The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-07
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF.

Tt is expected that an 80O-barrel
Touring mill will be in operation at
Little Falls before long.
G. S. Horton, of Vermillion, has, bv
the death of an uncle in New York,
fallen heir to fortune of $4,000.
C. K. Olson and G. A. Erickson, of
Red Wing, have both invented ap-
proval hay presses, which will soon
be put on the market.
The Sank Center fire department
consists of one hook and ladder COM
pany and two hose companies, con-
sisting of sixty-five members.
Ice boats are numerous at Lake
City and the ice in Lake Pepin is in
excellent condition for their use, but
there is a dearth of wind.
Paul Koletzeke, q student at the
Alton seminary, was drowned while
skating on Lake st. Croix. His par
ents live in Appleton, Wis.
The citizens of st. Cloud has passed
resolutions favoring the annexation
of east st. Cloud, including the state
refOrmatOry grounds.
The attempt to obtain natural gas
by drilling at Saltwater is to be con-
tinued. The shaft has now been sunk
half mile and it is resolved to go
400 feet further.
Mrs. Z. H. Hoard was severely in
jured at Red Wing In endeavoring
to jump from a buggy she fell, strik-
ing her head, and was picked up in
sensible
The board of trade of Red Wing has
appointed a committee to investi-
gate the artesian well system of fur
nishing power for operating machin-
ery.
The residence of D. c. Hill was dam
aged considerably by fire at Red
Wing. The loss is several hundred
dollars; no insurance, The house
was among the finest residences in
the city.
7. 'Brien, of Duluth, has a Brah-
maCochhin rooster which is nearly
two feet in height and weighs sixteen
pounds. He has four fully developed
wings, two in their proper places and
one ON each knee joint, and he uses
all four of his wings in flying.
Perry Robbins, who owns saw
mill in the town Of Grey Eagle, east
of Sauk Centre, had his engine badly
broken up and his machinery totally
wrecked by alarge log gfying from the
saw. The loss will reach several hun
dred dollars. No one was seriously
injured.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Whlttemore,
two of the Oldest and best known
settlers of Clearwater, Wright county
will celebrate their golden wedding.
Eight children and nine grandchil-
dren, comprising the entire family,
will be present. Death has never en-
tered the family circle.
/ The house of Ole Larson, a Dane
living three and half miles south oi
Kasson was burned. One OF his
neighbors, Christian Beaver, saw the
smoke in the morning and immedi-
ately went to the place. Nothing was
to be seen but a pile ofsmoking ruins.
Later in the day a neighbor searched
the ruins and found the charred re.
mains of Larson in the cellar. Moth.
ing whatever is know of the origin OF
the fire. Larson was a widower and
lived alone.
Gottlieb Bellrich, ayopng German
twenty-five years old, was instantly
killed near Winana py the overturn-
ing of load of hay while he was
driving across the Burlington tracks
on the Wisconsin side He worked fQ1
Henry Busdicker, and left in the morn
ing after the load, He drove to fast
over the crossing, and the load was
turned completely over twice, the
whole weight falling upon him. A
brother of the deceased lives in st.
| Paul.
Diptheria rs prevailing IN Wabasha
at an alarming extent. One death
has occurred and several new cases
are reported. The board of health
is taking all known precautions, and
it is expected to be able to check any
further spread. Two daughters 81
Sheriff Cratic are very sick with the
disease and one of them is not ex.
pected to survive. No new cases
have developed within the past
forty-eight hours. Every place where
the disease prevails is rightly quar-.
antined.
Fire at Morris destroyed the old
Journal office and tenement, George
E. Darling's storage and tenement
H. W. Oats building, George Dar-
ling's store, +. E. Mernels'a vacant
office, H. 7. Beran'a office and ID. R
Suther!and's store. Insurance on
Darling's building, $7,400. Hard
work by the firemen saved the Wholt
of the business part of the East side
A blizzard was raging at the time
and it was so cold that the fire en-,
gine would not work. The origin o.
the fire is unknown.