The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-24
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important
Events of the Week in the
Northwestern States.

Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.
A manual training school is to be opened
in st. Paul.
Thenew. courthouse at Winona cost 81 a.
IT'S.
The Fergus Falls city council has ordered
fire escapes to be put on all buildings ofthree
or more stories.
George Dosey, aged 8, of Pine City, died
of hydrophobia. He was bitten q short
time ago by rabid dog.
Capitalists are looking over Saltwater
with the object of locating q wooden mill
employing 26O hands in that city.
George Shaw, q well-kuown Northern Pa
cific engineer, OF Brainerd, died at Winnipeg
Junction of Ia grippe.
August Anderson, Norwegian laborer of
st. Paul, has become violently insane as the
result of q severe attack of the influenza.
The Odd Fellows of Kasson dedicated their
new hall in that city recently. 1t is one Of
the finest structures in southern Minnesota.
Mrs. II. E. Hennessy, OF Red Lake Falls,
slipped on the ice while drawing pail of wa
ter from a well and fell in and was drowned.
James N. Elkins. st. Paul cashier and
bookkeeper committed suicide by blowing
his brains out with a revolver. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
The county commissioners of Clay county
have raised the liquor licenses in unincor-
porated towns and villages in the county to
$1,000.
The Minnesota Eight Hour league has
made arrangements to have public demon
strations in every city in the state on Febru-
Ary %.
The 16-year.old daughter of William Pen
dergast, of Brainerd, eloped with Chris Will
liams, a bartender of that place. The couple
are believed to be in St. Paul.
The citizens of Winona, throu ugh tho city
council, will petition congress to build an
iron drawbridge across the Mississippi at
that point.
Halvor Lying, an old and well known farm
er, living near Fergus Falls, was tipped over
an embankment while driving home and
received injuries that may prove fatal.
There are upwards OF 100 cases otla grippe
reported in Faribault. None have proven
fatal Us yet. Some of the patients are quite
sick, but not dangerously 80.
Judge Crosby sentenced Mrs. Ellen Holmes,
found guilty of manslaughters in the second
degree to one year in the state prison at
hard labor.
The liabilities OF J. W. Colmann & Co.,
dry goods house in Faribault, which was
closed by creditors, amount to about
$4,000. The asserts are not known yet,
but probably will foot up in the neigh or
hood of $4,000.
Mr.. Fortier, an old resident Of Cookston
died very suddenly at Gentilly. where he had
gone to visit his parents. His family were in
Butte and were summoned by wire in time for
the funeral. Rev, FIR. Fayolle, of st. Anne's
church. conducted the services.
Silas Wilcox, living ne or Renville, recently
dug we'll which has turned out to be rather
eccentric. When the wind is in the southeast
there is an abundance of water, but when the
wind is in the northeast scarcely a drop con
be had. The Minnesota river, twelve miles
away, is the nearest body of water.
The parents of young Sam Martin of St.
Cloud who had been a student at the normal
school, are anxious to learn of his where
abouts. He was expelled from the school for
some misdemeanor, and was then refused ad-
mittance to the city school. He disappeared
the next day, and no word has been received
since
Christian Tanberg, of Mansion, Wilkin
county, committed suicide by taking poison
in alcohol punch. He was very we'll known
around Fergus Falls, having owned the town
site of Rothsay and the town OF Tanberg be-
ing named after him. He has drank q good
deal of late and rather lost his grip, which, it
is supposed, lead him to commit the act.
G. W. Thomas, one of Lake City's oldest
business men, has made OH assignment to A.
]. Greer for the benefit of his creditors. Lila.
bilities, SO, 900; assets, Sc, 900. Mr.. Thomas
was in the dry goods and grocery business
and had q strictly cash trade, and his as
signment was entirely unexpected. F. H.
Stanf, druggist, also made an assignment.
Liabilities, 81, 500, which his assets will
nearly cover.
Otis H. Brown, aged IS years, resident
of the town of Osseo, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the heart
He was very eccentric old man, and
among other things lett q diary con tanning
an account OF his con dition before his death
He also left a funeral sermon TO be preached
over his grave. and being carpenter made
a coffin in which to be buried. He was a
spiritualist in religion.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Twenty North Dakota senator's have
pie dyed themselves to support Gov. Miller's
ret renchment policy.
Senator ingalls, introduced bill to reim-
burse George Aud of Dickinson, for loss by
fire in the burning of his postofice on May
5, 1885.