Morris tribune., 1889-12-25
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

\ company has been organized at
Cannon Falls to build a telephone line to
Randolph.
: DR.. Ames, of Minneapolis, who has
been reported as having been again very
ill, is getting better.
Brainerd public schools are having an
extended vacation on account of diseases
which are prevalent among children.
Alexandria authorities are enforcing
the law against selling cigarettes to MINI
Ors and closing up gambling houses.
Chris Belts, German laborer of Ows =
tonna to-day shot and killed his viii e
and then himself. Domestic troubles
Attorney General Clapp has denied he
application for quo warrantO prOceedig gs
against the Great Northern Railway CO M
pany.
y post mortem examination of IA ,cow
held at the state veterinary schct i in
Minneapolis revealed a clear case of con
sumption.
\. Barto Of ST. Cloud, has been ap-
pointed register of the land office at that
place. William Westerman was ap-
pointed receiver of the same office.
The body of Guy Gardner, who has
been missing from Rose Creek since
Aug. Is. was found about two mile fl ON
town. 1t is thought that he suicided.
Thieves have been tampering with the
mail boxes in ST. Paul They have q
in the act, but fell down and failed to
catch them.
Some genuine cases of small pox in
the village of Sleepy Eye are causing
great excitement, having closed the pub
lie schools and all public assemblies. and
threatening to close aid places of bus i
hess.
W. {. Pence. who gave the famous
steamboat excursion from Winona, OF
the Mississippi hast Christmas, is oR;
with placardS Announcing second ex-
cuTsiOn this Christmas with the steamer
Robert Harris and two barges.
\ practical lumberrnan is authority
for the statement that the Canadian gov
ernment has lost $4,000. 900 in timber
dues alone since 1888, through fires set
by the Indians. He claims that $780,
0OO,0 would not cover the amount Of
timber that has been destroyed by fire
between Lake Dauphtn and Lake Win
nipeg.
At breckenridge, the motion for a
new trial in the case of Andrew
Void was denied b. the court. But
the court, considering the facts as war
ranting it, certified TO exceptional Cir
CumstanceS, and redused his sentence to
imprisonment fr life. Harry Baldwin,
indicted for outrage, was sentenced to
imprisonment for twenty years.
The winter cholera has captured Fer
gus Falls. Over 300 citizens have had
run Of the disease, or at least a touch of
it, and two or three cases have been ser
iOus. The city water supply from the
Red river, has been analyzed and found
free from impurity. and the physicians
say the origin of the disease was un
doubtedly the unusually mild weather
which has prevailed ali this month
Petitions for the appointment of Mark
HargreaveS, Publisher of the Hokah Sun,
and David House. prominent druggist.
for the postmaster ship were recently for
warded to Washington. Congressman
Dunnen has oeut word that u disinter-
ested committee must be obtained and
vote taken of the Republican patrons of
the office for choice of postmaster. The
proposition is 'iot looked upon with ia
vor by the candidates or their friends,
and they refuse to obey the 0 der.
The state public examiner has COM
pleted an abstract of reports made to
him as superintendent of banks, show
ing the condition of the state banks of
Minnesota at the close of business Nov.
10. 1888. The total resources are $780,
62S. .693. so. which is an increase of
$1.654 1868. IL over the abstract of re-
ports made ON the 18th of last August
The increase is mostly from increases in
the following items: Capital stock,
S250,O0O; increase of deposits, S674,-
S27.31; increase of profits, S324, ,415.51.
The number Of banks have increased
by one.
The total enrolment in the graded
schools Of the state for the year ending
July 81, 1899, was 1927, and the aver
age attendance has been 81, ,457. These
figures are given from the annual report
of State Superintendent Kiehle. This
report also shows many interesting facts.
There are 119 independent and special
school districts in the state, under con-
troll of 10 special superintendent and 100
high school principals, who also officiate
in the capacity of superintendents. The
salaries paid the special superintendents
aggregate S3O.405, and those paid the
principals who act as superintendent as
well as teachers in the high schools
amounted to 800, 0,9O2.50. Among the
teachers the ladies largely predominated.
There was total of 1857, $40 females
and 217 males. The principal cities of
Minnesota that have an enrolment of
1000 Or more pupils are: st. Paul,
1868; Minneapolis, 1894; Duluth,
2,808; Winona, 2,744; Saltwater, 1872;
Red Wing, 1,4O2; Brainerd, ,22O; Fergus
Falls, 1,O44; Rochester, 1923. The av-
erage attendance in these schools for the
fiscal year were: st. Paul, 10, 1924; Mime
apolis, 1887; Duluth, 1920; Wino1a,
2,036; Saltwater, 1882; Red Wing,