New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-10-21
NORTH DAKOTA, ,

| Henry Good, Blsbee septuagenarlan
committed suicide
| A Finlander named Mongolia was killed
in runaway at Lakota.
| Edgar w. Camp has been appointed
| United States district attorney for North
| Dakota.
Mrs. Simon Owen, of Cooperstown, died
on the train while enroute for Minneapolis
for the purpose of being treated for cancer.
Reliable information from Emmons
county places the losses by the recent
prairie fires at much less than first report
ed. George johnson and his son, living
near the Holland settlement. are the only
ones who are known to have lost their
| lives.
A proposition was made to the Fargo
council for franchise for another electric
street railway, two and one-halt miles of it
to be built and in operation Jan. 1, 1892.
The matter went over. The Thompson
Houston company is behind the PROPOSE
| ton. 1t has already secured the franchise
| in Moorhead.
A city election to vote bonds took place
| at Fargo with light vote. Only twelve
votes were cast against the proposition.
The BONDS are for $40, 900, and bear per
cent interest They are to take the place OF
the per cent bonds voted last year to COM
plete the purchase of the water works,
| which were not sold owing to the financial
depression East.
E. t. Herrick, auditor of Emmons
county, was found dead in his office chair
| at Williamsport. He had gone to his Office
| and started fire. and when found was sit
| ting by the stove with his over coat and
| mittens on. He had been an official of
Emmons county for years, and was we'll
| known all over this section. His remains
| will be sent to his old home in Michigan
for interment.
Two candidates are in the field for COM
missioner for the district including Devils
Lake Joseph Graham and George Juergens
were both nominated by circulating certii-
Gates tor signatures under the Australian
system. HE assessed valuation of this
city is one-fourth of the whole county, but
| it has had no representation on the board
of commissioners since 1886. Candidate
Juergens is the city nominee.
Mrs. Mary Olson, wife of a thrifty Scan
| dinavian farmer living few miles west Of
Glendale, drove to town with horse and
buggy, took the train for the south and is
now supposed to be in the company of
Manly Benedict, farm hand who worked
in the neighborhood and who is also
missing. She left her two small children at
| neighbours, and her husband is off in
another county threshing and knows
nothing ofhis broken up household.
A Devils Lake Special says: The absorb
ing amusement in this vicinity now is
geese shooting. They are present in hun
dreds of thousands and enthusiastic hunt
ers say millions. About fifty sportsmen,
many from st. Paul and Minneapolis, pass
ed recently near Sweetwater, north of here
shooting geese. One outfit brought down
20. In all, about six hundred are shot
These birds feast OH wheat in the day and
repair to the lakes at night. Their crops
are invariably filled with the grain and
their destruction is not considered cruel.
WISCONSIN.
Mrs. Jane Germany, of Beloit, died, aged
100 years.
Michael Devine, of Lewiston, Columbia
county, is dead, at the age of 76 years.
Charles Bell was sentenced to one year at
Waupun for robbery at La Crosse
Whisky Jim, the Indian murderer, is still
at large.
Diphtheria is prevalent at Madison and
energetic means are being taken to stamp
it out.
The 12-year-old daughter of John Bier
bauch of Kaukauna was assaulted by
tramp. A mob is in pursuit of the fiend
Burglars entered number of dwellings
at Eau Claire, securing considerable
plumber.
Fire at Marinette destroyed So, 600 feet of
lumber belonging to PerIey, Lowe & Co.,
of Chicago.
William Campbell, of Eau Claire, was
seriously injured by being thrown from a
horse
The team attached to the hook and lad
der truck at Madison ran away, smashing
the truck.