The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-17
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

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August Johnson suicided at Moorhead.
Henry Krentz of Woodville, died of ty-
phoid fever.
The New Uln foundry and machine
shops burned.
A. s. Briggs, popcorn vender at Mime
apolls, fell dead on the street in front ofthe
Bijou.
The Linscott chair factory was destroyed
by fire at St. Cloud. Loss, $01, 900; insur-
ance, $4,000. t 49,. + ta.@.
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. -E.H ...... -l-r
| John Kaxvold, farmer, was killed by
an unruly horse at Alexandria, sustaining
fractured skull.
Three men were arrested at Moorhead
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. $685..
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
we'll water.
The big land case at Duluth has been
postponed to Nov. s, on motion of Atty.
Redington. 1t is stipulated that all evil
dence in shall continue in force.
Detectives are looking for Nick Gortura,
the pine land operator who committed q
forgery at Duluth which netted him $500.
His accomplice, woman, was found in
Chicago.
At a meeting of the directors of the Pine
County Agricultural society it was decided
to hold the third annual fair on Oct. 1, 2
and g. The fair promises to be as successful
as its predecessors.
Work has been commenced on Hanens-
terms brewery at NewUlm, by which its ca
pacity will be increased from 8, 900 to 49,,
600 barrels per year. The Improvements
will cost $25, 900. ....
Another change has been made in the
express office of New Ulm. The present
agent goes to St. Paul to enter the employ
Viets. of st. Paul, succeeds him.
The GAINESVILLE Independent has been
removed to Moorhead, and will be pub
lished there. E. J. Taylor is editor of the
Independent. No change will be made in
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 Of
horses and one new hose cart, and employ
ing a man to take charge of the central house
and horses. ..
J. B. Schneiders butcher at Hallock,
assaulted on the street Mrs. Moran, half
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 of
Buffalo put the but end into the stove and
then tried to blow the dust out by putting
his mouth over the barrel. The gun went
off, tearing away the entire back of his
head. 49,
The sorghum cane working season at
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 NJ. Mckelvy Post, G.
A. R. with a beautiful silk flag, costing $50,
| and portrait of Americas Great Patriots"
After the presentation speech and re-
ply were made, refreshments were served.
A young man by the name of Graves, a
resident of Mapleton, met with a
bad accident at Wells recently. He swung
| from the depot platform onto ladder on
the side of freight car. A pile Of trunks
on the platform brushed him from the car
and he fell under the train. One foot was
crushed so badly that amputation at the
ankle will be necessary. a..z ,:a,.l.., n
| A bloody fight occurred on Snake river
between two drunken Chippewa Indians, in
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 argulne nt over the possession of
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 well pleased with the same, and will
act as body in regard to whether Stearns
county shall have a much needed new
court house.
| Judge Weber has rendered decision in
the case of the Winona & St. Peter Land
Company vs.. settlers in Brown county
The cases were in the nature Of ejcctment
suits and the decision are in favor Of the
settlers. Congressman Lind, G. A. Hag-
berg, Geo. w. Somerville ]. N. Thompson
and G. R. Davis were attorneys for the set
tiers. H.
NORTH DAKOTA,