The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-09-21
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ATT EMPT To- BURN UP "A TOWN,
John Gllmaster Held up and Robbed
by Two iighwaylen ID Ash
land, Wis. .as5 sgs5
3555 MINNEsoTA.
Secretary-of War Proctor has awarded
the contract for the construction Of a
double barracks at Fort Smelling at q
cost Of $5S, 900.
Big Bird. the Indian arrested month
ago for killing a companion on the
White Earth reservation, has been re-
leased, the shooting having been proven
accidental. .s
During the absence Of the FAMILY at
church last Sunday evening thieves
entered the hou e Of Henry Kater living
on farm near st. Cloud and robbed
him Of $50.
The motion for new trial for Clifton
Holden, the Red wood Falls murderer,
has been denied by Judge Webber.
The case will De appealed to the SUI
preme court. s..4s
The Minnesota Railroad and Ware
house commission announces that it
will no longer furnish inspection for
private warehouses at st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Duluth. ..
The Fergus Falls insane asY lum will
be ready for Occupan next spring. Or.
Williamson, Of the Middletown IN. W
asylum, has been rendered the position
Of superintendent. 53.
The house of Lem Marcellus, situated
seven miles north of Lake Benton. was
burned few nights ago, and his boy
two and one-half years old was con-
ssumed in the fames III VI
Frank Lommel, who was accid entally
shot August II, at Richmond, Stearns
county, died there of blood poison. He
was q merchant and thirty five years
old. He leaves a wife and three chill
dren. F.:
i John Quick, who has been confined In
Stearns county Jail for some months
pending his trial for the killing Of his
sister in law at Mora, has been taken
EtosSt, Cloud to answer to the charge Of
murder. /. 81 H q 5 * a u. .9#.354
Il John Styner. section foreman on the
CHICAGO ST. Paul s. Kansas City at
West Concord. in Jumping from q pas
|senger train at that place, fell under
the train and had his leg cut off below
the knee.
s Wilkin county has the finest wheat
crop ever harvested. There has been
scarcely a field in the country threshed
yielding less than twenty bushels and
many 60 as high as thirtY-dve to forty
bushels per acre. # I. 81.
The election Of Prof. John Dewey,
now a professor in the University Of
Michigan, to the chair Of mental and
moral philosophy ia the University Of
Minnesota, is a highly important step
for the interests Of the state university.
Albert Lea will have the Holly water
works system supplied from artesian
wells. There will be about hye miles
Of mains. sixty hydrants and public
watering troughs and fountains. The
city is to pay a rental Of $3 600 . year.
The system is to be completed this fall.
The committee who have in CHARGE
the work of arranging details fol the
law school, to be ablished at the uni
yersity next fall, have secured the
services as lecturers OF United States
Senator Mcmillan, Judge Mitchell, Of
the supreme court. and the Hon. Cor
don e. Cole OF Faribault. Other lectur
ers will be secured in due time.
The report Of State Insurance Com
missioner ShandreW, shows that the
American fire insurance companies Of
tho United States dong busiress iI1
Minnesota during the past year gbave
written risks to the amount Of 442,O76.-
E52S. and paid losses 1894, ,675. shile
foreign companies have written policies
Ito the amount of $50, I'll 1928, and paid
$3.50, ,030, losses
The smallest baby il the world, & q
Lynn, Mass. IS almost Il NOT quite
Iequaled IA Faribault county There
was bornt llrs. Fred a diller, at Rice
lake, seven miles south o ELI, q
!speck of humanity that barely tipped
the beam s. one and . half pounds. ~
Sfeet are not over an inch in lengtll alld
D gentl tleman 4 oxd dinarr,y fiinRe rsing svIn
"a over the foot and sup IN tlle ankle.
u small child's te cup will coy
head aIlle llarg lIesl5l'JI sl5l'
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