Morris tribune., 1890-01-01
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

A lodge Of Odd Fellows has been or.
ganized at Aitkin.
Attorney General Clapp has decided
that the Merrill text book law is valid.
Winona Ii preparing a reception for
Bishop Cotter on his return from conse-
Grafton.
Will Harrington, the ex-editor, who is
in jail Al Duluth for larceny. attempted
to commit suicide.
Red Wing Is discussing the project of
building wagon bridge across tina Mis-
sissippi at that place.
The st. Paul carnival directors have
abandoned the ice palace project for
this winter. No ice to build it
A site has been purchased for st.
Paui's new metropolitan opera house,
near the chamber of commerce.
The state dairy commissioner has
seized 5000 pounds of adulterated
chrese that had come in from Chicago,
Northern Pacific Junction has bean
declared the county seat of Carlton.
The decision of the court WAS announced
last week
Oscar F. Temps. postmaster at Maus..
ton, died of paralysis on the 22d. He
was an elector on the Harrison and Nor.
ton ticket
The Hokah Chief says that two deer
We're shot near Money Greek, in Houston
county this season the only case of the
kind for many years
The Washburn- Crosby company, Of
Minneapolis. officially contradict the
statement that their mills have been sold
TO the English syndicate.
W. c. Harrington. at one time editor
of The Vermillion Journal and West
Duluth Sun, has been arrested OH
charge of theft He is brother in law
If CoughlIn tie Cronin murderer.
Mr. G.. F. Case. who established and
for some years published the first paper
in Lyon county, has, after a retirement
of five years, put out the first number Of
The Lyon County Reporter. at Marshall
Representative SnItler has introduced
in the national house a bill appropriating
S27 900 for constructing roads and aven-
ues, planting trees and for other i'm.
provements at the military reservation ~
Fort Smelling.
A nest of firebugs has been broken up
at Anoka by the confession of Albert
Lewis. The police gathered in Sandy
McClymont, Bill Tierney and Bob McAl-
oney on the charge of arson. They are
all under 90.
Local Secretary Van Campen.. OF the
Brainerd Y M. C. A., has been. notified
that Henry Willard, of the Northern Pa.
cific. has contributed $1,000. for the
Brainsrtf branch. This will entirely
finish the HANDSOME building the associ,
alton has there, and place the society en-
tirely cut of debt
The Sleepy Eye Herald says: The ex-
act amount paid to the county treas,n er
of Brown county in settlement of taxes
due from the Winona and st. Peter
Land company is $42, ,46tUl The inter
est. costs and penalties amounted to |
81, ,02S.4l. Lind's contingent fee is fig |
ured at $4 S96
Winona Republican: Tom Lowry
brought two Egyptian mummies home !
from Europe and has presented one of |
them to the public library ut Minneapolis. |
That's just like some people They al
ways prefer the foreign to the home pro- |
duct, although the supply of the latter is |
Mulnmies from Egypt,
forsooth. And Minneapolis already full |
of them.
The following is statement of the in
ternal revenue receipts at the Minnesota |
collectors Office for the year 1899. as |
furnished by Collector Herman: Penal |
ties, So, ,202.55 beer stamps. S292, 900 80;
spirits distilled liquors.. S2.32l, ga so:
cigars. $l09, ,694. 6S: tobacco, $40. 793 81 Il
snuff. $1U0.24; special license fer sale of |
liquors and tobacco, $l20, ,OI0 Ga; total, |
$2 1857 ,645. .45
Typhoid fever having baen ravaging
the township of Clitherall, Otter Tail |
county, and there have been many
deaths. The saddest case of all came to |
light Sunday. in the death of father |
and two daughters. Their names were
Mrs. Ole Hanson. Both the women |
leave husbands and families. All three |
were buried in one grave.
A Duluth real estate man is miss
ing. He is said to have nortgaged |
belonging to others and <liste, |
with him. also to have enbezzled som, |
notes and other securities amounting t,
several thousand dollars When last !
heard from he was III Tacoma. Reuuisi-
ton papers have heen asked for. The !
man was arrested last summer for being |
implicated in the fatal labor riots.
At meeting Of Albert Lea business
men ON the evening nf the 18th inst. J. I
Sherman, who has Recently returned from
Canada. where he has been Investigating
the matter of flax culture. gave an ac-
count of his investigation. and showed |
quite conclusiyely that fibre mill in /
Albert Lea would not only be practical
but profitable. 1t is proposed to erect a
mill and put in machinery there that
will handle the product of 500 acres of I
flax the first year.
The Marshall Reporter says: "A few
days ago some we'll diggers who were at |
work ON the farm of ole Nordbo. i'm the
town of Nordland, about four miles from
here, encountered at depth Of sixty
five feet a peculiar sort of clay which,
when lifted to the surface. proved to be
nearly SNOW white. Again and again the
drill went down and brought up the
same substance, until at depth of about
ten feet in this white stuff. a rushing
stream Of water prevented further dig
ging in this white clay, which closely
Stacked lime, is said to be en-
tirely free from sand or gravel, and
when dried makes fine chalk. A sample
has been sent to the state assayer, and
some are sanguines enough to think that
this will lead to valuable mineral discov-
cries in this neighborhood."
The National Electric Light association,
will meet in Kansas City, Feb. II. Edi
son was asked to lecture to the meme
bers. He replied that he could not go.
but that he would give the lecture. Il
will tell you what I will do,' he said.