Morris tribune., 1890-08-13
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

A Danish Democratic club has been
organized at Minneapolis.
Plainview is boring for artesian well
water, and expects to so down 800 feet.
The Minneapolis census recount began
Monday morning. That Of st. Paul will
begin in few days.
Collector Marcus johnson has named
S. M. West, of Faribault, as his deputy,
in place r. w. Lamberton.
Mrs. Main, who was burned Wednes-
day at Fergus Falls by the explosion of
gasoline stove, died Thursday night.
James c. Boyden, assistant general
freight agent of the Milwaukee road,
died at his home in st. Paul Sunday, of
acute pneumonia.
The valuation of Otter Tail county
real estate is $4,029, $50, as left by the
county board of equalization. Of this
$5S7, 900 is in Fergus Falls.
According to the latest government
crop report the Minnesota wheat crop 10
estimated at 81, which is better than
any other state in the Union.
The third annual fair of the Douglas
County Agricultural society will be held
Oct. l, Q and 3, at Alexandria, Mimi.
The speed department offers 81 800 in
purses.
Hail struck Lac qui Parle county,
Mimi, and knocked uncut grain into
the ground. All around Cillingham the
destruction is nearly total. About half
of the grain was uncut.
The Minnesota Alliance party has
changed its name to the Minnesota AL
lance and Labor Union party. Polit-
ical headquarters have been established
at the Merchants hotel, st. Paul.
One Minneapolis bank has a special
department for lady customers. They
have handsomely fitted up little par
lor with standing and sitting desk room,
and special teller to wait upon them.
The old man and woman who received
a license to wed three weeks ago in New
Ulm, and both of whom were over 70
years of age, have already separated.
The former is now seeking to collect q
bill for three weeks board,
New Ulm, as stated by The Review,
distances all the smaller cities of the
state as far as rapid growth is concerned.
In ten years the population has in
creased 1900. In the last five years 1t
has increased nearly 500.
Rev. J. Kyllingstad, a well-known
Norwegian missionary, died at his home
in Red Wing after a lingering illness,
aged 81 years. He had resided there
nine years. Previous to that time he
was missionary for sixteen years in
South Africa.
A tangled mat Of golden hair and a
few blackened bones were unearthed by
laborers excavating cellar at the cor
ner Of Pearl and Temperance street, st.
Paul. They were enclosed in a rough
pine box and We're evidently the remains
of girl about 10 years old.
The large Anderson sawmill at ST,
Cloud was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. The large lum-
Der yard was saved only by the heavy
rain an&diligent work Of the firemen.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, with
$61 900 insurance.
Charles IL. Slocum, late of The Glen
coe Register, has presented the State
Historical society with number Of vol
umes Of The st. Charles Herald, Man
kato Union and Blue Earth City Post,
journals which he formerly published,
together with fifty volumes of maga-
zines.
The postal card returns give the pop-
ulation of Minnesota at /, ,458, 1878. This
practically assures Minnesota of three
additional members under the reappor-
tionment. unless it is determined not to
increase the size of the house, in which
case the state would get no additional
members.
T. E. Byrnes, of Minneapolis, well
known as the appointment clerk in the
treasury department at Washington,
has come out ahead in suit to which
he was party involving the title
of 5000 acres of land in the northern
part Of the state, together with some Sc
curities, the whole valued at $40, 900.
The assessor of Pine Island village has
made his return of watches and clocks,
in accordance with the order of the
county equalizing board. He finds that
there are forty watches and clocks
owned In the village, and the total value
of these is $3.50. The highest priced
watch is So, and the majority of them
are not worth ever 81 apiece, according
to the assessor.
DR.. E. L. Halves, of Mankato, tells a
little snake story. While on his to Man
kato from Madison Lake, and when
about two miles from Mankato, he met
man clearing away an old rotten log.
He got cut Of his buggy to assist in re-.
moving some rubbish, when seventeen
rattle spakes came out and were dis.
posed Of. The old one had twelve rat
Ties.
FL. r. Wingate, of Minneapolis, a
graduate of Carleton college, at North
field, is to teach mathematics, astronomy
and English in Antolio college, Marso-
van, Turkey, taking the place of A. G.
Sivastian, the present instructor, who
will pursue two years. course IN Car
Teton college. Antolio college is situ-
ated about 400 miles east Of Constanti-
nople, near the Black sea,
The Blue Earth City Pest is response
BILE for the following: Mr.. David Cat
lin, of Minnesota Lake, called at this
Office Saturday and stated that upon
reading the article he resolved to try the
experiment. He hung his corn in the
smoke house and smoked it the same
length of time as he did his hams, The
corn grew, every kernel OF It, and not a
spear has been touched by the gophers,
mice or b1ackbirds, while some sweet
corn plantad at the side of it, that was
not smoked, has been entirely DESTROYED.
We ask our farmer friends to remember
this and give 1t a trial, as the trouble to
smoke the corn is very light,