Morris tribune., 1889-10-09
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

The Manitoba depot at Willmar was
burned to the ground Thursday.
a military cadetship has been secured
! by William B. Flanders, of Kandiyohi.
The Methodist Episcopal delegates have
! decided against dividing Minnesota into
two conferences.
| J. j. Hill, the Manitoba railroad prcsi-
| dent, has subscribed $25, 900 to the Chi
Cago worlds fair fund.
| A. F. Leopold, the petrole man of Du-
luth, has sold the new states territory for
! a good round sum, said to be S2OO,0Oe.
County Attorney l.. NJ Lange, of
Wnrthington, has been appointed regis
ter of the United States land office at
Marshall.
Sam Christie, a noted character of the
upper Mississippi region, was shot and
killed by Thomas Kelly at Grand Rapids.
on Tuesday last.
At D,,Slth Saturday ten prisoners were
sentenced by Judge Stearns, nine to Still
water and one, Thomas Bier. to the new
reform school at St. Clond.
Richard Robillard, St. Paul engineer,
has built "perpetual motion" machine
will operate two sewing machines.
Six farmers near Fergus Falls, in Par
nell township, have been arrested and
bound over to the grand jury for recap
turing goods seized by the sheriff.
The Red Lake Indian commission now
at Mile Laos. appear to be meeting but
little opposition. and the Indians there
will undoubtedly ratifv the treaty al
most unanimously.
Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Grace. second
bishop of st. Paul. has been made an
archbishop by the pope. No information
has yet been received as to the diocese
he will preside over.
Gen. john T. Averill, of ST. Paul. who
came to Minnesota in 1852. died of
Briyhts disease on Thursday last. He
Russell & Carpenter, wholesale paper
dealers.
The asylum trustees announce that DIR.
kilboune has been appointed first medi-
cal assistant at the Rochester asylum,
and DR.. Faulkner second assistant No
superintendent will be appointed for the
present.
At Ada"J A. Campbells livery barn,
with three horses. W. ". Campbelrs
office, Bert Tham's barn and J. c. Vel
lands barn were burned. The Norman
County Herald building was badly dem
aged. Loss $4,000. mostly covered by
insurance.
Four Of A"mour's agents were arrested
III st. Paul Saturday for selling Chicago
killed meats. The authorities claim the
law is in force until the case which was
appealed has been decided by the United
States supreme court.
DR.. Homer Collins, first assistant ply
sistant physician of the Rochester insane
hospital. followed the example set by
Dr. Bowers and rendered their resigna-
tiOns. They were accepted
An appeal has been taken at St. Paul
to the United States supreme court in
the case of Jesse P. Farley against j.
I'LL tho KittGe5t e,S+ouaCe ana' uIle' ManltOb
road, recently decided by Judge Brewer
of the United States circuit court Tn
! action as is well known, involves SOM
S5,000,000.
, Terrible fires have been raging in tn
bed of what was once Rice lake, near Al
bert Lea, for week. There has alread
been thousands of tons of hay destroyed
: one man losing nearly 200 tons Th
peat bOgs have caught fire and unles
heavy rains come soon the fire will las
all winter. 1t is now burned to a dept
of five or six feet.
: The old stone machine shop in the Still
water prison yard, which has long bee
in tumbled down condition, has bee
razed and the preliminary work (pil
driving) Of building a new shop upon it
site begun. The structure will be Q
stone, three stories in height, and it
ground dimensions will be 103 by 66 feet
giving a width twelve feet greater tha
the old building.
The delegates from Minnesota to tn
National Farmers congress, to be he'll
| at Montgomery, Ala, from Nov. 13
-, have been appointed by Governo
Merriam. They are: At large-H. w
Donaldson of Kennedy, and r. J. Hall
of Morris; first district, George w
, Sprague. Preston: second district, T. NJ
Pugh, Mankato; third district, Joh
Byers, Hastings; fourth district, N
Holmstrom, Cokato; fifth district, w. j
Bodkin, Moorhead; w. NJ. Bushnell 81
| Paul, president of State Agricultural sc
ciety; Prof. N. w. McLain, directo
Minnesota experimental station.
The new lawf regarding fees in probat
courts went into effect Oct throughou
the state. The filing and registering c
= any paper costs cents in each case
The hearing of the probate of will is
> cents, and the isslingof letters testame1
tary, administration or guardianship 7
cents. Three dollars is charged for tn
hearing on contested wills: the same fo
IL,
application for the appointment or re
: moval of executor, administrator G
2 guardian 50 each day. A deposit of 81
! to cover the fees is required on commend
ing every proceeding in the matter Of tn
, estates of decedcnts.