The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-21
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF.

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Light companyhas filed articles of
incorporation. Its capital stock is
100000. -s..
The Rochester board of trade has
been revived and is preparing for
active work during the coming sum-
mer.
Ten farmers in Washington town
ship, Goodhue county, have organ
lied themselves in n company to
erect cheese factory.
A three-year old daughter of Peter
o. Myhr of Holmes City was so badly
burnedby her clothes taking fire from
the stove that she died.
John Schneider, of Sank Centre
who was saving wood with a horse
power machine caught his foot in
the machine and was SO badly in
jured that he may die.
Frank Mudgett of Maplewood was
killed while cleaning out a we'll He
was at the bottom. when the rope
broke and the bucket dropped ON
him.
Mayor W. A. HotchEass, of Pres
ton was Frustrated by a paralytic
stroke recently. 1t is thought that
perfect rest from business cares will
insure his recovery.
Two chandeliers containing thin ty-
six lighted lamps, in the Universalist
church at Rochester, fell to the floor
q few nights ago short time before
the serN ices. The flames were not
subdued until $500 damage had been
done
Harmon Huttke, blacksmith of
Sank Center, has invented a small
trip hammer which works by treadle
power and strikes 100 blows per
minute. He expects to further inn
prove it so that it will attain a
speed of ITO blows a minute.
D. W. Shook, grain dealer, money
loaner, justice and farmer, who re-
Gently absconded from Stephen,
Mimi, with SIG, OOOof other peoples
money, has been heard from ut Van
couver's Island, B. c. His family
left Plymouth to join him.
Hon. Knut Nelson returned home
and has resumed his seat at his legal
desk, He states that he will prac-
tice law at Alexandria. and superin-
tend the work on his farm adjoining
town. He rejOices in freedom from
political life, and is content with his
experience therein.
George Hart sixteen years of age,
was badly trampled by a horse
which he was leading to water. Aft
er an absence of an hour he was
found with his skull badly crushed in
several places and badly injured
about the shoulders and breast. He
has not sufficiently recovered to tell
how it happened, and will probably
not recover.
A young man named Edward Full
Ter used abusive and insulting lam
gauge to J. A. Du Bots, president OF
the Sank Center council, and was
fined $145O. A crowd had gathered
in front Af a saloon and Mr.. Du Bots
told them to clear the walk SO that
some ladies might pass, upon which
Fuller threatened him and used
abusive language.
A large meeting ofcitizens was held
at Worthington to protect against
the passage of the bill now before the
legislature for the removal of county
seats. The bill in it's present shape is
evidently unfair and breeder ofcoun-
ty seat wars and i'll feeling, and per
haps would lead to loss oflife, besides
certainly costing many thousands O;
dollars in any county where the ques
tion may hereafter be raised.
Frank farmer, a German residing
about two miles from Huron Lake,
Wis, was found dead in q slough
near his home. He came to town
and after drinking considerable
started for homo on foot, and it is
supposed that he wandered into
the slough while in state of intoxi-
cation and was drowned. He leaves
a wife and six children in poor cir
cumstances.
A telegram from Gen. Noble, the
new secretary of the interior, to B.
Gordon and ]. Greedy, of the United
States land office, at Redwood Falls.
says: "You will suspend the actual
transfer of the effects of your office
to Marshall until further orders"
The records and fixtures are all box
ed and q car was hired to ship
them in. Part of the fixtures are al
ready sold.
W. A. Edwards, a Minneapolis
real estate dealer, was arregted at
st. Cloud on che complaint of DR..
W. A. Mitchell of Clear Lake for
perjury. Bail was fixed at $500,
and was not obtained An officer
will stay at the hotel with him. 1t
is understood this is the result of "a
family scandal. Mitchell's wife has
left him and wants a divorce. She
has everything in her, name, which
amounts to 100000. MischeIt
clairhs that the arisaner has con.
troll of this money, his wife having
| given 1t to him to invest.
AS Joseph Fischer was driving from
Beaver Falls to Redwood Falls, &C.
companied by dis wife and Frank
gurrek, his father:in-law. the neck
yoke broke and the. team pulled
loose from the wagon, taking the
lines with thsm while descending a
piil, The wagon kept on its course
with increasing force until it struck
q tree, when it's occupants were