The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

Ne" Iim nas pOpul0tiOn OF o,oUO, IN ln-
crease Of nearly 500 in five years.
At Brainard. James H. Harrison. aged IL.
was struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The steamer Big Stone City was burned by
incendiaries while in harbor at o rtonvilIe.
The damage to property in Luke City by
900.
The Mankato city council has fixed the pay
ofIaborers employed by the city at 81. so per
day.
A boy with slingshot broke plate glass
ut Mankato and it cost his father $75 to
settle.
William L. Matz. Of st. Paul was knocked
of street car by a passing car aud fatally
injured
August Gerundson aud Hans Olson were
drowned in the Mississippi ut Lakeland by
the capsising of boat.
Christian Sappie. prominent ana wealthy
farmer living near Ward, was drowned while
boating in q mill pond.
The Blue Earth County Agricultural socie.
ty will hold its twenty-ninth annual fair ut
Garden City from September IL to 10.
The Minneapolis brewers have for,ned u
combination to prevent cutting in prices.
The organization has capital Of $1,000.
900.
age to crops in tho vicinity Of Little + Falls
-Four persons were postrated by light.
ming hut will recover.
While crossing the Great Northern track
ut st. Cloud recently. Mrs. Sulith was
struck by an incoming train and badly ill.,
jured.
In addition to the frightful disasters ut
Lake City aud st. Paul Sunday, drowning
accidents occurred ut st. Cloud, Sauk Center
and Duluth.
Willie r. Haskell anl Agnes T. Fairbell
eloped from Fairbuult to Rochester and
were married before the young la,ly's "irate'
parent had time to flo an objection.
Il. l.. Schofrcr, o: Gray Eagle. was instant.
" killed by lightning while stringing wirc
tence for the railroad co mpany near Swun.
willie. He leaves family.
Mankato man says that il that city will
pay every dollar of her indebtc dncss and
publish it to tho world her population will
number 10000 or over in less than four
years.
Jay La Due, of Luverne, has received an
invitation rom the state fatr management
to exhibit the four gold medals h. recently
received from the Russian government, us
breeder of the horse "polly," ut the fair
this fall
u. I. Worren. II well-to.do farmer OF
Washington county, has allowed his aged
mother to 20 to the poor-house. Tho old
a''y gave her son all ller property with the
understanding that lie should care for her
turing the remainder of her life.
John M"'arty, nn engineer, wound up n
orotractcd spree ut st. Cloud by cutting his
throat from ear to eur. One Of his sisters
committed suicide about two years ago by
drowning, and another sister made away
with herself mt st. Paul July by taking
poison.
W. a. Long, pri.oner serving two
years sentencein the Saltwater pc,litentiary.
escaped from that institution by spreading
the window bars with IL Jimmie" he had
stolen from tho machine shop and sliding
down u rope to the yard below. A reward
Of 300 IL offered for his cnpturr.
Mary Swanson, young girl abo ut four
teen years old, living seven miles west Of
Rochester, met her death in {. horrible man-
ner. She had heard that gasoline applied to
furniture AMI then ignted would simply flash
and do no damage, and would also destroy
red ants, which we're very troublesome, She
tried this once and it was successful, but while
abe was making her second attempt she
heard some one coming, and was 40 startled
that she dropped tho Lighted mntrh into the
can Of gasoline. She wns Immediately en-
veloped in flame and burned in II terrible
manner. Aid came at once, aud everything
wns done to save her life, but it nvailed
nothing. Sl,n died four hours after the fatal
match dropped.
Vim. Iullard. carpenter OF st. Cloud
me, with horrible death. With two com
pnnions he was fishing in small luke near
Tint city, when the boat sank, leav ing the
men stunding up to their nccks in the water.
Billiard. made IN attempt to wade ashore,
but became mired in tho quicksand tend sunk
inch by inch before the eyes OF his compnn-
ions, who wera powerless to save him. Sew
| cral minutes elapsed before he finally disap-
pearcl from sight. The other men were RES
cued by II farmer.