Morris tribune., 1891-05-27
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

struck by electric cars.
Minneapolis mills ground 14l ,075 bar
rels of flour last week, against 129, ,94l
the corresponding week last year.
Fred e. L. Hunt, Minneapolis bicy
clist, contemplates making a journey
around the world on his wheel.
The Minnesota Farmers Alliance In
surance company has filed articles o.
incorporation. Ignatius Donnelly Ii
president.
Judson N. Cross, of Minneapolis, il
one of board of three commissioner!
to go to Europe and examine into th'
immigrant question.
The homeopathic physicians of Min
nesota held their twenty-sixth annua
convention at the capitol at st. Paul
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ol
last week.
At the special county election al
Northern Pacific Junction the question
of bonding the county for $25, 900 tt
build roads and bridges was carried
almost unanimously.
Commencement exercises are being
klC1O az luC w 11O1 L1teA oShAtOA bA1AE
week The graduating class number
fifty, the same number as last year, o.
whom forty-five are ladies and five
gentlemen.
DR.. e. NJ. Morehouse, mayor of Owa
tonna, died Saturday morning, having
lived just a week after receiving injur
les by falling down stairs. The funera
occurred Tuesday, and was in charge OF
the Masonic fraternity.
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Felix
Lawler were burned to death in firt
which consumed their dwelling at Min
neapolis Saturday. Mrs. Lawler was
SO badly burned in attempting theil
rescue that she may also die.
At the annual meeting of the Mount
Vernon association. which took place
at Mount Vernon last week, Mrs. Judge
Flandrau, vice regent for Minnesota
presented 81 ,050 as Minnesota's contrib.
ution to the Mount Vernon fund.
Two well known Indian guides, Pete
Morrison and Jackson Carbon, were
drowned in North lake while endeayor.
ing to rescue Frenchman from drown,
ing. The Indians were drunk at the
time the accident occurred, and upset
their canoe.
Chambers has appeared among the
horses in the vicinity of Alexandria,
Mimi, and several have died from the
disease. The local boards have taken
steps to root out the scourge. Probably
as many as 100 horses have been infec.
ted throughout the country.
The big lumber yards of J. W. Day &
Co. at Minneapolis, Were wiped out by
fire about 3 a. in. Wednesday, involving
a loss Of between 100000 and 20, 0,000,-
600 feet Of lumber, mostly last seasons
cut, worth about $12 thousand feet.
The total loss is placed at 1928, 900; in
surance $4,000.
There is postoffice in Pine county
called Sandstone. 1t is on the Kettle
river, and q railroad building through
that. .couxtY has 0 town not great way
rSSe called Sandstone. Some of the
people in the vicinity want to get the
two offices amalgamated and some dc
not. The matter has been appealed tc
the department for settlement.
A De Lacy Wood, editor of The Two
Harbors Iron Post, is soon to pull ur
stakes and move to Grand Marais, q
small village on the north shore
A De Lacy Wood is famous as the Two
Harbors editor whom the alleged White
Caps, who recently tarred and featherec
and shot citizen of the place. ordered
to leave town On peril of his life.
At Duluth, T. R. Yolton, proprie
tor of the Saddle Rock restaurant
was arrested at the instance Of woma
who claims that she is his wife and tha
he ran away from her two years agt
with $4,000 belonging to her. Yolto1
has been living here with a woman
whom everyone supposed was his wife
A curious fact is that just as wife No.
arrives woman No. . skips out with
$500.
At Fergus Falls Saturday, Adelber
Goheen, the murderer of Rosetta Bray
was sentenced to be hanged at such
time after ninety days as the governor
shall decide upon. He took his sen
tence in the same unaffected manfe|
that he has shown throughout the trial
There is rumor that he attempted t,
hang himself in Jail, but it is denied
His counsel are making an effort t.
have his sentence changed to life i'm
prisonment, and all but one juror signet
the petition. The judge, howevar, il
sentencing him, said there were no nit
igatipg circumstances,
J. Y. Brewer, the commissioner of tn
new Itasca state park, established b,
the last legislature, is taking activ
steps to look up the abstracts of title il
order to secure lands within its borders
a1 l,1T fa Tho
situated in the northern part of tn
state, about twenty miles from Par
Rapids, and contains Hbout thirty-fou
squire miles. The pioneer party to thi
park will be made up of Professo
George p, Alton and Superintendent
| w. M. West, Of Faribault, who. VIZ
several friends, will start about til
middle of June for a stay of seyera
weeks.
| An intere sting case has been decide
at Fergus Falls. Several yeaga az
Thomas Fl. Canfald, the well-know
farmeZ as Lake Park, sold one Owe
Cowles a valuable horse, taking hi
note and security on the horse. Abou
four years ago Cowles desired to dis
pose Of the horse and Mr.. Canfel
changed his security, taking thir
mortgage an GoWles' farm. The SUI
due Garfield at that time was $741. Th
mortgage was made out for $780, Th
principal and interest now amount t
$l,100. Mr. Garfield attempted to CO
lect by foreclosing his mortgage
Cowles set up the claim of usury. claim
| ing that TIE difference between the $74
and 800 was usurious, Mr.. Canfel
claimed it was iisbursed by him fc
making out and recording the papers
The jury decided that the so was usur
ous So Garfield loses his 81, 100, if th
supreme court doesn't reverse the d.
cision.
Oldest Mason Dead Again.
j BURLINGTON, VT, May 25.-John Z
Hollenbeck, who was lieutenant i
the war of 1912, died Sunday, aged G
years. He was the oldest Mason in th
world, having been initiated in 1918.
Dupuqus's forage Battery Cary,
j, DUBUQUE, Iowa, May 20. The d
Luque Street Rail way company has put
operation in this city the first and on
system of electric storage battery ca
in the world. One of the cars has be-
In operation ei the Dubuque Sire
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