The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-04-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Uy r. 4. bOQcon. snow lS ABOUT gone,
and the farmers will begin seeding at
once.
G. c. Sohnson, proprietor and
manager of the Oskaloosa Broom
Company of Oskloosa, Iowa, has been
in Faribault preparing to start a
broom factory there similar to t he fac.
tory at Oskaloosa.
AS the roads get partially settled
reports come in from the country OF
the terrible work OF the late storms.
A strip OF country extending to the
southwest of Mankato suffered from
high winds. Numerous dwellings,
barns and one or Two school houses
were demolished. A Mr.. Ried. living
near ST. Clair, WAS buried in the fall
ing Of his house, but was rescued, for
tunateiy unhurt. Some of the tim
bers of school house IN Mcpherson
township were carried eighty rods by
the gale.
The Republican congressional COM
mittee CT the fifth district met at
Fergus Falls recently to call conven-
tions. 1t was decided to hold the
convention OF delegates at Crookston
May 15, and the call was issued based
OH the same representation as the
state call. 1t was decided to hold the
nominating convention at St. Cloud
June II, but the call was not issued.
Gov. Hubbard. president Of the
newly organized Duluth & Red Wing
Construction company. spent short
time in Duluth in the interest of that
company and the Duluth, Red Wing &
Southern road. He speaks very hope
tully of the buildingof the road. Ar
rangements are now being made by
Chief Engineer Powell of the road to
complete the survey between Duluth
and Red Wing, the lower portion OF
which was made last fall and early in
the winter. before deep snow compell.
ed a cessation of the work.
Lewis Olson was arrested at Han
cock charged with forging Peter Erick-
sons name to an order on which he
obtained $50 worth Of clothes from
NJ. Hoban, a storekeeper. He wrote
a letter to the clerk who sold him the
goods Dragging OF the deception and
stating the tacts, and thanking him
tor his greenness and stating that he
had left the country, otherwise the
crime would not have been discovered
for some time at least. Olson is tNen.
ty-one years old.
The Stevens county bank OF Morris
attached bv replevin the wheat in tine
elevator operated by Albert Dekay
on a claim OF 5000. This precipitated
a regular deluge of claims and the re-
suits are astonishing TO the CON-
munity. Mr.. Dekay has been sup
posed to have done a successful and
lucrative business, and the fear now
IS that many farmers will meet with
loss. 1t is said there is little or no
wheat outside that attached, and as
almost all of the claims were So
cured by wheat checks the losses will
be serious.
j. j. Hill is actively surveying, get.
ting the right OF way and collecting
material-ties and rails-to build a
cutoff on the Montana branch, which
it is claimed will save him twenty-fi We
or thirty miles between st. Paul and
Helena. This new road leaves the
main line near Larimore, goes through
Hillsboro, Ada, and passes south of
the White Earth reservation, joining
the Fosston branch OF the Manitoba
south of Leech Lake, and thence
straight through Brainerd to st.
Paul. The Manitoba is also collecting
to rail and tie the branch
north from Pelican Rapids, which was
graded last year.
J. H. Lorden, q brakeman on the
Omaha road, was arrested at Manka.
to charged with obtaining money un-
der false pretens Last October it is
alleged he went to the express office at
Waseca, forged the name of another
party to the books and obtained q
va!ise valued at $25. j. B. Hayden.
who was agent at Waseca at the
time, has been looking for Lorden
since Jan. l. having hunted over Illi-
nois, Iowa and Wisconsin,
A Swede giving the name OF Gus Lin.
den came to Redwood Falls and
showed such symptoms of insanity
that the sheriff took him in charge. He
says he came from Minneapolis to es.
cape being killed by parties in pursuit
al him. He also states that he has q
brother by :he name of Carl Gustave-
sen living in st. Paul. He is about
twenty eight years OF age. height five
teet ten inches, complexion light, eyes
blue, hair light and curly.
At a meeting OF the Lake City I'm.
p, ovement and Reality company a
was appointed to attend
to the improvement OF the encamp.
menr grounds af the Minnesota Ma.
tional Guards, and work thereon will
be commenced immediately, The
grounds will be seeded to grass, and it
is presumed they will be in excellent
in time for the encamp.
ment.
New Developments prove that
Adolph Flinzer, OF Freeborn county,
who burned up all his property. was
insane over the refusal of his late wife's
sister to wed him. The lady was be.
trothed to young man who has been
absent for several years. While he
was away, her brother-in.law transfer.
red his affections to her, and they
were soon engaged. A short time since
the former lover returned, and the
renewed her vows to him,
when the discarded brother.in-law be.
came a maniac. He has been renlov.
ed to the Rochester asyluE.
mo license" carried the day at a
recent village election at Zumbrota.
A high license council, however, was
elected. One of the aaloons continued
operations after the time for selling
liquor expired, which was April /. A
lawyer claims that village ordinance