The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-17
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, NOrtl
and South Dakota News in o
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA

august JonnSOn SulclUeu aL MOoIheau.
Henry Krentz of Woodville, died of ty
phoid fever.
The New Ulm foundry and machine
shops burned.
A. s. Briggs, popcorn vender at Mime
apolis, fell dead ON the street in front ofthe
Bijou.
The Linscott chair factory was destroyed
ance, $4,000.
The president of the st. Croix Boom Cor
poration, Martin Mower, died $4,000
short in his accounts.
A 5-year- old son of Ratchford Grant, liv-
ing near Glyndon, was killed by wagon
passing over him.
John Kaxvold, farmer, was killed by
an unruly horse at Alexandria, sustaining
a fractured skull.
Three men were arrested at Moorhe cad
while attempting to steal clothing from the
store of Holmes & Co.
The store and post-offiee of G. A. Victor
at Lindstrom was burglarized. The con-
tents of the safe were taken.
H. Frankel, while mentally depressed,
attempted suicide by drowning in the Red
River at Ada. He was rescued.
Judge Thomas Wilson, of Winona, ad-
dressed large gathering at the Mower
County Old Settlers Association, at Aus
| tin.
Three children of the Gibson family and
farm hand named Monroe died in one
week at Dundee, from drinking polluted
well water.
The big land case at Duluth has been
postponed to Nov. 5, on motion of Atty
Redington. 1t is stipulated that all eVi-
dence in shall continue in force.
Detectives are looking for Nick Gortura,
the pine land operator who committed a
forgery at Duluth which netted him $500
His accomplice, a woman, was found in
Chicago.
At meeting of the directors of the Pine
County Agricultural society it was decided
to hold the third annual fair on Oct l. 8
and 3. The fair promises to be as successful
as its predecessors.
Work has been commenced on Hanens-
terms brewery at New Ulm, by which its ca
pacity will be increased from 5000 to Is,
900 barrels per year. The improvements
will cost $4,000.
Another change has been made in the
express office of New Ulm. The present
agent goes TO st. Paul to enter the employ
of the company there. His brother, Mr.
Viets. of St. Paul succeeds him.
The GAINESVILLE Independent has been
removed to Moorhead, and will be pub
Ished there. E. J. Taylor is editor of the
Independent. No change will be made il
the paper either in appearance or politics
The St. Cloud council voted to make
needed changes in the fire department.
among them the purchase of span o
horses and one new hose cart, and employ
ing man to take charge of the central house
and horses.
J. B. Schneiders a butcher at Hallock
assaulted on the street Mrs. Moran, hal
breed. He was melted to do the deed be
cause his wife informed him that Mrs
Moran claimed to be improperly intimate
with him.
While trying to make an old gun work
the 9-year-old son of Nels Markason O.
Buffalo put the but end into the stove anC
then tried to blow the dust out by putting
his mouth over the barrel. The gun wen
off, tearing away the entire back of hi!
head.
The sorghum cane working season a
Red Wing has opened. The acreage devot
ed to this crop here this year is larger than
ever before, and although the cane is not
the best, the results promise to be fairly
satisfactory. The sorghum mill will be
kept busy for four or five weeks.
The Woman's Relief corps of st. Cloud
presented the James M. McKelvy Post, G
A. R. with a beautiful silk flag, costing $50
and portrait of "America's Great Patriots.
After the presentation speech and re-
plv were made, refreshments were served
A young man by the name of Graves, 6
resident of Mapleton, met with &
bad accident at Wells recently. He swung
from the depot platform onto ladder on
the side of a freight car. A pile of trunk:
on the platform brushed him from the cal
and he fell under the train. One foot was
crushed so badly that amputation at the
ankle will be necessary.
A bloody fight occurred on Snake river
between two drunken Chippewa Indians, ii
which one had his eye gouged out and his
finger bitten off. The tribe to which they
belonged have been picking rice, and the
men had an argument over the possession o.
some rice Blood poisoning has set in and
the injured Indian will die.
At the invitation of County Attorney
Oscar Taylor the board of commissioners
and Auditor Vossburg of Stearns county
visited Little Falls to look over Morrison
county's new court house. The board
were we'll pleased with the same, and will
act as body in regard to whether Stearns
county shall haYe a much needed new
court house.
Judge Webber has rendered decision in
the case of the Winona & st. Peter Lane
Company VS.. settlers in Brown county
The cases were in the nature of ejectmen
suits and the decision are in favor of the
settlers. Congressman Lind, c. A. Hag
berg. Geo. w. Somerville. J. N. Thompson