The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-06-25
THE NORTHWEST.
\ Summary of the Important Events
OF the Week in the Northwestern
81 States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, NOrtl
and South Dakota News in o
Nutshell.
MINNIE sofa.

A 10 year-old child of Adolph Hermel
died at Wateryille.
The Huggard gas well at Warren was lit
Tor the first time the other day and citizens
are enjoying the unusual sight.
Willie, 8 years old, son of. G. Rose, was
drowned in the st. Croix river at Warren
while playing on the logs in the mill boom.
The 18th anniversary of the first settle
mentot Renville county was celebrated at
| sacred Heart recently
Lightning struck and instantly kill ed
Solomon Peterson, Swede farmer, living
three miles west of Atwater.
The residence of Chris Mannehan, about
four miles north of Chattield, together
with all furniture and clothing, was totally
destroyed by fire.
Burglars entered the residence of James
Royce at Caledonia and stole $65 in cash.
| $3.50 in notes, suit of clothes and other
articles.
The surveying of the Red Lake reserva-
tion is progressing rapidly. 1t is expected
that by Oct. the work will be completed.
Crops in the vicinity are looking fine.
William Newberry, convicted of robbing
mail train at New Salem, was sentenced
y
| tiary.
A Sauk Rapids special says Mrs. P.
| ORielly of Germantown, this county, went
insane over the supposed drowning of her
son. She will be sent to St. Peter.
An attempt was made to wreck the limit
ed Chicago train by misplacing a switch at
Rogers side track, three miles north of
| Waterville.
EnOch II. Miller of Rock Dell was SEN
fenced to two years and three months in
states prison for grand larceny. His son
is serving like sentence for participation
in the robbery.
A Fergus Falls special says the supervi-
sors of Pelican and Scram bier townships
have called upon the county commission
ers to take steps to stop the spread of the
grasshoppers. They are Matching out in
great quantities and are very destructive.
A 14-ycar-old son of NJ Bicrdon accident
ally shot himself at Slayton. He was lying
in thegrass playing with gun and drawing
it towards him. It was accidentally dis
charged, and the charge entered his side.
He died i'll half an hour.
| Louise Zimbrick German girl of seven
teen summers, eloped with William Joplin,
q widower Oftwo months from Park River.
The girls parents and brothers were Op-
posed to him, and they had to take this
way to get married. They have probably
| gone to Dakota.
Three sections of Carlton county school
lands were placed on sale, comprising 1,
800 acres of choice mineral and grazing
lands. This land has been carefully in
| re 10 ha
rurchaser. The prices ranged from So to
$50; all Off sold above the figure ofthe ap-
praiSers.
Owners of mOrtgaged farms in Douglas
county have received circulars from the
government census bureau asking for de-
| tailed information about mortgage Obliga-
tiOns for the use OF the census department.
In quite number of cases farmers have got
| the erroneous notion that the government
intends to pay the mortgage.
The hotel barn and ice house of O. b.
Glasnon were burned at Willmar, and
eight horses belonging to farmers were also
burned. The fire is supposed to have been
accidentally set by parties who had taken
free lodgings i'll the hay loft. The loss to
Glasnon on buildings is about 81, 600; no in
surance.
Tommy Ryan, aged fourteen years. broke
| lnto one VI Tie HILLS dC NOfCnHelu ana Sc
cured some $40 which was in the till. He
was one ofa gang of youthful burglars who
were tried at the district court this spring
and released on a suspended sentence on
promise of good behavior. His younger
brother is already in the reform school,
| having been sent there about a month ago.
Fire destroyed the one story building
owned by Mrs Doyle at Lake Crystal. One
part was occupied by J. H. Tolls as drug
store, and the other by Mrs. Spencer as a
restaurant. The flames spread to brick
building owned and occupied by Estell
Bros, as meat market. Mrs. Doyle's
building was total loss; insurance $4O0;
insurance on Tolls drug store, 5000; on
Mrs. Spencer's stock and furniture, $500; on
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