New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-29
THE NORTHWEST,
ES6ummary Of the Important
Events Of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

A county alliance has been organized in
Mower county.
Minnesota stock breeders have decided to
issue herd book Of their own.
Fifty prisoners in the Saltwater peniten-
tlary are laid up with Influenza
The Mile Lac Indians are suffering hunger
account OF the scarcity of game and fish
Z. Fred c. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, has been
elected president of the State Agricultural
society.
An addition capable of accommodating
100 patients has been built to the Rochester
insane asylum.
Contract has been let for the building of q
$50, 900 bridge across the Mississippi at St.
Cloud.
James Malloy sued the Burlington railroad
company at St. Paul for 5000 and got a
verdict OF 81.
John A Dix post, G. A. r., of Luverne is
making preparations for the encampment to
be held there in June.
6AAssistant Dairy Commissioner Lawrence
coniscated $500 pounds of oleomargarine
IN the northern part of the state.
Ole Stomme, an old resident of Heron Lake,
committed suicide by hanging himself in his
barn. Financial difficulties was the cause.
State Labor Commissioner Lamb has in
augurated crusade against the bogus en-
pIoyment agencies of ST. Paul and Mime
apolis.
LEWIS Converse, a commercial Traveller,
made an unsuccessful attempt to take his own
! lie by poison at Minneapolis. He is in the
hospital
j. G. Griebet for many years leading
merchant of Mankato, Was closed by the
sheriff on an attachment of $26,O57 got out
! - st. Paul firm.
A union Of business men and CAPT talsts of
st. Paul has been formed 'to stimulate and
encourage large manufacturing enterprises
to locate in our midst
Halvor Lying, an old and we'll known farm
er living near Fergus Falls, was tipped over
an embankment while driving home and re-
celved injuries which may prove fatal.
The Clifton house at Mankato, owned by
Jacob Klein, was destroyed by fire, with it's
contents. The loss will reach $15 900, with
no insurance. This is the second hotel
burned during the last few days.
Senator Davis called up the hill appropri-
&t1ng $1,000, 600 for public building at ST.
position On the calendar, considered in COM
Itlttee OF the whole, and passed with no op-
r1sition.
Northern Minneso ta is being treated to an
other snow storm ofample proportions. The
lumbermen now say that this is getting too
much of a good thing, and the deep snow is
seriously interfering with their logging op-
erations.
Christian Tanberg, of Mansion, Wilkin
county, committed suicide by taking poison
in alcohol punch. He was well off financially,
having once owned the town site of Rothsay
and the town OF Tanberg being named after
him. Strong drink was the cause.
Neem Nelson, of Gordonsvile, put down
drive well near his store and after the pipe
had been driven to the water workmen tried
to lower bolt to test the depth ofthe water,
but the bolt clung to the sides. the pipe be-
I 3 heavily charged with magnetism.
Ed F. Fay, in whose care the dogs of the
St Paul Kennel club were left, neglected his
trust for some time and when the animals
were discovered they had become 80 raven
Gus with hunger that they had killed some
of their smaller companions and devoured
them. Fay has skipped out to avoid arrest.
The Duluth Steet railway will commence
work on an incline cable road to the top of
1.-THE hill running up Seventh avenue west.
The cost Of the incline plant will be 1925, 900.
! On level streets, where service is now done by
mule and horse power, electric service will
4probably be substituted.
lie Sueur was visited by a big fire, the large
dry goods house of Huber & Co. being COM
ipletely quilted. The stock carried by this
firm was one OF the largest in Southern
Minnesota and the loss will foot up over
$4,000, with insurance of something like
$4,000. The building occupied by the firm
$ one of the best in the town. and the loss
pom it will be quite heavy.
| The board of county commissioners of
-lWaseca county has decided to compromise
1.-THE claim of the county against the bonds.
zen of ex-County Treasurer McKenna and
,3reept from the bondsmen $4,000 in full
5settemen of said claim, which amounts to
$9,315-75. The settlement will, it Is under
stood, be accepted by the bondsmen, and
thus further litigation beavoided. The COM
8prOmise was reached, in a great measure
Through the efforts of Senator Ward, himself
perhaps the heaviest taxpayer in the county,
land meets the approval of the entire coun ty