Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-05-29
)RRIs, MIMI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. 1889.
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

works.
A starch company has been organized
at Hastings.
The Manufacturers Bank Of West Du-
luth has begun business.
State Universalists convene at Still
water, June 10, II, 10 and IS.
Pipestone Grand Army men are going
| to build hall for their own use.
Mankato citizens want drinking foun-
tains placed in the public streets.
A farmers institute will be held at
Redwood Falls, beginning June 10.
Whright county residents are Bit
terly opposed to the meat inspection
bill.
| Mrs. ]. Saxine, a native of Norway,
has taken out naturalization papers at
Hastings.
Albert Lea is overrun with thieves.
Four culprits are now in Jail for high
way robbery.
The county seat of Lac qui Parle
county has been changed from Lac qui
Parle to Madison.
| F. T. Driblet, of the Owatenna Journal,
has sold his interest in the paper to his
| PdEtneIs w. -. Dyues.
The jury in the case Of Lomsdalen, on
trial for murder at Fergus Falls, brought
in verdict of acquittal.
One of the features of the coming en-
campment at Window will be young
ladies' cavalry company.
A new disease has broken out among
the hogs at Pennington. They froth at
| the mouth and then 90 mad.
A Florence farmer tried to draw
bounty on the hide of yellow dog,
claiming that it was wolf skin.
There was a majority of 400 against
bonding Duluth in the sum of 5000, 900
to build new court house and county
Jail.
Ten tramps arrested at Mankato were
| given twenty minutes in which to leave
the city. They were gone in half the
| time.
Six additional skeletons have been I'M
earthed on Langford avenue, st. Paul.
They had probably been buried twenty
years.
Dairy Commissioner Ives has selected
Frank D. Holmes to represent the COM
mission this summer at the farmers in
stitutes.
The annual meeting of the Norwegian
Synodical Church of the State of Mime
sofa is being held at Fergus Falls. It
| will end June 5.
During the first month of ore ship
| ments from Two Harbors the total ore
shipped was 90,517 tons, an average of
over 5000 tons per day.
The election at Duluth, to determine
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bonded for $500, 900 to build new court
house, resulted in defeat for the bonds.
Bob Younger, in prison at Saltwater,
is said to be failing rapidly, and his case
is about hopeless. The physicians can
do nothing for him, but he is still cheer
full.
Anson B. Grant, of Moorhead, while
calling on a young lady, was captured
by some young fnen who did not like
him and carted away in scavenger
wagon.
The Owatonna city council has called |
special election, to be held on June 18, |
for the purpose of voting bonds to build
water works. The bonds are not to ex-
ceed $3O, 900.
The plant Of The Buffalo Gazette is to
be moved to Delano. The Gazette is the
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and its politics will remain unchanged
under the new proprietor, DR.. Catlin.
The bones of some huge carniverous
monster were dug up at Mankato by
men at work on the sewers. Those cap
able of judging declare that they were
deposited there during the glacial period.
While large crowd was standing ia
front of the opera house at Faribault
section of the sidewalk gave way, pre-
cipitating about forty people to the eel
lar below. Several were badly injured.
The Chandler mine at Ely is now ship
ping ITO cars of ore daily, but in order to
get out what they have contracted for
this season they must ship at least $50
cars per day. New men are constantly
being added.
Ten Chaska brick yards are furnishing
employment for over 500 men this sea-
SON. Nine yards are making 435, 600
brick per day now, and will turn out
over half million brick per day when
running at full capacity.
State Auditor Braden has returned to
st. Paul from land sales which he has
been holding in Redwood, Murray and
Lyon counties. In the three counties
named he sold about 1000 acres of land,
which about closes out the state lands in
those counties. ..-
The city of Brainerd voted in special
election on the proposition to give a
bonus of its electric light plant to syn
dicate which is arranging to develop the
| water power here. The vote is almost
unanimous for the donation, standing
926 for disposal to Is against.
The jury in the Lomsdalen poisoning
case at Fergus Falls was not out over
thirty minutes, when it returned yer.
dict of not guilty. The circumstances
pointed strongly to Lomsdalen's guilt,
but when it came to the evidence, it was
not sufficient to hang him, and there was
no opportunity to find verdict save in
the first degree.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided that charge of $40 per day for
an auctioneer's license in places of the
| size of Waseca, Albert Lea, ETC., is pro-
hibitory and consevently unconstitu-
tional. The last legislature, however,
amended the law so as to authorize in
corporated cities and villages to- refuse
to grant auctioneers' licenses, and also
to demand $25 per day as license fee.
Brainerd has given, as bonus, its
electric light plant to syndicate. The
plant thus donated was purchased by
the city from G. F. Kindred for $40, ,060,
and the city has since put into it $20,0
so that the syndicate gets a snug sum of
| $50, 900 as bonus, but in consideration
| for it, it is guaranteed to at once put in
manufacturing enterprises employing at
least 800 men,.
Ambros Tighe, United States commits
sioner, has begun suit at Brainerd to
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Water Power and Boom company num-
bered from 81 to IA and rs to 100 in
elusive declared invalid and the mortgage
securing them satisfied. The bonds are
Tor 81 600 each. The corporation is one
OF g. F. Kindrefs many organizations,
| and it is alleged that Mr.. Kindred sold
these bonds without any authority from
the company for their issue.
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