Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-04-03
The News Briefly Chronicled.

Rev: N T. Blakeslee, for several years
pastor Of the Congregational church at
Wabasha, has rendered his resignation.
At a recent meeting in St. Paul of the
Board of Regents of the State University
Prof. Porter rendered his resignation as
professor of agriculture and director of the
experiment station.
Natural gas was recently discovered in
the vicinity Of Aitkin and natural gas and
oil company was about to be formed with q
capital stock of 81, OOO,OOO A large amount
of land had been secured and it was ex-
pected that work would commence as soon
as the necessary arrangements could be per-
fected
The dead body,of Andrew Grebeck, a farm
,er, was found at the roadside near Royal
ton the other afternoon. He was murdered
by some unknown party for his money.
A fire at Crookston few nights ago dam
age the stock Of Rosenthal & We'll several
thousand dollars; fully covered by insur-
.ance.
The store of Frank Michaels at Farming.
ton was burned the other evening. Loss.
%, 600; insurance, 81 600.
The President has granted pardon in the
case of Frederick x. Bickell, convicted ir
Minnesota of abstracting funds of Ma
and sentenced June 6, 1888, to five years
imprisonment
A sudden death occurred in Medic town
ship the other afternoon, causing consider
able excitement Mrs. Knute Knudson was
attending the funeral of neighbor, and.
upon entering the church door, fell dead
She was sixty five years old.
A fire recently destroyed one of the dor.
.mitOries ho1onUinp tn Sh School ~
Faribault Loss about 81 600.
William Clinchman, fifteen years old, OF
st. Paul, recently snapped a revolver, which
he thought to be empty, at girl named
Birdie Lucas. The bullet lodged in her brain.
An incendiary fire wrecked the Park Ho-
tel at Winona, large wooden structure, tc
the extent of 5000 few days ago. The
building had been unoccupied for two years
and had just been refurnished for a new
tenant
Patrick MeCue, of the town of Maltona,
stumbled on the doorstep as he came from
the house of Calvin Abbott at Fergus Falls
recently, straining himself badly and re.
eeiving internal injuries from which he
died
The National Bank Of Commerce of Du-
luth, with capital of 800, 600, has been
authorized to begin business.
The plant of the st. Paul Meat and Pro.
vision Company was burned the other
morning. The loss was estimated at $500,
600. The sausage house, engine room
slaughter and Ice houses, together with 9
large quantity of packed meat, sausage and
lard, were all destroyed - =.
The ice dealers at Duluth have about
three-quarters of the supply calculated
upon.
Peter and Timothy Barrett (brothers,
who murdered and robbed Street Cal
Driver Tollefson, were hanged at Mime
apois few mornings ago. The principal
witness against the victims was their broth
or Henry, alias sReddy." .@ *
The Minnesota Car Company will erect at
once one hundred dwelling houses in Du-
1uth for the use Of it's employees. =. + sfsI
J. a.. Ehmcke, inspector for the l. G.
Porter Milling Company at Winona, stepped
i backwards into the conveyor recently
which caught his leg, and the sharl, screw
cut through, breaking the bone, The leg
had to be amputated