New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-28
TILE NORTHWE EST.
a Summary Of the Imp ortant Events
Of the Week in the Northwestern
# ... States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
A postofice has been established at Buck
eye, Freedom county, Lucius Larken, post
master.
Thomas P. Dixon has been nominated
for postmaster at st. Charles, and Andrew
Eaton at Wells.
]. Idzal proprietor Of the Revolution
store at Winona, made an assignment so A.
J. Cole. Liabilities about $1,000; assets
small.
Warren J. Ives, ex-dairy commissioner of
this state, is in Washington attending the
annual meeting Of the National Dairymen's
association. He will go South from there.
= Michael Kane, who was shot at Hinckley
by Marshal G. w. Booth some week ago
and has since been in St. Josephs hospital,
st. Paul, arrived at Hastings. His brother
Thomas accompanied him. ~.
The Northwestern Deaconess' home, at
Minneapolis, Methodist institution for
the training Of religious women for parish
work, has been abandoned on account of
trouble relating to the late superintendent
Mayor George c. Stout of Lake City, has
announced that he will tender his resigna-
ton at thenext meeting of the city council,
to take effect Immediately. His reasons for
such action are not stated.
Gilbert Belize, who was employed in
Pennington camp near Hinckley, while
telling a tree, was struck on the head BY a
limb and instantly killed. He was single,
aged thirty-nine. His body was taken to
Saltwater for interment.
At mass meeting of the citizens of
Goodhue, resolutions were passed advising
the county commissioners to resign on ac-
count OF their action granting license to
sell liquor in that township, against the
wishes of the town residents.
President Irwin Shepard, of the state
Normal at Winona, received the appoint
ment from Secretary Window as member
of the assay commission, to meet in Phila-
delphla Feb. II, for testing the accuracy of
coins. "a g..
Brainerd citizens now in st. Paul, tele-
graph that Mr.. Finnessey, of Finnessey &
Armstrong, Springfield, Mass, who own
the Brainerd dam and fowage that are
wanted for the Weyerhauser syndicate will
confer with our people relative to the Wey-
erhauser deal, leading to the hope that
something final will be determined upon.
At the recent meeting of the board of
commissioners in Wabasha county, it was
decided to build court house, the cost not
to exceed $4,000. Plans will be submitted
at as early date as possible, and the work
on the structure will begin as early in the
spring as the weather will admit. hesink-
ing fund, which has been accommodating for
three years, amounts to about $4,000.
Editor Buck, of the Henderson Indepen-
dent, was arrested on charge of criminal
libel preferred by Horace Soper of Gaylord.
He was taken to Gibbon for trial, but made
no defense and was found guilty and fined
$25. An appeal was Immediately taken to
the district court and the case will likely
come on at the May term The whole mat
ter grew out Of the county seat fight.
AS to the Worlds fair it is recommended
that Minnesota should make creditable
exhibit and that 100000 be appropriated
therefor. This should be done by all
means. Let US have an exhibit that will
be worthy Of our great state. Let there be
no opposition to this. We failed in this re-
gard at the Philadelphia centennial. We
cannot afford to repeat the error.-St.
Cloud Times. 5a@tI." - .
In less than one hour after the audience
which attended the entertainment of Mag
gle Mltchelps company at the opera house
in Winona had left the building, it was
found to be mass of flames, and an hour
later small portion Of the walls only re-
manned. The origin of the fire is unknown,
although it is supposed that the hangings
over the stage caught in the gas and were
smouldering unseen when the occupants
left.