New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-26

THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The new foundinge home has been opened
in st. Paul.
During the past year there were 1875 births
and 81 deaths in Rock county.
The next state fair will commence Monday,
September 8, 1890, and last six days.
The court has granted a stay in the LEM
murder case at Mankato until the 18th OF
March
1t is estimeted that ST. Paul blows in
$4,000 o. year on the Louisiana state
lottery.
Over 100 men steadily employed in
cutting ice at Worthington, and about sew
enty cars day are being shipped south
The school-house in Hunter township,
Jackson county, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is about $3.50; not insured.
DR.. Edward Walther, of ST. Paul, is the
possessor of a silver dollar of the coinage of
1904 Only four silver dollars were issued
in that year.
strange woman stopped at St. Cloud
hotel one night recently and disappeared the
next morning, leaving a 5-weeks-old baby
on the hotel mans hands
The committee appointed to e1pend
$1,000 among the destitute farmers in Kilt
son county have not yet been able to find
any who are destitute.
c. L F. Bergstone, of Saltwater has been
semitic to the insane asylum. He became
impressed with the idea that he had won
severrl big prizes in the Louisiana lottery
and that turned his mind.
Matt Guftafson, living near Sandstone,
bought pint bottle of whisky and after TAX
ing two drinks ont OF the bottle fell dead on
the street The verdict Of the coroner's jury
was that death was caused by the whisky.
The jury in the Tart-Roman breach of
promise case at ST. Paul gave Miss Tart a
verdict for So, 900. The plaintiff promptly
attached the property Of DR.. Roman, and SO
far has secured 500 of the amount
The building trades of Minneapolis have
expressed themselves as prepared to make a
determined effort to secure the establishment
OF eight hours as days work on May 1,
when the eighth our movement will be tested.
A lot of tramps took possession of the
school-house at st. Vincent, and after getting
drunk used the school records for making a
fire 1t took all the town police officials and
number of citizens to lodge them in Jail.
The contest over the st. Cloud post-office
recommended Capt. J. I. West for the place
Charley Gilman was backing Long, but West
had many influential men with him.
Leonard Garding, young man ofAlbany
Stearns county, while shooting with some
companions at a target with a rifle, was shot
in the chin. The bullet has not yet beer
fonnd and his condition is critical
The Wilder Episcopal school at St. James
has proven a success Last fall the schoo
opened with sixty students and now has al
attendance of over 100 The school build
ings are already inadequate and arrange
ments are being made to make S., 900 worth
improvements on the building.
Mrs. D. W. Wolcott, of the town ofSt Olaf
Otter Jail county, thought she was taking
DoYer's powder, but got hold of bottle o
rat poison instead and took q large dose
She had an hour Of terrible eXcruciatng sui
fering. and day OF great danger but re
covered, though she is still very weak
In the beautiful city of Winona Their
tain called Sugar Loaf, which is al
enormous square rock. One day beautiful
Indian maiden for some reason mounted thi
dangerous rock and jumped from the eleva
tlon with the in tention ofcommtting suicide
Her name was Winona, and to her this hand
some city owes it's pretty name-Winona
James Tawney and John Harris of tina
place are now in Washington with bill
appropriating money for the establishment
ofan observatory on Sugar Loaf mountain
which is the highest point on the Mississipp
river.