New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-24
"A Summary Of the important Events
OF the Week in the Northwestern
States.
minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell. s
MINNESOTA,

drowned in the St. Croix river at Warren
"nl1e playing on the logs in the mill boom.
1he 18th anniversary of the first SETTLE
mento OF Renyille county was celebrated at
sacred Heart recently.
lightning struck and Instantly killed
solomon Peterson, a Swede farmer. living
three miles west of Atwater
The residence of Chris. Mammalian. about
1our miles north of Chattield, together
with all furniture and clothing, was totally
destroyed by fire.
burglars entered the residence of James
Royce at Caledonia and stole $65 in cash,
Sl5O in notes, a suit of clothes and other
articles.
The surveying of the Red Lake reserva-
tlon IS progressing rapidly. 1t is expected
that by Oct. the work will be completed
drops in the vicinity are looking fine
William Newberry, convicted of robbing
a mail train at New Salem, was sentenced
&c eight years at hard labor in the peniten-
tiary.
A Sank Rapids special says Mrs. P.
'ORlelly of Germantown, this county, went
insane Over the supposed drowning of her
son. She will be sent to St. Peter.
An attempt was made to wreck the limit
ed Chicago train by misplacing switch at
Rogers side track, three miles north of
Waterville
l.. Il. Rogers has returned to Waterville
from Boston, where he represented the
Minnesota manufacturing company in the
. national furniture convention.
The elevator at Brownton, owned by
'Childs e Hinreichs, burned with several
thousand bushels Of wheat. The building
and grain were insured.
The United States government ship ar
rived at Duluth. She is an official light
house inspection boat and is on her first
trip
Roy, the 1o-year-old son of H. Hilton,
OF Kenyon while playing with a toy cannon
OF his own construction, had his cheek laid
open and the sight Of one eye destroyed.
hestone cutters in Coates Bros. G. Cross
quarry at St. Cloud struck owing to
disagreement of the owners and msn
named Stone as to wages to be paid him.
Attic Winona council meeting set for in
vestigating charges PREFER ed against Fire
Marshall. w. Ryan, the latter was dis
charged by vote offs to 1.
At the sale Of school lands at Warren
State Auditor Bierman sold 8 700 acres. It
averaged 81 per acre, and this land was far
from a railroad.
In sinking an artesian well on James
Huggard's farm II miles west of Warren,
y, natural gas was struck at 20 feet. If the gas
4 proves to be permanent it will be utilized
by the city
Enoch H. Miller of Rock Dell was SEN
fenced to two years and three months in
states prison for grand larceny. His son
is serving like sentence for participation
in the robbery.
A Fergus Falls special says the supervi-
sors Of Pelican and Scram bier townships
have called upon the county commission
ers to take steps to stop the spread of the
grasshoppers. They are Matching out in
great quantities and are very destructive.
A 14-year-old son of NJ. Bierdon accident
ally shot himself at Slayton. He was lying
in the grass playing with gun and drawing
it towards him. 1t was accidentally dis
charged, and the charge entered his side.
He died in half an hour.
Louise Zimbrick, German girl Of seven
teen summers, eloped with William Joplin,
a WidOwer of two months, from Park River.
The girls parents and brothers were op-
posed to him, and they had to take this
way to get married. They have probably
gone to Dakota.
Three sections of Carlton county school
lands were placed on sale comprising L.
800 acres of choice mineral and grazing
lands. This land has been carefully in
speCted and its value well known to the
purchaser. The prices ranged from S. to
$50; all of it sold above the figure ofthe ap-
praisers.
Owners Of mortgaged farms in Douglas
county have received circulars from the
government census bureau asking for de-
tailed information about mortgage obliga-
lions for the use of the census department..
In quite number of cases farm erS have got
the erroneous notion that the government
intends to pay the mortgage.
The hotel barn and ice house of O.. !.
Glasnon were burned at Willmar, and
eight horses belonging to farmers were also
burned The fire is supposed to have been
accidentally set by parties who had taken
free lodgings in the hay loft. The loss to
Glasnon on buildings is about 50, 900; no in
SuranCe
Tommy Ryan, aged fourteen years, broke
into one of the mills at Northfield and Sc
cured some $40 which was in the till. He.
was one Of a gang ofyouthful burglars who
were tried at the district court this spring
and released on a suspended sentence on
promise of good behavior His younger
brother is already in the reform school,
having been sent there about month ago.
Fire destroyed the one story building
owned by Mrs. Doyle at Lake Crystal. One
part was occupied by J. H. Tolls as drug
store, and the other by Mrs. Spencer as a
restaurant. The flames spread to brick
building owned and occupied by Estell
Bros, as a meat market. Mrs Doyle's
building was total loss; insurance $500;
insurance on Tolls drug store, 5000; on
Mrs Spencer's stock and furniture, $500; on
Estell Bros, So, 800. ~.
NORTH DAKOTA.
A N1inot special says wool is being mar
keted daily. Twenty-Five thousand feeces
will he Skinned from this nnint c.--.