The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-12-26
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A Summary Of the 1Mpss
Events of the Week in tllG
Northwestern States.
MINNIE sofa.

MINNESOTA.
Reliable PARTIES rom the Sisseton rcscrva.
ton assert that lndians arc actually sturv
ing. Sickness. arising from hunger aud cold
is prevailing to an alarming extent.
Tennis havo now commenced crossing
Luke Perin on tho ico No attempt OF I'll,
kind hes been made OH the river ut Red Wing
us yet, as tho ito Is hardly thick enough Ia
bear person.
Two burslars broke into Bones jcw"lry
shop at Hinklcy, tuking twenty-six watclc,
and n lot of chains. They wore caught in
box cur nt Mission Creek md the wntcl,c
found on them.
Tho jury in the somewhat celebrated
libel suit of George Ian Fond Of I.ittl,
Falls against e. Parker Mcclure of ST. Clou.
ali alleged libelous letter, for which the for
mcr nsked $4,000 damages, returned YER
dict Of $3.50 for the plaintiff
r. II. Brekkc. q farmer OF tho town o
Aastad, was thrown from u wagon on his
WY home from Little Falls. lie struck OF
l,is head und broke his neck. l,rekke wa,
middle-agcd ind we'll to do, and he leaves
large family.
Coroner Deaaner wan summo ned from
Waconia to Norwood to hold IN inquest o,
the body Of August Loesch, II sulOon- keeper
who hanged himself. Family troubles ar,
ascrile.i rs the cause. lie was q member
tho g. A. X.
crazy man named Ole Erickson set fire Il
Fred Schacht's burn in the town ofElizntrtl
and it burned to the ground. Tho loss il
5000; insured. Erickson afterwards brok,
into Schncht's house and tried to fire TINT
but was cnught and llns been committed tc
the asylum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Salisbury of Inc q,,
Parle, probably the oldest married
couple in the United States, have just cclc
brated the 1O3d birthday of Mr.. Salisbury
His wife will be 1Ol years old Christmas .iny
Jun. II they will have been married eighty
years
Tho clothing store ofJohn II. Grass VII.
entered hy burglars at Fergus Falls and
about $500 worth o! goods taken. They
snwe'i holo through the rnr door. They
took three fine fur coats, ono nn expensive
beaver, nnd several scnlskin caps nnd silI
han,ikrrcllieis.
Mnrtin aud Joseph Madden. who were ar.
rested in st. Paul charged with bmrslnrizina
the hardware store oi J. W. Powell in st.
Cloud Oct. 10. pleadel guilty in the district
court to burSlnry in tho third degree Mar.
tin was sentenced to two and on., half year.
in the state prison md Joseph was sci tencu,
to the st. Cloud refOrmatory.
T.. j. Amery. Il wcllkn0wn contractor, was
mnrder"usly assaulted in his office ut Du
lutll by John Haas. II discharged lnhorer.
who fired three shots ut him. prriorltng his
clothing, but inflicted no wound. HAAS then
placed the revolver close to his own loft tom.
pie and sent IL hullot into his brain Haas
WIS subject to fits a. 'insnnity lie wis un.
married. and thirty -five yenra old
The Iowa, Minnesota 4 Dakota Elevator
company. operating IL line of warehouses; OH
the Huntington, Cedar Rapids \ Norti.crI,
rnilway, has assigned. Liabilities, $3.50. 900;
assets unknown. John Butlcr, bunker of
Ellsworth, was manager of tl,c company.
Two days ago special trains were run on tho
Huntington Eeadand all the grain taken from,
the elevatoH oChicago anh lisposel Of
Engineer Russell has stnrted out from Du.
luth with ~ party to make surveys locnting
the Aticoknn Iron Range railway from Carl.
stadt ninety miles west md from Aticoknn
river about tfty miles. On tho completion
ot tits rand, which will virtually Le a branch
ore per anuum con easily DO shipped from the
Aticoknn mines.
~" ..,",unt successful attempt at jnil de.
livery was made at breckenridge. One of
the Iris0ncr'a under sentence to saltwater
for robbery got II hail from IL water ..nil,
picked the lock, got two cells opon aud the
three, all under sentence to state prison, got
the irons off their feet and when discovered
were making good progress with n hole
through the wall. Aid was called in and the
men gotten back into I heir cells nnd secured
In tho district court at albert Lea, Tracy
iia,imgartner. II young woman well know in
that city. obtained IL verdict for $1,000
against John Graham. formerly IL suloon.
keeper, now living ut Ottumwn. 10, for deiamn.
tion Of character. He was accused, in effect.
"f calIin9 her Il womnn of thu town lie il
insolvent und tho verdict IN uncollcctu BILE
lie nude II very wenk defense, and seemed TO
cure liltlo about it. The verdict, nevcrthc.
lsss Is asurprisc 10 many, it was Justified
l,y the evidence