New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-15
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
John Kopp, an old resident of St. Cloud,
committed suicide at Sank Rapids by shoot
ing himself through the he ad
An offer for an option at 81 ,OOO,O has
been made for the Anderson iron pr operty,
south of Ely, by an English syndicate.
5. Leyalle, tobacco dealer of st. Clio I'D
mas skipped for parts unknown, lie aving nu-
merous creditors in the lurch.
E. S. Hail. a Benton county farm er, lost
six stacks of grain and two stacks ofoats by
fire. amounting to $1,000. His hired man
smoked pipe.
The Brotherhood Of Carpenters and Join
ers OF st. Paul have resolved not to patron
ize stores violating the early closing agree
ment .... -E=
BY the breaking in two of Conductor John
sons train near Brandon his brakeman,
John McCarty, received in juries from which
ne cannot recover. He is from ST. Cloud.
The special election to vote on changing
the county seat of Sibley county from Hen
derson to Gaylord resulted in victory for
the former place, the vote standing l, 532 for
Henderson to 1, 52S for Gaylord.
Mrs. J. L. Moves, superintendent OF the
school for the deaf at Faribault, lies in q
critical condition from injuries received by
being knocked down and run over by a farm
wagon. -..
deasmute named Peterson was caught
on bridge near Henning on the Northern
facl1c branch, by pile driver engine and
cut to pieces, He had no relatives or friends
in the neighborhood
Prospecting for iron ORE which was COM
menced some years ago in Pierce, county Wis,
across the river from Red Wing, is to be re-
sumed, new company having been organized
for that purpose.
During quarrel at Huro n Lake, Joe Coda
stabbed Aois Sontag in the eye with jack
knife, INJECTING wound which resulted in
death. sontag was a far mer living near the
town and leaves large family Coda is in
Jail.
The bodies of two unkn own men were found
lying beside the Great Northern track near
GAINESVILLE. They had evidently been struck
by train and killed. Their clothing indicat-
ed that they were workingm en-. and each had
q ticket in his pocket tor St Paul.
Four granary thieves were arrested at Fer
gus Falls. and bound over to the grand jury
Their names are Wallare Moon, Lowell
Spaulding, Squire L. kidder and Chauncey
kiddcr They were caught in the act of sell
ing the wheat.
The state treasurer's statement shows that
SIC, 900 was paid last year for wolf hountics,
which is far in excess of the Legislative ap.
preparation for that purpose. There is a
suspicion that some persons are reaping
rich harvest by raising wolves for their
scalps.
There arc in the state institutions of Min
nesota 3,425 inmates. When the state was
organized, thirty years ago, there were but
sixteen inmates in the state institutions In
1870 there was one inmate for every ,O33
inha bitants; in 1880 one for every 626, and
in 1860 there is one for every 423.
Prof D. N. Harper of the st ate experimental
farm at st. Anthony Park, has begun a Sc
ries of experiments at the Trout Brook Sugar
works near Red Wing, with sugar beets raised
in Goodhue county. with view of determin-
ing their adaptabiIity to the manufacture of
of beet sugar.
Richard Cation, Mankato shoemaker
standing high in religious circles, was COM
PEELED to leave that city rather sudde My the
other day, it having been discovered that he
had wife and family living in England,
while he was living in Mankato with another
woman whom he claimed was his legal wife,
The greater portion of Lawrence township
in Grant county has been devastated by
prairie fires. Dozens OF farmers lost all their
crops, houses, farm buildings and machinery,
and are in impoverished condition. 1t is
estimated that the loss will aggregate $780,
900 or $50, 900. The fire started from Gin
ders dumped on the railway by a farm engine.
Three brothers named Donehower to-
gether with Frank Glidden and George
Young, are in jail at Winona. charged with
robbing the Milwaukee and st. Paul freight
at Richmond, Winona county The
robbery had been reduced to system and
had been carried on for q long time much to
the annoyance of the railroad company.
The Goodhue county wheat crop will aver
age % bushels to the acre and be of good
quality, while oats are yielding from 35 to
40 bushels to the acre. Barley is good,
with an average yield of 40 bushels, and fax
is OF first quality, with yield o. from 1 5 to
20 bushels. The oat crop this year has been
the biggest surprise that the farmers have !
had for some years.
The coroner's inquest at Heron Lake dis
closed that the instrument causing the death
OF Alois Sontag had penetrated the brain to
the depth of an inch inside of the right tenn
pie The skull was also crushed The coro-
ner's jury brought in verdict that his death
was caused by the instrument in the hands of
Joseph Coda. Coda surrendered. and waiv-
ing examination, has been held to await the
action OF the grand jury for man slaughter in
the first degree.