New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-24
THE NORTH WEST,
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

William Morgan of Nininger had two co VS.
killed by lightning during a heavy rain
storm one morning.
K. Lutt was. dangerously injured by COM
ing in contact with a passing train on the St.
Paul and Duluth near Hinckly
The gas works at ST. Cloud were struck by
lightning. Besides the loss of considerable
gas the damage was slight.
The Swear old son of Newton Freer, living
seven miles south of Huron Lake, was thrown
from pony which he was riding and instant.
~ killed. ..,a
Joseph Marsh an employe of the Northern
Pacific railway at Brandon, committed sui
eide by hanging. The deed is thought to
have been the result Of excessive drinking.
The creamery in Hastings has been leased
to 6. w Martin & Co., proprietors of the
Zenith creamery, St. Paal, and has been
started up.
T. II. Rahlly, the alliance candidate for
State auditor, pulls his name off the ticket
He says that there is altogether to O much
internal dissension in the organization for
success.
five-foot vein of silver ore was recently
discovered at Lake Marinda, about five
miles from Grand Marais The lucky fin der
IS the father Of DR.. a. E. Spalding, of Lu-
verne.
The Adrian Farmers alliance men who re-
Gently purchased the Thompson elevator
at that place have incorpo rated under the
Uame Of the Adrian Alliance Mercantile and
Elevator company. ~ !
George Blanchard, a farm hand in the en-
ploy of Albert Fisher, near Wiscoy, com
tn1 cnic do NV rb I, ~,
the head with revolver. No cause is as
signed for the rash act
Mrs Emma Anderson, aged SO years. and
Miss Caroline Blacklin, aged Is years, both
died OF consumption at Albert Lea. The
grippe. which prevailed so universally last
winter, is believed to have superind uced the
former
Frank Bohrer, the prominent " Washington
county farmer who was injured while at
tempting to cross the track, near Stilwa ter
in advance OF 81 train, died at the Commercial
hotel in Hudson. He leaves wife and six
children.
Malcolm McInnis. Of Oneota, aged forty
, two, and Ernest O. Misk, OF Duluth, aged
thirty nine, both single men, were struck by
q switch engine and fatally injured. They
stepped from tile track to avoid one train
but got right III front of another.
man named Hendrickson, of McCregor,
Iowa, laborer, was found dead on the
track near Glenville Freedom county. 1t is
supposed that the man fell from Il passen-
ger train. An inquest held, which re-
vealed the fact that one leg was broken and
his head badly bruised.
The north and south bound trains on the
Fargo and Southern railroad collied at Du-
mont, derailing both engines None were in
jnred, but the locomotives were badly wreck
ed The accident was caused by the brake
men being unable to hold the train on ac-
count Of slippery rails.
AS the employees of the Northern Pacific
shops at Brainerd were coming from work,
one of them, William Calkins, in attemp ting
to get on switch engine Tor a ride home,
struck by a switch signal blade an d be-
ing thrown under the engine was instantly
killed. The body was horribly manged.
The light frosts in Houston county did no
damage to growing crops. Most Of the corn
is ripe and q fair crop. Late potatoes will
turn out better than was expected three
weeks ago. Threshers report wheat to
average about IS bushels to the acre. oats
20 to 10. Plenty of moisture for all pur-
poses.
At Peter Thom's farm, about four miles
north of Farbault, a barn, together with
new threshng machine, engine and fax Of
the days threshing, two horses and several
farming implements were destroyed by fire.
which caught from u straw stack in some
unaccountab BILE manner The horses we're
hitehed to n thrasher to induce them to leave
! the barn, but d rush of flame killed them.