The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNIE SOTA.

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MINNESOTA.
A county alliance has been organized in
Mower county.
Minnesota stock breeders have decided to
issue herd book OF their own.
Fifty prisoners in the Saltwater peniten-
tiary are laid up with influenza.
The Mile Lac Indians are suffering hunger
on account OF the scarcity Of game and fish.
Fred c. Pillsbury, OF Minneapolis, has been
elected president of the State Agricultural
society.
An addition capable of accommodating
100 patients has been built to the Rochester
insane asylum.
Contract has been let for the building OF q
$50, 600 bridge across the Mississippi at St.
Cloud
James Malloy sued the Burlington railroad
company at ST. Paul for $2O, 900 aud got q
verdict OF 81.
n John A. Dix post. G. A. R., Of Luverne. is
making preparations for the encampment to
be held there in June.
Assistant Dairy Commissioner Lawrence
.confiscated $500 pounds OF oleomargarine
in the northern part of the state.
Ole Stomme, an old resident of Heron Lake,
committed suicide by hanging himself in his
barn. Financial difficulties was the cause.
State Labor Commissioner Lamb has in
augurated q crusade against the bogus en-
ployment agencies Of st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
Lewis Converse, q commercial traveller,
made an unsuccessful attempt to take his own
life by poison at Minneapolis. He is in the
hospital.
j. G. Griebet, for many years q leading
merchant of Mankato, was closed by the
'sheriff on an attachment Of $26, O57 got out
by st. Paul firm.
A union of business men and CAPT talists of
st. Paul has been formed ito stimulate and
encourage large manufacturing enterprises
to locate in our midst"
Halvor Lying, an old and we'll known farm
er living near Fergus Falls, was tipped over
an embankment while driving home and re-
ceivel injuries which may prove fatal.
The Clifton house at Mankato, owned by
Jacob Klein. was destroyed by fire, with it's
contents. The loss will reach $4,000, with
no insurance This is the second hotel
burned during The last few days;
n Senator Davis called up the hill appropri-
ating 81, 100000 for public building Mt St.
Paul. 1t was taken, on his motion, from it's
position on the calendar, considered in COM
mittee of the whole, and passed with no op.
position.
Northern Minnesota is being treated to an.
sother snow storm ofample proportions. The
'lumbermen now say that this is getting too
n n :,
seriously interfering with their logging op-
CREATIONS
christian Tanberg, of Mansion, Wilkin
county, committed suicide by taking poison
in alcohol punch. He was well off financially,
having once owned the town site of Rothsay
and the town of Tanberg being named after
him. Strong drink was the cause.
Neem Nelson. of Gordonsville put down
drive well near his store and alter the pipe
had been driven to the water workmen tried
ITO lower q bolt to test the depth ofthe water,
but the bolt chung to the sides, the pipe be-
ing heavily charged with magnetism.
Ed F. Fay. in whose care the dogs of the
st. Paul Kennel club Wei left, neglected his
trust for some time and when the animals
! were discovered they had become so raven
Gus with hunger that they had killed some
Of their smaller companions and devoured
them. Fay has skipped out to avoid arrest.
The Duluth Steet railway will commence
work on an incline cable road to the top OF
nke hill running up Seventh avenue west
The cost of the incline plant will be 1926. 600.
On level streets, where service is now done by
+, mule and horse power, electric service will
"probably be substituted
ia h~y, hsrp Aro ho To-
,~1ry goods house of Huber & Co. being COM
lpletely Quilted. The stock carried by this
Arm was one OF the largest in Southern
minnesota and the loss will foot up over
$4,000, with insurance of something like
$4,000. The building occupied by the firm
was one of the best in the town, and the loss
upon it will be quito heavy,
The board 81 county commissioners o.
Usseca county has decided to compromise
the claim of the county against the bonds
men ofex-County Treasurer McKenna and
accept from the bondsmsn $4,000 in full
Settlemen of said claim, which amounts tc
$9.315.75. The settlement will, it Is under
4 stood b accepted by the bondsmen, and
Minus further ritixstioh be avoided. The com
promise was reached, IL great measure
through the efforts of Senator Yard. himself
perhaps the heaviest taxpayer in the county
and meets the approval of the Entire coun ty
NORTH DAKOTA.
B. F. Kellar, postmaster of Tower City
Cass county, and Appointment Mason, died d
heart disease.
William Nell, retired farmer living nea,
Bismarck, was killed by being thrown from
his wagon by runaway team.
Here's new difieulty. 1t ID claimed that
the sinking Of artssian wells in North Oak otu
/ Is causing many Of the large laksv in that
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