Morris tribune., 1890-05-14
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.

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Cannon Falls has only four saloons
and no poll or billiard playing Mt any
hour of the day.
Next springs meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Minnesota, A. 0. u. W., will
be held in Red Wing.
Farmers in Goodhue county expert
ment in raising sugar beats this year. II
it proves profitable they will go into the
business on large scale.
Minneapolis papers have placed theil
town ahead once more by hunting uI
forty-one millionaire citizens, while only
thirty-one could be found in st. Paul.
The Duluth and Winnipeg railroad
has raised its capital stock to $2,000,000
which has been all paid in. No bonds
will be issued on the road for some time
to come.
Several prisoners dug out of the Rice
| county Jail at Faribault some weeks ago
and to prevent another such occurrence
the Jail is to be at once fsted up with
steel cages.
The Minneapolis mills last week
ground more -four than in any week
since December. The aggregate output
was IA, 300 barrels-averaging 24,050
barrels daily.
Ida Strhihof, a pretty 17-year-old girl,
of st. Paul, eloped with colored barber
of Minneapolis. The couple started for
Omaha and the irate mother-in law is
on their trail.
The Duluth and Winnipeg railroad
has let its first contract for cars, and
fifty fiat and ten box cars will be turned
out at once by the Minnesota Iron Car
company, of Duluth.
The State Historical society has Just
paid $50 for copy of book containing
the memoirs of the first discoverer of
the source of the Mississippi. The book
was printed in France in 1885.
Two Winona firms have secured the
contract for furnishing brick for the
new government building in that city.
This means million brick made and
sold right at home for good prices.
Duluth has been divided into twenty
four census enumeration districts, in
stead of only fourteen, as originally in
tended, and the census of the city must
be taken in two weeks instead of four.
Capt. John B. Bresette, for more than
police force, has resigned and become
the first police pensioner of the city. He
will draw $1,000 year as long as he
lives.
The Brewers Association of Minnesota
will hold a convention in st. Paul June
3, to discuss matters of interest to the
trade in the state before the assembly of
the national convention of brewers in
Washington.
Knut Kjorlei, Scandinavian, living
west of Kenyon, died of brain
fever, the result of la grippe. The dis
ease was contracted early last winter,
and from it he became blind and deaf,
and has been helpless since he was first
taken sick.
The Twin City Jockey club has de-
cided to withdraw all conditions in the
Minnesota Breeders stake race, to be
run at Hamline in July. There will be
no entrance fee and the only condition is
that horses entered shall be bred and
owned in the state.
Albert Pfaender, of New Ulm, has
been awarded The Youths Companion
writing and sending from Minnesota the
the American Flag When Raised Over
the Public School,"
At recent meeting of the faculty of
Harvard university it was voted to in
clude Minneapolis in the list of cities
where examinations for admission are
held in June of each year. San Fran
cisco is the only city west of Chicago
where these examinations are now held.
J. G. Easton, of La Crosse, bought a
herd of twenty Hambletonian horses, of
the Wexford stock, in New York state,
and they are now on his farm in Fill
more. They will develop into fast
horses, as the Wexford stallion has a
record of 2:2S, without training.
Professor N. Fl. Winchells pursuit of
the meteor has on the whole been sue
cessful, as his son has returned to Min
neapolis from Iowa with great guam
tity of fragments and the first chance of
securing the main portion, which he has
already bought of the lessee of the land
on which it had fallen, but to which the
owner claims the right.
The commissioners of Hubbard county
were petitioned to order special cleo
ton on the question of moving the
county seat from Park Rapids to Hub
bard. They refused to do so because a
remonstrance was filed, containing the
names of many persons who also asked
for the election. It is claimed that the
action of the commissioners was illegal
and mandamus will be served compel
ing them to order the election. Thus
starts another county seat war in Min
nesota.
The Winona board of education stirred
up hornets nest by their action in sup
planting Professor V. g. Curtis, super
intendent of schools, by Alvin Braley, a
former teacher in the grammar school of
the city, and at present county superin-
tendent of schools. The plea was that
Curtis salary was too high. The press,
the board of trade, merchants in general
and teachers and scholars protest against
the change. Mr.. Braley may not accept
the position. The city has been paying
Mr.. Curtis 81, 500 year.