New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-09-02
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
RI ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News ina
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA

JACOB Mehl, Forest farmer, was killed
by bull.
Geo. G.. Stocking a Hutchinson pioneer,
suicided with gun.
Lightning destroyed barn and contents
at Argyle, owned by N. Swift.
John Miller was shot and killed by his
divorced wife at Nicollet.
William Boyd, a farmer near Arlington,
was struck by an engine and killed.
Mrs. Kate Cove, who went to Mime
sofa in 1884, died at Minneapolis aged
81.
New Ulm has erected monument to
the men who lost their lives in the Indian
war of 1862.
VIM. Urquhart was caught in the leg by
canthook at Towards Mill, Duluth, and
bled to death.
Elmer Bennett, of Kenneyville, was
killed while oiling harvester. A lever
fell on his neck, breaking it.
Willie Young, - years old, was drowned
at Minneapolis. He was walking on a
bridge and lost his balance
United States Marshal Bracket arrested
two letter carriers at Duluth, Albert Wiley
and Themes Nolan, for robbing the mails.
Maria Wellner who has been in the en-
ploy of Andrew j. Eckstein and wife at
New Ulm is under arrest, charged with
stealing 5000. The young woman recently
arrived from Germany.
Grace, daughter of John Triton of Roch-
ester, was thrown from horse attached to
reaper and instantly killed. She was
thrown in front of the machine, the bull
noS 1o,
A threshing machine belonging to Charlie
Rasch and four stacks of wheat were burned
near Zumbrota. The loss is S $780, no insur-
ance. The fire was caused by sparks from
the smoke stack of the engine.
F. Mitchell, of St. Paul who has been
stopping in Mortified for some weeks was
run over by train while drunk One foot
was smashed and his head badly cut. His
foot was amputated but recovery is doubt
full.
Arrangements have been made for the
conducting at the Trout Brook Sorghum
works at Red Wing of series of expert
ments with Sorghum canes and sugar beets
to determine their adaptability to success
full cultivation here under conditions such
as we have had this year.
Nine years ago Sonney Searles was
knocked down and robbed by two men at
Mortified. One of his assailants was
caught and sent to the pententiary for
seven years. The other escaped and was
recently at Red Wing.
Warrants have been sworn out at Vino
ma for the arrest of George Fockens and
Martin McGraw, who are supposed to be
the men who criminally assaulted Sophia
Helmer, respectable working girl. Both
men have fled, and the police are at loss
as to their whereabouts
A fine silver cup nineteen inches in
height, beautifully embellished, has been
for by the citizens of Red Wing
as a trophy in the company team match at
the Lakeview encampment. The cup is to
become the property of the company team
winning it twice in succession.
The corner stone of the Franciscan Sis
ters' new convent and hospital at Little
Falls was laid recently with imposing cere-
monies. The building will cost SIS, 900, and
the design is elegant. The spectators do |
mated $3.50 on the spot. 1t will be an orna-
ment TO our thriving city.
Lars Erickson threw himself under the
engine of the west-bound passenger train
oAA oA1O >O1tACll dClllC ana was nanGlGO
beyond recognition. The train was run
nlng twenty-five miles an hour, and was
within four miles of Carleton Erickson is |
single. and has no known relatives in this (
The st. Louis hotel Duluth. which was
recently partially destroyed by fire. is |
rapidly being rebuilt, The brick walls |
between the old and the new parts will be |
closed and two hotels will be made out O |
one, and each will be run under different
The new portion will be en-
larged and magnficently fitted up,
S. d. Moles, dry goods merchant of AL
exandria went to Chicago where he is to be |
married to Miss Belle Ward sister of |
Messrs. Ward Of this place. on Sept 8.
Col. Meadey, of Mankato instituted a |
lodge of the uniformed rank knights of |
Pythias at Albert Lea with 81 members.
There was large attendance and an Ella |
borate banquet at the Gilbert house in the !
evening:
William Ebe1,. of Mortified, is just now
if the claim ofhimselfand broth |
ers to valuable land in Chicago can be es-
tablished. The land was owned by Charles
Ebel, who lived in Chicago frem 1S45 to
1850. The other heirs are: John Adolph
Ebel and Albert Ebel, St. Paul; Henry
Ebel, Minneapolis, and August Ebel, West
Superior.
Luverne attorneys claim to hold the
opinion that the chicken law is imperative
this season. It prescribes a close season
from Nov. to Sept. 1, but having been |
passed in April it is claimed that it does
not and cannot take effect, so far as
chickens are concerned, until November |
The county attorney is said to hold this
opinion, and no attempt is being made to
prevent the shooting of chickens, which is
going on every day. If there is a game
warden for this section he has not an
himself