New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-16
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF.

The number of coal dock laborers
out on a strike at Duluth is 500.
The city schools at Austin enrolled
500 pupils during the past term
A special from Duluth says there is
considerable trouble in the high
school in that city. Some Of the
classes have refused to recite to the
principal, g. H. r. Plum.
The Madelia speciality company,
with a capital stock Of $4,000 has
incorporated. Its object is to manu-
facture coffee pots and it's principal
place of business is Madelia.
The railroad company has built a
sixteen-stall round house, making
Montevideo division headquarters.
This brings several hundred inhabi-
tants, to that toWn.
Albert Shaw, while chopping wood
opposite Reeds La nding was instant
y killed by the falling of a tree that
had lodged. Deceased leaves wife
and three small children.
During the year 1888 there were
employed in the manufacturing in
obstetrics of Red Wing 1,O49 men,
received $461, 500 in wages. The
value of the manufactured product
was 81, 611,O0O.
An unknown man, supposed to be
q tramp, shot and killed Charles
INorthup, a cook in Ingalls, lumber
camp near Cloquet. The murderer
escaped. The sheriff and coroner are
now at the scene of the shooting.
Mayor Wilkinson and A. G. Brun-
din Of Albert Lea, have returned
from Chicago, where they went to in
vestigate the pork packing business.
All the capital necessary is guaran-
teed for starting an extensive bust
ness in the spring in that city.
1t is estimated that over 400
babies have been named Benjamin
Harrison since election and the Presi-
dent has kept his private secretary
busy answering letters received from
proud parents who selected Gen.
Harrison's name for their infants.
Charles Cooper, aged 5 years, one
of A. c. Cooper's twin boys, at Fer
gus Falls, jumped on a load of wood
and fell off, the wheels of the heavily
laden wagon passing over his abdo-
men, inaicting injuries which proved
fatal
The committee appointed to con-
fer upon the adyisability of fire de-
partment at Hastings has reported
favorably and the recommendation.
The men will receive so cents an hour
for actual service and the names OF
twenty-five fremen will be placed on
the town books.
The women of Malta gave to the
Queen Tor Jubilee present a skirt or
train OF the finest Maltese lace, eigh-
teen feet long with a profuse founc-
ing and trimming. The Queen is
much pleased with it and will wear it
at her first drawing room next sea-
son.
David Irwin, an old and WeH-known
resident ofthe town ofMilton, Waseca
county, died and was buried a few
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days ago. He had reached the age
of 115 years and had distinct rec
election of events succeeding the
revolution. He had met and talked
with George Washington and other
statesmen of his time, and was a
soldier of the war of 1912.
The fifth victim of diphtheria, a
son of Joseph Diedrich, of the Ameri-
can hotel, died at Little Falls, and
several Others in various parts of the
city are in a dangerous condition.
Ample warning has been given to
citizens to take measures to prevent
the spread Of the disease, yet unpar-
donable carelessness exists among
the people.
Bernard Bjornoos, a single man
aged twenty-five years, living alone
in Aurd al township, Otter Tail coun-
ty started to vista friend Christmas
night and has not been seen since. A
searching party went out and found
things in the bottom of Turtle lake
which he was known to have had
with him, which convinces them that
he was drowned in crossing the lake.
The Southern Minnesota Horticul-
tural society elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows: President
a. w. Sias, Rochester; vice presidents,
John z Halves, La Crescent, and M.
tHoag, Rochester; secretary and treas
urer, Wayland Stedman, Rochester;
delegate to the state horticultural
society, Wayland Stedman, Roches-
ter. An effort will be made to secure
an appropriation from the legislature
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