The Progress., 1888-02-04
The Salvation Army has arrived in Chip
peWa Falls and has leased q hall for the
purpose OF holding meetings.

Ttle Salvation Army has arrived in Chip
peWa Falls and has, leased q hall for the
purpose OF holding meetings, 81
MICHIGAN.
e At ST. Helena the. other night store and;
two warehouses;, owned by Morton. Bros.
We're burned Loss; $I2. 900. no insurance.
Cron's fufniture stose at Manistee was
burned the other night Loss. ST. 8, 900; in
surance, $9, 900! A fireman was killed and
four Others were. seriously injured by fall
ing walls.
Fears We're recently enter rtained. that the
peach buds In the State were frozen ~
One of Mitchell Bros.. lumber camps at
Jennings was burned at an early hour the
other morning with a. loss of $l, 500 and no
insurance A man named Dick Hoofmeyer
was probably fatally burned
While tobogganing at Charlotte recently
Frank Merritt collided with some other boys
and was instantly killed
Youngs E Benton and wife celebrated
their slxt'eth wedding anniversary at In
den few days ago.
1t is estimated that Osceola County farm
ers Will realize about 500, ,OU0 from small
logging operations this winter
Stella NJ Barnes, handsome young widow
OF Jackson, recently received notice that
she is one of twenty heirs of the estate of
estate is worth from So, 600, 900 to $4, ,OOO.-
900. Her share will be $l5OOOO..
A Missaukee County lumber-camp cook
house was burned the other night. and
Richard Hoffman, the cook, was fatally
burned
John Reardon and James Morrissey were
hill 1nIo Gxr,
recent accident on Smith & Foyer's lumber
railroad at Ossego Lake.
David Putnam, a wealthy farmer of Will
JAMESTOWN, was caught in hay press few
days ago and fatally injured
Indian Agent Mark Stevens, of Flint
went to Washington the other day to pre-
pare his records in connection with the big
timber steals which he claims he has un-
earthed in Isabella and other Northern
counties
The blind prophet and some of his
preaching followers have left the Morley
region, and didn't get out minute too
soon, as the people had grown very tired of
their Mormon faith and had decided to tar
and feather them
A South Lyon man is SO firmly convinced
that the liquor traffic is damage to the
town that he agrees in casethe City Coun-
Gil will close the saloons to make good the
amount OF, pecuniary loss the municipality
may suffer thereby.
MINNESOTA.
St Paul man who has well stocked
fish pond has tanned big trout so that it
comes at his call, eats from his hand, and
shows its delight by jumping out of the
water and turning in the air with very
plain manifestations Of Joy
Frank Crauber, who worked on the
tower of the ice palace at st. Paul, slipped
the other day and fell over one hundred
feet to the ground, receiving fatal injuries
He had been dancing on the wall and had
been cautioned, but paid no attention to
the warning.
The st. Paul and Duluth round house at
Duluth was burned recently, and six en-
gines We're damaged Loss, $4,000
Dennis Ryan, of st. Paul, has been sued
for $5OO,OOO damages by the Horn Silver
NJ ming Company. 1t is alleged that that
amount of money was lost through Ryan's
carelessness while acting as one of the
company's directors
The States wealth is now stated to be
$500, 300. 900, an increase of 81 l6, ,O4O 226
since 1884
The house Of August Wintross, near Her
manstown, was burned the other night
The family barely escaped in their night
clothes and were compelled to walk dis
tance through the snow barefoot to a neigh
boris All lwere badly frozen
passenger train on the Manitoba road
was thrown from the track by broken
rail near Morris recently, and Benjamin
Prentice, the express messenger, was killed,
In a hotel off e at Crookston few DAYS
ago Miss Eva Fenton, of the Richard Foote
Dramatic Company, horsewhipped Man
ager Crenshaw, of the Fargo Opera House,
alleging as a reason that the manager had
attempted to smirch her character
1t is id the Standard Oil Company will
erect oil docks at Duluth The docks are to
cost about $3.50, 900, and to be completed
this year This move. presages the estab-
lishment of line of tank steamer for car.
rying oil from Pennsylvania to the West
Duluth to be made the general Western
headquarters OF the company.
The late storm has had a serious effect on
the lumber cut, and it is estimated by some
that the cut will be at least one-third less
than usual All of the numbering firms of
the northern part of the State are at least
four weeks behind in their annual cut The
snow lies over three feet deep on the level
throughout the whole numbering portion.
II is SO deep that the marshes and lakes are
kept from freezing The logging expenses
for the year will be one-f fourth greater than
usual
DAKOTA
The latest scheme Of "a Dakota ranchman
is to Apply a heavy coat of paint to his cat
tile as protection against the storms.
Two passenger trains from Minneapolis
that had been blockaded. reached Millbank
the other morning, the first from the East
in eleven days The conductor reported
drifts as high as the telegraph poles.
Shows W-shovelers get from 81 25 to 81. rs
at Huron, and they have no difficulty in
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