New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-07
TILE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
Events Of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
August Stephens, of Elgin, committed sui
eide by shooting.
Canadian. 25-cent pieces are q niclle off at
most of the banks in the state.
The price paid for the st Paul distillery by
whisky trust was $350,O00.
Sixty deaths from diphtheria have occurred
in Otter Tail county in the past few months.
Atst Paul Officer John Peterson shot and
fatally wounded Neil eastman while the lat
ter was resisting arrest.
Martin F. Fredrickson, an old settler Of
Big Stonecounty, was suffocated by foul air
in well at Clinton.
St Paul parties have employed a force of
men.to prospect for gold on the Cannon
river, some distance west of Red Wing.
Peter Hansen, charged with wife murder. is
on trial at Brainerd The defense is based
on the grounds of emotional insanity.
Largeq quantities of potatoes are being ship
ped from various places in the state to Wash
ington and Oregon.
The granary and adjoining buildings be-
longing to Charles johnson, Plainview, were
burned a fewdays ago. Loss, $1,000.
Henry Heise, living near Fall Creek, COM
mitted suicide by poison. Family quarrels
was the cause.
At Winning, small town near Fergus
Falls over thirty persons have died from
diphtheria within the past month. The
town has population of about 100.
There will be much larger area of wheat
in Southern Minnesota this year than for a
long time previous The ground is in fine
condition and the seeding is about completed.
E. L. Ford & Co. s general store was enter
ed at Mazeppa, through rear window and
about 500 worth of goods stolen, the larg-
est item being fine black suit of clothes.
The residence of Mrs Bierman at Mortified
was destroyed by fire. Loss, 81 $780, no in
surance. The Archer house and the Lite
building were badly scorched.
William F. Dunbar died at Caledonia aged
sixty-eight years. He was the first state
auditor after admission. He has been living
near that village since retiring engaged in
| farming.
During storm lightning struck the house
! of Charles Brandenburg at Faribault. The
bolt apparently following the stove-pipe
down to the floor, striking Mr.. Banderburg
| in the feet and burning them badly and tear.
| ing his pants in shreds.
One OF the severest thunder st orms that
has visited Goodhue county of late years
passed over Red Wing. During it's progress
the steepe OF the M. E. church was struck
| and large piece knocked out of one side,
but the building was not set on fire.
Mr.. Wyman OLA Crosse county, was struck
by d train on the Milwaukee road and was
not thought badly injured but next day he
died. His wife is station agent at Rockland
and he was veteran soldier The family
came from Minnesota
The main school building at Austin was de-
stroyed by fire. Fire caught in the root, and
could not be reached promptly. The build
ing was completely Quilted and the walls aft
erward taken down with dynamite. Insur-
ance, $4,000; loss, $4,000. All schools
started again next day
Mr.. Carlson, living four miles south of Sun
rise. after lighting the fire in the stove, went
out to the barn, followed by his vie, leaving
q young child asleep in bed. While they
were busy with the stock the house took
fire and before they saw it the fire had made
such Roadway that it was impossible to res
cue the child, although hearing it's cries.
Lumbermen are discouraged on account of
the lack OF water in the rivers of the timber
districts. The larger streams opened so rap
idly that the effect has been to draw off the
waters of the smaller, and the prospect of a
successful season is n OF very fattering. 1t
will require very heavy rains to get the logs
out of the tributaries at all.
The body of William Cheshire was found in
the river at Mankato. He disappear ed early
last winter. He was going home rom this city
and attempted to cross the river on the ice
at South Bend and went through The flesh
was all gone of of face and hands,, and he
was identified only by papers which, with
money and watch, were found on his person.
He was twenty-five years old.
correspondent of the Jackson Sentinel
condemns strongly the practice OF growing
willow hedges on the roadside. He says the
the hedges cause the snow to drift into and
fill the roads and they continue muddy in the
spring long after the other roads are good,
and they absorb the fertility of two rods of
land in the field upon which su ficient grain
might be raised to pay for the posts required
for fence.
Winter wheat that was sown in Rice county
will be nearly failure. The farmers have
concluded to take no chances, but reseed with
spring wheat or oats. Seeding is nearly
completed. THERE'S considerably more spring
wheat soWn than last year, because the
growth of the milk business has caused the
diversion of considerable land and hay and
pasturage. Flax is commencing to take the
place OF wheat. This season there will prob
ably be about ], 500 acres sown.
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4 NORTH DAKOTA.
There are thirty two G. A. R. posts in North
Dakota.
Over 50, 200 in prizes will be awarded at the