The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-10-11
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF.

t"6ident of MantOrville, died recent
~.
Zumbrota has secured the Duluth
and Southern road and the citizens
OF that town are once more happy.
The city council of Austin has &C
cepted plans for sewerage system,
and will at once advertise for bids.
Over 600 cars Olive stock have
passed through Brainerd on the
Northern Pacific within five days.
The settlers on the indemnity
lands near ST. Cloud are proving up,
regardless of the order ofJudge Sleep
er.
Benson has o hole 671 feet deep,
inclosed in good pipe, that it would
like to sell, as the attempt to strike
flowing water has been abandoned.
Walter M. Oulton was killed at
Austin on the Kansas City road. He
and companions were stealing a ride,
and in attempting to jump from the
train fell under the wheels.
Charles McKenna, treasurer DIVA
SEGA county, who is supposed to have
mysteriously disappeared from Wa
SEGA. was seen at his sisters in Rice
county and recognized.
At Sabin, while threshing grain on
E. Weideman's farm the engine ex-
ploded, killing Rudolph Bose and
fatally injuring P. III. Collier. Bose
was German, twenty-six years old.
A twelve-year-old daughter of w.
M. Shore, living three miles east of
Montevido, was kicked on the head
by a horse and is reported in a very
critical condition.
While the night freight crew were
sw' thing in the yards at Kasota
junction, Joe Chase, a conductor on
the Chicago & Northwestern road,
was thrown from q car and badly
bruised about the head.
Alex. Young, charged with grand
larceny, was bound over to the grand
Jury at Ortonville, in $3.50 bail. He
is accused of stealing part of the en-
CINE on the steamer Big Stone City.
The property is said to have been
found in mis- possession.
The steamer Menomonie, belong
ing to Bronson & Folsom of Saltwater
sank in five feet of water, about three
miles above Winona. In the storm
On Lake Pepin the raft boats Ten
Brock and Nettie Durant both lost
their RATS.
Rushford was visited by destruc-
tive fire, thought to be the work of
incendiaries. Several of the leading
business houses were burned, the loss
being estimated at about $4,000,
on which there is an insurance of
$4,000.
! A bricklayer named Fred Rossmuel-
Ter was arrested at Fergus Falls for
attempting to pass bogus check on
o. A. Doley, drawn on the First Ma
tional band and signed by NJ. Hall.
There is no such man. He tried it on
several parties.
Sheriff Cratic of Wabasha arrested
Charles Colberg, who stole a team
and carriage at Watertown on Sept.
IL. The thief has been stopping q
short time, and has all the stolen
property with him. He is now in jail
awaiting the arrival of the officers
from Watertown.
Burglars entered John Winners
house in ST. Cloud and took his trous-
srs from his bed room, but only
found a little change. They then WIS.,
tied his partner, Mr.. PRESS, and got
5000, leaving his pants in the yard.
Both houses were entered by false
keys. PRESS & Winners are brewers.
Prairie fires are doing damage on
the ''fats" south and west from Fer
gus Falls. Several farmers have lost
stacks of hay and wheat, and unless
a change in the present dry weather
comes soon there is a good prospect
of large areas being devastated.
Many farmers are blowing wide strips
around their homesteads for protec-
ton.
Rev. A. G.. Wilson, for the past two
years pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church of Glencoe, left with his
family for Spokane Falls, where he
has been called as pastor by the
Methodist Episcopal church. Pre-
vious to his settlement at Glencoe
Mr.. Wilson was the pastor of q
Methodist church in ST. Paul, Gran
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