Morris tribune., 1891-06-10
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Caterpillars are doing mucn daInag'
in the vicinity of Waterville.
Minnesota Adventists are in camp Al
Pleasant Park, near Minneapolis.
The Third regiment of the Minnesot.
national guard is to be disbanded.
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, is ex
pected home from Europe Saturday.
Mayor Winston has ordered ali gam
bling establishments in Minneapolis tc
close.
Six thousand acres of school lands
were sold i'll Clay county last week. The
prices realized were good.
The state superintendent has desig.
mated Plainview and Preston as places
for holding summer schools.
The grasshopper scare at Pelican Rap
ids is over. Only small bunch was
seen on section four in that town; moth
ing general.
The semi-annual meeting of the Min
nesota Unitarian conference will be
| held at Unity church, st. Paul, on Tues
day and Wednesday.
Eva Mcdonald, state lecturer of the
| Minnesota Farmers Alliance, was mar
ried Tuesday last to Frank Valesh, an
assistant state labor commissioner.
For parading the streets of Winona.
Mimi. with musical instruments men,
hers of the Salvation Army were fined
| $25 and costs. The case will be appealed.
Word has been received from Super
yising Architect Edbrook, of Washing
ton that work ON the Duluth public
building will be advertised in few
days.
Minneapolis ministers are pointing
out to the grand jury and to the mayor
various symptoms of municipal degen-
eracy which they have discovered from
time to time.
Hon. Joseph Roach, - Northfeld,
Mimi, has been awarded the govern
ment contract for furnishing sheep and
cattle for the Fort Berthold and Stand
ing Rock agencies.
In the McMahon murder trial at Hen
derson the jury, after being out ten
hours, returned a verdict of not guilty
on the ground of insanity. 7. J. Nc
Mahon shot his wife May "a, 1890.
The county commissioners of Blue
Earth county have decided to at once
commence the erection at Blue Earth
Earth City of a new court house to cost
about 20 eco, plans to be submitted at
their July meeting.
At Aurora, Mimi, John and Knut
Hanson attacked Peter Zeiner. Zeiner
defended himself with a hatchet, cut
ting off Johns ear, Lreaking his skull
and cutting long g"sh in his side, so
that he cannot live.
William Diddle, farmer living four
miles south OF Sleepy Eye, Mimi, died a
horrible death of lockjaw. He was down
in we'll and crowbar fell on him and
injured his leg and foot, the injuries de-
veloping into lockjaw.
Adelbert Goheen, under sentence of
death at Fergus Falls, tells Sheriff Bill
lings he will never be hanged ALI.
The sheriff differs from o,e -; Two
watchers, one night ~ uay' are
with Coleen collsSsIntlyS
Annie johnson, pretty blue-eyed,
girl, the >prenGassEssssing-
daughter of well-to-do scandinavian q
farmer of Norman county, Minnesota,
forsook home and parents last week and
joined her dusky lover, William Saice,
an Indian of the reservation.
Professor Lugger of the state univer-
sity, has examined into the ravages of
the grasshoppers near Pelican Rapids.
He says they are not the breed that did |
damage in 1897 and 1888, but are prac.
tically harmless variety, though hatch
ing in considerable numbers.
Otter Tail county Prohibitionists held
a mass meeting at Fergus Falls last
week and resolved to revive the party.
it having been demorallzed through de-
sertions to the Farmers Alliance. They
also resolved that the platform of
third party people at Cincinnati is un-
to Prohibitionists, and bid
for the support of the liquor power.
The state normal boord held it's an
nual meeting at st. Paul Thursday and
elected faculties for the four state nor
NAL schools for the ensuing year. The
presidents of the various faculties were +
all reelected. The total number of
graduates this year was 118. Fifty of
these graduated at Winona. forty at
twenty-five at st. Cloud and
three at Moorhead.
Sheriff Hyland, of Hastings, MINI,
captured the young couple who eloped
from Beldenville, Wis, George Maier
and Miss Abbie Severance. It was
learned that they had been married by
Justice Bevans in River Falls, Wis, and +
the irate father of the girl withdrew the
issued by Justice johnson
and forgave the young couple.
There is considerable excitement at
Austin over rumors that small plant
Of pearls, similar to those which caused
80 much excitement in Wisconsin last
year, has been discovered IN the Cedar
river, two miles from that city. Two
strangers have been working in mys-
terious manner for several days. The
Iiffanys of New York city are testing
them,
The Indians at White Earth have de-
;ided to oppose the admission of nom
reservation Chippewas to White Earth
If this decision should be
it will deprive 800 Chippewa
mixed bloods in Minneapolis and st.
Paul of the right to take allotments
here. The non-reseryation Indians
claim that they come within the pur-
view of the act authorizing the treaty,
and Will make vigorous hight for their |
tights before the commission.
The Minnesota grand lodge of Odd
Fellows held two days session at
Winona last week. Additional subscrip-
ions amounting to 81 900 were raised 70
he Odd Fellows home. Duluth was
lecided upon as the place for holding
he next meeting. The following officers
we're elected: Grand master, w. r.
Johnson. of st. Paul; deputy grand
master, Howard Lancaster, of Fisher;
grand warden, F. w. Denton, Winona;
yrand secretary, A. L. Bolton; grand
treasurer, w. w. Churchill. of Roches. .,
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