The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-28
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF.

surance company.
Mrs. Bridget Milan, resident OF
Marshan for 30 years, died of para
lysis of the heart aged 50 years.
A movement is on foot to organize
an old settlers association in Vino
ma county.
Joseph Richardson, one ofthe early
settlers of Faribault, died recently,
aged IS years.
A temperance league has been Or
ganized at St. Cloud with member
ship of over 100.
Joseph Strobinger, of Morris, now
has a hairless head as the result OF
an explosion of gunpowder with
which he was playing.
Some rascal helped himself to a
horse on the street at Rochester, I'M
hitching and embarrassing the an
imal from a team that was standing
tied on a business street.
The old settlers ofWabasha county
were at Plainview en- masse it being
their annual reunion. A very inter
esting programme was carried out
followed in the evening by a banquet.
An unknown man was killed at Red
Lake Falls by snow pillow on the
Northern Pacific. The snow blinded
the engineer and he did not know OF
the accident until the day after.
Mrs. Turner, wife of DR.. A. Turner,
pastor ofthe Methodist church in Red
Wing, fell upon the sidewalk recently,
receiving injuries from which she is
now lying in a very critical condition.
G. F. Meyers, of Featherstone
township, Goodhue county, hascom
menced suit against the Red Wing
and Duluth railroad to recover sc, 200
damages caused by trespass on his
property.
Peter Theis of Vermillion was
knocked off the Milwaukee track at
Etter by passenger train. He es-
capped with O broken arm and few
bruises.
TIE public schools of Wabasha,
which have been closed during the
past three weeks on account OF diph-
liberia, have been reopened, the crisis
in the spreading of the disease hav
ing, it is thought, been passed.
G. W. Wright of Minnesota is a
candidate for the position of civil
service commissioner. He comes
from Congressman Dunnell's district,
and is clerk in the treasury depart
ment.
The case of the state VS.. Mile Bun
nell was called at Duluth before Judge
Jacques. Defendant waived eXamin-
alton, and was held in both cases to
appear before the grand jury. Bail
was increased to $4,000.
the Northwestern depot at Man
kato Junction, four miles north OF
Mankato, burned. Agent Banks lived
in it and lost most of his household
effects. Total loss, 81 900; fully in
sured. The depot will be rebuilt.
The grounds have been selected for
the Lutheran college at Albert Lea,
and the directors are now engaged in
lookingup plans and specifications
for the main building, which will be
erected this year. About $1S, 1000
will be expended on the main part of
the building.
The Nickerson House was burned
to the ground at Owatonna. The
fire caught in the Office and it was
impossible to save the building. The
building was owned by Charles E.
Nickerson. Loss $4,000, insured for
$4,000.
The Mortified city council having
revoked the liquor license of F. A.
Brockhoff & Co., proprietors of the
California wine house, for selling on
Sundays and to habitual drunkards,
the mayor has been notified to ap-
pear at Faribault to show cause why
a temporary injunction should not
be served on the council.
The United States mail route be-
tween Sank Center and Grove Lake
has been discontinued. A petition is
now being circulated, and receiving
hundreds of signatures, asking of the
United States government that the
line be re-estalhished. 1t is thought
that the line will be re established
, again soon.
Chairman Setback, of Goodhue
county, is in receipt of a letter writ
| ten by the commissioner of Indian
, affairs, stating that there is at pres
2 ent no appropriation available for
? relieving the needs of the destitute
} Indians living on Prairie Island. Tn,
. less some appropriation is secured
| their support will devolve on Good,
| hue county, which our citizens con.
l slider would be an injustice.
! There is considerable enthusiasm
: and excitement in Wabash, Winona
t and Olmsted counties over the many
/ conversions brought about by the
= Banded Evangelists" or Praying
Band" At Elgin they converted
one hundred, at Viola fifty, St. Char
les one hundred, while at Dover the
q whole town has turned in and Joined
@ the ranks, and satisfactory results
are being accomplished here. The
. band will spend two weeks at Plain
. view.
= The question of who shall be post
master at Plainview under the new
administration has been the leading
s question for some weeks, there being
|: seven or eight applicants, two o
, | whom are ladies' If anne0rs tha1