New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-08-20
THE NORTHWEST.
a Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The average yield of wheat in Blue Earth
county is estimated at from twelve to fifteen
bushels per acre.
John McCloud, a young merchant of Bay
field, was run down by a tug while sailing on
the bay and drowned.
The barn. granary and machine shed Of
Chris Stroek, near Luverne, were destroyed
by fire.
Carl Van Arnold, chief of the American De-
tective agency at St Paul, is under arrest on
the charge of grand larceny.
Even Fringalson, farmer living near
Beaver Creek. has disappeared, leaving
large family and numerous creditors.
Mrs. Adelaide Wayne is mysteriously
missing from st. Paul, and her friends think
she has met with foul play.
The hardware store of Wise Bros. at Lake
City was entered by thieves and a large
quantity of cutlery and other articles taken.
ST. Paul family were taken sick with a
disease resem bling hydrophobia from using
milk from a COW that had been bitten by
rabid dog.
John Lundberg, farm hand employed
on a farm near Litchfeld, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
His home was in ST. Cloud.
A horse near Sanborn, while feeding at
uhock of oats in field, was struck by light
ming and killed. The bolt burned up the
oats and partly consumed the horses head.
The school districts in Goodhue county
have adopted the free text book plan. Of
the $50 school districts $50 are now sup
piled with school libraries.
A conductor on the Milwaukee road put
three tramps offhis train near Hastings, and
they retaliated by firing three shots at him,
shooting his lantern out of his hand
A number of farmers of Freedom county
have used a fax fiber binding Irvine, sold at
IL cents per pound, in binding their grain
this season and have found it equal to any
and much cheaper that MANILA and sisal.
An old man and woman were married at
New Ulm few weeks ago and are al
ready tired of double blessedness and have
agreed to seperate. The former is now seek
ing to collect bill for three weeks board.
Mrs. Mains, the woman who was SO badly
burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove
at Fergus Falls has since died Of her injuries.
1t is understood her real name was Naylor
and that she lived in Sioux Falls, S. D.
G. G. French secretary of the local lodge
|. 0. 0. r., was arrested at Plainyiew on the
charge Of embezzlement, preferred by Noble
Grand Roberts. French was prominent
candidate for the postmastersbip and is a
justice of the peace.
Secretary Hart, of the state board of char
tiles, says the cost of caring for prisoners in
the county jails, now from So to Is per week,
is reckless extravaganza He urges that
counties should combine. the prisoners of
several counties being placed in one jail.
By the explosion of a gasoline stove Mrs.
Sutton, of Bingham Lake, was seriously if
not fatally burned. She ran outin the weeds
| and rolled, and her cries attracting the tele-
graph operator he went to her assistance
| and put out the fire in her clothing Her
delicate condition makes recovery doubtful
| John Kerwin has commenced an action
against ex-senator Dwight M. Sabn to re-
cover W, 600 damages 1t is alleged that
| kerwin owned 100 shares Of stock in the
| Northwestern Manufacturing and Car COM
pany, valued at IS, 900, and it is cuimed
that Sabin converted the shares to his own
use.
The first installment of eighty insane pa
| tients have arrived from the st. Peter asy-
| lum and are at the Fergus Falls asylum.
The car containing them was run to the
door of the asylum and the transfer made
without confusion or disturbance The pa
| TENTS are all men and will be set to work
about the asylum at once.
The assessor of Pine Island village has
made his return of watches and clocks in ac-
cordance with the order of the county equal.
izing board. he finds that there are forty
| watches and clocks owned in the village, and
the total value of these is $3.50 The high
est priced watch is Sc and the majority of
them are not worth over 81 apiece accord
ing to the assessor
Eddie, the six-year-old son of E. Ledoux,
Of Belle Prairie, had the tine of a pitchfork
| run entirely through his body. The lad was
riding on a board which projected from the
rear OF the hay rack, while his elder brother
was loading the hay. While endeavoring to
secure the hay thaths father was putting on
the wagon the fork slipped from the handle
and struck the boy between his collar bone
and the armpit and passed through his body,
coming out at the shoulder blade, from
which the tine projected four inches. His
physician thinks the boy will recover.
A man was found lying by the side OF the
Great Northern track near Kent, with his
skull broken in on the right side and his
brains oozing out. The wound appeared as
if made with a coupling pin. He rallied once
little, and in answer to question gave
his name Benjamin Clark. He also said
indistinctly something about the east side
and Nebraska He then relapsed into q
comatose state and remained so till his DEATH
No further clue to his identity has been OBJ
tanned. There is good deal of suspicion of
foul play.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Tower City is to have new state bank.
A deaf and dumb man named Miller was
detected by Bismarck policemen in the act of