Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-07-17
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

A. G. Clausen has been appointed chief
grain inspector.
A new engine house and new city
Jail will be built at Red Wing.
Delano is infested by thieves who set
fires for the purpose of robbery.
Striking stonecutters of st. Paul, talk
of forming cooperative company.
Mayor Sutphin, of Duluth, has re-
ceived warning letter signed striker"
The output of logs at Saltwater to date
for the season is estimated at 155, ,000, 900.
The subscriptions for the policemen
injured in the Duluth riot have reached
nearly $4,000.
The new Lutheran college will be To-
Gated at st. Paul Park, few miles out
from st. Paul.
The state auditor will divide $2S, $50
among the fire departments of the state
the last of July.
The recent heavy rains have foated
10000, 900 feet of logs on the eastern
branches of the st. Louis river.
The special election in Big Stone
county resulted in Ortonville retaining
the county seat by over 200 votes.
Surveys are being made at Taylors
Falls preparatory to putting in dams and
booms for holding logs at the rapids.
Advance sheets of st. PauIs new di-
rectory indicate population of 193, 3,247,
a gain of over $4,000 in the past five
years.
Two swarms of bees entered the resi-
dence of John Ryan, at Sutton, and the
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order.
A man supposed to be Cooney, wanted
in Chicago in connection with the Cro-
min murder case, has been arrested at
Albert Lea.
John Schwartz, of Amboy, came down
stairs with his throat cut and died with.
out speaking. His roommate, Emil
Lentz, is under arrest.
Joseph Hardacre, who killed James
Donahue few days ago, has been ar
rested and has been taken back to Man.
kato, where the crime was committed.
Mrs. Elmer Grinnell, of st. Cloud, Sc
cured divorce from her husband in the
morning, and in the afternoon was mar
ried to Erick Norquist, Melrose farmer.
Red Lake Indians are opposed to the
disposal of their lands according to the
bill which Congressman Nelson with so
much labor pushed through the last con-
gress.
The Touring mill owned by Marston,
Davis & Cray, and leased by McCartin
& Knutson, of Lake Crystal, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; no in
surance.
A number of Austin people turned out
to hunt down an alleged wild man, and
when they captured him they found that
he was not wild, but simply scared by
their actions.
Hon. Edmund Rice, st. Paul's ex-con-
gresham, died at White Bear lake
Thursday, after weeks illness. Soft
ening of the brain was the catise. He
was II years old.
At Saltwater the 5-year-old daughter
of John Carl. of Oak Park, fell head first
into barrel of rain water and was
drowned. There was only one foot of
water in the barrel.
St.. Paul has been overrun with thieves
and crooks the past week, and the police
have orders to arrest every Suspicious
character in the city. When brought
into court they are given an hour to get
out of town.
The general laws passed at the
last session of the Minnesota legis-
lature will be issued by the secretary of
state in pamphlet form next week. The
special laws will not be published until
September. =
The colored citizens of the Twin cities
are arranging for a.grand celebration of
the anniversary of the emancipation of
slaves in the West Indies Aug. 1, and
have secured the state fair grounds for
the occasion.
The Commercial hotel, sample room
and stable and Anderson's photograph
gallery burned at Redwood Falls. The
Gale Sulky Plow company, of Detroit,
Mich, lost three horses and two wagons,
valued at 900.
A committee of the board of trade are
making preparations for the reception
in Minneapolis Sept, of national con-
vention of the, representatives of COM
mercial bodies to secure the enactment
by congress of an equitable bankrupt
law.
AtSpring Valley William Walker was
instantly killed and William Pulfert sc.
verely injured by a pump giving away
while repairing a well at Fillmore. The
pump was raised high in the air to allpw
| the men to werk, and in falling struck
both men on the head.
The clock for the new st. Paul court
house tower has arrived. It is the larg-
est Ginning clock in America. For the
| first quarter four taps will be given, for
the second eight taps, for the third quar-
ter twelve taps, and for the fourth quar-
ter sixteen taps, followed by the full
hour tap by the big bell, in the scale Of
G below G.
Insurance Commissioner Bailey has
issued his annual report. The total risks
574, as against $3.50, ,250, ,4S5 in 1887. To-
| tai premiums received, So, ,3O4 ,21S.99 in
1888, as against 1894 ,694.27 in 1887.
| The total losses were 81, ,792, 49,. .OS, as
against So ,295, 172.17 in 1887.
At meeting of the board of manag-
ers of the State Agricultural society
held at the fair grounds to arrange
| for attractions for the annual fair. The
| question; of inviting the entire militia of
| the state to be present and participate in
| a competitive drill was acted upon favor
ably. ALI three of the regiments are to be
| present, and the handsome sum of So, 800
is to be offered in premiums for excel
lence in marching and tactics. This
competion will be one of the greatest at
fractions at the fair.
Death of Adjutant General Mccarthy.
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 15.-Gen. G. NJ.
| Mccarthy died at his home 616 MiSsis-