New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-10-21
THE NORTHWEST
"A Summary Of the Important Events
+ Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States. ,.:.%
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
. and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA

MINNESOTA
Gustave Kreuger was crushed by boul.
- der at Rochester while undermining it.
Frank Rice, II years old, became insane
at Hutchinson from the use of tobacco.
George Annis was.accidentally struck by
. a crowbar at Rochester and probably fatal
ly injured. 4~@
Rev. George D. Heron has resigned the
Passionate OF the Lake City Congregational
Church to go to Burlington, Ia
Rev. W. N. Squire was adjudged insane
by Judge of Probate O. D. Anderson at
Humbrota and was taken to the Rochester
E asylum for treatment.
Gottlieb Fanrey. farmer of Montivideo,
was killed while driving to his home from
town. He is supposed to have fallen from
his wagon.
Rev. Edmund Gale resigned the pastor
ate ofthe Faribault Congregational Church
after twenty years service in that parish.
lie is seventy years old.
Three burglaries in one night were COM
mitted at GAINESVILLE. The victims were J.
Marth, clothier: H. Peterson, merchant,
and the F. n. Elevator office.
Peter Hanson, an oiler, met frightful
death in elevator H at Duluth. His cloth
ing caught in the shafting, and before the
machinery could be stopped he was wound
about it and killed.
A large pack Of wolves attacked sheep in
fold in the northeastern part Of Kanabec
county, and killed two before they were
driven Off Hunters are now after the pack,
which were the first seen in this section in
years
oil II Of fIo
Nelson Lumber company at Cloquet, was
instantly killed by the projecting logs on
train where he was coupling cars on their
logging railroad, thirty miles above there.
Julius Anderson, who was indicted by
the grand jury at Winona for raising Amer
lean express money orders, was found
guilty Of forgery in the second degree. An
derson recently completed a term at Wau-
pun, Wis, on the same charge.
farm laborer named Erick Swanson,
who joined a threshing crew near Royalton,
had his hand and forearm crushed so badly
that amputation was necessary. He mar
rowly escaped being dragged into the
cylinder.
An agitation against the Autographs
used to advertise gaiety companies is going
on at Mankato and the council has taken
hold Of the subject at the request of Mayor
Willard An ordinance relating to the
matter will be presented at the next meet
ing
The Northwest Thompson-H ouston
Company, of st. Paul, who have purchased
the street railway in st. Cloud, have ship
ped ties and rails for the new track, and
work will be begun in few days on max
ing the change from horse to electric
power.
Robbie Burkel, an employe at the North
ern Pacific station here, was almost instant
ly killed. He was engaged in sealing cars,
and in some way which is very mysterious,
was injured by them. His body was not
mutilated and the coroner is trying to as
certain how he came to his death. "a
Joseph Uhl, farmer living two miles
northwest of Dover, was arrested and taken
to Rochester. It seems Uhl hired Charles
Miller for the season. Two weeks ago Mil
Ter left. He went back after his clothes and
while there they quarreled and Uhl pound
ed Miller.
John Hughes, canvas boss at the Western
tent show at Hastings, replenished the city
treasury by paying a fine of SIS for an as
sault upon the eight-year-old son of Theo-
dore Schubert, proprietor of the Union
house. The Western tent show, or rather
circus, came here few days ago from St.
Paul and Minneapolis.
Aleck Johnson, a young farm laborer.
was shot at late hour in front of Anton
Smiths saloon at Mora, by the barkeeper,
James Cameron, the bullet entering the
neck, taking a downward course. John.
son is said to have been very drunk and
q time
Cameron. Johnson may recover.
There was an Austrian wedding at Sou
dan recently, and during the dance that
followed all of the participants got more or
less drunk, when man named Anderson
attempted to run the house to suit himself.
The Austrians objected, and one of them
took a double-bitted axe and struck the
Swede over the left ear, nearly taking the
top Of his head off, death resulting almost
instantly.