The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-05-03

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farm OF N. B. Gallop, near Dodge
Centre. we're burned. These were good
buildings, the barn being as large as
any In the country. The loss will be
heavy.
Fire broke out in the coal sheds OF
the Manitoba company at St. Cloud,
and the building was entirely consum-
ed. Twenty-Five hundred tons OF coal,
which were stored in the shed, caught
fire.
Thomas Noyes, who was pioneer
settler in Wabasha county, died at
his home in Maple Grove, OAK, on the
18th inst, aged eighty-seven years.
Fergus Falls will make an effort to
secure the Methodist seminary to
be located somewhere in the Red river
valley. 1t is understood the city will
offer $25, 900 in property and cash.
r. +. McGrath's hardware store at
Barncsville was broken into by
tramps,, presumably, and about S25
worth OF plated ware and revolvers
carried Off. A TIN box containing
valuable but not negotiable papers
were found near the railroad cattle
yards, the box having been cut open
and abandoned.
A loud report was heard and a
shock felt by parties south OF Averil.
1t was at first thought that q steam
boiler had exploded, but it is now
thought to have been a meteor. AS
yet searchers have been unable to
locate it, as the shock was felt for
miles around.
August Kauke, who was robbed at
Verndale, and nearly killed by high
waymen, is improving. The doctors
feel confident that they will not only
save his, life but his arm also. Milo
Lavanway, Owen Kingston and q
young man named Rice have been ar
rested on suspicion, and were identi-
fed by the injured man.
Gilbert J. Hopkins, late from Mon
tevideo, Chippewa county, whose peo-
pie reside in Castle Rock, was adjudg
ed insane and will be sent to the Roch,
ester asylum. His father was com,
mitted to Rochester over year ago.
A Worthinoton man found a pock-
etbook recently out on the prairie that
another Worthington man lost while
helping to fight fire out there some
seven or eight years ago. There was
something like 500 in the book when
lost, and when found about $50 OF it
was in passable condition, but the
balance was about destroyed by the
exposure to the wind and weather.
Over thirty families have settled in
the vicinity OF St. James this spring,
coming mostly from Illinois.
Frank Collins, American express.
man OF st. Cloud lit cigar and, find
ing it would not draw, cut it in two
and discovered a small cartridge in
the middle with the ball pointed to-
ward the small end.
Charles Greenwood. of Owatonna,
while springing trap for glass
balls, was shot in the forehead and
left eye by the accidental dis
charge of a gun in the hands of Fred
Ginger.
The house of Mrs Wade, in East
Rochester, was burned. none OF the
contents being saved, but the sewing
machine. Mrs. Wade is widow with
four children to support, and all her
worldly wealth was in this house. No
insurance.
A recent offer OF c. A. Ballack to
build flax fiber mill at Lake City for
a bonus of $4,000 is not likely to be
accepted.
Mrs. Mary Ann Grinnell OF Lake
City has been committed for lunacy
to the insane asylum at Rochester.
Hon. Amos Coggswell's nomina-
ton as postmaster of Owatonna has
been confirmed, and he has received
the necessary papers for execution
before taking the Office.
James O'Neil, who came to Moor.
head from Milwaukee, attempted
suicide by jumping through o second
story window OF the Key City hotel.
He had been intoxicated, and it is
supposed attempted to take his life
while suffering with tremens.
Frank ALE and Mrs. T. Mcdonald,
arrested on the charge OF setting fire
to tie house of Robert Mcdonald,
had their examinations at St. James,
aud were discharged.
Mary Carron, aged 80, who lived
with her brother, Fred, and her moth
er, on the Kieth farm. west OF Mar
shall committed suicide by hanging
herself in the barn. She had been
considered partially insane for
some time. Some few weeks ago
she attempted to commit suicide,
taking poison, and had been ever
since closely watched by the family.
Rev. Louis Salzerer, OF st. Paul, a
German Catholic priest who was being
taken to an insane asylum at Chicago,
jumped from car near Beudi Land.
ing and fractured his skull. He died
at WdDdSna.
The Rochester city council has vot-
ed to remit the customary tax or the
opera houses for the purpose of en-
couraging managers to bring before
the people first-class entertainments.
An important case was decided at
Duluth, involving the title to many
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
worth OF land. Messrs. Rice and Nal
lett were in partnership and the latter
made several deals which his partner
claimed were firm transactions. while
Mallett claimed they were his own pri.
vate affairs and in his wife's
name. The judge decided in
favor of Rice, who get $4,000, be-
ing the quarter interest in $25O,0OO
worth of iron lands in the Vermillion
range, 1000 acres OF land in Michigan
and the Mallett addition to Ely.
A. H. Bereman, editor OF the Wade.
ma County Pioneer, died at his home,
of congestion OF the blood and heart.