New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-06
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF.

/ It's expected that an SOO-barrel
Touring mill will be in operation at
Little Falls before long.
G. S. Horton, of Vermillion, has, by
the death of an uncle in New York,
fallen heir to a fortune of 500, 900.
/ G. *. Olson and C. A. Erickson, OF
Red Wing, have both invented APP
prevail hay presses, which will soon
be put on the market.
The Sank Center fire department
consists of one hook and ladder com.
pany and two hose companies, con
sisting of sixty-fve mem bers.
i Ice boats are numerous at Lake
City and the ice in Lake Pepin is in
excellent cond for their use, but
there is a dearth Of wind.
| Paul Koletzeke, a student at the
Alton seminary, was drowned while
skating on Lake ST. Croix. His par.
ents live in Appleton, Wis.
The citizens of ST. Cloud has passed
resolutions favoring the annexation
of east st. Cloud, including the state
reformatory grounds.
The attempt to obtain natural gas
by drilling at Saltwater is to be con
| tinued. The shaft has now been sunk
half a mile and it is resolved to &c
400 feet further.
Mrs. B. 81. Hoard was severely in
/ jured at Red Wing. In endeavorine
to jump from buggy she fell, strik
| ing her head, and was picked up in.
sensible.
| The board of trade OF Red Wing has
appointed a committee to investi
gatethe artesian well system of fur.
nishing power for operating machin.
cry.
The residence Of D. C. Hillwas dam
aged considerably by fire at RED
Wing. The loss is several hundred
dollars; no Insurance. The house
was among the finest residences in
the city.
T. O'Brien, of Duluth, has a 2rah.
maCochhin rooster which is nearly
two feet in height and weighs sixteen
pounds. He has four fully developed
wings, two in their proper places ano
one on each knee joint, and he uses
all four of his wings in flying.
Perry Robbins, who owns a saw
mill in the town Of Grey Eagle, east
] of Sank Centre, had his engine badly
broken up and his machinery totally
wrecked by alarge log flying from the
saw. The loss will reach several hun.
dred dollars. No one was seriously
injured.
Nh. and Mrs. Charles Whlttemore
two of the Oldest and best known
settlers OF Clearwater, Wright county
will celebrate their golden wedding
| Eight children and nine grandchil
dren, comprising the entire family
will be present. Death has never en-.
tered the family circle.
The house of Ole Larson, a Dane
living three and half miles south O.
Kasson was burned. One of his
.neighbors, Christian Beaver, saw the
smoke in the morning and immedi
ately went to the place. Nothing was
/ to be seen but pile ofsmoking ruins
Later in the day a neighbor searched
the ruins and found the charred re
mains of Larson in the cellar. Moth
ing whatever is know of the origin o:
the fire. Larson was a widower anC
lived alone.
Gottlieb Bellrich, ayoung German
twenty-five years old, was instantly
killed near Winona by the overturn.
ing of a load of hay while he was
driving across the Burlington tracks
on the Wisconsin side. He worked fol
Henry Busdicker, and left in the morn.
ina, after the load. He drove to fast
over the crossing, and the load was
turned completely over twice. the
whole weight falling upon him. A
brother OF the deceased lives in st.
| Paul.
Diptheria is prevailing in Wabasha
at an alarming extent. One death
has occurred and several new cases
are reported. The board of health
is taking all known precautions, and
it is expected to be able to check any
further spread. Two daughters Of
Sheriff Cratic are very sick with the
disease and one of them lis not ex.
pected to survive. No new cases
have developed within the past
forty-eighth hours. Every place where
the disease prevails is rightly quar-
antined.
/ Fire at Morris destroyed the ole
Journal Office and tenement, George
b. Darling's storage and tenement
81. w. Oats building, George Oar