The sun., 1891-10-08
!, THE NORTHWEST.
ASummary 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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no was gored to death by bull.
DIR. A. c. Ramsey, prominent citizen of
st. Cloud and a physician of state reputa-
ton, is dead, aged 81.
III. P. Genge, farmer living near Long
Prairie, was accidently shot in the eye by
Lloyd Randall while hunting. 49,.
The city of Hastings will pay the judg-
ment of 81, 500 obtained by Mrs. Ward and
not appeal to the supreme court.
The 13-year-old daughter of John Ell
more, of Cottonwood, was thrown from her
horse and dragged considerable distance,
sustaining serious injuries.
Jack Morgan was arrested at sauk Rap
ids for burglarizing the hotel of F. Schultz
and bound over to the January term of the
district court.
The year in the preparatory department
at the Red Wing seminary hes opened.
About seventy-tive students were enrolled
the first day.
Moorhead's steam threshing outfit was
shipped from Sauk Rapids North Dakota.
More will follow as most of the grain has
been taken care ofin this vicinity.
Rev. H. Kennedy, pastor of the Baptist
Church at Northtield, preached his farewell
sermon in the city at union service held
in the Congregational Church. He goes to
Philadelphia.
Prof. T. B. McKelvy, superintendent of
schools of Dakota county, has calleda con-
vention of school trustees, teachers and
patrons of Dakota county, to be held at
Pennington Oct. 9 and 10.
B. p. Shuler, agent of the White Earth
reservation, drove from the reservation Geo.
w. Sweet attorney of poor women and
children, who are trying to establish their
claims to property on the reservation.
Charles Church has brought action
against the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway to recover $3.50 damages
done him by the breaking of leg while in
the employ Of the road.
James Jackson, a farmer three miles
from Woodstock, was thrown from horse
and badly bruised. His jawbone was
broken and face badly disfgured by the
horse stepping on him after throwing him.
Articles have been drawn up in corpora
ting the Red Wing Sewer Pipe Company
with capital stock of$1OO,OOO. The COM
pany will probably purchase the property
of the Red Wing Wagon Company.
An explosion occurred in Bakers restau-
rant, St. Paul, by which H. J. Townes of
Petersburg, Va, and the proprietor of the
restaurant were severely burned. Hannah
Hawkins, waitress, escaped with slight
injuries.
The Rice county union agricultural fair
opened, and despite the rain which fell the
most of the day, the number of entries is
unprecedented. If the last two days should
be pleasant the fair will be the most sue
cessful ever held.
The trustees of Albert Lea college met at
the college building to consider matters
connected with the Rice bequest. 1t is
understood that the trustees have all offer
whereby they can clear $500 but will
hold for an advance.
At the dedication of the Albert Lea
Lutheran high school building, Rev. R.
Koren of Decorah, Iowa, delivered an ad-
dress, as also did Rev. o. P. Vangsness and
Rev. N. Skattebal. w. E. Todd also deliY-
cred an address in English.
After two days trial E. L. Writ, editor OF
the Elbow Lake Alliance was found guilty
of criminal ibeling A. B. Belyea, editor of
the Herald. The jury took only five min
utes to decide. The fine and costs amount
ed to $40.
An unknown man was killed on the
Great Northern railway tracks a mile south
of Granite Falls. He had apparently laid
down on the track with his body across the
rails. The head was entirely severed from
the trunk and was found 10 feet away. No
clue to his identity.
The steamer China has unloaded the
largest consignment ofsugar ever brought
to Duluth. The sugar took up the greater
part of the vessels hold and weighed 800
tons. AS car load is put at 16 tons it can
be seen that the consignment would fill so
cars. The sugar was consigned to Duluth
and Twin City jobbers.
Street laborers grading North Fourth
street at Saltwater struck for an increase of
wages from $1.5O to $1.75 per day. The
let it to Wetherby, of Minneapolis. 1t is
especially important that the work must
be finished this fall.
AS the steam thresher of Wolf & Torge-
sons was threshing on the farm of John
Sunti, IL miles south of Motley, the stacks
caught fire from sparks from the engine.
The machine was saved by running the en-
gine to the rear and pulling it out but they
demolished the smoke stack and then they
succeeded in saving only part of the grain.
In a row in Mather Bros.'s brickyard at
Mankato. between employees, young man
named Brown struck Elias Gustopson with
stick of wood, from the effects of which
he died. Brown has disappeared. Gustop-
son had threatened Brown, and the evil
depce at the coroner's inquest tended to
show that the deed was done in self de-
fense Deceased leaves a family in desti-
tute circumstances.
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