The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-23
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
of tho Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa. North
and South Dakota News in "a
Nutshell,
MIN NE sofa.

supt. A. w. Rankin, of the Red Wing
schools has resigned. %.
Barley harvest has begun around Albert
Lee, and the. crop is q good one. Wheat is
progressing finely, and will be ready to
harvest in about two weeks.
The executive committee of the Freeborn
county agricultural society will take meas
ures to boom the fair5i which takes plac-
next month";!
George Mcdowell, who was arrested at
Winona for forgery. had hearing and was
bound over to the September term of the
district court in the sum of 1000.
A fight occurred in the street at Alexan-
dria between Julius Stoppel a butcher and
III. Latzka, a former employee of Stopple's
Latzka was cut in several places about the
head.
Several malicious boys ran two box cars
down from a side track onto the main track
of the Great Northern railroad at Alexan-
dria, and the engine on the west bound
freight ran into them, wrecking one.
The scaffold on s. A. Anderson's store
building at Wells, gave way and three
bricklayers, A. b. Wolf and Robert Heller
of Mankato, and G. Larson of this place
were more or less injured.
J. p. Havland, s. V. Knatvald, w. s.
Kreles, Clint L. Luce and HI. G. Day were
appointed a committe of citizens to solicit
funds for Albert Lea college. 1t is pro-
posed to raise $4,000.
George Smith, and alleged "boot leg
GER" who has been doing business at Aber-
deem without paying government tax, was
arrested and taken to Pierre by Deputy
Marshal Curtiss. He will be bound over.
st. Cornelius church, at the agency at
Redwood Falls, built by the Indians and
sO-Called as a memorial to the late Mrs.
Whipple, was consecrated by Bishop Whip
pie A very large crowd was in attendance.
The contract for building the new Catho-
lie church at MoOrhead was let to John
Hansman of this city. The building is to
be 80 by 80 feet, brick veneered and will
cost &c. 925. 1t will be completed by Octo-
Der.
Sheriff Hammered of Stearns county cap
tured a young man named Charles Grand
stand of Belgrade, who, it is alleged, stole
pair of horses of his mother and sold
them to Sauk Center man. He was ar
rested at Benson.
A large number of real estate operators
from Yankton, Bon Homme, Chamberlain,
Scotland and Sioux Falls are at Mitch ell
for the purpose of forming real estate as
sociation. The object is to boom South
Dakota real estate and induce immigration.
A banquet was given to the visitors.
A revival among the Chippewa Indians
at the head of Lake Vermillion is being
successfully conducted by Mrs. Dempsey
and Miss Porter, relatives of Frank Porter,
a prominent quarter breed of Wisconsin.
They have turned their pow-wow hall into
o church, and party of excursionists there
found them very enthusi astic over their
new religion.
The criminal libel suit brought by Hor-
ace Soper against A. C. Buck, editor of the
Independent, was tried at Henderson be-
fore Judge Severance. After hard fight
the case was dismissed on motion of defend
ants attorney, the complaint having been
found illegally published.
South Dakota
Farmers have commenced cutting oats in
Lyon county. That sown before the spring
snow is about ready to harvest. There will
be, from the present outlook, a very large
average crop of wheat, oats and flax here
this season, though most of the flax was
sown late, good deal of it on new break
ing. There will be scarcity of help here
unless it comes from elsewhere.
Andrew Behrens, who was sent home to
Lake Benton from the asylum at st. Peter
some months ago, went insane and started
out with shotgun. He emptied both bar
rels, one aimed at some children and the
other at q man in the street. Fortunately
he hit no one, and was returned to St.
Peter.
Richard Davidson, a laborer at Adams
mills, Ground House station, was found
dead in the woods near the mill yard.
Davidson was not feeling well and wander
ed away and died. Coroner Cowan was
notified and performed an autopsy. No
foul play is suspected, although there are
indications of poisoning. The case will be
further Investigated.
w. E. Rothermet, of the American fax
and fiber company of New York city, is at
Austin perfecting plans for the erection of
a 81, 500 plant, which will be located south
of this city one mile, and put in operation
in time to utilize this years crop. The city
has donated to the company % acres of
land on which the works will be located.