Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-12-11
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

Boys can no longer buy cigarettes in
Minneapolis.
The Ramsey county court house cost
over 81 ,OO0,O00
S. A. Langham, of Preston, has been
appointed deputy warden of the state
prison.
About half the town of Beaver Greek
was burned last week. There was but
little insurance.
The great flour mill deal in Minneapo-
lis has been clinched by payment
l,O00,O 900 down.
Michael Schiefer, wanted at Pandorf,
Bavaria, for double murder, has been
arrested in Minneapolis.
Beef cattle have been selling at $3.50
per hundred. live weight, i'll Blue Earth
county, for shipment to Iowa.
c. r. McKenny, we'll known to Mime
sofa newspaper men, has been appointed
enrolling clerk of the house of repre-
ScntatlveS.
The supreme court decides that one
who executes bond may be liable upon
it. though his name does not appear in
the body of it.
Eight prisoners in the Duluth Jail made
an attempt to escape by saving the bars
at a window. They were surprised in
their work by the sheriff.
At wolf hunt near Long Prairie, in
which nearly 100 hunters joined, not a
wolf YVES slaughtered, but one poor little
"COtton tail came to his death.
Pillsbury Science Hall at the state uni
versity al Minneapolis. was damaged
$4,000 by fire. TWAS to this institution
that Ex-Governor Pillsbury recently gave
Sl50,G0O
John T. Blaistlell, of Minneapolis, the
victim of the COLON fOrgeries. asks the
court to rid him Of his attorneys, Davis
& Farnam. who present bill for over
$1,000. which Mr.. Blaisdell considers ex-
hOrbitant.
DR.. E. E. Edwards. rector of Christ
church. Red Wing. will remove to Men
omonee. Wis. to take charge of a mill
tary academy which has been established
under the auspices of the Episcopal
church.
J. II. Holland. travelling salesman for
a Minneapolis liquor house, who fills Or
ders for small packages. was arrested at
Marshall for retailing without license.
He had taken about thirty orders, and
was fined $50 for the offense.
The trial at Saltwater of the bOndsmen
of David Cover, for cutting pine on state
lands, fell through because the state was
unable to show that the logs had been
cut on its lands, as no evidence appeared
on the books of the surveyor general to
that effect. Judge Mcclure, in dismiss
ing the case, took occasion to give the
surveyor generals office roast in regard
to loose methods.
James Ratledge and Chef Persomins,
while boring we'll Saturday in Tenhas-
sen township. about ten miles from Fair
mont, struck vein of natural gas. Their
drill and large amount of dirt and
stone were blown violently from the
hole. The wOrkmen thought it must be
gas and applied a match, when a flame
shot up into the air about ten feet, it was
still burning at last accounts, and at
night the light can be seen many miles,
and the roaring heard a great distance.
The suit of Mrs. Yapp against the St.
Paul Globe for $4,000 for having pub
lished an Associated Press dispatch con-
nectipg her name with the trial of Mrs
Maybrick in Liverpool, ended in the
jury awarding her S1-just about enough
to buy her a Thanksgiving turkey. L.
NJ. Stewart, of Minneapolis, wealthy
man, who sued The Tribune of that city
for calling him "a tax title shark" ask
ing $4,000 damages, was awarded by
the jury the sum Of one cent.
The state board of prison inspectors
met on Wednesday at Warden Randall's
office. General routine business was first
transacted, when a general tour of in
spection was taken. Superintendent
Covell reported the pail and tub factory
ready for business and with the requisite
material on hand. The inspectors also
decided to start broom factory on
small scale, the machinery for which is
now in the city, and increase the plant is
required.
The Gull Lake and Northern Railway
company has filed articles of incorpo-
ration. The object of the corporation is
to build and maintain a railway from
Gull Lake, Cass county, Mimi, to the
northern boundary OF the state. The
amount of the capital stock is 100000
in 500 shares. The incorporators are
John S. Pillsbury, William B. Ransom,
George A. Pillsbury, William w. Hunt
ington. Charles A. Pillsbury, Arthur
E. Bardwell and George p. Wilson, all of
Minneapolis.
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision in the case of the State of Mime
sofa against Geert a. Vandersluis, Jr.,
which declares the constitutionality of
the law regulating the practice of dent
istry in Minnesota. The law in question
affects large number of dentists in the
state, and naturally they objected to its
provisions, and raised the question of
constitutionality. The defendant in this
case, Geert A. Vandersluis, continued to
practice, although disqualified by law.
Action was brought against him by the
state and the lower court decided in
favor of the state. Defendant appealed
and the supreme court has now affirmed
the Judgment of the trial court and de-
clared that the law is valid.