The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-02-26
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwestern
a%.. States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News ina
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The farmers institute opened in Roches-
ter with large attendance from all parts
Of the county.
s. Miller, Pole, was killed near Perham
while hauling ice. In going down hill the
sled gave way and a cake fell on him.
An invitation has been extended to the
Minnesota Methodist Episcopal conference
Wing.
W. A. Bucholtz, druggist at Winona,
made an assignment to G. A. Morey for the
benefit of his creditors. Liabilities, $1,000;
assets, 81, 300.
William Brown, wealthy farmer, living
near Osseo, Hennepin county, committed
suicide by hanging himself in the woods
near his home few days ago. Ill-health
was the cause.
The building committee of the board of
county commissioners of Wabasha county
decided to adopt the plans designed by AL
bert F. Schocke, of st. Paul. for the new
court house. The new building will cost
10000, including steam heat plant.
Adams Hoffman, proprietor of the Chap
man hotel at Heron Lake, and one of the
dead in his bed. An inquest was held,
which resulted in finding that death &C.
CURED from natural causes.
Hon. J. N. Murdoch, leading attorney
of the state and one of the oldest members
of the Minnesota bar, slipped and broke
his leg at Wabasha, while going from his
house to his barn. The fracture is bad
one and fears are entertained that it may
result seriously.
On the recommendation Of the attorney
general, Gov. Merriam granted the warrant
for the extradition of Forest Murphy, who
is wanted in Kansas on the charge of en-
bezzlement. Murphy was given over to Of:
6cer Peterson of Kansas, and was taken
back
The following volumes have been re-
ceived by the state librarian: Reports 122,
New York, and 80 Pennsylvania, and the
journals of the house and senate of Tennes-
see for the extra session of 1890, and the Of
state and session.
The members of the reform school COM
committees Of the two houses of tho legis-
lature, the board of managers and a few
other invited guests went to Red Wing to
visit the new reform school grounds there.
They were banqueted by citizens at the St.
James hotel.
Joseph B. TALL the real estate shark who
was sentenced to Saltwater for seven years,
will be brought to st. Paul for few days
to testify in the case of Stees VS. KEENAN,.
Sheriff Bean went to Saltwater armed with
writ of babeas corpus to secure his wit
ness.
Attorney J. P. Gleason, of Winona, is
Gleason claims that John Moonan, of Vase
ca, collected money for him and did not
remit. He, it is alleged, wrote letter to
the Waseca bank, in which he alluded to
Moonan as thief. The latter will go at
him in court.
The Daily Tribune, of Duluth, instituted
lockout, throwing seventeen union print
ers out of employment. Six rat printers
from Chicago have been substituted. The
Tribune management wanted to run plate
matter in the paper, but the typographical
union refused to accede to the proposition.
Hence the lockout.
The bids for erecting the new court
house at Owatonna have been opened. The
lowest bid, $4,000 was made by Leet and
McCloud of that place. The lowest bid
made by the Winona contractors was made
by John keenan,, being $4,000 Munck &
Lohse and Fred Kratz of Winona also
made bids.
Contractor Swank, of the Wadena & Park
Rapids, was at Park Rapids hireing men
and teams and buying supplies to push the
road in the early spring. William Hills,
the bridge builder, is now with his crew at
Straight river, three miles south of US, driv-
ing the piling for the last bridge between
here and Wadena,
Nov. %, 1890, the safe in the station at
Clitherall, on the Northern Pacific line,
was robbed of 5000 belonging to the North
ern Pacific express company. The station
was temporarily in charge of a. young man
named Nichols, a one-armed operator, who
disappeared simultaneously with the
money. Word has just been received that
he has been caught in Lincoln, Neb.
Sheriff J. II. Hyland, of Hastings, arrest
ed Herman Darsov, of Mendoza, on the
charge of assault in the first degree upon
his nephew, William Darsov, Jr. The
prisoner had repeated quarrels with his
brother, William Darsov, and on the 18th
inst, fired through the latters residence,
the charge of shot taking effect in the faces
of the wife and son of William Darsov.
The stock Of fancy goods and notions
owned by Mrs. w. s. Elkins at Rochester,
and known as the New York Bazaar was al
most totally destroyed by fire. The fire is
believed to have originated from an explo-
sion of the stove in the store. What goods
escaped the fire were badly damaged by
water and smoke. No material damage
was done to the building. The loss was
pretty we'll covered by insurance.
The annual meeting of the Goodhus
County Bible society was held at Bed Wing
in the parlors Of the Methodist church.
The report of the treasurer showed that the
sales for the year amounted to $17244 and
balance on hand Of $19s. The following
officers were chosen: President. Rev, G.
Rast; vice president, G. E. Gates; secretary,
Rev. G. B. Lindtwed; treasurer, A. w.
Pratt; executive committee, M. Il. Lewis,
G. A. Erickson, e. II. Druse, Rev. E. H.
Clark.
There is considerable excitement at Wheat
on, and ether towns adjoining tho Sisecton
Indian reservation over the news from
Washington that the bill opening the rich
lands Of this reservation to settlement has
been attached to and allowed to remain on
the general Indian APPROXIMATION bill. This