Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-27
The News Briefly Chronicled.

The four-year-old daughter of. Ole Sven
;on, the proprietor of the Thirteenth Az
onue Hotel in Minneapolis, was taken down
with smallpox few mornings ago, and in
he afternoon the entire family, consisting
If father, mother and two children, were
.emoved to the quarantine hospital.
fire the other day in the O'Leary block
1T Tower totally destroyed the block and
:ontents. The building was owned by
)Leary, and was occupied by Levine Bros
With a stock Of gents furnishings and
eady-made clothing. The total loss was
$4,000; insurance, $4,000 on stock, building
uninsured.
Rock Rapids was destroyed by fire the
other morning. The loss was $50 OOO The
Union block was complete loss, with the
contents OF the five stores and bank which
were located therein.
M. c. Kimberly, superintendent of the St.
Paul division of the Northern Pacific, has
been appointed assistant general superin-
tendent Of the road to succeed n D. Root,
recently killed.
Citizens of Rush City have decided to e.
tablish a creamery at Rock Creek. The
required amount 5000, was readily sub
scribed at recent meeting, and the cream
cry will be in operation by April 1.
recent fire at Minneapolis destroyed
three stores and photograph gallery To-
tai loss, $15, 600.
John Finerty, who claims to be related to
the Chicago Irish Nationalist of the same
name, was sentenced to a long imprison-
ment at st. Paul few days ago for obtain
ing money on false pretenses.
The hog owners of North Minneapolis are
excited over disease, supposed to be chol
era, which has broken out among the pork
ers.
Marshall Field and Henry Debbe, of Chi
cago, purchased $4,000 worth of Duluth
real estate for cash the other day.
Fl. L. Wheat & Co., crockery dealers at st.
Paul. made an assignment the other day.
Liabilities, about fifteen thousand dollars
Archbishop Ireland has appointed Father
P. J. Gallagher, of Winona, spiritual di-
rector of the Minnesota branches of the
Catholic Knights of America
Snow boating is all the rage at Madison.
In St. Paul few evenings ago Dennis
Hurley tried to murder his wife with a
butcher knife, but neighbors interfered in
time to save her life.
G. NJ. Brown, of st. Paul, recently sued
the Northern Pacific road for $40, 600 dam
ages on account Of injuries received in q
wreck, and Robert F. McKaig, of the same
city, wants 800, 600 from the same road
Joseph Richardson, one Of the early set
tiers OF Rice County, died at his residence
in Fartbault the other morning, aged seven
ty-fve years. Mr. Richardson, during his
lifetime, had accumulated large fortune.
A wife and one son survive him.
The erection of creamery in Winona.
that has been so long agitated, was settled
in the affirmative the other day by large
and enthusiastic meeting Of farmers from
all over that part of the county,
The farmers In the town of Underwood. q
heavily timbered district, recently organized
an association for the sale Of wood.
J. j. Trunk, Duluth butcher, recently
assigned to F. M. Raymond, of the Duluth
Packing Company. Slow collections was
the alleged cause.
John Cichanowsk has commenced suit
against the Stanislaus Church at Winona for
$2,70O. He alleges that the church intend
ed to buy certain property from him and
then refused to accept the deal or pay the
full amount.