New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-19
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
/ Events of the Week in the
I Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The Gopher DISCRIMINATING company is
the name of a concern recently organized at
Winena.
-Four hundred delegates were in attendance
at the meeting Of the State Farmers Alliance
at st. Paul.
Mrs. Dale:asr, living near New Prague,
while crossing the railroad track was run in
toby passenger train and seriously, if not
fatally, injured.
The 2-year-old child of Mrs Amelia John
son, of New York Mills, fell into a kettle Of
boiling water and was so badly scalded that
he has since died.
The creditors of Joseph Hardebeck, of
Alexandria, have sold the electric light plant
TO the village for $4,000. A short time ago
ayote was taken whether not to buy it
fr5m Hardebeck for So, 500.
Ell February Id, Mrs. Simon Kunitzki, an in
sane woman, esca ped from the insane asylum
atSt. Peter and since that time no trace of
her has been found. 1t is feared she met
wilfntoul play.
A vote is soon to be taken on the removal
of the county seat of Benton county from
SaFuk Rapids to Foley station. There is
mach feeling over the proposed change and
aWvely contest is anticipated
y. NJ Hunt, the energetic president Of the
Minnesota Editorial association, is arrang-
ing for al excursion of the members of the
association to the national capital to take
place in June.
Gov. Merriam has issued his warrant to the
sheriff of Redwood county for the execution
OF YIN. Rose, under sentenced to be hanged
for the murder of Mosss Lufkin, fixing the
date on Friday, April IL.
John Olson, o lumberman employed in a
Kettle river camp, while telling tree was
struck on the head by a limb. He died in
the sleigh while being taken to Hinckley. He
was 80 years of age and single
Sidney Wright, twenty-six years old, was
mcrtally injured by a log rolling over him at
Snow & Seavey's camp. He died in the hos
pital at Hinckley. His folks live at Deer
Park, Wis
Albert Pikaune, Fin, living near New
York Mills, was bound over to the grand
jury, charge with assault in the second degree.
He came home under the influence OF liquor,
had trouble with his wife, and kicked her SO
that she gave premature birth to twins.
During the last month five Far mers' ALI
sances have been organized in Goodhue coun-
rty and q number Of others are being planned.
AS heretofore this organization has not even
been represented in the county, the probable
results following upo n the entrance Of this
,gew factor into the political field is a subject
of much comment.
Chief of Police Richards and Constable Ba
con have returned to Hastings, from Austin
with John Ives, who was arraigned upon a
charge of passing bogus check for $40
upon Theodore Scnab bert Nov. 30, 1880
made payable at the First National bank
and purporting to have been signed by D. W
Stern. The defendant was held to await the
action of he grand jury in the sum of $500
Mrs. M. Manager, residing two miles east
eof Preston, to all appearances died recently.
The funeral was to be held two days after
wards but the priest refused to perform tho
ceremony on the ground that the woman
was not dead The supposed corpse at last
accounts was lying in the church. Physicians
cannot determine whether the woman is dead
or not. She once before lay in trance 6
number of days.
transfer of thirteen prisoners was made
from the state reformatory at ST. Cloud to thu
prison at Saltwater These are al! originally
from Saltwater, and have proven themselves
incorrigible. Five more will soon follow
these, as the institution is rapidly filing up
There are others who rightfully belong al
Saltwater, but the superintendent has doubts
of his legal right to transfer prisoners sen
fenced to the re'ormatory to the penitentiary
Bertha Walstad, of Peterson, has brought
suitfor $40, 00Odamages against the Chicago
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railway company
'she alleges i'll her complaint that while or
her way from Winona to Peterson veal
ago last December she was obliged to stor
over at Rushford to wait for train, ane
that while alone in the depot station Agent
Walter Green made improper advances anc
attempted to assault her. In order to escape
him she fled from the station and was
obliged to remain outside in the cold the re
mainder OF the night. As consequence she
suffered great mental and physical agony,
and asks for Judgment in the above amount