, a. member: of
Wellesley college, has been invited to a
position in the Northwestern Conservatory
OF Music, Minneapolis, as teacher OF voice.
She has~notsdetermined whether to accept
| the position or to study music another
year in. Boston.
I August Richter OF St. Cloud took a drink
With a stranger and was fatally stabbed
Tor his complaisance.
Rev..E NJ. Gossard died in San ose CAL,
jan. Sd, 1885,. aged 81 years. 4. months
and 20 days.
| David Smith Of Rochester was very Sc
verelyinjured by being thrown from wag-
! on.
| JohnlI Langs house at Sheffield burned.
LOSS 50 1000; insurance $1,4O0.
The old %. NJ. sabin matter was revived
in the United States circuit court at st.
Paul, three basks obtaining Judgment
againsthim for the amount OF l,romissory
notes which they held, the Second National
bank OF Mauoh Chunk, Pa, for SIS, 533. so;
the Black Rivan National bank, OF Low.
vile, for. So, 539.5S, and the Third National
Bank OF Hartford for 81 !, 1l9.24.
It understood that the charges against
Marshal Denny having been withdrawn, the
MISREPRESENTATION will be handed in.
.John,L 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 a 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. Willard, St. Paul; vice
president, w. G. Whitney, Minneapolis;
treasurer; D.. p. Bassford, ST.. Paul; secre-
tary, j.. w, Kelly, Minneapolis; board OF
management, 6. w. Goodwin, F. G. Corser,
A.. f. Gauger and A. H. Stem; committee
on library, j. w. Kelly, j. Hodgson, A. H.
Stem and j. u. Taylor; committee OMEN
bertainment, D. w. Millard W.. G.. Whit
ney, b.. g. Joralem on and A. H. Stem; COM
mittee on membership, D. W.. Willard, W..
6. Whitney. !. w. Kelley, f.. G.. Corser
and =. r. Bassford.
D. B. Parmenter OF the town OF Scambler
sold his farm for 81 800, and with his
other effects skipped to Dakota, leaving,
| it is said, quite a debt behind.
A man named Hill from Madison, Wis,
while passing through Excelsior suddenly
became insane, and was detained, until the
arrival OF relatives.
During 81 severe gale recently Willard had
q narrow escape from being swept away
| by fire.
Statistics prepared by A. E. johnson, the
st. Paul emigration agent. shows that
/ 4O6, 600 European immigrants arrived in
the United States during the year 1885. OF
these 100000 landed in New York, and
the remainder at Quebec, Philadelphia,
Boston, and Baltimore. The arrivals at
New Orleans and Galveston are not included
in this reckoning, as no data concerning
those ports could be obtained.
| John Mitchell OF Frontenac, who was
president and treasurer OF the Frontenac
| Of
fortyeight years.
| at the residence OF the brides father, Hon.
B. S. Cook, Miss Belle NJ. Cook to L. A.
Knobloch, hardware merchant of that city.
/ John Westphal, lately engaged in the ga.
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 vile and
child.
! fat GAINESVILLE, the Central house caught
are, and it, with Emersons barber shop
1 bnd bowling alley and j. Petersons two
| buildings were burned to the ground. The
otal loss is about 5000, two. thirds OF
which is covered by insurance.
The business done by the ST. Paul post
office last year shows a large increase over
that OF 1884.
1 In the United States circuit court at st.
Paul judgments aggregating $85, 900 are
entered in favor OF several eastern banks
/ against .. NJ Sabin
In digging a well on his farm, a mile east
OF GAINESVILLE, Timothy Sullivan struck a
vein Of genuine hard coal at adepth ofIour-
teen feet. The vein was butan inch or two
thick
Some handsome brick buildings will be
1 put up in Redwood Falls in the spring to
replace those destroyed in the recent fire.
On Dec. 81 several farmers in Pipestone
county were cutting late flax and plough.
ing.
A farmers stock insurance company is
talked OF in Freeborn county.
] Thirteen divorces were granted in Free
born county in 1885.
A German church near Candy, ratified of
| COW to raise funds.
The Hubbard County bank opened its
doors for business Jan. 1, 1886. The de-
! pOsits in two davs were Sc, OOO 1t is the