The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-07-17
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

Charles Klecker, aged twenty-five, fell dead
on the street at Bird Island, from sunstroke.
Crops in Chippewa county we're badly dam.
aged by hailstorm.
The Vernon creameries in Dodge county
manu- acture 1000 pounds of butter day.
st. Paul bankers have asked to have that
place made reserve city.
DR.. Corcoran, of St. Paul, had his right
foot blown off by fireworks.
The damage in Fillmore county to roads,
bridges and crops by the recent floods In es-
timated at 100000.
Gov. Merriam recommends the establish
ment of a binding Irvine factory in the Still
water penitentiary.
The Rochester fire department. has dis.
banded. the firemen complaining that they
were not treated as literally as they should
be.
John Hammerstadt, q laborer, committed
suicide at Minneapolis by hanging himself
in closet while his wife was asleep in the
next room.
! Kasson is becoming one of the saadinp
wool markets in the state. Large quaint.
ties are now being received and shipped
| daily. o.
| Hon. P. A. Foster and R. L. Lind, two
! prominent citizens of Mankato, were drowned
Ehils-bss hing in tbs tbs Minnesota river near
that place
East Grand Forks has thirteen saloons
one brewery one wholesale establishment
and one church with memb ership of less
than twenty.
John Amberger, a farmer near Marshall,
tried to feed a bull by hand and was attack
ed and nearly killed. The bull has been
butchered, but the man is in bed.
According to the returns Alexandria has a
population of 2. 113 while Sank Center gets
| 1900. Sank Center has always claimed a
larger population than Alexandria.
The contract has been let for grading
twenty-five miles of the Winona and South
western from Dover, in Olmsted county, to
the border of Mower county, near Stewart
vile.
Aaron Borne, prosperous farmer living
near Montevideo, committed suicide by hang
ing himself to q tree. He has been acting
lueerIy for some time and he was doubtless
insane.
Henry Gettes, aged 10, was run over and
killed at st. Cloud while attempting to catch
ride on heavy laden wagon. He fell and
the wheels passed over him, crushing the lie
out fhim.
Charles Hoax and Timothy Donahue, OF
St. Peter, quarreed over soAfe trifing mat
ter, when thelatter pulled a revolver and
shot Hoax in the face twice, nficting serio US
wounds. Donahue is under arrest.
George Lynch, aged 90, committed suicide
at St. Paul with laudanum. He had besn
arrested few days before on charge oil
forgery, which so prayed on his mind that
he tired OF life.
Andrew Lyanier, brakeman employed on
the Great Northern road, while clinging to the
steps on the side OF a car in Minneapolis,
struck against telegraph pole and was
thrown under the wheels. The right leg was
badly mangled and the foot cut of.
Thomas Elmer, farmer of St. Wendell,
stearns county, was struck while walking OF
the Great Northern track near Collegeville
by passenger train and killed. He is said
to have been deaf, and the superstition must
be correct as the engine whistled repea teddy
The official history and roster of Mime
sofa troops in the Civil and Indian war;
will be ready Sept. /: Every survivor -lol
ildeceased, his heir) can have a cory sent
free on applying for it to the adjutant gen
person at the time of the reunion at st
Paul. aE
A question of the United States suprem
court win have TO decide on an appeal from
the Minnesota courts is whether or not LAX
Minnetonka is state or government prop
efty. An action was brought by A. C. StapI
against the steamer Clyde to enforce lier
for line of supplies furnished it owner. TIL
point of jurisdiction is said to be a new one
! and the decision of the highest court will b.
awaited with interest.
I The total population of Duluth proper, in
Guiding only the territory in the city limits
will be between $4,000 and 1880. 1t i
: understood that careful estimates give the
two suburbs 4, 1000, making a total for Du
luth and suburbs of Al 900 souls. This
r about what was expected by conservative
judges. The two towns of Superior, across
the bay, will foot up about 1900
making total population at the head O
the lake of about 90, 900.