New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-04-30

land district. The bill was savorably report
ed In the senate recent
Grand Forks county is pretty well fixed. Z
THERE'S $95, 900 surplus in the county treas
ury and 1000 has been appropriated to
buy seed wheat for the needy farmers of the
county.
The following gentlemen were named by
Gov. Miller to constitute the board of direct
ors OF the DEVILS Lake deaf mute school: H-
a. Ruger and T. T. Lee of Devils Lake and
H. K. Dickinson of Reynolds.
After three days trial the jury in the dis
triet court at Mandan found verdict in the
case of DenzeI against the Northern Pacific
Railroad company for 81 .304 for damages
done by prairie fires.
During the past tendays settlers have been
passing daily, moving with their families
from North Dakota to the Rainy Lake dis
trict. They feel dissatisfied with prairie
farming, and are going to try the umbered
land.
Ten more indictments were returned
against Postmaster Fulton of Casselton, to
all of which he pleaded not guilty At the
request of the district attorney the cases
were continued until next term. The defense
will probably be insani ty.
At Grand Forks a three-year-old child OF
Chief Justice Corliss found bottle of aconite
and before being discovered swallowed most
of the contents. Medical assistance was at
once summoned, and it is thought the child
will recover.
Numerous showers and one OF two heavy
rains insure the crop being well put in, and
many hundred acres will be seeded that
would not have been had not the rain come
just as it did. The ground seems sufficiently
wet at the present time to guarantee healthy
start of the crop.
4 serious stabbing affray occurred in
Grand Forks. 4 couple of Northern Pacific
brakenen quarreled, and in the fray Ed Pep
pered received an ugly cash above the right
eye at the hands Of j. Gentry. The latter
was Immediately set upon by companions OF
Peppered. but was rescued before receiving
any harm. Peppered viii lose his eyesight.
Senator Pettigrew was instructed TO re-
| port favorably the bill for removing the Tur-
tie mountain Indians in North Dakota TO
White Earth, Mimi When the bill was up
for passage some time ago Senator Teller OBJ
iectei to the clause which provided for the
cession OF lands. claiming that the bill COZ
coded title in the Indians to the lands which
he did noti ike. The amended bill will pass
The jury in the case OF William Everett vs.
| the Northern Pacific railroad rendered YER
dict of 81 900 in favor of the plaintiff at Bis
marck, after two hours and q half delibera-
| ton. Everett was former brakeman who
| received injuries while coupling cars at James
| town last summer and he brought suit
against the company for s3s, 900 damages
| The Northern Pacific has similar suits before
this term of court aggregating $4,000 q
| The governor of North Dakota has not yet
| made an appointment otstate superin tendent
| OF public instruction. This induces the Bis
| marck Tribune to su ggest: superintendent
| Mitchell, deceased, did SO much in the way of
| organization, and got matters running SO
| smoothly-with Mr.. Cathro as his able assist
| anti would be graceful act to ppoint
| Mrs. Mitchell for the unexpired term. Mfr.
| Cathro can. if given the authority, perform
/ the duties OF the Office in most satisf actory
manner
| District court for Sargent county is called
! to meet at Forman May -. The new law
| leaves it optional with the Judge to call a
grand jury. None was called for this term
The most important criminal case to be tried
will be that OF Ole F. Johnson, indicted by
the late grand jury for at tempting TO kill
Peter Wicklund, his brother-in-laW, a year
ago last fall. Wicklund was badly wounded
by a ball in the breast, but recovered. The
affair grew out OF an old business dispute.
The state eneampm ent G. A. R. closed at
| Grand Forks with a campfire, at which adj
dresses were made by prominent veterans.
| 1t was decided to hold the next enca mpinent
| at Lisbon, where the state soldiers home is
| located. Officers elected for the ensuing year
are: George B. Winship, Grand Forks. com
mander;. A. P. Burke, Fargo, senior vice
commander; ". A. -Bently, Bismarck. junior
vice commander; DR.. Rowe, Caselton, medi-
cal director; Rev. Dr. Carr. Drag ton, chap
| lain.