Morris tribune., 1890-08-06
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

P. Fl. Kelly, the well known Demo-
cratic politician, has sailed for Europe.
The summer meeting of the Waseca
Chautauqua assembly closed Wednes-
day.
During the recent session of the state
supreme court 800 decisions were handed
down.
The corner stone has been laid for q
fine new public school building at
Austin.
Maj. w. d. Hale took charge of the
Minneapolis postoffice Thursday. j. j.
Ankeny retiring.
The citizens of Cannon Falls are tax
ing steps to organize a fair association
for the holding of annual exhibitions at
that place.
The employees of the Northern Pacific
railroad shops at Brainerd are rejoicing
over Saturday half holiday which will
hereafter be given them by the COM
pany.
The st. Paul and Duluth road has
filed IT'S statement with the state auditor
showing earnings of $612, 2,740 for the six
months ending June 80, 1890. A tax of
$lS, ,2S3 was paid.
A severe storm of wind and hail Wis
tied Stevens county last week. The
hail was destructive to crops for strip
from two to four miles wide extending
from west to east across the county.
H Shank, aged 81 years, and Miss
Edith Cleveland, aged Is, both of the
village of Morristown, eloped from that
place and were married. The knot was
tied in Wisconsin. This is Shank's
fourth wife.
J. w. Ham, q former real estate
dealer of st. Paul, but later of Salt Lake
City, has been arrested for embezzling
$41 ,000 the proceeds of the sale of prop
erty which he held as assignee of James
Schoonmaker, wholesale liquor dealer.
The first installment of eighty insane
patients has arrived at Fergus Falls
from st. Peter asylum, and are at the
asylum in that city. The car containing
them was run to the door of the asylum,
and the transfer made without confusion
or disturbance. The patients are all
men and will be set at work about the
asylum and grounds at once.
The Minnesota railroad commissioners
met Wednesday for the purpose Of con-
sidering a petition presented short
time ago by the citizens of Granite Falls
and Hanley Falls, in which they ask
that "Y'' be placed in the respective
towns by the railroads that enter them,
The hearing was adjourned until
Aug. 13.
An Indian named Kewahebinace,
known as "Bungo Buck" one of the
most notorious Indians in the country,
was captured near Brainerd and taken
to st, Paul, where he is now confined in
the county Jail. The charge against
him is selling liquor to other Indians.
He is the terror of the country in the
Leech Lake and White Earth reservation
region. -
A new industry is to be started in tho
northwest. The first maccaroni factory
in this section of the country viii BE
started soon in st. Paul Park, suburb
of st. Paul. The building will be
70x90, three stories high, of brick and
stone. 1t is expected that the factory
will be in running order by Nov. 1. It
will employ fifty men at the start and
use fifty barrels of -four day.
The dead body of an infant five
months old was found in a bureau
drawer in house on East Superior
street, Duluth. The police investigated,
and are on the track of quite an extern
sive baby farming plant. A woman
and her daughter took illegitimate
babies, and large number have died at
various times. There will be some sem
sational disclosures in court.
There has arrived at Aitkin, Mimi,
eleven cars of steel rails, the first of
consignment of $50 cars for the new
logging railroad TO be built from the
mouth of Pine river and extended in
northwest course about twenty-five
miles. The st. Anthony Lumber COM
pspy, of Minneapolis, are building it.
The road taps rich tract of pine which
cannot be banked on any drivabls
stream.
The Great Northern car shops at st.
Cloud are now a sure thing. Frederick
Anthem, contractor, of st, Paul, was in |
that city Thursday and awarded sub
contracts to local manufacturers for
1,500, 10000 brick and large amount Of
lumber, and also to Thomas Breen for
$50 cords of granite, to be used in their
construction. One hundred men were
hired and Monday morning dirt will fly.
The buildings, five in number, are to hs
almost entirely of brick and stone, and
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