The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-11-26
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 a
Nutshell,
MINNIE sofa

totally destroyed by fire..
Burglars secured $500 at the store of D. G.
Young & Co. at Aitkin.
Gov. Merriam issues Thanksgiving
proclamation.
The free delivery system will be put in
effect Jan. 1st at Faribault
Wood and Redding of Lake City, who
were indicted for vocation of the Sunday
law, were acquitted.
The drug store of w. E. White in Lake
City has been closed by the sheriff on exc
CutiOns for debt.
The public schools at Pelican Rapids have
been temporarily closed on account of an
pidemic of maglinant diphth eria.
B. B. Hughes, of New York city has
leased the Fleck Hotel at Austin, and will
enlarge and refit it.
There are 35 cases of scarlet fever in
Moorhead and several of the schools have
been closed.
Mrs. Bryan, of Luverne, has come into
possession ofreal estate IN Chicago valued
st 5000, 600.
" liam Bonness, aged 50, was instantly
killed on his farm at Ashley by a runaway
team.
Dolly Mason, 4 years old, was accident
ally shot by his 6-year-old brother at Min
nesota.
Fred Beer, Jr, of St. Bonifacius, shot
himself accidentally and it is feared fatally
while hunting.
The Schlitz Brewing Company has let
contracts for the erection of buildings at
WinOna to cost S35 600
The office of the Park & Nelson Lumber
Company at Brasington burned. Valuable
papers were destroyed.
By the explosion of threshing engine
atSt. Hilaire, the owner, Mr.. Ames and
the engiS&eer were fatally injured.
Winona has subscribed $4,000 toward q
radiator manufacturing plant proposed to
be erected there by Eastern capitalists.
In the newspaper libel case Of Senator
Frank A. Day VS.. H. NJ. BaisdeIl, at Fair,
mount, verdict for Day for $500 damages
was rendered.
A car famine in Fairbault is prevailing.
The elevators are all nearly full, and the
grain dealers will have to stop buying il
cars are not soon produced for shipping.
Among the people of Northfield there is
some opposition to the assessment of 81, lOC
for Rice county made by the Worlds Fail
| commissioner, but probably the majority
| favor raising that amount.
The auditors report shows that forty
wolf bounties were paid at Red Wing dur.
ing the year ended Nov. Is, amounting to
1882. During the previous year $24O was
paid for sixty wolves.
A. P. Swenstrom of St. Paul, assisted by
Mr.. Baldwin of Redwing, instituted Royal
chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star al
| Chatfield with ninety-two charter mem,
| bers.
w. H. Patten & Co. have commenced
putting in the wires for the electric ligh
plant for LIE Sueur, and it is expected tc
have the city lighted by electricity by the
middle of December.
A meeting of the board of trade was held
at Winthrop and 20 citizens signed JOINT
note of $3.50, WinthrOp's share of Sibley
county's apportionment of 500 for the
Worlds Fair.
A Duluth & Winnipeg engine and ca
| boose while backing up to Carlton from
Cloquet, ran into handcar containing SIX
persons, one of whom, Mrs. Christine lie
beck, was killed.
Mrs. Nellie B. Luce, wife of w. s. Luce
of Minneapolis, who was taking special in
| struction at the school for the blind at Fari
bault, died from an overdose of laudanun
taken accidentally.
The jury in the case of Miss Emma Bone
steel against H. A. Pearson, prominen
business man of Duluth, to recover $50, ,OOC
damages for alleged slander, returned yer
dict for the defendant.
The case of The Cannon River Manufac
turers' Association VS.. L. z. Rogers, o
Watervllle, has at last come to an end
The amount involved is somewhat owe
$4,000. The verdict was for defendan
Rogers.
The grand jury at Lake City, failed tc
find an indictment on charges made by (
committee of the Lake City alliance agains
H. J. O'NeiI and McMichael for an ALLEGED
combination to control the price ofgrain il
this market.
A wreck occurred on the Midland rail
road near Hammond. Eight cars wer'
ditched and twenty hogs and several cattle
killed. ALI the train hands escaped un
| injured. The accident was caused by 1
broken axle.