Mower County transcript., 1890-03-12
The News Briefly Chronicled.

Lindeke, Ladd & Brust, retailers Of
dry goods at St. Paul, failed recently
for $4,000.
James Hayes, proprietor of the
Dramatic Temple at the Northern
Pacific Junction, died the other morn
ing from complications caused by an
attack of the grippe.
James R. Woodward, resident OF
Winona for twenty-eight years, died
the other day Of apoplexy. He retired
the previous evening perfectly healthy.
The new west annex to the insane
asylum at Rochester is completed and
has been accepted, and was for the first
time occupied the other day. It &C.
commodities 200 patients.
Thomas Bowling, aged 73 ears, an
old resident of Duluth, died the other
afternoon of pneumonia. Deceased
leaves seven children.
The venerab BILE Chief Shah Bash Kong,
of the Mile Lacs Indians, died recently,
aged nearly 100 years.
The labor organizations of the State
seem confident of the success of the
eight-hour movement in May next.
Charles Mylius, president of the First
National Bank of Pipestone, gave a
''bachelor's supper to his English
friends the other night, and the next
day left for Burlingame, Kan, where he
was united in marriage to Miss Pickard.
Charles Singer while hunting at Vern.
dale recently accidentally shot himself,
probably fatally.
A guardian was appointed recently fol
Edward Langevin, who is worth about
$2,0o0,OO0. He is about Is years of age
and his mental powers are failing.
The old settlers of Mortified held
their annual reunion and banquet the
other day in the Y. M. c. A. building.
There was good attendance. Thomas
Hodgson, of st. Paul, delivered the ad.
dress.
An effort is being made to organize q
board of trade at South St. Paul.
Francis M. Finch, well-known st.
Paul jeweler, made an assignment the
other afternoon. The assets amount tc
$50, 900; liabilities about the same.
There is to be two-trip-a-week steam.
ship mail service between Duluth and
Port Arthur.
A home for babies, orphaned and
abandoned, has been established in St.
Paul.
Rev. A. II. Kerr, a former steward at
the Rochester insane hospital, died the
other night of apoplexy. He was &c
years of age.
John H. Case, Faribault lawyer,
died few days ago.
The creditors of Joseph Hardebeck, OF
Alexandria, recently sold the electric
light plant to the village for $4,000. A
short time ago vote was taken whether
or not to buy it from j. Hardebeck for
$500.
The st. Paul & Duluth road at Duluth
has begun receiving flour from Mime.
apolis for storage until the opening Of
navigation. The four big -four houses
of the company will be filled by that
time. The Eastern Minnesota's flour
dock was nearly filled.
Frank M. Finch, a jeweler and sup.
posed to be one of the solid men of St.
Paul, made an assignment the othe1
day. Liabilities, $50. 900; assets about
the same. q
Thomas Harris, scaler in the employ
of the c. n. Nelson Lumber Company
of Duluth, while working ON the st.
Louis river the other afternoon was
struck on the head by falling tree and
killed. z..-@......
Edward Langevin, one Of the wealth.
lest citizens OF St Paul, was recently
adjudged by the probate court to be in
competent to: manage his estate, and his
wife and two sons-in-law were appointed
guardians.