The Bottineau pioneer., 1890-08-09
THE NORTHWEST.

a Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week III the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.
The Farmers' alliance has decided Is build
large warehouse at Lake Benton.
During the recent session Of the state su-
preme court 269 decisions were handed
down. ''
Several cars laden With farm implements
We're derailed near Rochester and badly
smashed s0
Fred Corwin, 81 Lake City, while carelessly.
handling revolver, accidently shot himself
through the hand.
The report that the South st. Paul stock
yards had been sold to the new syndicate il
without foundation.
g. N. Cowre, station agent CT Maynard,
deserted his wife and family and eloped with
the wife Of q neighbor.
Burglars ruined the SAFE in the postofiice
at Ia Crescent, but we're frightened away be-
lore they could secure any plunder.
i
/ by burglars and quantity ofpostal cards,
/ stamps and money taken.
The Mile Lacs Indians are moving OF their
own accord from the Mile Lacsro the Yellow
Earth reservation.
"A son Of George Herber OF Pennington
was drowned in Prairie lake while bathing.
His age was about sixteen years.
s boy named Frank Lohstreter. living
near Hokah, had one oi his feet 20 badly
crushed by amowing machine as to render
amputation necessary
The postoflce at Sank Rapids was entered
BY burglars the safe blown to pieces and
about $50 worth of property destroyed.
Only q small amount OF booty was secured.
has decided to issue 800, 900 Az per cent.
school bonds for the purpose Of erecting ad-
ditional school buildings.
According to the assessors returns there
are in Freeborn county 8, 123 horses, 15, 7S3
cows, I4,296 other cattle, 1881 hogs and
,522 sheep.
Herbert G. Stout, an ex-postal clerk, con.
victed of robbing the mails at the June term
Of the United States court at Winona, was
sentenced to states prison for three years.
The Blue Earth County alliance has pur-
chased for its members sc, ,OOo pounds Of the
best manila binding twine at 1871 cents per
pound. The usual price 10 Ii cents,
The large barn OF Peter E. Hanson, ave
miles southeast Of Litchfield, with all it's con-
tents, including seven horses, was totally
destroyed by fire. The loss will reach several
thousand dollars
Mary Swanson, aged IA, living seven
miles from Rochester, dropped q lighted
match into can Of gasoline, and her cloth
Ing catching FIRE, she was burned SO fright
fully that death resulted four hours later.
At Oronoco, as August Templeman was
pulling down q hay shed it fell to pieces
unexpectedly and the flying timbers struck
him and his son, boy Of years. The boy
was killed and the fathers leg broken.
Private Martinson, Of company K, Still
water, who did brave work in rescuing peo-
pie from the Sea Wing wreck, is confined to
his bed in q very low condition as the result
Of ofexposufe to the elements.
The large barn of Luther Mccoy, at
Rochester, was destroyed by fire. together
with it's contents Of hay, grain and farm ma
chinery. The Are ID supposed to be of in
cendiary origin.
Public meetings are being held in Fari-
bault county to protest against the recent
resolution Of the county commissioners to
appropriate $25, 900 of the surplus money in
the treasury for the erection Of q new court
house. . n
The county superintendents Of schools OF
southern Minnesota were in session at Wa
SEGA and remained in session three days.
Among the subjects discussed we're free text
books, normal school extension, inter.coun-
\ ty certificates, the power and duties of
county superintendents and the township
system. # .s
While Nicholas Moran md BENJAMIN Han.
son we're at work with reaper in = field
near Mcfarland, one of the horses got his
leg over the tongue Of the machine. The
men tried to get the leg back over the tongue,
and whilc SO doing the horses ran away,
throwing them against the knives and
mangling them in terrible manner. Han
ans recovery.
Il a cold water wave has struck Montsvideo
IN full force. II appears that committee
Of citizens have had q detective at work on
"blind pigs, and it ID said have evidence
against the whole batch. Four arrests have
been mads-John Sands, Garret Garretsey,
4 James J Johnson and John Hinkley. Hinklsy
rpsted 10 jail III default Of bonds. The OK
citement runs high among the retnilers Of
Temperance drinks. For number Of
weeks the '.wide-open policy has been the
order Of the day, and each man has several
counts against him. There are rumors
afioat that some that are not suspected OF
retailing liquors are caught in the drag.net.