The Wahpeton times., 1891-11-19
THE NORTHWEST
ASummary A Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States. ''.s3s
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News ina
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA

Window Baptists dedicated 5000
house of worship.
DIR. G. l. Smart has been appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Wells.
A 6-months old babe was frightfully
crushed by q team at Winnebago City.
Park Rapids new SIC, 600 hotel, the Great
Northern has been opened. J. H. O'Neil is
proprietor.
William ,Boness, of the town of Ashley
was killed by trying to stop a runaway
| team.
August Jones, an old resident of Walls,
was thrown from his wagon, sustaining ia
tai injuries.
The body of George W. Robards who
| disappeared from Alexandria, was found in
Lake Anka.
The Duluth & Winnepeg Railway has
made arrangements to enter Duluth on the
st. Paul e. Duluth tracks.
George ID. Labar was elected city treasur-
er of Brainerd by the city council to fill an
unexpired term, All. Demules has ten
dered his resignation.
Mary Dusel. German 12-year-old girl
employed in Merrill's laundry at St.
Paul, was caught between the mangling
rollers and seriously injured.
Robert Wcstbury, aged nineteen, was
drowned by the overturning of boat at
Waterville. His companion, Fred Har-
low narrowly escaped
The First Swedish Baptist Church, of
Minneapolis, has called Prof Il. Sandell of
the Morgan Park Theological Seminary to
succeed Rev. Frank Peterson.
While Mr.. and Mrs. John Horton were
driving in St. Paul, Mrs. Horton was
thrown from the carriage sustaining con-
cussion ofthe brain, and is dangerously i'll.
While driving at st. Cloud, Mrs. Walter
Arnold's horse became frightened, throw
ing Mrs. Arnold out and demolishing the
carriage. Mrs. Arnold was seriously hurt.
J. B. Forgan, cashier ofthe Northwestern
National Bank of Minneapolis, has accept
ed the vice-presidency of the First National
Bank OF Chicago, and will remove to
that city.
Burglars made partially successful at
tempt to enter the North St. Paul Bank,
and from there went to Ccnterville. small
town near St. Paul and robbed Joseph
Irodeau's grocery store, obtaining s1,55O.
A clerk named Johnson, in Albenberg's
clothing store at Saltwater, confessed to
having embezzled his employers funds.
His confession duplicates several other
clerks in the store.
Ole Davidson, believed to be the oldest
man living in this part of the state, has
just been admitted to the county poor farm
at Redwing. He is 1O6 years old and hale
and hearty.
James Scott, who is charged with having
stabbed Thomas Brown at Lakeville, dur
ing all alteration, had his hearing and
was bound over to the grand jury at Hast
ings.
The mills at Dundas, after having been
shut down for over two months; have again
begun operations. They have capacity
of 800 barrels per day, and everything
points to prosperous winter.
Baldwin & Stephens elevator was burned
at Detroit. Loss 5000 on building; insur-
ance. s1,0 900 in the Etna and 81, ZOO in the
Continental. Two thousand bushels OF
grain burned; no insurance.
A farmer living in New Market, the
father of w. I. Olson, a prominent mer-
chant i'll Duluth, was badly gored by bull
recently, breaking three ribs and otherwise
| injuring him. Heis quite an old gentle.
| man.
| Two freight trains on the Great Northern
collided near Melby. The head brakeman
was badly shaken up and sprained his
wrist. Both engines and Is cars>of wheat
flour and coal were totally wrecked. The
| afternoon train was three hours late.
At Dundas Emil Sheen slipped off a
wagon and underneath the wheels. The
horse ran away dragging the young man
some distance. His leg was broken in
several places and he was otherwise iniur.
ed, but he will recover
The village of Pine City has been sued
by the estate Of the late Gordon E. Cole
for services as attorney in the famous case
ofthe village Of Pine City vs.. Anna Munich
which involved the ownership of the Cheng.
| watona dam.
Fragments of q skull of mastodon were
found by workmen digging sewer on
Jackson street, Mankato. One of the teeth
| is almost entire and measures 10 inches
long, inches wide and 81 inches from the
point of the longest prong to the top.
Judge Crobsy has sustained the demurre,
'ofthe petition of Maltby, Smith & Thomp
son in relation to the Minneapolis bridge
and An appeal has been taken to.the su
preme court. Consequently there will he
no bridge tax levied this year at least.
The adopted daughter of H. Lampson
living.eight miles of Fairbault, was acci
dentally shot: Her condition is critical
The hired man was handling q revolverand
didn't know it was loaded. The girl was
visiting relatives on an ,errand.
SOUTH DAKOTA,
EliKensler, who was shot while engaged
in friendly scuffle with hiscousin, Arthu,
Lamere, at Rapid City, died.