Morris tribune., 1891-07-15
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Worthington is putting in a system o.
water works.

Worthington is putting in a system OF
water works.
The eighth annual session of the State
Dental association WAS held In st. Paul
last week.
John Mathics, one of the oldest car
pet dealers in st. Paul has assigned.
Assets aud liabilities not known.
The Franklin school building at Du-
luth was badly damaged by fire Thurs
day morning. Loss, $4,000; covered by
| insurance.
The new law reducing the employ
ment of Coayicts ut ST. Cloud IN the
manufacture of srauite TO 33 per cent.
has gone into effect.
| The work o. surveying the Red Lake
reservation has hoen suspended until
the 1st OF September on account OF the
mosquitoes and flies.
The Seventh annual convention of the
| National Editorial rs ociation is in seS-
sion at ST. Paul This week. About 800
delegates are present.
Governor Merriam has appointed o. NJ.
| Hall, Red Wing, Il luamber of the state
| board of corrections and charities, vice
Judge WiiliSton, resigned.
Sidnew Webb, of Forest Prairie,
charged with having cut the hair off Of
a horses tail. was iried i'll the justice
court and was fined $40.
Oracle Crandal, little 4-year-old
! Winona girl. was burned to death on
the Fourth. She was playing with
matches and her clothing caught fire.
An unknown man jumped from the
Wabasha street bridge into the Missis-
sippi river at ST. Paul Tuesday of last
week. The body has not been recov7
ered
The little S-year-old son of Anthony
| Raymund was drowned in the river
near Little Falls Saturday, while walk
ing on RATED logs. The body was not
recovered.
Secretary Hart, of the Minnesota State
| Board of Corrections and Charities, says
| that of the 20S jails in the state only
about are fit places for the confne-
ment of human beings.
! G. w. Brandborg, who was held for
murder in the second degree for causing
the death of Ole Anderson at Henning
on July 4, has been admitted to bail,
|
A heavy wind storm struck Faribault
Friday Of last week, blowing off roofs,
| smashing windows, tearing down
shrubbery, trees and signs, besides do
ing considerable other damage.
Rev. J. c. Ogle, pastor of the Methe=
dist Episcopal church at OWatonna
while preaching in his pulpit was
stricken with paralysis. He lived until
| the next morning, dying about 10
o'clock.
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor met IN convention al
Minneapolis last week. Delegates were
present from all over the country. It is
estimated that 5000 strangers were in
the city.
Six of the prisoners confined in the
county Jail at st. Cloud escaped Satur
day evening by knocking down Deputy
Sheriff Doty, severely injuring him,
None of che prisoners have as yet been
captured.
Litchfcid boasts OF two base bal
mines composed of the first young ladies
of the city. In a splendid game at
Brightwood on the Fourth, the Bright:
wood Bellies, one of the mines, won by a
score Of toe.
The Farmers Elevator company, al
Cokato, Mimi. has held its annual
meeting, declaring dividend of 81 pei
cent. Since Incorporation, two years
ago, they have declared a net dividend
Of 426 per cent.
| Dick Moore, this pugilist, was found
guilty of yagrancy by the st. Pau
municipal court and sentenced to tht
workhouse for thirty days. The sen
| tence was suspended upon Dicks prom
! ise to leave the city;
| Mrs. Hilsop, Of Fond du Lac, wal
drowned Wednesday afternoon while
trying to save her baby from drowning
! She had saved the child and put it OF
the bank of the river, but fell back her
self and was carried away and drowned
Five horses were shot at SlaytoZ
Wednesday by the authorities, having
besn eoldallned for being diseased will
the glanders. A thorough canvass O.
| the township has been made, and it i
believed that all the glandered horses
are now dead.
At White Earth the Trutachos WeI.
arranged before tho Indian judges ant
admitted that they tried to kill thei
sister Christine, but were let off with
light sentence, 10 days of hard labor
Christine was found On the prairie eigh
miles from home.
At Fergus Falls, Eber Waite, 12 year
old, was told that if he went where tn
| water was deep he could swim forth
with. He rowed out into Prairie lax
with his 5-year- old brother and dove Int
fifteen feet of water. His body was re
covered the next day.
Congressman HDar"" Hall, of Mir
/ nesota, has received his commission a
, commissioner to treat with the ChiI
pewas, and has left for Superior to joi
Bishop Marty and Mr.. Campbell, th
other members. They viii Leave for th
reservation III d few days,
Secretary Hart, of the board of char
: ties and corrections, made his quarterl
} inspection of the state prison at Still
water on Tuesday. Mr.. Hart report
4 | the prison in excellent condition an
that immense quantities Of tho fneI
| quality Qf twine axe being turned OF
by the convicts. - = 80
. In the case of the United States VI
: John M. Egan and G. FL. Holdridge, {
= tue OHlCdSO, GG dul SnC F4dISas S4G,
G for alleged violation of the inter-sta1
9 commercial law In selling block {
q 5000 st. Paul Chicago tickets at a raj
: of s. each, Judge Thayer instructed th
s jury to find for the defendants.
A trust deed for s2,0O0,OOO was file
in the Office of the register of deeds
!. Duluth given by the pHluth Igansf
i Railway company To the Metropolis
! Trust company, Of New York. It's o
: ject is to secure money to build termin
3 lines along the st. Louis bay and riv
= from Duluth to Fond du Lac,
Ex-Policeman Vincent Kukowski w
arraigued in the municipal court
Winona and given a preliminary exar
!, ination for the murder Of August DO
i ner, On the night Of Jufie 8. He deni,
= shooting him with Intention to XII
: Judge Allen bound him over to d
z grand jury, which mseta sarls ss''-
u w "a SdAeEiE seHH . .-..s Ia
! -..~4 in the county j
....ouG pail.