New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-17
THE NORTHWEST.
"A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwestern
States. E..
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
q and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA.

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sum of money belonging to- Lunde.
The grocery store of W. H. Bradley was
burglarized at Lake Benton and s. in
change and few goods taken.
=. V. Milton, charged with attempting
to shoot Chief ofPolice Quinlan of st. Cloud
was sentenced to pay a line of $500. w. W.,
Erwin was Millions attorney.
The barns and stables connected with the
Syndicate house of Beaver Falls were burn
ed, with three valuable horses, COWS, cut
tiers, harness, ETC. No insurance. The fire
was of incendiary origin.
Splendid work is being done getting logs
into the Mississippi, most of its tributaries
except the Bear river being finished. On
Prairie river logs are held up by adverse
winds. and cannot get across Prairie lake.
The corner stone Of the new high school
building at Duluth was laid recently. Ig-
natius Donnelly delivered an address, and
other appropriate ceremonies followed.
The building will cost $500, 900.
Col. Johnson, of st. Paul, is attending to
the passage of the upper Mississippi logs
through the Pokegama survey. There is
good outlook for getting nearly all the
Mississippi timber.
Mrs. S. e. Mcconnell has been secured as
teacher voice culture at Carleton college
and Miss Flora NJ. Fay, ofWellsley college,
as teacher of piano and organ music in
place Of Miss Alice NJ. Head, who goes to
Worcester Mass.
The Beaufort woods, five miles north of
Mapleton, have the appearance of winter,
the army of catterpillars having taken the
leaves Oft of every kind of tree except the
butternut In some places they are over
an inch thick on the trees.
At the election at Madelia for So, 600
bonds for waterworks there was a light
vote and seventy-two majority for the
bonds, high tower and water main. The
well for the water supply was completed
and paid for before this election.
Fire Marshal Ryan of Winona has been
suspended pending charges preferred
against him by the city council ofnon full
fillment Of contract, drunkenness, misap-
preparation offunds and abuse of his horse.
His resignation was demanded and refused
The directors of the roll er mill company,
at Little Falls whose -four mill was des-
*troyed by fire recently have decided to re-
build as soon as possible. The new plant
will have capacity of $50 barrels and only
the most improved machinery will be used.
The case of Cynthia A. Imeson and
James w. Barwise, administrators, against
the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Rail-
way company, to recover $4,000 for the
killing of James w. Imeson in South st.
Paul on Nov. 81 last, has been settled for
$4,000.
At a meeting Of the Worthington coun-
ell, bids were opened on proposals to put
in system of water works. The contract
was let to Harrison and Hawley, of Mime
apolis for $4,000 The work will be CON-
menced Immediately and pushed to COM
pletion by the last of September.
A Waterville dispatch says: The cater
pillars are very thick, taking the leaves all
off the passwords, running many gardens
and occasionally stopping railroad train
by greasing the track on heavy grades. But
nothing serious is anticipated, as the late
cold rains have laid them out cold in death.
Ex-Capt, Clements, of the police force,
and T. O. Hall, banker, who tailed several
months ago, were arraigned before John
Ensign at Duluth under indictments; Glenn
ents, for extortion of money from keepers
'ofhouses of ill-fame, and Hall tor receiv-
ing money knowing that his bank was in
solvent.
George Oliverson, a resident of Cooks
Valley met with horrible death the other
day. He was sharpening a sickle and the
grindstone, which was being run by steam
burst, piece of which hit him in the head
killing him instantly. Mr.. Oliverson was
very large real estate owner and prom
inent in the country
The Rice County Agricultural society held
business meeting at Mortified, and it
was decided to hold the annual fair of this
county, Oct. l, and 8. An interesting
will hoo
Der of races will occur the third day. North
field is noted for its fast horses, and the
events will undoubtedly be interesting
ones.
committee Of Nor wegians bought the
old Bishop Whipple college at Moorehead,
more recently used as the Norman home
A college will be opened there next Septem-
Der under the direction Of the Norwegian
Lutheran church. The price paid was
$50, 600. This purchase the building being
all ready, will probably absorb the college
located at Crookston and later at Grand
Forks.
The American Express agent, r. R.
Rhames, of st. Charles, has a mare which
gave birth to rare curiosity recently
IN the shape OF a colt with only two
legs the torelegs, shoulders and shoulder
blades being entirely wanting. Otherwise
the colt appears to be perfectly formed,
healthy and vigorous and takes nourish-
ment in the regular way when held up by a
couple ofstrong men.
Bert Rolph, William Grimes, Warren
Jenness and Robert Nolan were arrested at
II Window, charged with having burned the
Grimes barn in March. Rolph is under
stood to have made a confession ofnotonly
burning this property but of having set
two other fires, one on the Goth of March
and one recently. These parties had an ex-
animation and were all held to the grand
jury. Il.
State Game Warden Stetson, of Mime
=apolis, was at Grand Rapids for several days
,endeavorfng to catch persons engaged in
violating the fish laws and departed for
Douglas county. The boys seem to have