The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-27
THE NORTHWEST
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MIN NEsoTA.

There is hut one prisoner in the Blue Earth
county jail.
The Farmers alliance Of Otter Tail county
has nominated IL full state ticket.
The money drawer in the Winona aud st.
Peter depot at Meiiden was tapped for $40
the other night.
President james II. Garfield. Of the Nation.
al Educational association, arrived in st.
Paul and is at the Ryan.
The wife OF William H. Mattson. son OF
Secretary of State Madison, has applied for
divorce from her llus band OH tho charge oi
descrtion and adultery,
The conference of Congregational churches,
recently assembled ut saltwater adopted
resolutions strongly indorsing the prohibi.
tion movement
The fish in the lakes in the vicinity OF
Shnkopec are dying hy the thousand. Only
the larger ones appear to he affected They
are covered with fungus growth.
August Nnpp IL cattle buyer of Wavcrly,
was found lying beside the railroad track, II
mile east OF tokato with bullet hole
through his head. The coroner IS jury return.
ed II verdict of suicide.
There is considerable trouble at present
over the railroad rates to St. Paul during
tho meeting of the National Educational
association. The roads east of Buffalo re-
fuse to make n rate o. one fare for the round
trip as has been ione by the roads west of
that point and propose to ask IL fare and IL
third.
A huge log jam containing many millions
OF .ect has formed Immediately above the
catch works i'll the Mississippi at St. Cloud.
Great canton is exercised! in breaking it, for
lift goes with Il rush it will certainly carry
out the tooms now filled with logs for saw
ine'ierr. There is n very high stage of wa
ter IN the river.
While Il freight train w;s stopping at
Stockholm one night some of the mon ON it
noticed II large volume OF slnokessuing from
the store OF Martin Larson. Thetire was cx-
timguishcd before much damage had been
done TO building or Stock II was found that
the safe in the store had been blown open
md several hundred dollars taken from it.
Burglars one morning entered the sal Don
o Casper Waltz al Munkato and secured So
cash; also the residence of Charles Mas h.,
whore they took 500 and the residence of
DR.. j. W. Andrews. whore they secured n gold
watch and chain. Two a.ilnws believed tn
he the guilty parties, have been located at
lake Crystal
The fifth annual rnrampment of the First
Regiment Minnesota q. 4. Il. veterans,
opened ut OrtonviIle to continue three days
The city was gay with bunting flags. Com
mander Compton aud staff were OH hand.
fine. programme of sports had been ar
rnnged. including hnse ball. sailing and row
ing rcg;t ia, and II sham navalbattle on Hip
store lake. The young ladies flag drill il,
the park was largely attended, and heartily
npplaule,l by the Old Veterans.
Rev. DR. Bom well of Saltwater has present
ed to the state historical society II work that
is CT great interest and value, and which may
some day he published as IL part of the
archives OF the society. 1t is the diary kept
by himself when H. r:lme to Minnesota as IL
missionary to the Indians in lS31l, and is re-
pete with Information relating to the In
dans aud the country that can he found no.
where else.
The rain all in this state has been some
thing unprecedented This year. SO far ns the
first part of June is concerned. Tie record
shows that up to June IL inclusive, hetotul
raiafull wns 4 ,02O inches while the average
rain nll in June. tor the last 10 years. il
3,17d. The amount of rain all in June 1890
M Ia the 18th inclusive, il more than the
average amount of rainfall for the entire
month of June FOR the last 10 years, and in
only four o! these years has the entire rain.
full of the month exceeded the amount in
June, 1880. up tn date.
The following census cnumernt ors were
arrested at Minneapolis for alleged frauds
III taking the census: W. II. Wcbhcr. dis
trict 3l5; Ed. Jones, dist rict 42G; James W.
Wood. district l0l: Orrin Pummer district
800; Ben Aarons, district 300: Charles
Knapp, district 80. und Louis IInre rma n.
ESle prisoners were taken to st. Paul, to.
1iei with seven bags of papers. weighing
DIR hundred pounds which contained names
ready to he turned over to the Supervisor
in the last day: and they were held to bail
for future examination. The arrest created
most profound sensation.