The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-05
MINNESOTA CULLINGS.
The News Of the Week Throughout
the Entire State.

George Fleckenstein, living near
Owatonna, lost every finger on his
right hand by the bursting of a gun.
Wilmer Eymer, of Mankato, stole
a trunk recently and is now behind
the bars. His wife has also been ar
rested as an accomplice.
Burglars broke into the hardware
store of G. A. Blair & Son at Water
vile, and got away with about $50
worth OF cutlery and revolvers.
The total personal property valu-
alton of st. Paul for 1889 is &c.
97S, OSS, an increase of $652,147
over that of last year.
The son of farmer named Wright,
living in Warsaw township, Goodhue
County, tell from Il wagon and re-
ceived injuries from the affects of
winch he died.
A couple othighwaymen attempted
to hold upJ. S. Wing and family
while returning from Frontenac, but
Mr.. Wing succeeded in driving away
from them.
Samuel Burlow has been bound
over to await the action OF the grand
jury on suspicion of being the party
who robbed the Milwaukee depot at
Faribault two weeks ago.
Hastings has youthful criminal.
His name is Charlie Philipson andre
is II years old. He stole $23.65
from Mrs. Margaret Bense, and has
been sent to the reform school.
Frank Tommel, while out hunting
at Richmond accidentally discharged
the contents of his gun into his arm
and side in getting into a wagon. His
injuries are serious.
While employed at thrashing at
White Rock A. j, Swanson had the
handle of pitchfork forced into his
body. He sustained injuries from
the effects of which he will probably
die.
Proceedings of the Rochester in
vestigation committee cover 1876
pages of legal cap paper so far as
ready, and the whole investigation
will make about 5000 tolios,o 600
900 words.
Herbert Dumble, a ten-year-old
son of F. G. Dumble, OF Fergus Falls
walked into the house and remarked:
Mamma, l am going to die" In
five minutes he was dead. Heart
trouble was the cause.
Wilbur Eymer was arrested and
lodged in Jail at Mankato on the COM
plant OF Joseph Cole, charged with
robbing Coles trunk. Eymer and
his wife started down the river in a
boat, but were intercepted at st.
Peter.
Charles Philipson, aged twelve
years, was taken to the reform
school from Hastings by Deputy
Sheriff J. Z. Hyland, having been
committed by Justice Johnson upon
a charge ofstealing $23.65 from Mrs.
Margaret Bense.
The delegates appointed by Gov.
Merriam to represent the state at
the national charities convention
San Francisco, pay their own ex-
penses. 1t is expected that the honor
of representing the state OF Minneso-
ia is sufficient for the outlay they
incur.
Capt. Joseph Osborne of st. Paul,
has been appointed clerk in the pub
lie examiners Office, the position fill
ed by the late Theo. Norelius. The
captains father was one of the first
Swedish ministers in this country,
who emigrated here when his son
was only 5 years old.
Henry Scheffier, from Anoka, at
tempted to rob stranger at More
head. He drew a knife and demand
ed money. When about accomplish
ing his purpose team came up and
the highwaymaD fed. HeWas caught
by officers, but resisted arrest and
finally escaped. He is said to be the
same man who robbed q party in
Fargo the night before.
The Madelia roller mill, owned by
Mitchell Bros. & Cone, was discover
ed to be on fire and in half an hour
was burned to the ground. The mill
run until midnight, and is supposed
to have caught from the engine
room. A large amount of wheat and
-four was in the mill The loss is
supposed to be $4,000 to $4,000;
insurance unknown.
News was received at st. Cloud OF
two accidents, by which two of
Stearns county's residents lost their
lives. Frank Koehler, a farmer
thirty eight years of age, of the town
of Spring Hill, was killed by the up
setting of a load of grain which he
was driving, and a twelve-year-old
boy named Metzger of New Munich,
while herding COWS, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed, the
shock boring D hole clear through his
head and stripping every shred of
clothing from his body.
A dead man was pulled in from the
river near theStarIron works atHast-
ings by James Peterson, the eleven
year-old son of Samuel Peterson.
The boy was engaged in fishing when
he saw the body floating in the wa
ter, and threw his line about the
same and pulled itashore. From it's
appearance, the body must have
been in the water for several days.
The man evidently was about thirty
four years of age and bore the ap-
pearance of a laborer or steamboat
hand. He was of a sandy complex