New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.

minnesota news,
Work on the new Saulspaugh hotel
at Mankato was commenced. 4 crew
Of bout 80 men was started n do.
ging the foundation. In the evening
Germania Band and a large number
OF citizens gathered at the market
house and gave Mr.. Saulspaugh a
serenade.
The fourth annual convention OF
the State Pharmaceutical association
met at Saltwater with some one
hundred and fifty visiting druggists
present. The convention was vel
coined by Mayor G.. M. seynore in a
happy speech. President j. p. Allen
opened the proceedings with an adj
dress OF more than usual interest.
He stated that there were about one.
thousand one hundred registered
pharmacists in the state, aud spoke
at length upon the advantages this
association afforded druggists in gen.
eral.
Henry Harrison, colored, was ar
rested at Duluth by road detective,
charged with burglarizing the depot
at Barnum OF $55 and gold watch
belonging to the agent. He was sent
TO the st. Louis county jail in default
OF bail. The watch was recovered,
The Southern MinnesotasFair asso-
cation proposes to have a wedding
during its next fair. to be held Sep
TENDER 3 to s. 1T solicits applications
from candidates fer matrimonialhap
plness to be made to the secre tary. G..
Van Camper, Rochester, Mimi. The
tlrst bona fide application will be the
one accepted, the names Of the con-
tractlng parties to be kept secret un-
TIL the hour Of the wedding.
The trustees Of the Albert LeaL
eran high school have. resolved to put
up building to cost about SIS, 900.
Mr.. Anderson, a stone-cutter, was
assaulted and robbed on Mississippi
bridge at St. Cloud. One OF the as
sallants cnoked him, while the other
held him and went through his pock-
cts. Elmer Stevenson and John
Dennlson We're arrested on suspicion.
Atwo.year-old child of Henry Gard
ner, farmer residing northwest OF
Dodge Centre, was scalded to death
by backing into a pail Of hot water.
The st Louis river is booming, and
old settlers say they never saw it as
high. About fifty feet OF the bridge at
Thomson was washed away. At Clo-
quet the people living on the Island
have been obliged to move, and the
mills are flooded. Great fears are en-
tertained for the safety of twenty
million feet Of logs. They will surely
go if the water continues to rise.
The vicinity of Perham, in Otter
Tail county is thickly flooded with
grasshoppers. Prof Toghan, acting
according to the instructions OF Gov.
McGlll, has been Investigating the
matter, and numerous barrels Of tar
and a quantity of sheet iron were
sent to the relief OF the farmers in
that county.
The Red Lake river is still on the
rampage. All of the dray teams have
been kept on the go moving families
that livein the lower part of Crooks
ton. The boom at the cutoff, three
miles above, gave way, and now the
boom in the city is holding log jam
that extends for miles up the river.
II this should give way it would take
the three iron bridges IN the city, and
do a great deal OF damage to other
property. The mill men think the
boom will hold. Old settlers say it is
the highest water since 1877. go,
The examination OF Michael McFar-
land closed at Waseca, and he was re.
leased. Whisky and the,old benumb-
ed and Supplied the old man Donigan
so that when he got out OF the wagon
he fell into the pool of water and was
drowned before McF arland, who was
also drunk, could render assistance.
There is considerable music in the
air at Blue Earth City caused by the
action of the village for violation OF
the liquor. laws. These are for var
ious offenses, including illegal sales,
drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
extending back for a month, and
which have been spotted" by local
gentleman hired for the purpose.
The old settlers had their annual
meeting and picnic at Balls Bluff on
Lake shetek. near Currie. Notwith-
standing the unfavorable weather
there was the largest attendance OF
old settlers ever had. An old-fash-
Toned pioneer dinner was served.
A little boy eight years old, son Of
John Micha, living % miles from
Hutchinson, started for a friends
house on the 9th inst. On his return
he must have become bewildered and
lost, as he has not been since seen. A
searching party has secured the