The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-28
N NORTHWEST.
- e aaSummary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
Fowls in the vicinity Of Luke City ar, dying
ofCho!ern.
The eight hour day is ngain being agitatct
In Minneapolis and st. Paul.
The non.partisan W. {. T. U. has formed
Astats organization.
Prairie Queen is the name Of n new post
Office in Fillmore county.
At Fergus Falls three boys named Spauld
ing, kiidrr and Moon were sentenced to III,
reform school for stealth & wlleat.
Peter Gustnfson. a single man aged abou
35, committed suicide Mt Lake City by blow.
ing his brains out. Whisky was the cause
In the recent election Murray county cap
turcd two members of the legislature. shilt
Mobiles county was shut out altogether.
The Imperial Touring mill ut Duluth will
increase it's capacity to 1000 barrels pei
day.
The vote for governor in Washington
county resulted in IL tie bet ween Merriam
and Wilson.
c. II. Benton. II leading lawyer aud one
Of The best known Musons in the state. died
suddenly in his office at Minneapolis
The boiler ola thrashinS mach inc explod
ell near Crookston, instantly killing Ben
Giroux. the fireman, and fatally injuring tho
engineer.
Herman Oestrich. a 12-year-old boy Of
Ash Creek, Rock county, disappeared from
his home over IL week ago, since which time
he has not been heard from.
Richard L. Caminish of Bird Island, went
the street, and came home n sadier and u
S1l5 wiser man.
Charles A. Brown, farmer living nix
miles north of Anoka, was found dead in
bed Death liz supposed to have resulted
from ovcr-indugence in alcohol.
John Biem, living two ind half miles east
of Caledonia, was found dead near the rail
rn.i track. 1t is supposed he was struck
by n train while crossing the track.
W. X. IIartzell and Miss Kittie Burgess, oil
st. Paul. are under arrest at Portland. Ore.
charged with living together as man md
vie. The arrest was ma,lo at the instance
of Hartzell's wife.
4 bridge to cost between 100000 and
$4,000 is to be built across the MISSISSIPPI
pi at Hastings by the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway company Work will
commence in few weeks.
Mike Brennan, alias New Orleans Muir.
ply" who murdered boy at Duluth lust
summer. WIS sentenced to spend his natural
life in the pententiary Mt Saltwater. He ex.
pressed regret that he WASH t sentenced to
be hanged.
woman named Carroll was sentenced to
thirty days in the workhouse ut ST. Paul
She other day FOR stealing small piece oil
were in IL STRIVING condition when found by
the relief society.
Buck" Kelly. well known Saltwater
woodsman. was seriously shot by compan.
Ion named Cledenning. They were hunting
deer, and Kelly was in u stooping position in
the woods, when his partner mistook him
for IL brush deer and shot him in the back.
His recovery is doubtful.
Some time ago George W. Wilson, OF
l.anesboro. Fillmore county, caught large
black bass and in llnndliDg his catch punct-
ured his right forefnger on the fin of tho
fish. lie thought nothing of the injury ut
the time, but very soon the injured member
became swollen to such an extent as to rem.
der amputatOn necessary.
Charles ChiLls went hunting Nov. 5 up the
White Stone, and has not been heard of since.
A searching party was made up and n
search was nude, but they could find no
trace o. him. 1t is believed that lie has been
drowned or left the country. Childs was
Captain of the Des Moiues. His home is at
Spencer. Iowa.
Afrightfnl nccident.occurrcd on the Thomp.
sou road some miles west of Duluth. man
named Marlund placed Il can OF dynamite
near the stove to tlaw out. 1t soon OK ploded
killing lin instantly. His wife and four chill
dren were seriously hurt some OF tl2n hav.
ing legs aud arms broken. The house
caught fire and the inmates were rescued
with difficulty.
at Mabel. in q quarrel over gume of
cartis. Clas. Morgan shot and fatally wound.
ed Robt Fulton md severely wounded vii.
linn Eagle. Fulton had drawn knife on
Morgan md the latter shot in self.tiefsnse,
as Fulton meant TO stab him to DEATH
Engle was bystander and was shot acci.
dentnlly, the bullet lodging in his groin.
Morgan is in jail.
The first bear story of the season co mes
from Long Prairie, Todd county, and tells
Of terrible encounter between man named
Marshal! and huge bear of the cinnamon
species. lie had been hunting. and shot
away all his cartridges except three, and
on the way home came across bruin mt very
close quarters. He fired the three balls into
the bear. resulting in only aggravating the
animal. He was SO close that he could not
escape. md the animal at tackled him. tearing
off his clothes AMI terribly laccrating his
face and body. Tho hunter used his Win.
cllesteras club. md succeeded in getting in
chance blow sh tho animal lead, which
STUNNED hin, and he then pounded his brains
out with the broken barrel of his gun. He
was not very far from no me. which he reach.
ed in badly used up condition.