The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-09-20
DOINGS IN MINNESOTA.

A dwelling house ct Faribault
owned and occupied by j. r. Winton
was burned. Loss about 5000, in
surance small.
John Clements, a section hand liv
ing at Prescott, Wis, was killed neal
Hastings by train on the Burlington
road, opposite this city.
The people of Adrian threaten tc
annihilate the dog-poisoning fiend
unless he ceases his operations. o
course it will he necessary to capture
the gentleman first.
An explosion in the gas works al
Fergus Falls set fire to the building
destroying oil the wood work. Thu
damage to the machinery is not
known.
N.Stein, living near Cannon Falls
lost his barn, granary, two horses
some farm machinery and a large
amount of grain by fire. A little boy
playing with matches did the mischief
Constaner Fredler of St. Joseph
Stearns county, while leading a bull
to his barn beat the animal until il
turned on him and tore his abdomen
open with it's horns, inficting a prob
ably fatal wound.
Sheriff Henry Spaulding is lying
very i'll at his residence at Brainerd
the result of a slight kick from a colt
on his ankle. The injury extended to
the thigh and blood poisoning ensued
and fever.
The chamber of commerce at St.
Cloud, allowed Kropp Bros. $4,000
on the bonus voted to the Nleston
Touring mill. 1t was also reported
to the chamber. that negotiations had
been opened with two Michigan gen.
tlemen who wish to locate saw mills
there.
Two freight trains on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul road collided
near Minnesota City, seriously injur
ing brakeman named John Graves
and badly bruising the engineer.
Graves is at the hospital at Winona
in charge of the surgeon of the com
pany.
J. E. Shipman, a travelling man
from st. Cloud, was very badly burn
ed at Owatonna by throwing a match
into a gasoline barrel which he
thought was empty. There proved
to be some gasoline in the barrel,
which exploded, burning Mr.. Ship
man quite badly about the face, arms
and hands.
A dog belonging to George Steele,
of Hay Creek township, Goodhue
county, event out of his head" and
fell to killing the chickens of a neigh
Dor, who put an end to the animal
with a shotgun. A few days there.
after, three of Mr.. Steele's cattle ex-
hibited positive symptoms of hydro
phobia, and were promptly killed to
prevent their doing damage.
While playing on the prairie near
St. Cloud young son of Mike Stein
bauer pointed a small revolver at a
companion, August Steffis. The boy
told him to shoot, aud then lodged
and young Steinbauer obeyed the
challenge. The ball struck a third
boy, Peter Steffis, beside theeye. The
ball was to small to cause a fatal
wound, but will probably occasion
the loss of an eye
St. Cloud burglars entered Noyes'
shop, opened the safe which Mr.. Noyes
had to force open some time ago and
had not had repaired, and went
through the papers, but got no cash.
At A. Raymond carpenter shop they
got a bit, drill, etc, then forced the
back door of Thielman's hardware
store, where they stole two revolvers
and about six dollars in money.
A strange freak oflightning occurred
in the recent very heavy storm at
Brainerd. A shaft very narrowly
missed the court house, and falling
upon the railing of the surrounding
stone wall, ripped it down seventy
five to one hundred feet, and falling
upon the wall itself laid that low for
nearly as great a distance. The force
of the bolt was terrific
Sheriff Anderson of Red Wing, on
warrants sworn out by A. Chapel oil
St. Paul, arrested j. J. Dack, James
Lynn and Thomas Tranch of Good
hue county and J. J. Canon of Rice
county, on the charge of selling adul.
terated milk. There was a prelimi.
nary hearing in the Justices court,
State Chemist Eberman was present
Several other parties will shortly be
arrested on the same charge.
Mr.. Lind has secured the establish.
ment of new mail route in Martin
county, and an advertisement for bids
was issued for carrying the mail from
Paramount by Tenhassen, Lake Bell,
Dunnell, Mimi, and Lakeside to
Baskerville, Iowa, thirty six and a
half miles, three times a week, by a
schedule of twelve hours running
time each way, from Oct. 20 to June
80, 1889. Lake Bell has been re.
established as a postof6ce. with E. ].
Wiltze as postmaster.