Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-11-13
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

Diphtheria is epidemic at Zumbrota,
and the schools have been closed. ~
Moorhead has given up her artesian
we'll, after expending $4,000 on it. t
The escaped Saltwater convict who
killed himself at Grey Cloud was An
dreas Polzin. .s..
The thirty-third anniversary of the
founding of the New Ulm Turnverein
was duly celebrated on the nth inst.
Work has been commenced on the
foundation for a new mill at Winona, ON
the site of the Porter mills, recently
burned.
Moses Butler, of the town of Burns,
Anoka county. was bound over in $500
bonds to the grand jury for marrying his
niece. girl 20 years old.
Many wild animals have been driven
into Anoka by the forest and prairie
fires around there. One man killed q
large gray wolf within the city limits.
The Manitoba road has workmen en-
gagged in tearing up the track of the
branch from Barnesville to Brecken-
ridge. 1t will be permanently abaE-
doned.
Hon. Halvor Steenerson. while going
home from his Office at Crookston,
slipped upon the frost covered walk and
fell and broke his leg just above the
ankle joint.
After thorough investigation at
Princeton the coroner's jury exoneratsd
Marshall Norton from all blame in the
killing of young Brumbaugh, holding
that it was a justifable homicide.
DR.. Chr Gronvold, of Norway, who
has had charge of the leprosy work Of
Minnesota for several years, reports
seven cases now in the state. They are
all males and range in age from IS to
IS years.
The Minnesota State Educational asso-
citation will meet at st. Paul Wednes-
day, Jan. 1, and continue in session three
days. The county superintendents will
meet at the same place Thursday after
noon, Jan. 2.
1t is rumored at Duluth that the plant
of the American Steel Barge company
will be removed to Chicago. The COM
pany employs 800 men. Chicago parties
have offered Capt. McDougall big in
ducements.
The Y. w. G. A. state convention
closed in session in st. Cloud Saturday.
The state headquarters, which have been
located at Northfield. have been trans
ferred to st. Cloud. Miss Cooley, of
Albert Lea, is secretary.
William Manderson, man % years
old, suffocated by gas in Lake Prairie
township, near st. Peter, while engaged
in driving we'll in place where well
had been dug. He was in the well about
twenty minutes. and died after being
taken out. ~ -~-
An English syndicate is seeking to OBJ
tain possession of the principal breweries
and the two Touring mills in St. Paul, as
well as the Crosby mills in Minneapolis.
The deal will involve, it is expected, in,
the neighborhood of S3,O00,0O0.
R. W. Mathews, of st. Paul, a leading
sportsman, proposes that the shotguns in
use in<the state shall be taxed in order to
provide compensation Tor the game war |
den, 81 per gun to be charged residents |
and $5 per gun for non-residents.
The season for the shooting of deer, elk |
and moose is now on. The law provides /
a penalty of from $50 to SIS for each of
tense for killing any of these animals In
any other manner than by the shot of a |
gun held at the shoulder. Johnny, get |
your gun! .--.s
About 10 o'clock Friday evening the
explosion of a lamp and were completely |
destroyed. The loss on mills and ma
chinery, and wheat and flour in stock,
will probably amount to $140, 1000; in-
sured for about S85, 200.
A curious accident happened to a
farmer the other day in the vicinity of |
nxxyato,,no ua lri~Sr,o. oIo Ia /
road with load of hay when suddenly |
the ground gave way Under him and the
whole outfit was precipitated ten or |
twelve feet into peat bed that had !
burned out. The man managed to save |
himself and horses, but the hay and /
wagon were burned. +'' --@,
At the preliminary examination at |
Princeton the complaint of Martin
Brumbaugh, father Of the boy who was |
shot, charging Marshal Norton with |
murder, was dismissed and Norton dis
charged. Arthur Jones, the man who |
refused to assist the marshal in arresting |
young Brumbaugh, was sentenced to
ninety days in jail.
A Duluth telegram says there has Just |
been exposed the details of gigantic |
real estate fraud perpetrated by swim |
dlers from Minneapolis and Indiana, on |
many people, mostly residents of Mime
apolis, the southern part of the state, |
Iowa, and Indiana. A division nine |
miles from the city, where land is worth |
SIS per acre, was plated and given the
name of good division inside of the |
city. Over $685., 900 worth of transfers |
many of them, of course, fictitious, have
been recorded, some of them within O |
week. s.sts szI5 - =
The Martin County Sentinel tells this |
story of how an old bachelor in that |
county obtained a wife: He went to q |
machinery dealer to buy harvester, but |
after looking the machine over told the |
dealer that he would buy it If he would |
also get him wife. The job was UNDER
taken, the man was introduced to lady,
terms agreed upon, and the machine and
wife were taken home together. The |
strangest part is that both have given
excellent satisfaction, and the farmer |
has not thought of returning either.
o. G. Gregg, the superintendent Of |
farmers institutes, announces the follow |
ing places and dates for the institutes |
which will be held during December:
Monticello, Wright county, Dec: 3.and A; |
Anoka, Anoka county, Dec. 8, 9 and q;
Mankato, Blue Earth county, Dec. 10
and 10; Mapleton, Wautonwan county,
Dec. 10, Is and ID; Long Lake, Henne-
pin county, Dec. 16, IL and 1s; Litch.
field, Meeker county, Dec. 10, 90 and 81.
In all there will be thirty institutes dur
ing the winter.
Nobody knows, nobody in this century
will know, the exact number Of people
on tile globe But race statisticians now
put the figures at 1 200, ,0O0, 600. tits be- |