New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-08
THE NORTHWEST,
A Summary Of the Important
Events Of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

BOILER IN 3 warehouse at ST. Paul
W. Fl. Dwyer. of Duluth, has been arrested,
charged with the murder OF E. v. Mundy.
The total receipts of the Steele county fair
reached about 81, 600, most excellent show
ing.
A new process Of burning lime has been in
PRODUCED at st. Cloud with success In the
new method gas generated from wood is
used as fuel, ss
successful business mems carnival was
held at Pipestone Forty-eight business
houses were represente in the display by as
many handsome Dung ladies.
Sam Levalleo, q tobacco dealer, Of St.
Cloud, who sold out recently going elsewhere
to locate, has not been heard from since.
Upon petition Of several creditors, II. Toll
man was appointed receiver.
At Anoka James Lind Is held in $500
bonds to appear at the February term Of
court OF complaint OF his wife, who claims
lie assaulted her with an ak, cut a cash in
her head and threatened her life. ~ f..
family feud of long standing eliminated
the other day in farmer named Paul liv
ing near Long Prairie, fatally shooting Mrs.
l.ouia Buelow and then putting bullet
through his own brain.
At Hastings the other day udgment was
entered in the district court against the st.
Paul Distillery company of South st. Paul,
for S21S, 232,75, the plaintiff being Arnold
halman. trustee, of st. Paul.
Dick Loquai, an employe in meat mar
ket at Dodge Center, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. The
only cause known for the act is intemperance.
He leaves :. wife and three children.
Miss Abbie A. Judson, daughter of the
Rev. Adoniram JuCson. famous in the annals
of Baptist missionary work, has become an
avowed Spiritualist. She has been made
president Of an association of Spirituasts
in that city.
The coroner's inquest on the body of the
4.year-old girl that was found in swamp
near Little Falls the other day resulted in
the arrest of Christian Biere, the child's step
father on q charge of murder, and of her
mother as an accessory.
The searching party which went out from
Sank Rapids to search for the lost boy of
Thomas Rourke OF st. Paul, who was visit
ing friends at Foley, Benton county, return
ed early and report q fruitless hunt. But
little hopes are tertained of his discovery.
Sank Rapids druggist the other day sold
his store, went to the St. Cloud races, won
considerable money betting, went to bed
with a jockey and awoke the next morning
to find the money gone and his bed fellow
among the missing.
Christian Biere confined in the jail at
Little Fails on the charge of numbering his
4year-old daughter. cut his throat with a
pocket knife, making q cash two inches long
from which he lost two quarts OF blood and
was found in q very low condition. He may
recover.
The Grand hotel, at Fergus Falls, which
has suffered SO many mishaps and changes,
has finally been sold by it's Scotch owners to
Dawson Bell for $4,000 The hotel and
furnishings cost over 100000, but owing
to it's location has never paid and the owners
had threatened to tear it down.
A statement just prepared by Dr. c. N.
Hewett, secretary of the state hoard of
health, shows that the percentage Of mortal
ity from diphtheria in thest among males
during 1888 WAS 1876 per cent; among fe-
males, 514; in 1889, among males 40. 6
among females, so. 4.
Devastating prairie fires ragged north and
south Of Pipeetone, sweeping every thing in
their path. Thousands of bushels o grain
and a large quantity of hay were destroyed.
Senator W. B. Brown lost his fine tree claim
and large amount of grain. The loss will
reach into the thousands. The fire was
started by o passing locomotive.
Thomas Heinen ST., aged IS, WAS killed
near St. Joseph, by passing freight train
The manner of his death was rather peculiar
He had tied COW by rope to one of the
rails OF the track and in attempting to re-
lease her to save her was struck by the cow
catcher and instantly killed. Theengine sew
cred the rope and the COW escaped uninjured.
The coroner decided an inquest unnecessary.
For the past week the weather has been all
that could be asked for, for harvest and
threshing. The rains previous to that have
injured stacks in some cases where they were
not properly put up. The largest portion of
the wheat about ST. Vincent is grading No 1
Northern. The yield is good. twenty-five
bushels p>r acre is expected as an average
for the north end of the county Forty cars
of wheat and barley have already been ship
ped from that station, which is not one
quarter OF the crop. The potato crop is
good, but there will not be much for sale.
! NORTH DAKOTA.
The total value, of the real property OF
this state as equalized by the state board of
equalization, is $50, lS1, lit.
e. f. Turner, dealer in dry goods and
clothing, at Dickinson, N. D.. made volun-
tnrv assignment in favor OF his creditors
Liza biities $4,000. Assets unknown.
E. +. Turner dry goods merchant mad .
An assignment at Dickinson to ]. T. Scott.
The liabilities approximate So, 900, with as.
sets nearly the same.
Measures have already been started both
here and in South Dakota for the relief of
those settlers who havo become destitute
through the failure of their grain crops.
John Bromass, OF Butler. Trail county,
has just children enough for ball team. He
has been married ten years and has nine
children, aged respectively 1 2,3. S, 6, Z,
y and 9.
q This state gets 8 slice in this same bill
as the state is reimbursed to the amount Of
S1O,S54.71 for expenses in excess of the APP
preparation in holding the constitutional
convention. The bill appropriates sc, 7O9.27.
The board has prepared rules and regula-