The sun., 1890-08-14
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA.
The new iron bridge across Sauk lake at
Sauk Center is completed.
The body of an unknown woman was
found in the river Mt st. Paul.
A A16-year-old son of George Herber, OF
Pennington, was drowned while bathing In
Prairie lake.
Miss Vina Mead, of Luverne, will sail from
San Francisco for Japan August 20. She
goes to engage in missionary work.
Horses in Brown county are attacked with
disease which makes them stiff and lame
and unfit for work
1t is said that the Engpssor Brewing com
pany, of st. Peter is to be Incorporated as
stock company with a capital of s 90, 900.
John Long aged Is, was suffocated to
death in bran bin at New Ulm. He was
the son OF widow, who has within the past
six months lost two sons
The body of Paul Lindberg, aged Is, was
found in Lake Superior at Duluth. He had
been missing or several days, and it is sup
posed he was drowned while bathing.
Geo. Ii. Arnold, the travelling sales man
who was supposed to have been lost in the
Sea Wing disa ter, has arrived at his home
in Three Rivers, Mich.
The state prison inspectors have decided
to purchase machinery for the manufacture
of binding twine and will put in plant at
the saltwater penitentiary,
George Hirschs clothing store at Austin
was broken into and about 800 worth of
clothing and goods taken. 1t is supposed to
be the work of tramps.
DR.. Morris L. Cutler, of st. Paul, was found
dead in his Office under circu ms tances which
lead to the belief that he committed suicide,
but it was subsequently, found he died of
heart disease.
James Mcmillan, representative OF Redwood
'ountv, died after a short illness. He was
an early settler, and was half owner of the
Delhi roller mills. He is brother of Thorn
as Mcmillan, of the Soldiers Home.
st. Paul is to have maccaroni manu- facto-
~ to cost 100000. 1t is said that the mer.
chants of that city dispose OF rom $4,000
to $50, 900 worth of the edible pipeste ms
every year,
The st. Paul Warehouse and Elevator
company has sold all of the Elevator B
property on the Great Northern railway,
near Como avenue, to the Great Northern
Railway company for $135, 900. This sale
includes the elevator building and the
grounds upon which it is located.
Fred Stebbins, O fireman on the Chicago,
st. Paul and Kansas City railway, fell from
IN excursion boat below St. Paul and was
drowned. His marriage was set and the
Young lady to whom he was engaged was
present on the boat and witnessed his strug-
gles in the water.
Within three months three suicides have oc-
'ured at Window, the last one, Ole Erickson,
| hanging himself i'll barn by attaching q
lal Inch rope to a rafter and jumping
through the loft floor to the floor below,
| breaking his neck, Some weeks ago he was
prosecuted under the Shelter law for
lrnnkenness and had been in an insane con-
| litiOn ever since.
Eleven cars of steel rails have arrived at
Aitkin, the first of a consignment of $50 cars
| or the new logging railroad to be built from
the mouth of Pine river and extended in q
northwest course about twenty-five miles.
The st. Anthony Lumber company, of Min
| leapolis are buildingit. The road taps rich
| tract of pine which cannot be banked ON any
lrivab!e stream.
The hull of the wrecked steamer Sea Wing
| has been raised by the captain and crew Of
The steamer, Ed, S. Durant, Jr., and taken
away, together with the engines and barge
| 1t is understood that the owner of the vessel
ast named has purchased what remains OF
| The Sea Wing. The boilers of the steamer,
which rolled out when she capsized, have not
been recovered.
During the storm at Winnebago City, an
electric charge passed down the chimney and
nto John AitEeRH's house, tore open several
partitions, wrenched fG{Hf11 TCl9Qrs from their
hinges, and literally tore to pieces Bedstead
IN which lay sleeping child, then passing
through the floor into the ground There
we're six persons in the house, some OF them
itting within a few feet of the bed. No one
| injured.
| servant girl in the employ of John Mel
on, contractor Of Minneapolis, was ter
| IDLY bitten by a bull dog. She had spent
| he evening with friends and on her return
| tbout 10 O'Clock the dog attacked her and
ne was 80 badly bitten that she will prob
| bly, die She would have been killed but for
people who responded to her cries for help.
| rhe brute had his teeth fastened upon the
Unfortunate girls leg and his throat had to
oe cut before loOsened.
Ed Main or Naylor and vie have been
,amping in a tent on the outskirts of Fergus
| Falls for two or three weeks. Main is the
Dugilist who was waiting for the fall season
IF airs and races to open. One morning,
lfter breakfast, gasoline stove in the tent
exploded. The tent caught fire and every
thing in it was burned. Mrs. Main was so
badly burned from head to loot that most
of her flesh is gone and she is not expected to
i've Main received bad burns on his hands
and arms while trying to save his wife.
Eddie, the six-year-old son of Mr.. Ledou,
of Belle Prairie, while in the field with his
c.ther, who was hauling hay, had the mis-
fortune of having one of the tines OF fork,
which was in the hands of an older brother,
run completely through his body. The fork
came off the handle, striking the lad near
the left arm pit and coming out near the
shoulder blade. The tine projected some
our inches beyond the boys back. His fa-
tber pulled the fork from the lads body.
DR.. Trace was called, and thinks the boy will
recover.