New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-03
THE NORTHW EST.
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The Minnesota potato crop will be extreme
" light.
Some Blue Earth county farmers are boast
ing of nineteen bushels of No. 1 wheat to the
acre. -. ss-+
While in an intoxicated condition Daniel
Lane was run over by the cars at Saltwater
and killed ...
Martin Hushen and wife, an aged ST. Paul
couple, died within all hour of each other,
and were buried in one grave.
The st. Paul city council has passed a
resolution making eight hours days work
for laborers for the city.
A 6-year- old hoy AIMED Fred Schultz was
run over and killed by Milwaukee an St.
Paul freight train at Winona.
Burglars entered the residence of 81. W.
Lamberton, at Winona, and stole iewelry
to the amount of $1,000. 49,.
Seine fishing has been carried to such an
extent in Lake Pepn that the lake is almos
deprived Of fish.
Sebran Rath burn, an old resident of st.
Cloud. was probably fatally injured in run
away accident
The Methodist state conference will be held
80 to October 6.
The body Of Mrs j. Reuber of Oronoco was
found in a pond near that place. She had
evidently committed suicide
J. A. Caswell was sentenced to jail at
Hastings for forty days for the larceny Of a
silver watch from Swan Johnson; of the cleo
trio light station. Caswell is from st. Paul.
Cigar Freeherg, a machinist in St. Paul
PloW Works, at st. Paul, was caught in the
gearing of the work shop and crushed into a
shapeess mass. He leaves a young wife and
child.
During the temporary absence of F. Ernst
from his home in Lewiston, his wife took
their three children and what money there
was in the house and skipped for parts un
known.
v G. Curtis, superintendent Of the public
schools of Winona, has resigned his position
to accept the superintendency of schools
at New Haven, Conn. with q salary Of 3d.
500 per year, an increase of 81, 900 over his
present salary.
The steam boiler of a threshing outfit own
ed by Ole Wefsenmoe, six miles east of
Montevideo, exploded. instantly killing An :
drew Nerdahla. The cause of the explosion
is not known. Several others were slightly
burned.
Fred Curling was drowned in Rose Lake.
near Frazee City. He and another man start
ed to cross the lake in q leakp boat and be-
fore reaching the shore the boat sank. His
companion, after being in the wat er for over
four hours, rescued by parties on shore
who heard his cries.
A large pine land deal has just been closed
n,,1, th - Ill
Mercantile company, who already own 7OO,-
900, 900 feet of lumber on the upper Missis-
sipp have just secured control OF enough
pine to run the figures up to 1000, 900, OOO,-
900 feet.
The 10-year- old son of Michael Rische, q
German living on the Volk farm on the south
side Of Lake Washington in lie Suer county
was drowned. Several boys were out in a
boat, only a short distance from the shore,
when gust Of wind struck them and the
boataeither capsized or they jumped out
Young Bische getting into deep water, and
being unable to swim, was drowned. The
body was recovered without difficulty.
Mrs. James Cerney was killed by a street
car running over her head at Winona. Her
infant child was playing in the middle of the
track, and in attempting to snatch it away
she fell down and the front wheels of the car
passed over her head, causing nstant death.
The baby, in the middle of the track, was
not stepped on by the horse, and came TO
no injury. The driver, j. j. Converse, claims
he did what he could to stop his horse, but
it became frigh tened and got beyond his
CONTROL
J. c. Brown was digging we'll east of
Marshall q few days ago, when at depth of
sixty eight feet in perfectly dry soil, the bot
ON suddenly fell out and left forty five feet
OF pure water Several pieces of drifted wood
were taken out fifty feet down or more. in
dicating lake shore in some past age. A
few miles east of there a deep well on Mr..
Jackson's farm not long ago began flowing
and several fish ran out of the we'll from an
unknown source, no Jake or river being
within several miles. -
The coroner's jury that has been holding
an inquest over the rem aims of Charles
Laundrie, whose body was found in the Mis-
sissippi river near La Prairie rendered a ver-
dict that he cnme to his death through
violence at the hands of unknown parties, q
post-mortem examination showing that he
was dead before his body was placed in
the river. The evidence points toward a
Frenchman named John Geaumud, who was
last seen with Laundrie, as the guilty party
NORTH DAKOTA
G. Gundcrson has been appointed post
master at Rugby, Pierce county
[tIrhe pay roll Of the Northern PacifcI road
at Fargo is about $27, 900 per month
Carl, the 12-year-od son of Mr. and Mrs
Jacob knudson, of Grafton, was killed by
being thrown from wagon and one Of the
wheels passing over the head, crushing the
skull.
Charles E. Russell at Bismarck, was recent
ly extracting the dynamite!from dynamite
cap Tor the purpose of putting the cap on a
lead spencil. 1t exploded. partially blowing
the thumb and index finger from both
hands.