New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-11-19
THE NORTHWEST,
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.


The city council of St. Paul is discussing
the subject of compelling telegraph COM
gpanies to put their wires underground. a..
son of J. d. Adams of Beaver Creek,
while carelessly handlinga revolver accident
ally shot himself through the right leg.
Mrs. Anna Klutz, an old lady of St. Paul,
was struck by an electric car in that city and
fatally injured.
spark from a steam thresher destroyed
four stacks of wheat belonging to Henry
Miller, farmer living near Lake Benton.
Alexander Michaelson, of st. Charles, was
run over by locomotive in st. Paul, sus-
tanning injuries from which he is not likely
to recover.
The various banks of Goodhue county are
estimated to contain deposits amounting to
100000, all to the credit of tine citizens of
the county.
VIM. Halverson, professional wrestler is
in Jail at East Grand Forks, charged with
robbing J oe Hughes, a represen tative of the
Minnesota Chief Thresher company.
Albert Muske, of Minden, Benton county,
was thrown from his wagon during a runa-
way, and sustained injuries from which he
died in q few hours.
Mrs. j. Crawford, living one mile east Of
Watertown, was instantly killed by q rum
away team. Mrs. Crawford was one of the
Oldest settlers in this part of the country.
Albert Musk, farmer residing in Minden,
Benton county, died in ST. Cloud from in
juries received in runaway. He a
single man and about thirty years old.
Willie Lee and Henry Helmarth, two small
boys, we're bound over to the criminal court
at ST. Cloud on u charge of attempted safe
cracking
Two boys near Beaver Creek, Rock county;
named Pierce and Weston got into scufle
over revolver, and the piece accident
ally discharged, the ball passing through
another playmate's leg, inficting serious
wound.
Three frishmen and Norwegian got into
trouble at Luverne recently, which resulted
in the arrest of one of the Irshmen. Later
they came together again and the Norwegian
gave the lrishman highlander IN the eye,
rupturng the eye.ball The eye had to be
removed. The big Norseman is under arrest.
James G. Richardson. Of Lake City, has
entered suit against the Minneapolis Har-
vester company for 500, OOOdamages The
plaintiff owned patent grain binder which
he alleges the defendants used their
machinery without any right and have re-
fused to pay any royalty and that he has
lost the above sum through the infringe
ment.
After many weeks of arduous labor the
officials of the state auditors department
finished the work of assessing real and per-
sonal property as fixed by the state board
disqualification. The abstract of the assess
ia a. n
the state is valued at 500, 800, 434, while
the real property is returned as being worth
$497,12S,2 95. The people OF Minnesota
thus real and personal property valued
at 5000, 527, 729.
Carl Graunke, of Benton, Carver county,
while temporarily insane, caused by the 10 IS
of his sixteen-year- old daughter, who died of
black diph liberia, and the whole family be-
ing afflicted with the same disease, left his
home in the night between October 20 and
80, apparently in Ills underclothes, and no
trace can be found of him. although the
surrounding country has been carefully
searched by the neighbors. 1t is feared that
he either killed himself or got mired. in some
slough.
The case Of the state against Everett W.
Fish and A. K. Frain, publishers of the
u
brought against them by John Lathrop, K
secretarytof the Alliance state central COM
mittee came up for trial in the municip al
court at Saltwater. Mr.. Fish was the only
one of the defendants to appear, and he
stated that rather than go to the expen Sc OIL
a tria! and bringing witnesses from all parts
of the state he would plead guilty to the
charge for himself and also for Mr.. Frain,
ho IN Oft i,,,
posed a fine of $50 and costs in each case.
Michael Fahey, who lives at Ellsworth,
but who owns d good farm seven
miles west of Sioux Falls, was about the
streets of the latter city all day Sunday. ap-
parently in good health. That night he
went to bed at the Commercial house, but
soon alter arose and began to smash up the
furniture in the rooms. Policem an Morse
was called, and with the help of two or three
men Fahey was taken from the room in the
hope that the fresh air would restore his
mental balance Reaching Eighth street
Fahey suddenly broke away from his at.
tendants and ran like a deer for the bridge
Morse started in pursuit and grabbed the
,man about the body just as he was about to
plunge over the bridge into the river Fab
ey was then taken care of by friends, and
subsequently was taken home. .'
peculiar accident occurred at Duluth
An electric light wire became displaced and
rested on one Of the supporting wires of the
electric trolly wires of the street railway.
The supporting wire fused or burnt through
in an instant, the ends dropping to the street
pavement. A Troy laundry wagon passed
just at that time and the broken wire be-
came entangled in the wheel of the vehicle.
In an instant it was wound around the axle
and the wagon kept on until the slack OF
the wire was taken up, when the vehicle was
stopped so suddenly that the horse broke
his harness and kept on going, dragging the
driver over the dashboard and demoralzine
the wagon generally. Some bystanders, in
.cluding policeman, saw the accident, which
-transpired in less than minute, and when
the wire fell it cracked like pistol and emit
ed 8 blue streak of fire.
NORTH DAKOTA,
Emma Abbott opened the new opera-house
at Grand Forks.