The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-03-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.
To Improve the Minnesota.

To Improve the Minnesota.
| Mai. Allen, United States engineer, has
| recently made al important report upon
the practicability aud cost OF making the
| Minnesota river navigable from Mankato
| to it's mouth, at Fort Smelling. Maj. Allen
finds that the stream can be made navi.
gable for steamers drawing two feet oi
water by removing the impeding snags and
the construction OF movable dams and
the river. His plan il to make the
dams movable in order to prevent dam.
age by the heavy spring floods
in that valley. His estimate OF the cost OF
six locks and dams is as follows Work.
| 81, 221. 900; land damages. S135.975; re.
moving snags. S35, 900; 10 per cent. for
contingencies, 5 135, 7O3; total, 81, 527, 73S.
| For the same Improvement with ten locks,
| the estimate is: Cost OF work, 81, ,613,-
| 900; land damages. $67, ,2sO; snags. s35..
| OO0;contingencies. Il 68, ,08S: total, 81, ,SS3,.
| 968. President S. f. Barney. OF the Man
ksto board OF trade claims that So, 500,.
| 900 worth OF products would be shipped
| by water annually were the Minnesota
navigable and the present freight rates re-
| cuced 20 per cent.
Deputy Surveyor Sinclair, who has just
| returned from a trip through the upper
hleSibslppi CHiS
seasons shortage in the log cut at about
| 90 per cent. The season has been an I'M
| usually bad one. February having been
| the only month at all favorable to the
| logging interests.
technicality in the printed form OF
| certain ballots used at the recent Brain
| erd election has been discovered. 1fthrown
! ont, it would result in sending Mrs. c. +.
| Kindred, Mrs. Capt. Won and Mrs.
H. Il
| of education.
The citizens OF Ellen Lake have petition
| ed Congress for the passage Of the per
diem" pension bill.
Somebody in st. Paul jocularly sent a
telegram to Mayor Hewitt. of New York,
offering assistance to the DISTRESSED people
OF that blizzardy city, aud the Mayor
thanks the people OF St. Paul for their
good intention, but says they can get
along without outside aid. Mayor Smith
is considerably exercised over the sending
OF the original telegram, and characterizes
it in his blunt fashion as "a piece OF fool-
ishness.' Gotham's mayor it appears
failed to see the point OF the witticism
and took the coincidence in downright
earnest.
r. Frank, a millinery dealer OF Winona,
assigned to Chas Nockin. His liabilities
| are twenty-five hundred dollars, and his
assets a little less.
A large majority OF Flour City ministers
object to the hanging of Barrett, contend
ing that he should be imprisoned for life.
The attorney general has decided that
school trustees must pay teachers without
deduction for holidays. He says: "I sus.
gest that you advise the trustees that they
are. under the law, required TO pay for
teaching on those days, the same as though
school had besn held"
State Treasurer Bobleter has com.
pleted statement OF the interest received
by various banks throughout the state
for the month OF February. The state
ment is as follows: Commercial National
bank, S144.73; Merchants National.
S142.1 10; Germania bank S141.19; Bank OF
Minnesota, $13S.42; National German
al, S54.3S; Security bank, $3.50; State
bank. $35.92; Peoples bank, SCOTS;
Scandia bank $1S.oS; First National
Bank OF Farbaut, SLABS; Scandinavian.
American bank Sl3.97; total, s9o6.47.
The Universalist church at Rochester
has been holding successful revival SER
vices.
Dakota county draws S2.951.2S from
the spring apportionment OF the school
fund, the basis being 4,039.
state teachers institute for Wabasha
county will be held at Lake City during the
week commencing March 8.
County Superintendent Ryan will ex-
anime teachers at places and on dates as
follows: Lake City, March "a; Millville,
March 20; Mazeppa, March 27; Wabasha.
March 80; Plainview, March 81.
In the district court ]. r. Wyman of
West Concord. Dodge county, was convict
ed OF sellingl:quor without license and
gen fenced TO pay fine OF 500 and costs
and thirty days imprisonment in jail.
Michael Becker convicted OF forgery, was
sentenced to the state prison for six
months.
E. A. Paradis. who has been editor of
the Plainville News for several years, will
commence the publication OF a periodical
in St. Paul. THE Word' is to be it's name
and it will treat OF political economy.
The c. & n. w. railway officers at Roch.
ester. have been notified not to
ship any live stock or perishable goods to
Chicago or elsewhere, as trouble with the
engineers is feared.
The Democratic State convention will
be held in st. Paul on May II, at II
o'clock noon.
Herman Abbes, who recently shot him
self in Cincinnati, was employed by county
auditor Vossburg of St. Cloud for few
weeks.
Farbault is to ha We large canning es-
tablishment in time to care for the next
crop OF vegetables and fruit.
Albert Fay recently died at Hastings,
aged fftyfive years.
Fred Skillman. aged twenty-four years,
recently died at Zumbrota.
]. w. Daniels. OF Cloquet, is said to
have proved upthe first claim ever settled
at the head OF Lake Superior. 1t was in
1853, and the claim a quarter section in
the heart OF West Superior, which is now
worth S50O,OOO.
In the District Court at Little Falls,
Judge Searls sentenced Valentine West
bracht to second term in the penitent;a.
ry for rape. His first term was for two
years. and expired two years ago. Now
ho gets the full limit OF the law, 80 years.
He is forty years old. Il
Judge Severance appointed George T.
Barr, OF Mankato receiver for the Manka-
to Gas Light company, and fixed tho !
amount OF his bond at $4,000. At the |
hearing it was shown that the indebted
ness OF the company is $35, 900 bonded |
and $3.50, 900 floating.
At Zumbrota Company d., state militia.
have elected the following officers: Cap |
tain, G. E.. johnson; first lieutenant !
Thomas Brusegard; second lieutenant, Geo. |
Schafar. |
The socialistic clement of the st. Paul |
laborng classes is preparing to take an |
active hand in the approaching campaign. |
In various attempts to unite with and in. |
culcate their peculiar doctrines among the |
labor assemblies proper they have been |
rather promptly and eifectually snubbed
and their efforts frustrated; hence they |
have finally decided to combine themselves
into an independent clique.
Thomas Newton, who shot John lingo in
v,r,f, On A,,r ~ f,ok