The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-10
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

Ole Hoff was crushed to death by falling
boiler in n warehouse Mt ST. Paul.
W. II. Dwyer. of Duluth, has been arrested,
charged Will, the murder of Il. V. Mundy.
The totnl receipts of the Steele county mir
reached about ,OOO a most excellent show.
ing.
new process of burning lime Inns been in.
troduced mt st. Cloud with success. In the
new method gas generated from wood is
used as iue!,
A successful business mems carnival was
held Mt Pipestone. Forty.right business
houses were represented in the display by as
many handsome young Indies.
Sam I.evallcc. IL tobacco dealer, Of St.
Cloud, who sold out recently going elsewhere
to locate. hns not been heard from since
Upon petition OF several creditors, II. Tol.
mnn was appointed receiver.
At Anoka james Lind il held in $500
bonds to appear ut the February term Of
court on complaint OF his wife, who claims
he assaulted her with an nx. cut gash in
her head and threatened her life.
inmily fnd Of long standing culmnnte.l
the other day in Il farmer named Paul liv-
ing near Long Prairir. fatally shooting Mrs.
louin Buelow and then putting u bullet
through his own brain.
At Hastings the other day Judgment was
entered in the district court against the st.
Paul nistiliery company Of South st. Paul.
for S2ls, 232.15, tho plaintiff being Arnold
knlman. trustee, Of st. Paul.
Dick Ioquni an employe in meat mar.
Ret mt Dodge Center, c"mmittel suicide hy
shooting himself through the head. The
Ouly ICr tI,on int,
II" leaves IL vile and three children.
Miss Abbie A. Ju,ison, II daughter Of the
Rev. Adonirnm Julson famous in the annals
OF Baptist missionary work, has become nn
nvowed Spiritualist. She hns been made
president OF an association OF Spiritualsts
in that city.
The roroner's inquest on the body ofthe
4'ycar-nll girl that wns found in IL swnmp
near Little Falls the other day resulted in
the arrest of Christian Blere, tho childs step.
tntl,cr. on II charge Of murder, und of her
mother as an accessory.
The searching party which went out from
Sauk Rnpds to search Tor the lost hoy of
Thomas Kourke o, st. Paul, who was visit.
ing friends Mt Foley. Benton county. return
ell early and report II fruitless hunt. hut
little hopes nre entertnine,l of his discovery.
Snuk Rapids druggist the other day sold
his store, went to the St. Cloud races, won
considerable money betting, went to he'd
with jnckey aud awnke the next morning
to find the money gone and his bed fellow
among the missing
Christian Biere confined in tho jni Mt
Little Full. on the charge OF numbering his
i-year-old dnushtrr. cut his throat with
pocketknifr. making gash two inches long
from which he lost two quarts Of blood and
was found in very low condition. lie may
recover.
The Grand hotel. at Fergus Falls, which
has suffered 80 many mishnps aud changes,
has finally been sold by it's Scotch owners to
Dawson Bell for $15.OOO The hotel md
furnishings cost over 800. 900, hut owing
| to its location has never paid and the owners
Ind threatened to tear it down.
A statement just prepared by DR.. c. N.
liewctt. secretary ot the state hoard of
health shows that the percentage of mortal-
ity from diphtleria in the stnte amO ng males
during 1883 was 4SG per cent; nmo ng f.
males, 5l4; in 1889. among males 40. 6
among females. so 4.
Devastating prairie fires ragged north and
south OF Pipeetone. sweeping everything in
s"e'a pusu. VI uu6NeiB u kTutu
and II large quantity Of hay were destroyed.
Senator W. B. Brown lost his fine tree claim
md large amount Of grim. The loss will
rearh into the thousands. The fire was
started by n pnssing locomotive.
Thomas lIeinen, ST., aged 7S, WIS killed
near st. Joseph, by n p,issing freight train.
The manner IF His death was rather peculiar
II" had tied n COW by IL rope to one of the
rails of the track and in attempting to re.
lease her to save her was struck by tho cow
catcher and instantly killed. Theengine sew
cred the rope md the COW escaped nninjured
The cor",er decided an inquest unnecessary.
For the past week the weather hns been all
that could be asked for. for hurvest and
thrrsling. The rains previous to TINT have
injured stacks in some eases where they were
not properly put up. The largest portion Of
the wh"at about st. Vincent in grading No. l
Northern. The yield is good. Twenty five
bushels rrr acre is expected US nn average
for the north end OF the county. Forty ears
of wheat and barley have already been ship
ped from that station. whct, is not one
quarter Of the crop. The potato crop is
good, but there will not be much for sale