Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1890-03-05
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

Minneapolis. guarantee fund for
this years exposition now amounts to
$4,000.
Alexandria.-The village council has
bought the electric light plant from the
creditors of Joseph Hardebeck for $4,000.
Albert Lea.-A movement is on foot
to organize the Farmers alliance in this
county. Meetings are being held this
week in various towns. There is no doubt
that there is politics in the move.
Alexandria, saying "Now you
know how it is yourself, has striking
illustration at the Jail where ex-Sheriff
Urness now languishes, filling out
five-day sentence for contempt of court.
Duluth.-The Imperial Mill company
has decided to build large storage ele-
vator, with over 300,0 bushels capa-
city, at a cost of $4,000. Work will
commence early in the spring.
White Earth.-Agent B. F. Schuler
has started for the Mile Lac reservation.
He has been instructed by the depart
ment to expend $4,000 in goods and
provisions for the poor and destitute
Indians.
st. PauI.-Insurance Commissioner
Bailey last Saturday covered into the
state treasury $50, 1924. 93, the amount of
fees and taxes collected by him during
the month of February. Of this amount
$5S, 1888. .93 was for taxes and S6,226 for
fees.
Ortonville large manufacturing
establishment of the Big Stone plow
works was complely destroyed by fire.
The loss is about s. 900, with insurance
of half that amount. The proprietors.
Lindholm & Son, expect to rebuild at
once.
chinson.-Hutchinso has Just had
completed in the public square an arte-
sian we'll of four inches. At two feet
above the surface of the ground it dis
charges between $50 and 175 gallons per
minute. Two more are in construction.
Red Wing.-The farmers living in the
southern part of the county have organ
lied an association for the holding of
monthly stock fairs, especially for the
sale of horses at Kengun. The first fair
will be held on Thursday, March u.
Rush City.-The Rush City Creamery
company was incorporated here, with
$4,000 capital, with shares of $40 each,
with over 100 business men and farmers
incorporators, under the cooperative
plan, to build, equip and operate a
creamery, and begin operations at once.
Duluth.-Rumors are plentiful of late
regarding the location of a large new
rolling mill at West Duluth. Also the
removal of a locomotive building plant
from the East to this city. Names are
not given, but there is apparently foun-
dation for the stories.
Hinckley. Charles Carroll, 26 years
old, and single, working at Barett's
camp for the Brennan Lumber company,
near here, while saving down tree,
was struck on the head by limb and
instantly killed. His folks live in Penn
sylvania.
Wabasha-Lake Pepin seems to be the
central field for ice gatherers this year.
In addition to the already large number
of companies now packing the CONCEALED
fluid along the shores of the lake, two
other firms have sent representatives
here from st. Louis and Memphis, to be- |
gin the packing of $4,000 tons.
st. Paul.-Bertha Hegener, the woman |
who made such a sensation couple of |
years ago by shooting John Murphy, an |
admirer, is again before the public. She |
left Minneapolis for Helena, Mont,
about three weeks ago, and at the same |
time John Ingle. who is said to be enam-
ored of her, left for the same place.
st. Paul.-Marcus johnson, the new
collector of internal revenue for Mime |
sofa, will take charge of the Office on the |
7th. There is some talk to the effect |
that Mr.. H. A. Hanson, of Albert Lea, !
will be appointed deputy in the South
ern Minnesota district, and that we'll |
known politician of Atwater will be ap- |
pointed chief deputy.
MONTGOMERY funeral of Christi |
ana Washa and Thomas Jandra, the vic |
Tins of the murder and suicide, occurred |
Thursday, without religious services. |
All the parties to the tragedy are Social |
lists. It may seem an ine4plcable anon |
ally, but both bodies were laid away in |
near proximity in the Greenleaf ceme- |
terry.
Bird Island.-A county Farmers al
lance has been organized here, with the |
following officers: President, James
Hannah; vice president, I. 8. Sheppard; |
treasurer, E. M. Ericsson; secretary, C.G.
johnson; corresponding secretary, Q. /
Gus township alliances have been formed |
in this county lately.
Red Wing.-The question what cleo
tion law will govern in the coming
town election has been raised here.
The last legislature passeda law Chap
ter 1889 amending section II of the |
general election law of 1887 by
striking out that part which causes it to
govern town elections, and no one here |
has been able to discover what law will |
now regulate those assemblages.
st. Paul.-The Hebrew element of the |
Twin Cities is at present stirred up over
the arrest of HERNIA nefferman, St.
Paul peddler, on the ground of failing to
support his wife. When Pefferman was
brought into the st. Paul municipal
court, he exhibited divorce granted by |
a Jewish Rabbi, said to be of Minneapo-
lis, but Judge Burr gave him to under
stand that Jewish divorce would not
answer in this country.
Ortonville.-T The new Metropolitan
opera house of St. Paul, is to be built en-
tire. of the magnificent Ortonville gran
ite. A deal has been closed here by
which William HI. Ulmer, the Lauer
Bros. and Joseph Beaurgeault, all of
st. Paul, purchased 100 acres of granite
quarry adjacent to this city. They will
put on force of $50 men and quarry,
cut, dress and polish all the stone neces-
sary for the opera house and several
other large buildings in ST. Paul.