New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-12-02
TEE NORTHWEST.
hSummarY Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
IS. Nutshell.
MINNESOTA


Threshing is practically finished in this To-
cality and the yield is very satisfactory. A
very small percentage ofthe grain is frosted.
liver Bern, who shot saloonkeeper in
East Grand Forks, was lodged in Jail at
Crookston.
John Madden, imprisoned for larceny at
Crookston, escaped from Jail and is still at
large.
VIM. Bolton has bought the Shaw Hotel,
now closed, and will run it in connection
with the Hubbard & Menahga Bus Line. It
will be a first class hotel.
While out skating on Fountain lake near
Albert Lea, William J. Bucknell, young
business man, broke through the ice and
was drowned.
By order of the Plainview town board of
health the schools and churches and other
public places have been closed until further
order on account ofscarlet fever.
A.>P. Swenstrom, of St. Paul, instituted
Royal Chapter of the order Of the East
ern Star at Chatfield, with ninety-two char
ter members.
A wreck on the North Western Railway
at Havana Station, five miles from Owa-
tonna, destroyed a caboose and engine and
injured five men.
The car barn at the corner of Seventh and
Tuscarora streets, which has been one of
the landmarks of st. Paul, burned. Loss,
$4,000, covered by insurance.
The Burlington passenger train, south
bound, ran over and killed an unknow n
man opposite Wlnona, about two miles
from the Northwestern crossing.
A telegram was reviewed at Duluth from
Floodwood stating that a man was killed
recently at that place by falling tree. His
name could not be learned.
Albert Rummell has received
a sentence at Faribault of two years for
stabbing Peter Stonge. The hearing of
Charley Peasley, who murdered Joseph
Colburn, is now being held.
George Lerow, in fit Of insanity, shot
his employer, G. w. Kenyon, at Owatonna,
slightly inj uring him, and then sent ball
through his own body, inficting a prob
ably fatal wound.
John Llndqulst, Norwegian farmer
living in Home City, committed suicide by
hanging. Lindquist lived alone and de-
spondency is supposed to be the cause of
the deed.
The barn on Kramer's farm, in the town
of Minden, was burned, with five horses
and four cows. Fire was caused by the ex-
plosion of lantern; loss 500, no insurance.
The stock belonged to Nichol as Smith, who
is renting the farm:
John Osander, living in the town of Or
we'll, started for his home from Fergus
Falls drunk. The next morning he was
found dead by the road. The team arrived
home with a portion of the sled. 1t is sup
posed that he fell off and froze to death.
The store of the Kuehn Mercantile Com
pany at Wabasha was broken into recent
ly and robbed of clothing dress goods,
shawls ETC., amounting in value to
between 81, 600 and 81 500. A. small amount
of cash was secured. There is no clue to
the robbers
twenty-five boys under 16 years of age
were arraigned in the police court at Vino
ma on the charge Of stealing tobacco and
apples from the cars of the Burlington and
Northwestern railway companies in this
city and dismissed with a reprimand from
the judge.
James Bean, a farmer living near Stay
ton, Mimi, while in Tracy the other night
was knocked down and robbed by two m len.
Percy Fuller, cowboy, and another man
whose name is unknown, are under arrest
for the crime. It is claimed by Bean. who
is in critical condition, that he lost S12O.
A Mabel special says: The county attor-
ney prosecuted a case here against j. S.
Stone and Jonas Lien, charged with hav-
ing allowed gambling in their dives. w. I.
Stroud, the township constable, swore out
and served the warrant. He is acting in be-
half of the Law and Order League.
Nicholas Ellery met with peculiar and
fatal accident at Caledonia While carry
ing swill to his hog and smoking at the
same time, he slipped, and in falling drove
the stem of his clay pipe into his throat.
1t broke off and vas extricated with diff
Guilty. Blood poisoning resulted from the
nicotine and death resulted.
A Tower special says: The Howe Lum-
Der Company closed the purchase of the
John Owens mill plant, together with the
stock of lumber and Potter stumpage. The
consideration is in the neigbborhood OF
$30,0CO The two mills give the Howe
people daily capacity of 300 OCo feet and
makes them the biggest lumber company
north of Duluth. -
/, William Young, alias Billings alias Cum
mings who is said to have stolen horse
and buggy in Todd county couple Of
weeks ago, was captured at EImdale and
brought to .Royalton. The sheriff of Todd
county was telegraphed for, but before he
arrived the fellow broke loose from his
captors and escaped III the brush. The
sheriff is after him.
Advices from st. Vincent says: Threshing
continues, and from the present outlook
will continue all winter if the machines
will tllresh, as the engines cannot thresh
during the cold weather. Horsepower
outfits are talked of and will be purchased
and set to work Unnecessary. All unthresh-
ed grain is well stacked, and even il it has
to remain until spring will keep as well in
the stack as in the grahary, the only draw
back being the farmer cannot pay his notes.
The weather is fine and mild
NORTH DAKOTA.
Wolves are reported to be numerous in
western argentscounty, and are becoming
very troublesome to sheep owners
! Frank Northrup an oiler at the James
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