New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-19
THE NORTHWEST,
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News ina
Nutshell,
MINI ESOTA

WIN. Mitchells general store at Sheldon
burned. Loss, S6,Ooo insurance, 81, 600.
Willie Ochs was drowned in the Mime
sofa river at Chaska by the overturning of "a
skiff
The first load Of new wheat was received
at st. Cloud the other day and graded No.
1, northern.
Arthur Town, son of L. D. Town of Ho-
kah, was killed at St. Louis by the falling
of a building.
frank Wesley, widower, suicided at
New Prague by jumping int a city n.y.
drant. He leaves eight CHI ildren.
Holzworth & NARROW, meat dealers,
Duluth, assigned to H. P. Wieland. Assets
and liabilities are about 81, 500 each.
Gabriel Wagner, halt witted fellow,
has wandered away from Saltwater. It is
feared he has committed suicide
Peter Schecher, living at N1illerville,
has been committed to the insane asylum.
His insanity was caused by the action of
his sons.
Burglars attempted to force an entrance
into the residence of NJ. Clary at Verndale
and the Bolton House but were frightened
away in both cases.
Work on new apartment house at Du-
luth to cost $500, 900 will be begun in few
weeks. 1t is being built by Capt. J. H.
Triggs.
A child Of Paul Fischer, while climbing
on moving freight train at Shakopee
tell and had his right foot and leg so badly
injured that it was amputated.
The work on the building of the stove
works is progressing rapidly, and the build
Ing Tor the manufacture of the NameleSs
brick machine will be commenced.
Reports from Winnebago City say cut
ting is practically completed and stacking
IS we'll under way. Farmers appear to be
well pleased with the crop outlook.
Prof II. C. Hess, for four years superin-
tendent Of the public schools at Winnebago
City, has accepted the superintendent of
Sleepy Eye public schools.
At a special election at Detroit to vote on
the issuing Of bonds for water works, the
proposition was carried by decided ma
jority.
Gustave Johnson was declared insane by
Probate Judge Aver and sent to St. Peter.
He has been in Duluth about two months
working. His family are at St. Cloud
The directors Of the Riverside Milling
Company Of Little Falls have just held
their annual meeting. The principal stock
holders are from Cincinnati. They found
things in very satisfa Glory condition.
There is another strike among the work
men putting in the mains for waterworks
at Albert Lea, this time raise being
wanted from 81, so to 81 per pay, but some
claim it was for back pay.
Oscar Davenport Hank Driscoll and Full
Ter Mitchell were taken to Jail at Faribault,
being sentenced to 50, 40 and 10 days re-
spectively under the Schaffer law.
Joseph Labo, of Buffalo while riding
with Miss Evelyn Payne, of Minneapolis,
was thrown out of the buggy by his horse
running away. AS he is 70 years old, the
injuries may prove fatal.
J. d. Stout, principal of the Canton
public school, mysteriously disappeared
from the Park Hotel, at Preston the other
morning. NeghbOrs are searching for
him. He had only been married a few
weeks.
Sheriff Quinn arrested Julius Schultzer
at Sank Rapids liendishly Furnishing his
9year-old son. He grasped the boy by
the feet swinging him over his head on to
the ground inhicting injuries which may
The new creamery building at Lake Crys-
tai wa, totally destroyed by fire the other
morning. 1t had only been running three
months. The plant was considered to be
worth between $4,000 and 81, OOO There
was $1,000 insurance.
The following instructors have been en-
gagged at Red Wing Seminary for the COM
ing year: Professors. G. O. Brohough, c.
A. Hill, H. H. Elstad, and one yet to be
engaged for the preparatory department;
Professor H. H. Bergsland and Rev. O. S.
Meland for the theological department.
John A. Anderson, of Madison, threshed
out 65S bushels and 20 pounds of wheat
from 154 acres of ground. This shows
yield Of 435 bushels per acre. 1t weighed
81 pounds to the measured bushel at the
Pacific elevator.
The first shipment of this years wheat
has just been made from Marshall The
wheat yielded a little over twenty-five
bushels to the acre, graded No. 1, and test
ed in the dirt, sixty-two pounds. We nev-
er had such crops before. Wheat will all
grade No. 1.
What is supposed to be skeleton was
discovered 135 teet below the surface in
well being drilled at Hokah for j. j. Hohl.
The ZONES were brought up in small
pieces and seem to be we'll preserved They
were examined but it was impossible to
determine the nature or to what species it
belongs.
A 5-yearold boy of Ole Brown, of Christi
ana township, Jackson county, set fire to
lot of straw surrounding his fathers barn.
Discovering what he had done the little
fellow crawled into the barn where the
flames overlook and cremated him. Two
horses, four head of cattle and number of
harnesses were also Burned.
SOUTH DAKOTA. .t-.s
Two Children of Mrs. Ruthven died of
diphtheria at Sioux Falls. They were by