Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-06-05
The News Briefly Chronicled.


Peter Stein, Of St Paul while attempting
few days ago to pick honeysuckle above
the Vermilion falls at Hastings fell into the
falls, distance of sixty feet The limb he
had hold Of broke. He received fatal in
juries
S. L Cowan i Co. have soldfour thousand
acres OF pine land in Mile Laos County,
together with logs on skids, camps. sta
bles, warehouses. ETC., to Messrs. Hersey &
Bean and Phil McDermotu. OF saltwater
The deal Will give the purchasers complete
control of the Groundhouse river.
The Charlton Yoeunl, the largest wooden
vessel ever built at Duluth, was successful
~ launched at Grignon's ship-yard recent
ly. She is owned by B. G. Yocum, and is a
combination schooner, scow model 13S feet
over all, 81 beam, 10 depth, and has $50 tons
carrying capacity.
A land patent for one hundred and TWEEN
ty acres OF land in the town OF Homer, and
issued to Captain Wales, who served in
the war OF 1872 was fled recently in the
registers Office at Winona- The patent is
signed by James Buchanan, President
There are seven Beekmanites at Mime
apoGs who. it is said, make themselves
nu1sances by going into religious meetings
and proclaiming that the old fraud
Schweinfurth, down at Rockford, Ill, il
Christ manifest in the flesh
John Honnsel, of Alexandria. was crushed
TO death recently under farm roller
The State Universalists convene at Still
water June 10, II, 12 and u.
At the recent session in Fergus Falls of
the WOman's Christian Temperance Union
Mrs. r. r. Briggs, OF Moorhead, was elected
president and Miss Carey, of Moorhead. sec
Rotary:
The Government Waterway Commission
will visit Duluth soon to examine the
harbor facilities and to hear the testimony
IN regard to needed improvements. traffic
grievances, etc.
Captain Chas. Bentzoni has been detailed
by the United States War Department TIC
attend the encampment of the Minnesota
National Guard at Lake City from June s
to 49, for inspection purposes.
A side walk gave way at Fairhault recent
ly and precipitaGed a crowd OF men il to an
area Several were badly hurt by barrels
OF salt falling in On them
William Harness, OF Utica, committed sui
eide recently by hanging.
Rev. MI: Carter, Faribau15 Methodist
minister of prominence, died recently
from the effects OF injuries received in a
runaway
At Mora few days ago Charles Hanson
was acquitted by a jury On the charge OF
killing his mother, Anna C. Hanson
Commencement exercises at the State
Normal School in Winona closed recently.
and sixty graduates received diplomas
The four ye:r-old daughter Of H. Cardi-
nal, farmer living south OF Red Lake Falls,
was eremated recently while her parents
were at the stable
Colonel Netf, special timber ag mt of the
Government for the Duluth district, went
to the Rainy Lake region to look up the cut.
ting OF timber from Government land by
canadian Woodsmen. He found about one
thousand dollars worth Of logs cut from
Red Lake unceded lands, which he seized
he Is now locking for the guilty parties.
e. +. Nelson L. Co.'s large boarding-nouss
at Cloquet was burned the other afternoon.
Loss, slo,o insurance, $1,000.
Suit has been begun at st. Paul against
former officers OF the St Paul Disabling
Company for sl0o,0oO on a complaint OF
conspiracy to defraud in the plant construe-
tion and financial operation.
Archbishop Ireland confirmed q class Of
one hundred and eighty at Wayer1y a
few days ago. - n
Hon. j. 81. Pound, one of the pioneer
settlers in Richfeld, Hennepin County.
died recently. He was a member Of the
Stat, Legislature OF 1s72 He was also for
five different terms, chairman OF the Board
OF County Commissioners. He leaves .
wife and several children