The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-22
::s'.THE NORTHWEST.
a Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

The average yield OF wheat In Blue Earth
.ounty 10 estimated at from twelve to fifteen
bushels per acre.
John Mct'loud, . young merchant Of Bay
Geld, was run down by . tug while sailing ON
the bay aud drowned.
The barn. granary and machine ehed Of
Chris Stroek, near Luverne were destroyed
by fire.
Carl Van Arnold. chic! OF the American De.
sective agency at St. Paul, 10 under arrest on
the charge of grand larceny.
Even Ffingslson, n farmer living near
Beaver Creek. has disappeared, leaving a
arge family and numerous creditors.
Mrs. Adelaide Mayne is mysteriously
missing from st. Paul. and her friends think
,le has met with foul play.
The hardware store of Wise Bros. at Lake
City was entered by thieves and large
quantity Of cutlery and other articles taken.
ASt. Paul amily were taken sick with
jisease resembling hydrophobia from using
milk from COW thnt had been bitten by
,abid dog.
John Lundherg. farm hand employed
,n farm near l.itchfeld, was struck by
lightning md instantly killed.
His home was in st. Cloud.
horse near Sanborn. while feeding at
,hocI Of oats in field was struck by light.
ning and killed. The bolt burned up the
oats and partly consumed the horses hcnd.
Tia school districts in Goodhuc county
have adopted the free text book plan. OF
the $50 school districts 1870 are now sup.
piled with school libraries.
A conductor on the Milwaukee road put
three tramps offhis train nsnr Hastings, and
they retaIiated BY firing three shots at him,
shooting his lantern out of his hand.
number Of farmers Of Frceborn county
have used a fax Cher binding Irvine, sold ut
II cents per pound, in binding their grain
this season and have found it equal to any
and much cheaper that m anilla and sisul
An old man and woman were married at
New Ulm lew weeks ago and IRE al
ready tired of double blessedness and have
agreed to seperate. The former is now seek
ing to collect bill for three weeks board.
Mrs. Mains, the woman who was SO badly
burned by the explosion Of u gasoline stove
OF Fergus Falls hos since died o: her injuries.
1t 10 understood her real name was Naylor
and that she lived in Sioux Falls, s. ID.
g. e. French, secretary of the local lodge,
l. o. o. F., was arrested at Plninview on the
charge Of embezzlement, preferred by Noble
Grand Roberts. French was prominent
candidate for the postmustersbip and is a
iuetice Of the peace.
Secretary Hart, of the state board of char.
titles, says the cost of caring for prisoners in
she county jails, now from 81 to IL per week.
IL reckless extravaganza. He urges that
counties should combine the prisoners OF
awo1o I,srx ~. To- al
By the explosion of n gasoline stove Mrs.
Sutton, OF Bingham Lake, was seriously il
not fatally burned. She ran ont in the weeds
and rolled, und her cries attracting the trle.
graph operator lie went to her ussis tuncs
and put out the fire In her clothing. Her
delicate condition makes recovery doubtful.
John Kerwin has commenced an action
against ex-senator Dwight N. Sabin to re-
cover $S. OOOdnmages. 1t il alleged that
Kerwin owned 100 sl ares OF stock in the
Northwestern Manufacturing and Car COM
pany, valued at $1,000. and it IL cluimed
that sabin converted the shares to his own
use.
Tho drst installment of eighty insane pa.
TENTS have arrived from the st. Peter asy-
lum and are at the Fergus Falls asylum.
The CIR containing them was run to the
door Of the asylum and the transfer made
without confusion or disturbance. The pa
TENTS nre oil men and will be set to work
about the asylum at once.
The assessor Of Pine Island village has
mada his return Of watches and clocks in &C.
eordance with the order of the county equal.
king board. He finds that there are forty
watches and clocks owned in the village, and
the total value Of these is $3.50. The high
est priced watch is SO and the majority of
them are not worth over 81 apiece accord
ing to the assessor.
Eddie, the six-year.old son of f. I.edoux.
OF Bella Prairie, had the tine of n pitchfork
run entirely through his body. The lad WINS
riding on board which projected from the
rear Of the hay rack, while his elder broth er
was loading the hay. While endeavoring to
secure the hay that his father was putting ON
the wagon the fork slipped from the handle
and struck the boy between his collar bone
and the armpit and passed throughhis body,
coming out at the shoulder blade, from
which the tine projected four inches His
physician thinks the boy will recover.
man was found lying by the side OF the
Circuit Northern track near Kent. with his
skull broken in on the right side and his
brsins oozing out. The wound appeared as
fmade with u coupling pin. He rallied once
little, and in answer to a question gave
his mime as BENJAMIN Clark. He also said
indistinctly something about the east side
and Nebraska He then rclapsed into
comatose state and remained 80 till his death.
No further clue to his identity has been OBJ
tanned. There is a good deal of suspicion OF
foul play.