New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-04-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A contract has been let at LIE Sueur
Tor a new So, 600 school house.
The executive committee Tor the
approaching G. a. R. encampment
organized at Fergus Falls, and de.
cided upon the following plan OF &C
1 ton: The encampment will be held
tour days in that city, commencing
Tuesday, June 5. It IS expected that
from five to ten thousand people will
be present, fully half OF them members
of the Grand Army Commander in
1 chief Rea, Department Commander
Eye, Gov. McGill and many others
will be present. Stanton post OF
Fergus Falls is making expensive
preparations for the event.
The annual report OF the water
commissioner of Winona, shows
that 5,349 feet OF water pipe were laid
/ this year, making total of sixteen
/ miles and /, $40 feet. There are now
in use LII hydrants and there are
/ $40 consumers. During the year
there were 432, 39l, 4S7 gallons OF
water pumped. The receipts are
/ 81, 1921 over last year and So, 3O6.-
Oh over the year before.
| A teachers institute at Battle
Lake was largely attended and sue
cessfully conducted.
The Winona ferry committee OF the
city council worked all day on the ice,
trying to open channel for the ferry
| boat. They exploded half a dozen or
more dynamite cartridges, and finally
with the aid of saws, got the channel
! open clear across. The ferry boat was
launched at once, and this gave the
| burlington & Northern a chance to
get in and out OF that city.
| Louis Hospes, president of the First
| National bank OF Saltwater and one
Of the wealthiest and oldest residents
Of Saltwater, died at his home of
| pneumonia.
| During the performance of the can
tata of Esther, the Beautiful Queen"
at the opera house at Shakopee the
cry OF fire was raised by some one on
the street, and the immense crowd
was almost panic stricken. Thanks
to the efforts Of some OF the cooler
heads q panic was averted. The fire
| was half a mile away.
A we'll dressed man came across the
river at Hastings with bull dog, act
ing very strangely, and threw himself
down upon Seventh street, laying
there for some time. Chief Of Police
Richards came along and had him
| placed in the city hall He had a
| Minneapolis bank book in his pocket,
and the authorities OF that city were
notified. 1t is presumed his rame is
Joseph Warner, and he was adiudged
insane by the probate court and was
taken to the Rochester asylum by
Chief Richards and E. L. Winslow.
The village council OF Verndale has
placed the liquor license at 81, 500 for
the ensuing year.
Mr.. Becknell, while trimming tree
on Harriet street, Winona, fell TWEEN
ty-fve feet to the ground. His left
| arm was broken and internal INJURIES
are feared.
0. 0. Whited, late of st. Paul, will
open a bank at Halock with a Capri
tai OF 100000. M. M. Kelso of Bell
view, Iowa, will also open a bank at
the same place.
The Browns Valley branch of the
Minneapolis & Manitoba has been
opened at last and trains were put on
after a nine weeks blockade.
Isaac johnson, an inmate the poor
farm, was adiudged insane by the pro-
bate court at Hastings and commit
ted to the Rochester asylum.
Lakeview lodge, a Masonic organi-
zation at Ortonville, has decided to-.
erect three-story Masonic temple ara
once, to be built of granite.
The Farmers alliance of Austin has
Of late been discussing subjects not
strictly agricultural, and these discus
sions are awakening much interest
One OF the subjects discussed was.
| THAT the employment of convict la
Dor by manufacturers is detrimental
to the people"
The Cannon Falls creamery has fled
articles of incorporation with the req
lister OF deeds. The capital stock OF
the company is $4,000.
A Swede named Andrew Olson. AGED
forty years, was killed in Per John.
sons saw mill in Collinwood town,
hfteen miles southeast of Litchfield.
He was engaged as a slab carrier. A
slab he was carrying away fell on the
saw, drawing him with it. One leg was
cut OF, and he was again cut through
the thigh and his shoulder and head
were mangled.
Joseph Cirzan, the Polish forger cap
tured at Brookfeld. has been brought
back to Winona by Sheriff Bogart.
4 Clrzan had debauch with the $500
he got from the Savings bank on a.
/ forged mortgage. He had only $685.
40 OF the $500 in his pocket. Cirzan