New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-18

The postofice department has offered a
reward of 81, 900 for the arrest and convic.
ton of the parties who robbed the registered
mail pouches when they held up train re
Gently.
Farmers are hauling their grain to Gretna,
Mon, over the boundary. After paying a
duty oils cents per bushel on wheat they
realize six to seven cents more per bushel
than they can in North Dakota
George Pollard, the Northern Pacific brake
man who was injured in an accident near
Grand Forks died in that city. His wife is
now in precarious condition and it is
thought cannot survive the shock.
The North and South Dakota joint COM
mission, which was to have met on the 4th
inst, was unable to get together on that
date owing to the illness of Attorney- General
Goodwin, of North Dakota.
The efforts to secure a charter for the
Louisiana lottery in North Dakota are being
renewed with great energy The state is
swarming with agents OF the lottery, and it
is said that 100000 will be expended with
view to securing the election of a governor
and Legislature favorable to the scheme.
Numerous assertions are reported from
L VI U IdCeS. Liz cause OF the absence OF
about a score of the Mars family is attributed
to the interference of officers in prize fight
between soldier and a settler, which took
place about two weeks ago, and since which
time the strictest discipline has been enforced.
Sheriff Lee, of Lake county, went to Cakes,
the other day and captured a man
named huffman. who is charged with steal
ing number of horses from farmers in Lake
and Minnehaha counties. The horses were
also found and will be returned to their
owners The sheriff did neat piece of de-
tective work in getting Huffman across the
border without the aid of requisition.
One of the laws of the last Legislature
requires elevators to pay an annual
license of $3.50 per 1000 bushels capaci-
ty on August 1. Now, it is sud, in retalia-
ton, the elevator men will refuse the fifteen
day free storage heretofore allowed where
grain was taken to the elevator and Sold
In such an event farmers say they will petit
ton the railroad companies for sidetracks
platforms and cars and do their own ship
ping. Under the existing laws railroads are
obliged to provide such shipping facilities
and the railroad commissioners will see that
the laws are enforced. ~.
Sheriff Hayes of Dickinson captured one of
the New Salem train TO bbers on Grand river
eighty miles south of that point. The horse
which the robber rode was injured while
crossing Grand river and he was compelled
to stop and camp. When the prisoner dis
covered the officers he made a desperate
effort to escape, but his horse was too lame,
and he was soon captured. He gives the
name of Charles e. Bailey, and says there
were five in the crowd. Two of them came
from the west on the same train and the
other three were near New Salem with horses.
After the robbery three started south and
separated going in different directions, and
two continued on the train they had robbed.
The prisoner is now in Jail and looks like a
desperate. The sheriff hopes to capture at
least one more Of the band and has gone
south for that purpose.
The district court at Fargo is trying to
determine who comprised the legal board
of directors oil the Argus Printing company.
At the annual meeting, June 3, there was a
split. and Mr.. Faulkner as the representative
OF j. j. Hill, named e. o. Faulkner, W. A.
Stephens, Alex Griggs, B. F. Spalding and
H. G. Plumley; Maj. Edwards named Messrs
Griggs, Stephens and Plumley, and Maj.
Edwards and M. R. Flint. Both leaders
claimed the management The court he Id
that Mr.. Faulkner. as trustee for Mr.. Hill,
had no right to vote the stock held by him
for directors who were not satisfactory to
Maj. Edwards; that he had no right to
transfer any of the shares for the purpose of
qualifying directors without the consent of
Maj. Edwards, and that consequently his
transfer to Mr.. Spalding was illegal. The
court reserves decision on the question of
Maj. Edwards right to vote the stock held
by Faulkner. s...--...