The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-18
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.


While P. G. Anderson of Lake Ida, Douglas
county, was driving home his team ran away
and he was thrown out and instantly killed.
]. 81. B. Easton, young man wen known
IN the musical circle of Rochester, received q
severe kick in the forehead from horse. He
will probably recover.
During a storm lightning struck tho barn
of. Harshmann at Quincy, which was total
tally destroyed by fire. Loss, 81, 600; no in
surance.
Mrs. N. Pirreo, of Duluth, fell into kettle
Of boiling pitch, which afterward caught fire,
and before the flames could be extingu ished
she was burned to a crisp.
The body found in Lake Pepin the other
day has been identifed..as that of j ohm Hyatt,
who disappeared from his home near Wacouta
In December last.
j. Frank Colon, of Minneapolis, defend
ant in the famous Blaisdell- COLON forgery
case will appear again for trial ON April IA,
this time on a charge Of forgery in the second
degree.
The special election in the town of Jordan,
Fillmore county, to raise bonus Of IS, 600
for the Winona and Southwestern. resulted
in the defeat ofthe proposition by a major
ity of twenty five votes.
At Little Falls the Rhodes block, occupied
BY Booth L Co., as aclothing and furnishing
store, was destroyed by fire. The origin OF
the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to be
the result of a kerosene lamp explosion.
c. E. Wood, aged seventeen, met with a
terrible accident at Hastings while cleaning
his shotgun. He had removed the shot, but
the charge of powder ex ploded and entered
his mouth and face frighfully decorating the
muscles and fracturing the lower jaw.
The president has RENTED the term of i'm
prisonment of Henry Caldwell, now in the
Saltwater penitentiary, after June l next.
Caldwell was private in Company D, Twen-
ty-ffth infantry, and was sent to prison on
the findings of co rt martial held Oct %,
1888.
Five thousand dollars has been subscribed
by the farmers and citizens in the vicinity Of
Anoka, for the creamery and the site for the
building located on plat of gro und donated
by T. F. Pratt, near the railroad station
Ground will be broken at once, and it is in
tended to have the creamery ready for oper-
alton by June.
At dance held in G. A. R. hall at Tracy q
row took place between Jim Smith, a livery
man, and George Haywood, a brakeman.
both residents of that place. Smith left the
hall and was followed by Haywood, who at
tackled him, stabbing him four times in the
back with pocket knife. The wounds are
not serious. Haywood was arrested at Sleepy
Eye.
August Anders on was found dead at Hast
ings in the vicinity of the lower mill. 1t is
probable case of suicide He was a shoe
maker by trade and ran repairing shop.
He was married, and leaves widow and two
children. He has resided in Hastings for the
past eight years, and was of q rather eccen-
trio disposition. He has a brother living in
Maiden Rock, Wis. He had been missing for
several days. he was about forty years cd.
An oil painting of Fort Ridgely as it ap-
peared in 1862 while the Indians were max
ing an attack upon it, has been presented to
the adjutant-generaPs Office at St. Paul by
Capt. ]. c. McGrue, of Crookston. 1t shove
the Indians, about 1000 in number, get
ting up out of the grass and charging the
fort. Capt. McGrue made sketch of the
fort and surro findings at the time. intending
to have it painted.