The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-08-20
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
of the Week in the North west
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News ina
Nutshell,
MINI E sofa

VIM. Mtchell's general store at Sheldon
burned. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $4,000.
Willie Ochs was drowned in the Mime
sofa river at Chaska by the overturning of
skiff.
The first load of new wheat was received
at st. Cloud the 9th er day and graded No.
/, northern.
Arthur Town, son of L. d. Town of Ho-
kah, was killed at st. Louis by the falling
of building.
Frank Wesley, a widower suicided at
New Prague by jumping into a city hy-
drant. He leaves eight children.
Holzworth & Marlow, meat dealers, o
Duluth, assigned to II. p. Wieland. Assets
and liabilities are about 81, 500 each.
Gabriel Wagner, halt witted fellow,
has wandered away from Saltwater. 1t is
feared he has committed suicide
Peter Schecher living at Millerville,
has been committed to the insane asylum.
His insanity was caused by the action of
his sons.
Burglars attempted to force an entrance
into the residence of NJ. Clary at Verndale
and the Bolton House but were frightened
away in both cases.
Work on o new apartment house at Du-
weeks. 1t is being built by Capt. J. H.
Trggs.
A child of Paul Fischer, while climbing
on moving freight train at Shakopee
fell and had his right foot and leg so badly
Injured that it was amputated.
The work on the building of the stove
works is progressing rapidly, andth build
ing for the manufacture Of the Nameless
brick machine will be commenced.
Reports from Winnebago City say cut
ting is practically completed and stacking
is well under way. Farmers appear to be
well pleased with the crop outlook.
Prof. H. C. Hess, for four years superin-
tendent of the public schools at Winnebago
City, has accepted the superintendency of
Sleepy Eye public schools.
At special election at Detroit to vote on
the issuing of bonds for water works, the
proposition was carried by decided ma
jority.
Gustave Johnson was declared insane by
Probate Judge Aver and sent to St. Peter.
He has been in Duluth about two months
working His family are at St. Cloud.
The directors of the Riverside Milling
Company of Little Falls have just held
their annual meeting. The principal stock
holders are from Cincinnati. They found
things in very satisf actory condition.
There is another strike among the work
men putting in the mains for water works
at Albert Lea, this time raise being
wanted from 81, so to 81 per pay, but some
claim it was for back paw
Oscar Davenport, Hank Driscoll and Full
Ter Mitchell were taken to Jail at Farihault,
being sentenced to 50, 40 and 10 days re-
spectively under the Schaffer law.
Joseph Labo, of Buffalo while riding
with Miss Evelyn Payne, of Minneapolis,
was thrown out of the buggy by his horse
running away. As ho is 70 years old, the
injuries may prove fatal.
J. d. Stout. principal of the Canton
| public school, mysteriously disappeared
from the Park Hotel, at Preston the other
morning. Neighbors are searching fol-
him. He had only been married few
weeks.
Sheriff Quinn arrested Julius Schultzer
at Sauk Rapids fendishly Furnishing his
9-year-old son. He grasped the boy by
the feet swinging him over his head ON to
the ground inficting injuries which may
| prove fatal.
Thenew creamery building at Lake Crys-
tai was totally destroyed by fire the other
morning. 1t had only been running three
months. The plant was considered to be
worth between $1,000 and $4,000 There
was So, 500 insurance.
The following instructors have been en-
gagged at Red Wing Seminary for the COM
| ing year: Professors. G.. o. Brohough, G.
A. Hill, H. H. Elstad and one yet to be
engaged for the preparatory department.;
Professor H. H. Bergsland and Rev. o. s.
Mcland for the theological department.
John A. Anderson, of Madison, threshed
/ out 65S bushels and 20 pounds of wheat
from 154 acres of ground. This shows a
| yield of 43s bushels per acre. 1t weighed
| 81 pounds to the measured bushel at the
| Pacific elevator.
The first shipment of this years wheat
has just been made from Marshall. The
wheat yielded a little over twenty-five
bushels to the acre, graded No. 1, and test
| ed, in the dirt. sixty-two pounds. We new