The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-27
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.


MINNESOTA.
There is but one prisoner in the Blue Earth
county Jail.
The Farmers alliance of Otter Tail county
has nominated q full state ticket.
The money drawer in the Winona and ST..
Peter depot at Meriden was tapped for $40
the other night.
President James 81. Garfield, of the Nation
al Educational association, arrived in St.
Paul and is at the Ryan.
The wife of William H. Mattson, son of
Secretary of State Mattson, has applied for
divorce from her hus band on the charge of
desertion and adultery.
The conference of Congregational churches,
recently assembled at Saltwater, adopted
resolutions strongly indorsing the prohibi-
ton movement.
The fish in the lakes in the vicinity of
Shakopee are dying by the thousand. Only
the larger ones appear to be affected. They
are covered with fungus growth.
August Napp, cattle buyer of Waverly,
was found lying beside the railroad track, a
mile east OF Cokato, with bullet hole
through his head. The coroner'sjury return
ed a verdict of suicide.
There is considerable trouble at present
over the railroad rates to st. Paul during
the meeting of the National Educational
association, The roads east of Buffalo re-
fuse to make a rate Of one fare for the round
trip as has been done by the roads west of
that point and propose to ask fare and q
third.
huge log jam containing many millions
OF feet has formed Immediately above the
catch works in the Mississippi at St. Cloud.
Great caution is exercised in breaking it, for
ifit goes with rush it will certainly carry
out the booms now filed with logs for saw
ing here. There is very high stage of wa.
ter in the river.
While freight train was stopping at
Stockholm one night some of the men on it
noticed a large volume of smo ke issuing from
the store OF Martin Larson. The fire was ex-
tinguished before much damage had been
done to building or stock. Itwas found that
the safe in the store had been blown open
and several hundred dollars taken from it,
Burglars one morning entered the saloon
Of Casper Waltz at Mankato and secured Sc
cash; also the residence of Charles Mas h,
where they took $50, and the residence of
DR.. J. W. Andrews, where they secured a gold
watch and chain. Two fellows, believed to
be the guilty parties, have been located at
Lake Crystal.
The fifth annual encampment of the First
Regiment, Minnesota G. A. R. veterans,
opened at Ortonville to continue three days.
The city was gay with bunting flags. Com
mander Compton and staff were on hand.
A Rvna s. ~
ranged, including base ball, sailing and row.
ing regatta, and sham naval battle on Big
Store lake. The young ladies' flag drill in
the park was largely attended, and heartily
applauded by the old veterans.
Rev. DR.. Boutwell, OF Saltwater has present.
ed to the state historical society a work that
is Of great interest and value, and which may
some day be published as a part of the
archives of the society 1t is the diary kept
by himself when he came to Minnesota as q
missionary to the Indians in 1882, and is re-
plete with information relating to the In
dams and the country that can be found no.
where else.
The rainfall in this state has been some
thing unprecedented this year, SO far as the
first part of June is concerned. The record
shows that up to June II inclusive, the total
rainfull was 4, O2O inches, while the average
rainfall in June, for the last 10 years. is
3,776. The amount of rainfall in June 1890
up to the 18th inclusive, is more than the
average amount of rainfall for the entire
month of June for the last 10 years, and in
only four of these years has the entire rain
fall of the month exceeded the amount in
June, 1890, up to date.
The following census enumerators were
arrested at Minneapolis for alleged frauds
in taking the census: w. FL. Weber, dis
trict 315; Ed. Jones, district 1926; James w.
Wood, district 4O1; Orrin Plummer, district
395; Ben Aarons district 800: Charles
Knapp, district 319, and Louis Hagerma n.
The prisoners were taken to St. Paul, to-
gether with seven bags of papers, weighing
four hundred pounds which contained names
ready to be turned over to the Supervisor
in the last day; and they were held to bail
for future examination. The arrest created
most profound sensation.