Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1891-09-23
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

lOI NOAo Vo1Noo'
George King was struck by an electric
car at Minneapolis and died in a few
hours.
Duluthians claim to have a large in
terest in a SIS, 900, 900 fortune now in the
English chancery court. :
Several men were badly injured in
Minneapolis by the collapse of an arch
in new apartment house.
A man named Erickson committed
suicide ON Northern Pacific train near
Verndale one day last week.
The binding twine factory in the Min
nesota state prison at Saltwater made
and sold III 300 pounds of binding twlne
this season.
The first party of American pilgrims,
numbering sixty persons, under Mis-
sionary Braun, of Minnesota, has ar
rived at Treves.
Duluth handled l .10S cars of wheat
Monday, the largest number ever cared
for in one day. This represented 660, 900
bushels Of wheat.
The department of justiceswill leave
General John B. Sanborns claim to 10
per cent of the Sisseton Indian money to
congress for settlement.
Thomas r. Holbrooke, of Northtield,
and Bruno B. Klommer, of Chaska,
have i,c%u appointed cadets to the West
Point Military academy.
The comAittee appointed to investi-
gate the Case of Mrs. Libby, who is con-
fined in the Rochester asylum, finds that
she is undoubtedly insane.
A head end collision occurred on the
Northern Pacific at Brainerd in which
both engines and several cars were COM
pletely demolished. No lives were lost.
The Catholic church in course of
construction at Alberta, also the priests
! residence burned Thursday afternoon.
! Estimated loss $12, 900; no insurance.
At Two UarbOrs there We're shipped
| last month 202, 443 tons of Minnesota
| iron ore, or 10000 car loads of the metal.
| A year ago the shipments were 1854, 173
| tons.
| Wheat receipts at Duluth for the week
| past amounted to 100000 bushels,
| while the shipments were 100000 Of
| these latter 100, 900 bushels were for di-
rect export
The annual allowance from the United
! States government to the State Univer-
sity has been received by the state au-
| ditor, and the university fund is in
| creased SIT 200.
The contract for the new high bridge
| at WinOna has been let to the Chicago
Bridge company to be completed July 1,
1892. 1t will be 2,753 feet in length and
| will cost $94, 700.
A very valuable find of iron ore on the
! Mesabi range eight miles northeast of
| Grand Rapids is reported. Sixty-seven
| per cent. ore is reported in the new find,
| and any amount OF it.
| Smith & Thompson's warehouse and
| Strong & Miller's railroad elevator, both
| filled with grain, were burned at Hast
| ings Thursday. The loss on buildings
and grain is $15o,OO0; partially insured.
E. J. Brood. general manager of the
| Marion Flint Glass works, Of Marion,
Ind. visited Duluth last week. - He
looks with favor on Duluth, and will
| probably decide to erect plant here
which will employ 200 men.
John Welch, aged 20, living near
| Henderson, accidentally killed himself
| while hunting. He climbed a fence and
was pulling his gun through after him,
| when it was discharged, the shot enter
| ing his side and killing him instantly.
John Horvie, living near Bird Island,
| lost thirteen stacks of wheat 500 bushels
of oats, so tons of hay and his granary
| by a prairie fire. The fire was started by
children playing with matches during
their parents absence. Loss about 81, 500.
The system of free text books is COM
ing into general use in Goodhue county.
About twenty districts have adopted it,
some furnishing not only books, but
everything necessary in school work,
and more are falling into line contin-
ually.
Strong & Miller, owners Of large mills
and elevators on the Hastings and Da-
kota branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railway, will build in Du-
luth this fall the largest -four mill in
the world. 1t will have capacity of
$4,000 barrels per day.
An ordinance has beeu introduv ed at
Duluth grating a franchise to another
gas company, which will furnish the il
Illuminating article for $3.50 per 1000
feet and fuel gas at 81 per 1000 feet.
The prices now paid by consumers is
$1.85 for Illuminating and $3.50 for fuel.
A threshing machine belonging to
Frank Kane, of Rosemount, blew up at
Lakeville, instantly killing the fireman,
John johnson, and seriously scalding
and injuring the tank man, William
Melser. Several teams near the machine
ran away, breaking wagons and destroy
ing mnch property.
Thomas Glowp has laid claim to a
large part of the city of Mankato, in
Guiding all the stone quarries, the Fow-
ler & Pays lime kilns and the ground on
which the Tourtellotte hospital stands.
Two weeks ago suit of ejectment from
his home was decided against him, and
his household goods were set upon the
street. Mr.. Glowp went to Washington
and returned with the claim that he had
secured title not only to his home but to
200 acres of city land besides.
| Suicided tn q Hotel.
ELDoRA, Ia, Sept. 22.-At Ackiey
the body of a woman was found hang