New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-24
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

Reliable parties from the Sisseton reserva-
ton assert that Indians are actually starv-
ang Sickness, arising from hunger and cold,
Is prevailing to an alarming extent.
Teams have now commenced crossing
Lake Pepin on the ice. No attempt of the
kind has been made on the river at Red Wing
as yet as the ice is hardly thick enough to
bear person.
Two, burglars broke into Bones jewelry
shop at Hinkley, taking twenty-six watches
and lot of chains They were caught in a
box car at Mission Creek and the watches
found on them.
The jury in the somewhat celebrated
albel suit OF George La Fond of Little
Falls against c. Parker Mcclure of st. Cloud
an alleged llbelous letter, for which the for
mer asked $4,000 damages, returned q YER
dict OF $50 for the plaintiff
Z, B. Brekke, farmer of the town Of
Aastad, thrown from o wagon on his
way home from Little Falls. He struck on
his head and broke his neck. Brekke was
middle-aged and we'll to do, and he leaves
large family.
coroner Dlessner was summoned from
Naconia to Norwood to hold an inquest on
the body of August Loesch a saloon keeper,
who hanged himself. Family troubles are
:ascrbed as the cause. He was memb Der of
the G. A. r.
A crazy man named Ole Erickson set fire to
Fred Schacht's barn in the town ofEiza beth
and it burned to the ground. The loss is
5000; Insured. Erickson afterwards broke
unto Schacht's house and tried to fire that,
but was caught and has been committed to
the asylum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Salisbury of Lac qui
Parle, probably the oldest married
couple in the United States, have just cele-
brated the 1O3d birthday Of Mr.. Salisbury,
His wife will be 1O1 years old Christmas day.
Jan. y they will have been married eighty
years.
The clothing store of Clan H. Grass was
entered by burglars at Fergus Falls, and
about $500 worth OF goods taken They
sawed a hole through the rear door. They
took three fine fur coats, one an expensive
beaver, and several sealskin caps and silk
handkerchief
Martin and Joseph Madden, who were ar.
rested in st. Paul charged with burglarizng
the hardware store OF J. w. Powell in St.
Cloud Oct 10, pleaded guilty in the district
tin was sentenced to two and one-half years
in the state prison and Joseph was entenced
to the st. Cloud reformatory
E. J. Amery, a well-kn WI contractor was
murderously assaulted in his office at Du-
luth by John Haas u discharged laborer,
who fired three shots at him, perforating his
clothing, but inflicted no wound. Haas then
placed the revolver close to his own left tenn
pie and sent bullet into his brain. Haas
WIS subject to fits OF insanity. He was un.
married. and thirty five years old.
The Iowa, Minnesota & Dakota Elevator
company, operating limo of warehouses on
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
railway, has assigned. Liabilities, $50. 900;
assets unknown. John Butler banker of
Ellsworth, was manager Of the company.
Two days ago special trains were run on the
Burlington road and all the grain taken from
rthe elevators to Chicago and disposed Of
Engineer Russell has started out from Du-
auth with party to make surveys locating
the Atcokan Iron Range railway from Carl
stadt ninety miles west and from Aticokan
river about fifty miles. On the completion
r of this road which will virtually be branch
of the Canadian Pacific 1000 900 tons of
ore per annum can easily be shipped from the
Aticokan mines.
An almost successful attempt at Jail de-
livery was made at Breckenridge One of
the prisoners under sentence to Saltwater
for robbery got a bail from water pail,
picked the lock, got two cells open and the
three, all under sentence to state prison, got
the irons off their feet and when discovered
were making good progress with a hole
through the wall. Aid was called in and the
men gotten back into their cells and secured
In the district court at Albert Lea, Tracy
Baumgartner, young woman we'll know in
that city, obtained verdict Tor $4,000
against John Graham. formerly a saloon
keeper. n w living a Ottumwa, To-, for defama-
ton of character He was accused in effect,
OF calling her a woman OF the town. He is
insovent and the verdict is uncollectable.
He made very weak defense, and seemed to
care little about it. The verdict. neverthe-
less is a surprise to many, but it was justified
by the evidence.