Morris tribune., 1891-08-12

The mail service on electric cars be-
tween st. Paul and Minneapolis has been
inaugurated.
The work of removing the state re-
form school from st. Paul to Red Wing
is in progress.
Two men were drowned near st.
Cloud, one perishing in an attempt to
save the other.
The Duluth and Winnipeg extension
of its main line will be built to Deer
River this season.
William j. Pringle, of Elmwood, Ills,
has been elected superintendent of
schools at Mortified.
liver Olson, section foreman, living at
Renville, was sunstruck Saturday and
died within one hour.
The fourteen creameries of Freeborn
county are estimated to pay out not less
than $500, 200 Per year.
Phillip Diedrick, of Wakefield, while
watching the starting of new binder
was caught in the sickle and killed.
The Great Northern will be built into
Red Lake Falls this fall and shipping
facilities viii accordingly be excellent.
David Buskirk, citizen of Hubbard,
was instantly killed at Wadena while
attempting to board the train at that
point.
The stOnecutters in all the quarries at
Sauk Rapids are on a strike. They de-
mand better sheds to work in or extra
pay for outside labor.
The people OF SebeKa, petition for
the estabii ,hment of a postoffice nine
miles north Of Wadena on the Wadena
and Park Rapids railroad.
John Witt and son, living near Worth
ington, were run over by reaper last
week, receiving injuries from which
they have since died.
Bishop Cotter, of Winona. was unani-
mously reelected president of the Cath
olic Total Abstinence Union of Amer
ica at their recent convention.
Vessel tonnage for July at Duluth
was $50, 1872 tons, $4,000 in excess of the
same month last year. and the heaviest
month here so far this season.
Adelbert Goheen, of Fergus Falls,
convicted of the murder OF Rosa Bray,
says his brother Anderson committed
the crime. Anderson has been arrested.
James Bale, .Tr., of Duluth, was
drowned Thursday in Fall lake, four
miles east of Ely. He was student in
the medical department of the state
university.
The thompson Houston Electric COM
pany, of ST. Paul, has taken an option
+h0 cfp
Oct. /. 1t is expected that the sale will
be completed soon.
Charles Crust, of Brainerd, was
drowned in Mile Lacs lake Thursday
while bathing. Mr.. Crust was married
the previous Saturday and was spending
his honeymoon at the lake.
Moritz L. Weisser, an architect, was
shot and killed by Christopher Koran
Saturday. Koran claims Weisser was
unduly intimate with his wife. He
gave himself up to the police.
Mrs. Charles Poshert, living q few
miles west of Marshall, accidentally
scalded two of her children with boiling
water. One, girl Of 8, died soon after,
but the other child will recover.
Adolph Wagner, who Is said to live in
st. Paul, was bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of 81, 900 ON the charge
of stealing horse owned by John E.
Kelly. a farmer residing near Farming
ton.
A shogel-nosed sturgeon was caught
in Lake Pepin last week whose head
weighed 16 pounds, and the estimated
weight of the fish is a5 pounds. The
head will be preserved as the largest
ever seen here.
Albert Lea Standard; The state fair
is being billed and advertised by corps
of bicyclists who will visit every county.
The money that this costs if expended
through the local papers would accom-
plish twenty times more good.
An effort is being made to have the
city pontoon bridge between Saltwater
and the Wisconsin shore of Lake st.
Croix made free to the public, At pres.
ent % cents toll is charged for teams
and the Saltwater merchants claim this
keeps considerable business out of the
city.
| At Hinckley Saturday while crew
| of men who were building dam at
| Grindstone lake were putting up the
| frame work it fell on them, killing Will
lam LABEL instantly. Dick WEIGH was
pinned down by the falling timbers and
had both legs badly crushed. Al Brown
was struck on the head and picked up
unconscious, but will recover.
The district court of st. Louis county
/ has appointed Townsend w. Hooper
] receiver of the Duluth Street Railway
companys property and franchises on
! fha apnlicafion of tha t,nrnnany for tha
benefit of all its creditors, under resolu-
ton of it's board of directors and stock
holders duly passed after conference
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