The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-02
MINNESOTA CULLINGS.
The News of the Week Throughout
the Entire State.

I'd May, 1000.
The county treasurer's vault at
Pine City was blown open and the
safe robbed of between 800 and
5000. The police have q clue to the
burglars.
Josephine Hancock, an unmarried
lady of thirty years. shot herself at
her boarding house in Cloquet. She
is well respected, and no reason is
known for the deed.
Perry NJ. May was arrested at Man
kato, on complaint of W. ]. Wilson
for stealing various articles out of the
latter's room at the City hotel. May
admits his guilt.
st. Paul and Minneapolis, though
presenting aspects of much activity,
are passing through a period OF bus
mess depression as compared with
the lively times of two years ago.
The Scandinavians of Winona are
making arrangements for big cele-
bration of the anniversary of Norwe-
gian independence, to be held May
Is.
The wolf harvesters are still reap
ing bountiful reward for their la
bors. Another litter of four was
brought in Wabasha county by John
King of lakewood and the bounty,
$40, was paid to him.
A few days ago the residence of c.
J. Crawley, vicepresident of the First
National Bank at Pipestone, was
entered by some midnight visitor,
but all the pay he got for his trouble
was $50 in small change.
r. W. Ashton's hardware store at
Pipestone vas broken into, aud over
$500 worth of knives, razors, revol-
vers and show case goods taken.
The thief made an entrance through
back window by cutting out a pane
of glass.
Two daughters, aged eight and
ten years, of John Hogan of Lake
City, left home on account of the I'M
kindness of their stepmother, and
their father has not yet been able to
find trace of them. They have run
away before and laid out all night
rather than GO home.
Rev. B. Simpson, who defrauded
the bank at Sioux City recently, is
believed to be Rev. Thompson, who
victimized one of the Mankato banks
less than q year ago. The transact
ions are exactly the same, save that
here he was a Methodist while at
Sioux City he was a Presbyterian.
Mrs. Scoles, of the town of Eden,
Streams county swore out a warrant
for the arrest of her husband, John
Scoles. She says he threatened to
shoot her and burn the house with
her and their eight children. He is a
Scotchman, and about fifty years
old. Domestic infelicity is the reason
assigned.
A gentleman representing a large
paper and pulp mill from the Fox
River, Wis, paper mill district has
beer in st. Cloud for thelast few days
with a view of building a $4,000
mill there. He is we'll satisfied with
St. Cloud and her prospects. The
mill will have a capacity Of seven
tons of paper per twenty-tour hours,
and will employ seventy-five men.
A few new cases of scarlet fever
have developed in Wabasha county,
the disease seems to be of a milder
type than in cases previously report
ed. Thus far but two cases have
proved fatal. The rigid quarantine
which has been maintained under
the instruction of the health officers
has materially curtailed the spread
of the disease.
John Walker was arrested at Waba-
sha charged with breaking into the
house of Joseph Benz ofWest Albany
and stealing clothing and other prop
erty of the value of 500. He was
held to the grand jury, and, being
unable to procure bail, was COM
mited to jail. The prisoner is an old
offender, having served terms in the
penitentiary both i'll this state and
Illinois
The little boy, Anton Gitz; who dis,
appeared Sunday afternoon, was
found Tuesday afternoon by the side
of u fire on the bank of a small creek
only a mile or two from his home at
Sturgeon Lake. He was not cold,
but was very hungry. To W. A.
Hayden, of the ST. Paul & Duluth
land office, is due in great measure
the credit of finding the little one.
As Mrs. Evans, the landlady at
Faribault was going through the
upper hallway in the hotel she dis.
covered fire in one of the rooms
The fire was extinguished just in
time to save the house. All the fur,
niture in the room was spoiled, the
blinds and castings of the windows
were burned out, and the base and
floor were burning. The origin OIL
the fire is mystery.
August Anderson sent word down
to the town of Mora that he had &C.
cidentally shot and killed James
Schwartz, awatchmaninGe orgiaLam-
mer's lumber camp, seven miles north
of the town. Coroner Cowan went up
and found the man dead in the woods
but no trace could be found of An.
derson. There is no doubt of it be.
ing an accident, as Anderson is
known as a quiet and inoffensive
man.
Winona is enthusiastic over the set
Element of the new hotel problem
| The committee of the new Citizens