The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-11-19
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell,
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l. "bINN NESO iN
Window Baptists dedicated a $1,000
house of worship.
Dr. G. l. Smart has been appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Wells.
A G-months old babe was frightfully
crushed by team at Winnebago City.
Park Rapids new SIC, 900 hotel, the Great
Northern has been opened. J. H. O'Neil is
proprietor.
William Boness, of the town of Ashley
was killed by trying to stop a runaway
! team.
August Jones, an old resident of Walls,
was thrown from his wagon, sustaining IA
tai injuries.
The body of George w. Robards, who
disappeared from Alexandria, was found in
Lake Anka.
The Duluth & Winnepeg Rail way has
made arrangements to enter Duluth on the
st. Padl & Duluth tracks.
George D. Labar was elected city treasur-
er of Brainerd by the city council to fill an
unexpired term, A. J. Demules has ten
dered his resignation.
Mary Dusel, German 12-Year-old girl
employed in Mcrrill's laundry at St.
Paul, was caught between the mangling
rollers and seriously injured.
Robert Westbury, aged nineteen, was
drowned by the overturnlng of a boat at
Waterville. His companion, Fred Har-
low narrowly escaped,
The First Swedish Baptist Church, of
Minneapolis has called Prof. E. Sandell OF
the Morgan Park Theological Seminary to
succeed Rev. Frank Peterson.
While Mr. and Mrs. John Horton were
driving in St. Paul, Mrs. Horton was
thrown from the carriage, sustaining con-
cussion ofthe brain, and is dangerously ill.
While driving at St. Cloud Mrs. Walter
Arnold's horse became frightened, throw
ing Mrs. Arnold out and demolishing the
carriage. Mrs. Arnold was seriously hurt.
J. B. Forgan, cashier ofthe Northwestern
National Bank of Minneapolis, has accept
ed the vice presidency ofthe First National
Bank of Chicago and will remove to
that city
Burglars made partially successful at
tempt to enter the North St. Paul Bank,
and from there went to Cen terville, small
town near st. Paul and robbed Joseph
Trodeaus grocery store, obtaining $3.50.
A clerk named Johnson, in Albenberg s
clothing store at Saltwater confessed to
having embezzled his employers funds.
His confession duplicates several other
clerks i'll the store.
Ole Davidson, believed to be the oldest
just been admitted to the county poor farm
at Redwing. He is 1O6 years old and hale
and hearty.
James Scott, who is charged with having
stabbed Thomas Brown at Lakeville, dur.
ing an alteration, had his hearing and
was bound over to the grand jury at Hast
ings.
The mills at Dundas, after having been
shut down for over two months. have again
begun operations. They have a capacity
of 800 barrels per day, and everything
points to prosperous winter.
Baldwin & Stephens elevator was hnrned
at Detroit. Loss So 600 on building; insur-
ance, 81, 900 in the Etna and 81, coo in the
Continental. Two thousand bushels OF
grain burned; no insurance,
A farmer living in New Market, the
father of w. l. Olson, q prominent mer-
chant iu Duluth, was badly gored by bull
recently, breaking three ribs and otherwise
injuring him. He is quite an old gentle
man.
Two freight trains on the Great Northern
collided near Melby. The head brakeman
was badly shaken up and sprained his
wrist. Both engines and Is cars of wheat
flour and coal were totally wrecked. The
afternoon train was three hours late.
At Dundas Emil Sheen slipped off a
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horse ran away dragging the young man
some distance. His leg was broken in
several places and he was otherwise injur-
ed, but he will recover.
The village of Pine City has been sued
by the estate OF the late Gordon e. Cole,
for services as attorney in the famous case
Of the village of Pine City vs.. Anna Munich,
which involved the ownership ofthe Cheng-
watona dam. ...,
Fragments of a skull of a mastodon were
found by workmen digging a sewer on
Jackson street, Mankato. One of the teeth
is almost entire and measures 10 inches
long, inches wide dS4 inches from the
point of the longest prong to the top. T..
Judge Crobsy has sustained the demurrer
of the petition of Maltby, Smith & Thomp-
son in relation to the Minneapolis bridge,
and an appeal has been taken to the su-
preme court Consequently there will be
no bridge tax levied this year at least.
The adopted daughter Of H. Lampson,
living eight miles of Fairbault, was acoi.
dentally shot. Her condition Is critical
The hired man was handling revolver and
didn't know it was loaded. The girl was
visiting relatives on an errand.