The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-08-13
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 q
Nutshell,
MINNIE sofa.

The West Duluth striking laborers have
returned to work at the old figures, $l.75
day.
John b. Sullivan, charged by Miss Mary
Kustensters with bastardy, was arrested by
Sheriff Quinn at Sauk Rapids.
Dave Buskirk, a citizen of Hubbard, was
instsntly killed at Wadena while attempt
ing to board train.
John Setterman had his right leg broken
at Winthrop by being kicked by fractious
horse while he was hitching him to a
wagon.
Harvesting is going on in the vicinity of
Winthrop. Oats and rye nearly all cut.
Wheat little green in places, but in fine
condition.
Ed Mullane a saloon keeper who as
saulted his wife with chair, at Sauk Rap
ids, was fined $50 and costs and put under
bonds to keep the peace.
Vessel tonnage for July at Duluth was
$50, 892, tons, $4,000 in excess of the same
month last year, and the heaviest month
here so far this season.
A very heavy rain accompanied by
hard wind passed over the vicinity of Lu-
verne doing considerable damage to uncut
grain, which went down badly.
Phillip Dedriok, of Wakefield, while at
his neighbors, Mr.. Schrammal, watching
the starting of new binder was caught in
the sickle and killd.
The Thomas Houston Electric Company
of St. Paul, has taken ON option on the St.
Gland Straat WOW 0ntil Dot II &c
pected that the sale will be completed soon.
Charles Hess fell from scaffold on the
new Union Depot at Duluth and died from
his injuries. He has wife and family
at Madison, Wis.
A farmer named L. G. Shatto, of Prior
township near Graceville committed sui
eide with a revolver. Dependency is
thought to have been the cause. Helea YES
family in destitute circumstances,
John Witt and son, living in Summit
Lake township 10 miles Northwest of
Worthington, were seriously and perhaps
fatally injured. They had Just hitched
team to binder when they took fright
and ran over them.
The assessors of Freeborn county return
81, 565 to corn, $3.50 to barley, 1924 to
potatoes, 182 to rye, 119 to buckwheat rs
to beans and 67 to sugar cane.
The Indians living on Prairie island near
Hastings held war dance in honor ofthe
new sel!-binder just presented them by the
government. They are as yet quite pn-
decided whether to use it as clotheshorse
or as cover in shooting DUCKS.
A shoyel-nosed sturgeon was caught in
Lake Pepin recently whose head weighed
sixteen pounds, and the estimate weight
of the fish is eighty-fve pounds. The head
will be preserved as the largest ever seen
here.
At the city election at Duluth the vote
upon the issuing of bonds to the amount of
$500, 600 for construction of a public water
work system about Fourth street, the re-
suit was in favor of the bonds by vote of
5O8 to 122. No interest was taken ip the
matter, hence the small vote.
After delay ef about one month all
saloons which had prior to July been
running have again opened up at Waseca
with two exceptions, those being Schmidt
& Schocht and Joseph D. Young who
were refused license by the common coun-
Gil.
A misunderstanding between the en-
ployes in Thomas Brean's quarry at st.
Cloud has caused strike. The granite
cutters and the men were idle. A detective
stone shed is the cause, but the men will
probably return to work soon:
Retveen 95 600 and 40 OO0 hounds of hind