The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13
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A | \ Summary Of the Important
Events Of the Week in the
Northwestern States.

Events Of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
~ MINNESOTA.
Wn. Rose, under sentence Of death at New
Clm, died With the influenza.
Prospects are good for the erection of q
e19, 900 opsra'ho at Luverne the coming
season.
Morrison county will have Q new court.
house located ct Little Falls, and costing
$4,000.
@Jim" Hill, the railroad magnats, offers
to donate CSC, 900 towurd q public library
in st. Paul.
Bruce. Rock county, is without saloon,
the last venture to establish one in that
place having proven failure.
The livery stable of P. Thsreau, at St. Paul.
containing eighteen head of horses, was con-
sumcd BY FIRE. Loss, $1,000; fully insured.
At the Duluth land Office during the month
Of January there were thirty.two cash,
twenty-three homestead and twenty pre.
emption entries.
Arrangements are being made to start up
the Red Wing Wagon Company's works
again and turn out at least 500 wagons
this season, the stock on hand being dis.
posed Of
Edith McNary. 14-yenr-old girl residing
near Red Wing, deliberately placed a revol.
yer to her temple and pulled the trigger,
dying almost instantly. No cause for the
act 10 known.
Shaw-bosh-king, the Oldest Mile Lacs
chief, died at his home at the outlet of the
lake with the grip. Several more are sick at
tns reservation. The chiefs brother is down
with it and 10 not expected to live.
William Brooker, who ON the Gath OF last
November, at Pine City, 90 astrociously
murdered William Coombs and wifi, has
been sentenced to be hanged April 80. He
will be can6ned in the saltwater psnitentiary
until tho day Of his execution.
John Fallen, an engineer ON the Omaha
road. while passing under bridge near st.
Paul. was struck BY falling beam and
knocked from his engine. He fell under the
train and was run over. his right leg being
badly crushed.
Anumber Of farmers living around Ken
yon, together with the business men located
there. having organized an association hav.
ing for itA object the holding of stock fairs at
Kenyon at regular intervals for the sale of
live stock Of all kinds and especially Of
horses.
Martin Selma udt and two workmen were
horribly injured near Hutchinson by the
bursting of the boiler of a threshing engine
which they were using to run "a mill. The
accident was caused by the water being al.
lowed to run low In the boiler. Schmaudt may
die
A horse belonging to 8. D. Peterson Of New
Ulm, was killed in very peculiar and un-
usual manner Along with some other
horses the animal was turned loose in the
yard, and in frisking about was kicked by
another in the forehead so that he fell to the
ground in on instant dead.
Mrs. James Mcneil, who shot her children
at Cannon Lake O short time ago and tho n
tQok carbolic acid Is improving slowly. The
! sby, who was shot through both lungs, 10
also doing well, as il also the girl to whom
she gave the carbolic acid. She was temper.
arily insane at the time of the tragic occur.
renee.
c. F. A Mas, a young German farmer re.
siding near Iazeppa, londed aslcd with sack.
ed fax for market and attempted to run it
by hand few rods from the granary, having
hold of the tongue. The sletl got the start Of
him, and, it being too icy TO guide it, he vas
pushed by the load down an incline against a
barbed wire fence with such forco as to break
several ribs, and, it is feared. injure hin, in
tsrnally. His young wife is very low with
consumption and not expected to live but O
short time.
Hon. Gorham Powers. of Granite Falls,
was appointed by Gov. Merriam to I'll the
judgeship of the Twelfth judicial district, re-
Gently made vaca mt by the death of Judge
John n. Brown. Mr. Powers is native Of
Maine, and brother of ex-Congressmau
Powers Of that state. He graduated from
the Albany Law School in 1866, and soon
afterwards come to Minneapolis, whore he
studied low for two years with Wilson L
McNair. After practicng his profession Tor
several years, he removed to Granite Falls,
where he hos since resided.
Hon. D. J, Knox died at his farm, on Mile
1.ncs lake, otter short illness. His remains
were Immediately brought to Ills home ut
Aitkin. He was a member of the lower house
Of the ley islnture during the sessions of 1856
and 1887 from the Forty sixth district, and
would perhaps have received the Republican
nomination for senator from the new distri, t
as divided by The apportionment bill adopt
ed last session. The entire community is in
mourning. lie leaves q widow and young
daughter, as well as an aged father and
mother.
NORTH DAKOTA.