The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-03-19

Mr.. Ve5tluTd, the Sunday school teacher
at the Vasa Orphan home, has started all
industrial school there for the boys.
Black diphtheria is raging in the country
about Caledonia. Two children of Mic
Koch died.
P. P. Swensen, sheriff of Hennepin coun-
ty, filed bills with Auditor Bierman for the
placing of five prisoners at Saltwater.
Rev. Archibald Hadd en-, Minneapolis,
has become field secretary for the Carleton
college at Northfeld.
Bylaws ofthe Stockwell iron company of
Duluth, were filed with the secretary Of
state recently.
John Hokenson, a saloonkeeneF of St,
Paul, was burned TO death by the EXPLOSION
of a gasoline stove.
Ed. Holland. aged II years was Instantly
killed by the falling of tree which some
wood-ohoppers were cutting on his fathers
farm near Sank Rapids.
Arvid Erickson formerly of Minneapolis,
who committed suicide by shooting in
Chicago, tried to take his life last summer
while living in Minneapolis.
A. G. Lawrence. proprietor of the Senti-
has moved his plant to Alexandria and will
get out the paper there.
Miss Gena Brakken of Alexandria, who
has consumption, has been sent to Mime
apolis to receive treatment Her expenses
are paid by citizens.
John Hanlon, recently of st, Paul, was
severely and perhaps fatally stabbed while
working on the railroad track near West
Duluth, by an unknown man.
The town of Alexandria has been liter
ally flooded with MEXICAN lottery circulars
sent through the mails from Ell Paso Tex.
Men. women and even boys receive the
pernicious matter.
J. D. Shepard of saltwater, special ex-
aminer appointed by the general land Office
has gone to Tower to examine number of
surveys recently completed i'll that vicin-
ity.
Frank Davidson, a lad 10 years of age,
was quite badly injured by jumping from a
spring board at the school gymnasium at
Dover. He was picked up unconscious,
and it is feared that his spine is injured.
Gov. Merriam has appointed Il. T. Hew-
ard, of Red Wing, vioe-preSident from this
state to attend the trans Mississippi COM
mercial congress, to be held at Denver,
May 10.
The Mankato school board has entered
into contracts with CHM & Co. and the
American School Book company to use
their school books for the coming tiveyears.
Books will be furnished to scholars 80 per
cent less than under the old prices.
The Mesabi Iron company met at Duluth
and confirmed and extended the opinion
given by the company some months ago
offs, 1000 acres in township 60. ranges IL and
13, to Lovett & Brown, ofthat city. This
is the largest transfer of iron property that
has taken place for years, and it is suppos-
ed to be the richest iron land in the state.
The graduating class of the state normal
| school at MankatG has slected the following
| officerSi President, ]. NJ. Davis; secretary,
Miss Stella Porter; treasurer, Miss Minnie
Moon; orator, Wells Ruble; poet, Miss
Made Davis; historian, Miss Hattie Noble:
songstress, Miss Effie Warner; p8aphet,
Miss Lizzie Coleman.
At a sensational criminal suit tried be-
! fore Justice Daley at Madison, the jury aft
er being out short time, found the defend
ants guilty. The complaining witness was
B. Nichols. Mrs. J. r. Pope and C. D,
Bensett, an attorney of Montevideo, were
the defendants. The charge Was blackmail-
ing. The woman was bound oyer to the
district court and the attorney was fined
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