The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-10-09
THE NORTHWEST.
4 Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNIE sofa.


militia armory costing $12 900 is being
built at Duluth
Ole HoT was crushed to death by a falling
boiler in a warehouse at St Paul.
W. II. Dwyer. of Duluth, has been arrested,
charged with the murder of f. V. Mundy.
The total receipts of the Steele county fair
reached about $4,000 a most excellent show
ing.
new process of burning lime has been in
troduced at st. Cloud with success. In the
new method gas generated from wood is
used as fuel,
A successful business mems carnival was
held at Pipestone. Forty-eight business
houses were represented in the display by as
many handsome young ladies'.
+ Sam Levallee, tobacco dealer, Of St
Cl9ud, wha sold CIT recently going elsewhere
to locate, has not been heard from since.
Upon petition of several creditors, II. Tol-
man was appointed receiver.
At Anoka James Lind is held in $500
bonds to appear at the February term OF
court on complaint o: his wife, who claims
he assaulted her with an ak. cut cash in
her head and threat ened her life.
family frud of long standing eliminated
the other day in a farmer named Paul, liV-
ing near Long Prairie, fatally shooting Mrs.
Louia Bueow and then putting a bullet
through his own brain.
At Hastings the other day a Judgment was
entered in the district court against the st.
Paul DistIery company of South St Paul,
for $219, ,232,75, the plaintiff being Arnold
kalman. trustee, of St Paul.
Dick Loquai an employe in meat mar
ket at Dodge Center, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head The
only cause known or the act is intemperance.
He leaves vile and three children.
Miss Abbie A. Judson, daughter of the
Rev. AdOniram Judson, famous in the annals
of Baptist missi onary work, has become an
avowed Spiritualist. She has been made
president of an association Of Spiritualsts
in that city.
The coroner's inquest on the body of the
4-year-Old girl that was found in a swamp
near Little Falls the other day resulted in
the arrest of Christian Biere, the child's step
father, on charge of murder and of her
mother as an accessory.
The searching party which went out from
Sauk Rapids to search tor the lost boy oI
Thomas ROurke OF st. Paul, who was visit.
| ing friends nt Foley, Benton county, return
ed early and report a fruitless hunt But
little hops are entertained Of his discovery
Sauk Rapids druggist the other day sold
| his store, went to the st. Cloud races, won
considerable money betting, went to bed
with jockey and awoke the next morning
! to find the money gone and his bed fellow
among the missing
Christian Biere. confined in the Jail at
Little Fall on the charge of numbering his
4 year-Old daughter. cut his throat with 6
| pocket knife, making cash two inches long
| from which he lost two quarts o: blood and
was found in very low condition. He may
recover.
The Grand hotel, at Fergus Falls, which
has suffered so many mishnps and changes
! has finally been sold by its Scotch owners tc
Dawson Bell for $4,000. The hotel anc
furnishings cost over 100000, but owing
to its location has never paid and the owners
had threatened to tear it down.
! statement just prepared by DR.. c. N
| Hewett, secretary of the state hoard o
health, shows that the percentage Of mortal
| ity from diphtheria in the state among males
during 1888 was 1876 per cent; among fe
males, 514; in 1899, among males 40. G
among females, so. 4.
Devastating prairie fires ragged north and
south o. Pipeetone, sweeping everything il
! their path. Thousands of bushels o grair
and large quantity of hay were destroyed
Senator W. B. Brown lost his fine tree claim
and large amount of grain. The loss viii
reach into the thousands. The fire wa!
started by passing locomotive.
Thomas Heinen, ST., aged rs, was killed
near st. Joseph, by a passing freight train
The manner of his death was rather peculiar
He had tied a COW by n rope to one of thu
rails of the track and in attempting to re
| lease her to save her was struck by the COW
| catcher and instantly killed The engine sew
cred the rope and the COW escaped uninjured
The coroner decided an inquest unnecessary
For the past week the weather has been al
that could be asked for, for harvest anC
threshing The rains previous to that have
injured stacks in some cases where they were
not properly put up. The largest portion o
the wheat aboutSt. Vincent is grading No.
Northern. The yield is good. twenty-five
bushels per acre is expected as an average
for the north end of the county. Forty cars
of wheat and barley have already been ship
ped from that station, which is not one
quarter of the crop. The potato crop il
good, but there will not be much for sale.