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

MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Battle Lake is now full-fedged in
corporated village.
The postoffice at Ely has been placed
in the presidential class.
| Three persons died last week at Min
neapolis from injuries received by being
struck by electric cars.
Minneapolis mills ground 14l, ,075 bar
rels of flour last week, again"t 129, $40
the corresponding week last year.
Fred q. l.. Hunt, Minneapolis bicy-
clist, contemplates making journey
around the world on his wheel.
The Minnesota Farmers Alliance In
surance company has filed articles Of
incorporation. Ignatius Donnelly is
| president.
Judson N. Cross, of Minneapolis, is
one of board of three commissioners
| to go to Europe and examine into the
immigrant question.
| The homeopathic physicians of Min
nesota held their twenty-sixth annual
convention at the capitol at st. Paul,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of
last week.
at the special county election at
Northern Pacific Junction the question
| of bonding the county for $25, 1000 to
build roads and bridges was carried
almost unanimously.
Commencement exercises are being
| held at the Winona normal school this
week. The graduating class numbers
! fifty, the same number as last year, of
whom forty-fve are ladies and five
| gentlemen.
DR.. e. NJ. Morehouse, mayor of Owa-
| tonna, died Saturday morning, having
| lived just week after receiving injur-
les by falling down stairs. The funeral
occurred Tuesday, and was in charge of
the Masonic fraternity.
Two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Felix
Lawler were burned to death in fire
! which consumed their dwelling at Min
neapolis Saturday. Mrs. Lawler was
so badly burned in attempting their
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
| 1dAul lu, fiSO lSSCAG lOl 1hllllCSOOCt,
presented 81 ,050 as Minnesotas contrib
ution to the Mount Vernon fund.
Two well known Indian guides, Pete
Morrison and jackson Carbon, were
| drowned in North lake while endeavor-
ing to rescue a 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 g
Co. at Minneapolis, were wiped out by
| fire about a. IN. Wednesday, involving
loss of between 100000 and O,O00,-
0G0 feet Of lumber, mostly last seasons
cut, worth about $12 thousand feet.
The total loss is placed at $223,G00; in
surance $4,000. ..
There is a postoffice in Pine county
called Sandstone. It is on the Kettle
that county has a>town not a great way
off called Sandstone. Some of the
people in the vicinity want to get the
two offices amalgamated and some do
| not. The matter has been appealed to
| the department for settlement
A De Lacy Wood, editor of The Two
| Harbors Iron Post, is soon to pull up
stakes and move to Grand Marais, a
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 feathered
and shot a 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 a woman
who claims that she is his wife and that
he ran away from her two years ago
with $4,000 belonging to her. Yolton
has been living here with woman
whom everyone supposed was his wife.
arrives woman No. 2 skips out with
$1,000.
At Fergus Falls Saturday, Adelbert
Goheen, the murderer of Rosetta Bray,
was sentenced to be hanged at such a
time after ninety days as the governor
shall decide upon. He took his sem
tence in tho same unaffected manner
that he has shown throughout the trial.
There is rumor that he attempted to
hang himself in Jail, but it is denied.
) His counsel are making an effort to
have his sentence changed to life i'm
! prisonment, ard all but one juror signed
J the petition. The judge, however, in
sentencing him, said there were no nit
igating circumstances.
J. V. Brewer, the commissioner of the
new Itasca state park, established by
the last legislature, is taking active
steps TO look up the abstracts of title in
order to secure lands within its borders,
owned by private parties. The park is
situated in the northern part of the
state, about twenty miles from Park
. Rapids, and contains about thirty-four
squire miles. The pioneer party to this
park will be made up of Professor
George D. Alton and Superintendent
w. NJ. West, of Faribault, who, with
several friends, will start about the
middle Of June for q stay of several
weeks.
An interesting case has been decided
at Fergus Falls. Several years ago
! Thomas I'll. Garfield, the well-known
} farmer at Lake Park, sold one Owen
Cowles valuable horse, taking his
note and security on the horse. About
four years ago Cowles desired to dis
pose Of the horse and Mr.. Garfield
changed his security, taking third
, mortgage on Cowles' farm. The sum
due Garfield at that time was $741. The
,, mortgage was made out for $3.50. The
principal and interest now amount to
! 81, 100. MI Garfield attempted to col
? lect by foreclosing his mortgage.
Cowles set up the claim Of usury: claim
ing that tie difference between the S741