Morris tribune., 1891-08-26

couuyy. :. Ct. Id by vicious bull last
week. II
Wilhap, E;nter. boy of Il, was
drowned in the Mississippi at Winona
last Week.
City Sewer Inspector Bridgman, Of
Minneapolis, was killed by the caving in
of Il sewer last week. Il
The State German sangerfest met in
Mankato last week. About 5000 peoplei
We're in attendance. /
John Maier, son of County Surveyor
Maier, and Robert Jinksley were killed
by lightning at Barnesville Wednesday,
The annual reunion of the Ninth Min
nesota volunteer infantry will be held in
Morgan Post hall, Minneapolis, on Sept.
8, at 10 a. III.
Mankato IS to have an extensive pork
packing house. The building will be
200 feet il length, two stories high and
built of Ericl1. u
The scheme of bonding Polk county for
sec, 900 to aid the Duluth and Winnie
peg road has been withdrawn and will
not be voted on.
Inc Sale III llt dL
was blown open Wednesday of last week
worth of stamps.
The high court of Minnesota Foresters
met in St. Paul last week. An increase
of over 800 Per cent. in membership for
the past year was reported.
A 6-year-old girl of Lewis Basel, of
EJan1a crpi1anta11v shot and
killed Tuesday afternoon by her 11-year-
old brother, while playing with Il gun.
The dedication and opening of Villa
Maria convent in Frontenac will occur
on Tuesday, Sept. s. Archbishop l
land will preach the dedicatory sermon.
Frank Quipp, farmer at Ball Bluff,
thirty miles north of Aitkin, was
drowned while swimming horse across
the Mississippi river near his farm last
Saturday.
The Winona city council has awarded
the contract for constructing the wagon
bridge across the Mississippi river to
the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
for $93, 200.
John Miller, a saloon keeper at Nicol-
let, was killed Saturday night by his di-
vorced wife. Mrs. Mary Miller, who had
entered the house through the cellar and
hid in closet.
The hailstor1n in the vicinity of Wa
dena completely destroyed about $4,000
acres OF wheat. J. J. Bolton alone lost
the entire crop Of coo acres. The grain
was just about ready to cut.
Managing Editor Costello, of the st.
Paul Dispatch. will assume editorial
management of the Duluth Tribune on
or about Sept. 1, having become 6nan-
cially interested in the paper.
The strike of packers and nailers in
the Minneapolis mills last week was of
short duration. Several mills granted
the raise without delay, and in no case
were the men out more than three hours.
Samuel Wicks and Mrs. Jennie Nc
Cam were arrested at Redwood Falls
Wednesday by Sheriff Mead. The
couple eloped from Rochester Aug. 5.
Mrs. McCann had two of her children
with her
General Pfaender, of the First battery,
Minnesota Light artillery has issued
call for a reunion of the battery at the
senate chamber, st. Paul, Sept. 10, at 10
a. m. This is the thirtieth annual re-
union.
Early Monday morning the store of D.
J. Miller, of Stockbridge, small town
on Lake Winnebago, was entered and
the safe robbed Of over 81 GOO which had
been deposited there by several parties.
No clue to the robbers has yet been
found.
The bodies of Mrs. Maria Dickin-
son and her 12-year-old daughter were
found floating in New Auburn lake near
Glencoe last Wednesday. A handker-
chief tied around their wrists bound the
two bodies together. 1t is supposed to
be a case of double suicide.
Two freight trains collided in cut
one and one-forrth miles east of Alex
andria Tuesday. The east-bound train
had six cars Gitched and the engine de-
rallied. so that the tender laid under the
driver The westbound train had it's
engine pilot smashed. No one was in
jTred.
Sister Oswa1der. O, S, F., connected
with St. Joseph's Catholic school at Wa
coma, was drowned in a cistern last
Sunday evening. She went to draw
bucket of water and it is supposed that
she was overcome by an attack of ver-
tigo. from which she suffered, and fell
into the cistern.
Secretary Hart, of the Minnesota State
Board of Corrections and Charities, has
prepared the annual statement of the
population of the various state institu-
tions which come under their supervi-
sion officially. The average number for
the year was 3,4S5, as compared with
1926 for 1890.
The st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani
toba Railway company has filed with
the secretary of state resolution passed
by the board of directors of that road
providing for the construction of a
branch line from Alton, n. D., through
Trail county to Halstad station, in Nor
man county, Mimi.
About 10 o'clock Wednesday night,
Mrs Peterson, wife of E. L. Peterson,
residing near Worthington, was killed
by lightning while lying in her bed.
Her husband was badly stunned by the
stroke, but recovered to find his wife
dead. The house was shattered and the
other members of the family more or
less affected by the shock.
The secretary of the interior has set
aside SAC, 600 for surveys in the Red Lake
reservation to cover all expenses con-
nected with the work. These lands will
be surveyed into forty-acre tracts, and
the surveyor general of Minnesota has
been notified to commence his surveys
of pine timber land first and make re-
ports concerning the progress and COM
pletion of the work.
Goyorpor Morriap, hoe rooo;uod +ba
formal requests for the communication
of the death sentence of William
Rose to Imprisonment for life. Rose
is the man convicted of the murder
of Moses L. Luflin. In addition to the
petitions, which are quite numerously
signed, there is also plea from the cons
demned man himself and notification
from the prosecuting attorney that he
would not oppose the changing of the
death penalty to imprisonment for life