The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-31
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in tho
Northwestern States.
MIN NE sofa.

10 Hiteen nanuS has been established at Al.
bert Lea.
The police of Rcd Wing are engaged in a
vigorous prosecution of dealers who sell to.
bacco to minors
In the election for cou nty seat of Marsha
county. Warren defeated Argyle by over
300 majority.
Patrick L. Nacle OF Minnesota has been up.
pointed medical examiner in the pension
bureau. at Il snla,y ri Sl,sOO.
Rev. w. Il. Boutwell,, the pioneer missionary
of Minnesota, died at his residence near
Saltwater. lie was ss years OF age.
At special election ut Montgomery it
was voted to put in IL $4,000 system oi
water works and to purchase Il S 900 steam
fire engine.
Walter f. Morton, who is accused of
drowning his wiG' and! daughter in the
Mississippi river near ST. Paul. has lrrn ir.
dicted for murder in the frs; degree.
In n row ut Ashley, Frank Prescott was
stabbed by IL man n;,mc,! llralry. The kni Q
entered an inch from II vital point liculcy
is under arrest.
Alma Anderson, girl thirteen years of
age, Disappeared from hrrhumr mt Red Wing
nnd ali efforts To discover her whereabouts s.
have proven lruitlcss.
pelican measuring eight feet two nrlc;
from ,ipto tip of its extrnlul wings wa.,
shot on tho lake ut Lake City while hr Will,
Trying to mike acqIaintanrcs among II
Hook %! tame geese.
Patrick Towcy IL lod carrier fell from II
sraiIold in tho government building al,
Wlnonil, striking on his head on II concrete
tloor thirty ect below and dashing his brains
out.
The ST. Croix boom closed down will, ,lc
unprecedented out put of over l5o ,uu0. .uoO
feet of logs, being l9O.OOOUDU fee, mnrs.
than las. season, ANA 9o,ODa.Uo0 .cet more
thnn any previous year.
man named Weller was found on th,
Milwaukee track with IL f;lctnleI skull. lie
is not expected To live lie started to wall,
down the track to he poor farm aud is sup.
posed TO have been struck by the train.
Burglars entered the hardware stor. OF
William Powell ut ST. Cloud aud stn.a r;i-
zors. rrvolvers and knives to the amoun, OF
about sl0o They were traced for som"
blocks by having occasionally dropped
some o the plumber.
Two convrts Tom Field aHd Tom King.
escaped from the prison at Saltwater. They
obtained II ladder, which they placc,lagainst
tho wall, and climbed over hctwcrn two
guards. The mon were duing four anl Ii vc
years time respectively.
The state board of health has ordered II
veterinary surgeon To su TO Reno, lioustun
county. to mv"rtignt" in regard to a ronta.
gious disease among cattle which has hrukn,,
out in that locality. \ fatal mnlaly has
ais" nttuckod tho hogs in the vicinity ui
Chatfrld
The population returns for Rel Wing aud
Gnodinr county as given ont Iy the census
hureau have cnu>rd no little inli.natiou.
Every one maintains hat they are incorrect
THOSE for the city being several hundred aad
those Tor the country several Thousand bc.
low what they ought tn hr.
freight train rom h" east on the North
western was run into at Ow:Itonna hy AN.
other freight coming from tllc sam" Injection.
at full sI"el, down grade Tie cn bnosr and
four or fv" cars were smashed to s,iinicrS.
No one w;ls i'll the cabonsr at !lic time The
engineer and fireman narrowly escaped with
their lives.
At Foley Station the men employed by the
Great Northern in laying steel rails on the
st. Cloud n liinrkIey branch became dissnl.
ist"h with the :oo'l given them in til. board.
ing cars and attacked ,hcni. 20 mplrir,
wrrckins the ears aud smashing the con-
tcn's. Thirty of the promncn, ones in the
aifair were discharged.
Senator Jams Compton accidentally shot
himself while hun ting four miles from Fer
gus Falls. A jul charge of shot entered his
let wrist and hand, man"liny both in Il hor-
rihle manner. He was driven home rs rnp.
idly as possible, and nmputation of thu
wounded member he; w"cn the wrist and ri.
bow was performed. He will unlou i,triy
recover
seymour cnrrall. IL farmer livin. nenr
Nnr,h"li b"cam" "involvelin II uuarr"l with
sam Partiow, his hired man After cn.;..ing
in II fist fight, in which both men we're badly
pounded, Pnrtow secured II ritrl.'urk nnl
dlore Curran into tn" lous.. Tin latter So
cured revolver AMI s',nt rarirw IN
the fare. the hua breaking his law and
making II wound whirh may result ,rrioa,ly
The trouble is sni'l tn have h.cn ci,srd l,y
improper relations between partlow a.ld lis
employers daughter.
An important rasr will come before the
United States court nj Dulnii this session
4. i. Christian, local agent nj Armour 4
Co.. has lrrn arrested and placed nu!r:
bonds '"r disposn" ocnmarsnriu, To n
Two llarbors firm without pus.rssins ;tsiatr
license. The company will ir'rnl he ease
on the ground that their rctisr from the
'eleral govcrnm"n, was sufficient TO cover
the sale of the article anywhere in III.
United States. The question involved Wi
he as to whether IL state ila, the right tn in.
terfcre with any business licensed by Tia"
federal government. This is tn" saIIi, point
involved in the original package ease in
Iowa.