The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-09-10
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 q
Nutshell,
MINNIE sofa


Michael Marwitz, an old man, suicided
at Dodge Center by hanging.
The Duluth Tribune has a $35, 900 libel
suit, brought by A. H. Truax & Co.
The first Scandinavian grand lodge N
America was organized at Minneapolis.
The new hospital building of the Norwe-
gian Lutheran Deaconesses, at Minneapolis,
was dedicated.
Andrew Carlson fell from the Linton ele
vator at Minneapolis, sustaining injuries
that proved fatal.
Marie Fergstad and Gustav G. Kindseth,
teller at the Scandal Bank at Minneapolis,
were married.
MinnesOtas' Worlds Fair commissioners
declare $4,000 to be too small for a good
exhibit, and Col. Reeves threatens to
resign.
Miss May Pierce, daughter of exS Senator
G. A. Pierce and Rev. Robert Inglis, of
Charlottesville, Ind, were married at Min
neapolis.
John Maguren, who has been on trial at
St. Cloud for rape committed short time
ago at Melrose, was bound over to the De-
Cember term of court
Sixprisoners escaped from the Jail at
Crookston the other night. Completely Of
the other prisoners enabled the escaped to be
concealed SO hours.
Thecontract for building the new city
hospital building at saltwater was let to
Sven Berglund for $5,728.
F. J. McComber, son Of the well-known
mining man and explorer, of Duluth,
attempted suicide by shooting at Tower
while intoxicated.
Misses Marian H. Seeley, Edna X.
Smith and Alice A. German graduated
from the training school for nurses of St.
Anthonys Hospital at Minneapolis.
w. Mccullough sustained broken leg
and other injuries while riding down in an
elevator at the Albion building at st. Paul.
The fastcningS of the elevator broke and it
fell twenty feet.
The Swedish Publishing Company which
issues the Svenska Folkets Tidning at
Minneapolis, has been sued for $4,000
damage for an alleged libelous statement
regarding Gus Holm, book dealer.
Ground has been broken for the founda-
ton for the new county court house at
Slayton. Lock & Mcleod of Minneapolis
are the builders. 1t is to be completed by
Jnly l, 1891
c. NJ. George of St. Paul has leased the
opera house at Redwing for one year from
Sept. 8, 1891, and will operate it in connec-
ton with the Mankato house, leased by his
brother, in new tn eatrical circuit.
Thirty acres of uncut wheat belonging to
the Grandin and Z. J. Clark farms near
Georgetown were burned by an accidental
fire. A separator burned and the fire ran
through the stubble
Tie two sections of freight train on the
Eastern Minnesota collided near Princeton
and four men severely injured. They were:
Conductor Young, Brakeman Cardlc, Colin
Campbell, and James Baker, of Milaca.
J. w. Jennison, a brakeman, has brought
a claim against the city ofWinona for 81, 900
While on top of freight car on the Wi
mona & St. Peter track he had been knock
ed down by an electric light wire.
An unknown man threw himselfin front
of a short line train at Uazelwoo near
Duluth and was horribly mangled. He
was apparently 80 years old, roughly dress
ed and barefoOted.
BY the accidental discharge of gun
young man named Williams, was fatally
injured at SleeDv Eve. His neck. face and