Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-10-17
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES

Cut Face, the Indian charged with
the murder Of Joseph Banville, was 40
quilted at Aitken.
Louis Nigg, laborer at the city well
in Mankato, was killed by the oaving in
of the side of the well.
A. G. Davis was arrested at st. Peter
by United States Marshall Bracket foI
illegally using the mails.
A Chicago & Northwestern freight
train was wrecked near Waseca, caused
by car jumping the track.
J.C. Flynn, of Brainerd, closed con-
tract for 100000 ties for the Winnipeg
extension of the Northern Pacific.
The decomposed body of sailor was
found in pool of water at Duluth. From
appearances it had been in the water al
summer. 81
The old Touring mill on the docks al
Duluth has been leased by E. d. Church,
of Sterling, H., and will be put in opera.
ton at once.
The board of control at Duluth has re.
quested the water company to build q
new reservoir, as the old one has been
declared unsafe.
Lightning struck threshing crew OF
fifteen near Browns Valley, killing one
man, name unknown, and seriously
shocking the rest.
Small boys at Lake City amused them.
selves by throwing stones at a passenger
train as it was passing through the city.
A lady was painfully cut by broken
glass. ...-.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the lower court in the case OF
Hal Reid, convicted of rape at st. Paul,
and he will serve his full term Of fifteen
years unless pardoned.
Charles Harris of Ramsey, and Miss
Morrill, of Minneapolis, were driving at
Austin, and the horse took fright and
ran away, overturning the buggy and
throwing the occupants out. Miss Nor
rill sustained broken leg and ankle, be-
sides serious bodily injuries.
The Unitarian conference has closed
its session at st. Cloud.
The drillers for natural gas at Min.
neopa have struck vein of salt water.
The PERSONAL property valuation of
Red Wing is placed at $3.50, $3.50, an in.
crease of 81, 900 over last year.
Henry Schecher, on triul at Alexan-
dria for killing Christian Blatz, was
found guilty of murder in the second de-
gree.
The residences of Thomas Waite, E.
w. Giddons and Charles Sherman were
burned by prairie fires near Fergus Falls
Thursday.
A subterranean railway under Waeou-
ia, in East Red Wing, to be used for fur
rcfr1o I'll Ianc
been completed.
A. Barnard. a bridge builder from
Minneapolis, was seriously injured by
falling from trestle on the Wilmar and
Sioux railroad at Holland.
A Norwegian lady gu years of age
went into pasture near Fergus Falls to
attend to some sheep, and was butted so
badly by vicious ram that she has since
died.
An Episcopal convocation will be held
in Lake City Oct. II, 1S and 10. It viii
be addressed by the bishop and assistant
bishop of the diocese and several clergy.
men from distance. e."
John Lee and Martin Moe were con-
victed of murder in the first degree at
Alexandria and sentenced to hang ninety
days hence. The prisoners killed Chatles
Chalen at Brandon last June.
Children set fire to the stable of s..
Butturf at Marshall. The building,
grain and 5000 pounds of binding twine
were consumed. Mrs. Butturf was
seriously burned in rescuing the live
stock.
A large stock barn on the farm of s..
e. Davis, near Campbell, was burned to
the ground. Four horses and two head
of cattle perished and a large amount of
hay and grain were consumed. Loss,
$4,000; well insured. s--.
The st. Paul and Duluth road will
build mammoth union depot in Du-
luth.
All telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires must be put under ground in
Minneapolis inside of one year.
E. P. Lowater, a pioneer resident, who
Sunday morning, aged 70 years.
Night crews will be put on the Duluth
and Red Wing road grading in order to
hasten the work forward to completion
as soon as possible.
A. Barnard fell through a bridge on
the new Wi1mar &c Sioux Falls road at
Pipestone and broke his knee cap and
bruised his body badly. He was taken
to his home in Minneapolis.
Because of an alleged ibelous attack
on G. E. Shannon in The Duluth Trib-
une, that gentleman, who is the Prohi-
bition candidate for attorney general of
Minnesota, vigorously punched r. G..
Mitchell, editor of The Tribune.
Northern Pacific switchmen at Brain
erd demanded better wages. The COM
pany refused. Trains were made up
Saturday with difficulty. A compro-
mise has been brought about, and part
of the dissatisfied men have left the
company's employ.
The fibre-ware works at Mankato have
resumed operations with increased busi-
ness.
Political meetings are being held
among the miners on the Vermillion iron
range nearly every night
A horse thief named Lynch, who stole
horse from j. Smith, of Sauk Center,
has beed captured and lodged in Jail.
Fairmont boasts of big potatoes-five
weighing eight pounds and two ounces. A
Sherburn man claims to have raised one
that weighed three pounds and five
ounces.
A young Scandinavian named McDon-
aid had the muscles of his right arm
lacerated by the accidental discharge of
his gun while getting out of boat at
Spring Lake.
The work of exploring the iron belt of
the Vermillion range, as ordered by the
legislature four years ago, is about fin
ished and the third volume of the report
will appear soon.
The Northern Pacific has opened the
ball of competition with the G. p. r. for
Manitoba wheat taffic by a rate of 81
cents per hundred pounds from Winnipeg
to Duluth. The G. p. r. promptly met
the cut to Port Arthur.
f. A worlds conference of the Seventh
Day Adventists is being held at Mime
apolis, and win probably continue four
weeks. It is expected that about 300
delegates will be present, while the num-
bers of believers IN the faith in the North
west who viii 60 to the conference win
probably swell the attendance to 1000.
TO occupy the Oklahoma Lands.
TOPEKA. Kan, Oct. ID. Capt. II. III.