Morris tribune., 1890-07-02
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES

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in st. Paul Saturday.
The Masonic temple was formally
dedicated at Duluth Thursday.
The National Editorial convention
will be held in st. Paul next year.
The new hospital of the Minnesots
Gated Tuesday.
William Brooker was hanged at Pine
| City Friday for the murder of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coombs.
The third reunion of the Eighth regi
ment, Minnesota veterans, was held in
Anoka, Wednesday.
F. F. Dodge, general freight and pas.
| senger agent of the Eastern Minnesota
road has rendered his resignation.
The jewelry store of William Spencer
& Co., at La Prairie, was burglarized
taken.
The st. Paul base ball club has been
transferred to number of st. Paul
gentlemen, who will manage it until a
stock company is formed.
The postmastsR general has ordered
daily service of the United States mails
to La Prairie and Grand Rapids over the
Duluth and Winnipeg road.
The Minneapolis Tribune says Presi.
dent Stickney, of the Kansas City road,
will retire and become managing di-
rector representing English stockholders.
Sunday was the last day of the Meth
Salvation Army is now holding six
%Ia
grounds.
Capt Chantler, of Company G, First
regiment, M. N. G., has been appointed
state inspector of rifle practice. The
First regiment goes into camp at Lake
view July s.
r. f. O'Neil. proprietor Of the Saddle
Rock restaurant, at Duluth, and proprie-
tor of the Hotel Ryan cafe, and the
union depot restaurant, in St. Paul,
dropped dead of appoplexy at Duluth.
The application of the Duluth and
Winnipeg railroad for permission to in.
crease its capital stock from $4,000, 900
visement by the state railroad commits
sioners.
Andrew Grangeggan has made affida-
Wit that he and several other enumera-
tors were paid to pad Duluth's census
returns. The other enumerators say
they will have Grangeggan arrested for
perjury.
At 1880 Tuesday night about thirty
feet broke from the dam at Oronoco,
Mimi, Flooding the whole country be-
low, and doing good deal of damage to
growing crops on the low lands along
the river.
The old battle flags at the capitol have
been placed in the new receptacle which
has been provided for them in the center
Of the building. There are forty-one of
the battle flags, three of them being
Confederate.
The Pillsbury- Washburn Mill COM
pany has declared an per cent. dividend
on both common and preferred stock.
1t is called an interim dividend" and it
will probably cause boom in the stock
on the London market.
A number of hundreds of the leading
society ladies of st. Paul have voted not
to shop after noon on Saturdays. The
Woman's Educational and Industrial
union has charge of the movement, the
object of which is to induce merchants
to give clerks Saturday haA holiday.
The Evening Telegram of Superior,
Wis, is out with a sensational article
charging great frauds in the Duluth
census enumeration. It is claimed that
thousands of names have been bought
and paid for and intimates that fun will
follow.
An extensive programme has been
prepared for the meeting of the Mahto-
medi assembly at White Bear. The as
sembly opened July l and concludes
July 10. The programme includes a
large number of musical and literary
attractions.
John Smith, a carpenter living on Con-
cord street, West st. Paul, was drowned
eleven miles below the city. Smith was
one of number of excursionists on the
steamer Henrietta, and during the prog
ress of dance walked off the steamer
into the river.
The National Educational association,
which holds convention next menth in
St. Paul, has secured special rates from
the Trunk Line Passenger association.
Teachers will be permitted to go from
their respective homes to st. Paul and
return for one fare.
w. W. Erwin, attorney for William
Rose, the Redwood county murderer,
has filed copy of his appeal papers with
the attorney general. The appeal is
from an order denying q new trial on
the ground of the insuficiency of the
evidence and errors in law. The testi.
mony covers 957 pages.
The board of county commissioners
of Stearns county, Minnesota, met at
st. Cloud and elected Barney Vosberg
auditor for the unexpired term of Rob-
ert Lutz, who disappeared some time
since and resigned his office. Vosberg
was the preceding auditor, and held the
Office twenty-five years.
Articles of incorporation of the
Northern Mississippi Railway company
were filed with the register of deeds, at
Minneapolis. The road is for logging
purposes, and will run from the govern
ment dams at the outlet Of Cass lake
into the woods as far as the lower line
of section 10 in Cass county.
Depot Agent Clark, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 ST. Paul railway, at Wei.
come, Mimi, was arrested at the in-
stance Of the American Surety company,
of New York, for the embezzlement Of
about $500 from the railroad company,
When arraigned he admitted the embez.
Element and was held to the next term
of the Martin county district court.
The contract for grading twenty two
miles of the Winona and Southwestern,
extending from Dover, in Olmstead
county, to the border Of Mower county,
near Stewartville, was let 30 CONTRACTORS
Dennis Galligan. Contract for thirty
three miles of bridging, extending over
the same line and eleven miles eastward.
was let to Daniel a. Lesry q Son, of st.
Paul.
New Editor of the Atlantic.