New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-22
THE NORTHWEST
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

The st. Paul public library now numbers
$4,000 volumes.
Warren defeated Argyle in the county seat
light by over three hundred majority
The Scandinavian Luthernas will erect q
new church edifice at Winona.
The free delivery system will be introduced
m Rochester November /.
Thieves entered st. Paul residence and
among other things stole the family bible.
The city of Mankato has let a contracs
for five years for lighting the streets with
electricity.
}. K. Morrin & Co., Of Albert Lea, have
shipped seventeen carloads OF eggs this year.
each car containing 400 cases, LA, 900
dozen, or 2,44S, 900 eggs.
John Anderson, a deaf and dumb man, was
killed by a Northern Pacific engine while
crossing q bridge at Henning. Hewas facing
the train but was looking at his feet
The loss to farmers in Law renee township.
Grant county. from the recent prairie fire is
estimated at between $4,000 and $50, 900.
The fire started from cinders dumped on tn.
roadway by a farm engine.
The police of Hastings are prosecuting
vigorous war against dealers who have been
selling tobacco to minors under sixteen years
OF age Four arrests have been made SO lar
and all the offenders fined.
S. Hess, Of Motley, was accidentally shot
by his son while hunting near Moose Lake
Eight buckshot entered his thigh and body
at short ranga. He was taken to the hospi
tai at Brainerd, where he now lies in q crit
ical condition. 49,.
Aspecial election held at Montgomery has
voted $4,000 or q system Of waterworks and
a steam fire engine. Work will begin imme-
dately on deep we'll, pumphouse and large
reservoir with water mains and hydrants
through the streets. -.... t.. .
The grand jurors OF Waterman county
placed Fl veindictments against Nels ohanson,
saloonkceper OF Madelia, three OF them Tor
selling to minors and two for selling on Sun
day. The sheriff took him in charge The
same jury indicted N. E. Pratt for selling
liquor on Sunday.
Some time ago Mrs. Metcelf of Fairhavcn
brought proceedings for divorce against her
husband, William Metcalf, alleging Grimm al
intimacy with Mrs. Lettie w. Noyes of tn.
same place. G. w. Noyes completed the SER
sation by suing or divorce from the wo man.
All the parties are quite prominent.
srvation. has forwarded his first official re:
port. He says the Indians are in good con.
dition and are devoting their ii me to agri-
culture. Last winter, he says, the Indians
banked 1851, 565 feet of logs, which Melted
them $21S.37S.
In his history of his famous trip to the
northwest in 1928, when he attain pied to
find the north polo, Sir John Franklin
po1- porar t>t L;-kl,
of his rescuers. The infant was born in the
basin of the Mackenzie river, and the far
thest north of any child then born in Cana.
Ia. The in ant referred to is at present
visiting in st. Paul, and his name is J. R.
McVicar. He is So years OF age
Thomas O'Conuor, who has served twelve
years of a lie sentence in the penitenc iary at
saltwater, has been pardoned on condi tion
that he leaves the state forever He was
sentenced for the murder of his nephew, Lar.
~ Waugh, of lie Suer. O'Connor was subse-
auently re-arrested for vic atiug his parol
He had returned to his old home, and he was
believed to have had designs upon the lives
Of one or more of his neighbors. as he was
heavily armed when taken into custody.
Ayoung man named John Springer, who
teaches school sixteen miles south OF II asst
ngs failed to appear at the school house. and
On search being instituted his dinner pail
was found turned up by the roadside The
dirt was torn up us ii there had been scuff1e,
and in muddy spot near by were found
loot prints and a revolver tramp into the
mud. He had trouble with a stranger some
time ago, who threatened to kill him, and it
is thought he has been murdered and his
body concealed.
Benedict Lipp, section man on tho North
.rn Pacific. blew his brains out, in his room
at Little Falls, with gun loaded with buck
. shot The whole top OF his head from his
nose up was blown off, his brains scooped
out and scat tered over the floor bed, walls
and ceiling the room, scarcely leaving a
spot three inches long which was not bespat-
tered with blood and brains. At 3 o'clock
in the morning the section boss, who was
his room mate, came in, crawled over the
dead body o. Limp and went to Sleep not
noticing anything wrong. r., %.