Morris tribune., 1891-09-30
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
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water works.
The Minneapolis exposition closed Sat-
ucday evening.
A rich discovery of iron ore has been
made near Tower.
Farihault county is to have q new
court house at a cost of 50, 900.
A Minneapolis milkman has been fined
$50 for selling adultersted milk.
1t is now said that no lives were lost
in the recent forest fires near Pine City,
Nfinn.
A strong vein of natural gas has been
struck on the farm of Joseph Wiese.
near New Ulm.
Union printers. on the Duluth Daily
iiews, struck last week. The trouble
was over the non-payment of wages.
DR.. W. J. Richardson. of Fairmount.
Fas been appointed member of the
toard of pension examiners in Washing
ton.
The 3-year-oid daughter of Ludwig
Peterson, living six miles east of Ken
Horse. ~
Miss Mary Lowry, daughter of Thom IS
Lowry, of Minneapolis, and Harry l..
Robinson, of The Northwestern Rail-
1pader, were married in Minneapolis
Wednesday last
Mr.. Miller, of Winona, has declined to
sict as one of the Minnesota Chippewa
lime land appraisers, and Mr.. Mcdonald.
GU the same city, has been named in his
1alace and will act.
The Santiago creamery. IS niles
southeast of St. Cloud, burned last week.
residence near by was burned also.
The creamery contained 1000 pounds of
l,utter, which was all lost.
A fisherman near Pine City had a
struggle with huge black bear last
week. The beast attacked the man as
= he left his cabin, but after a stubborn
tight the fisherman freed himself and
shot the bear.
Michael Collins of Faxon, Sibley coun-
tg, was shot and killed. Saturday, by
James O'Neil, Jr., neighbor. Collins
two sons were also badly used up. The
trouble was due to a dispute over
a boundary line.
j. "A. Westby, a state lumber examin-
ar, who has just returned to ST, Paul
from Itasca county, reports that ter
riici wind storm there blew down and
PARTIALLY destroyed from $4,000, 900 to
LOO, 900, 900 feet Of timber.
Governor Merriam aided bv State
Treasurer Bobieter and State Auditor
Bierman last week destroyed the old
railroad adjustment bonds issued in
1881. The exact amount of the paper
consumed was 81 ,991 900.
Charles Dunham, brakeman for the
Northwestern road, was thrown be-
tween two freight cars at Owatonna by
a br axe chain giving way. His head
was severed from his body and he was
otherwise horribly mangled.
The Alliance Grain Growers associa-
ton, which was recently Incorporated,
viii meet in st. Paul shortly to complete
arrangements for erecting large eleVa-
tor at Duluth, which will probably have
capacity of 100000 bushels
The Great Northern has begun the
work of grading its new line from Red
Lake Falls in southeasterly direction
to Fosstan. 1t is ultimately intended
to make it short cut across country
from the Red river valley to Duluth
The annual sale of state timber priv.
Ieges was held at the capitol in st. Paul
Saturday. Between 200 and 300 lumber
- men were present and the bidding was
unusually spirited. Auditor Bierman
thinks the sales will figure the la sest of
any ever held in the state.
It is now the intention of the board of
managers of the state reform school to
remove about 100 of the boys to the new
school In Red Wing, about Oct. /, if by
thst time two of the cottages and a
- sufficient portion of the main building
to accommodate them can be completed.
Governor Merriam has received the
resignation of Hon. Hugh Thompson, Of
Fisher, Polk county, as surveyor
general of logs and lumber in the Sew
enth district. The resignation was ao-
cerSted and Alfred Kaiser, of Fosston,
Polk county, appointed to fill the va
caIicy.
State Auditor Bierman has mad
printed full list of the changes made
by the Minnesota Board of Equalization
in the value of personal property in the
tate as equalized by county, town and
City boards, and returned by the several
county auditors. Copies are being sent
- to each county auditor.
Judge Nelson has appointed o. C.
Merriam of Minneapolis, Ex-Governor
Au stin of st. Paul, and J. Grinnell of
Ka asson commissioners to appraise lands
at and near Sunday Lake, Mimi, wanted
by the government for reservoir pur-
poses and provided for by an act of con-
grelss approved Aug. 2, 1882.
State Auditor Biermann disposed of
the capitol lands in Kandiyohi county
by leases to the highest bidders The
rental per acre per year ran from SO
cents up to 1926. If the lands had been
placed on the market good deal of
them would have brought $50 per acre.
Considerable feeling was manifested be-
tween the bidders.
A band of Chippewas in blankets,
beaded moccasins, ,feathered head dresses
and war wrappings, called on Governor
Merriam, Tuesday, to ask that DIR. Seal,
the physician at the Leach lake ressrva-
ton be removed. They allege that he
ls inefficient, partial and Indifferent to
their needs, and also that he ordered one
of their number shot.
A party of hunters captured three
animals of the bird kind in the iungles
of the Big Woods near Waterville,
They were taken FROM the nest
and are too young to fly, but fully as
large as an owl. They are fierce and
show fight, have restless, tiger-like
motion, and continually sway backward.
= They are of a dark brown, heavily fsath-
ared. and have a perfect baboon or
monkey face, with fierce black eyes.
Chas. Himrod & Co., Crearar 65 Clinch
and Major Bertolet, all large iron and
steel dealers and furnace men,. have.
leased the new blast furnace of the Du-
l,,th Iron and Steel company at Duluth,
and will operate it for a term of years.
THE furnace has a weekly capacity of
about 1 100 tons of pig iron. It will be.
tIe first large coke furnace on Lake Su-
nerior and the first one to use the Besse-
Iner ores of the Vermillion range at
home.