New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-17
THE NORTHWEST.
a Summary of the Important
Events Of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

was Killed In runaway accident
IN Mankato milk is delivered in pint and
quart bottles instead of being pedded about
town-in big cans
Willie Hahn, a 6-year-old Minneapolis boy,
was run over by an electric car in that city
and instantly killed.
Next spring the Minnesota river between
Mankato and Granite Falls, is to be stocked
with lO, O0O,O 900 wall-eyed pike.
The residence of Capt. Baker, six miles
east OF Slayton, was destroyed by fire, to-
gether1with nearly all the furniture.
Diphtheria is prevailing to an alarming
extent IN the southern part of Freeborn
county and number of deaths have occur
red.
Andrew Scudith, an employe OF the Duluth
railway while making q flying switch" in
the st. Paul yards, was run over by car
and killed.
The Judge of the Olmstead county district
court has instructed the grand jury to keep
a Watchful eye on the lottery companies and
see that the lottery laws are enforced.
Eugene Nichols, of Springdale, fell from q
straw stack, onto the upturned handle Of q
pltchfork, which penetrated his abdomen,
causing dangerous and probable fatal in
jury.
Mary c. Maresch, st. Paul domestic, be-
came desperate because the young nan with
whom she was keeping company Tilted her
and ended her existence by means of a large
dose of Trough on Rats"
DR.. Il. R. Randall died at Winona of diph.
iberia. He was assistant physician at the
asylum at Rochester for over a year, and
formed warm friends with whomever he
came in contact.
In the district court at Mankato Frank
Rice pleaded guilty of burglary and was SEN
fenced to one year in Saltwater He and an
other fellow stole flour from Charles Rod
gers mill, st. Clair, Nov. a.
Thejury in the Peter Orth case at St.
Cloud, which was to recover the sum of $780,
900 from the Great Northern for personal
damages, returned verdict of $4,000 for
the plaintiff. The case will be appealed.
John Scheb, q farmer of Lone rec town
ship, Chippewa county, while driving home
from WilImar fell out of the wagon and sus-
tanned injury to his spine from which he died
soon aterward. He leaves wife and three
small children.
B. C. Bartlett, of Hinckley, has two perfect
ay white lawns, captured a few weeks ago.
The little deer are very beautiful. having
Eight colored eyes and toes. An effort was
made to capture the mother, pure white
doe, but she managed to escape.
The safe in the Northern Pacific station at
Clitherall near Fergus Falls, was robbed of
$3.50. 1t is supposed that an operator
named Nichols, who was temporarily in
charge, took the money, as he has disappear
ed
Fl. S. Branharn. mayor of Litchfeld, while
deirious with fever, got hold of revolver
and shot himself through the head, inaicting
a fatal wound. He had been sick but few
days. Mr.. Branham was one of the leading
business men of Litchfeld and was we'll
Snown throughout the state.
At Button, on the Northern Pacific,
William O'Regan, a travelling peddler, single,
was standing near the station holding his
horses by the head while train PASSED.
The horses became unmanageable and ran
upon the platform, throwing Ore gan under
the train. The cars passed over him, killing
him instantly. The coroner's jury ex oner-
ated the railroad company. O'Regan is sup
posed to have friends near Morris.
Jacob Frey, butcher of Fergus Falls,
tried to throw a quarter of beef over beam
and when he slipped from the step.ladder he
fell on one of the sharp hooks used in the
meat market to hang up beef The hook
caught him under the ear, inlictin g terri
ble cash. The flesh pulled off, and he fell to
the next hook below, where he caught by his
shoulder and hung until lifted off, The in
iuries are severe, but he will recover
quiet wedding occurred atSt. Margaret's
chapel Westminster, London, England.
The contracting parties were Gertrude l..
Archibald and JoelP. .Heatwole, DO tn of
Mortified. Cannon Farrar and Bishop
Whipple, OF Minnesota, performed the cere-
nony. The bride was given away by Mr..
White, of the American legislation. After
the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Heatwoe left for
Paris and will visit other points on the con-
tinent, returning to Mortified some time in
January. r..-s.~....-
E. E. Carson, a patient in the Rochester
insane asylum. the other day succeeded in
unlocking window screen, and tying his
bed-clothes together he knotted one end to
the steam heater and attempted to slide
from the window to the ground. He had
just started, however, when his rope united
and he fell to the ground, four stories below,
striking on his feet. He was heard to fall
by parties on the outside and was taken in
TO the asylum. A terrible shaking up ap-
pears to be the only injury he sustained.