The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-11-05
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
OF the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in q
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA


The Dispatch of Sleepy Eye was sold to
II. G. Hays
To illustrate the value of real estate in
that section, 0. Mason, seven miles from
Marshall, sold 24O acres for 5000
Contracts have been signed by which the
Russ-Jones Desk Company of Minneapolis
will remove its plant to Shakopee.
Matthias Berres, of Lakeville, had q
threshing machine burned the other eyen-
ing. -..-
The Lyon county Sabbath school con-
vention which was to have been held at
Marshall Oct. 80, has been indefinite y post
poned.
United States court at Duluth adjourned
to Dec. 49, on account of the illness Of
Judge Thomas, who left for his home at
Fargo.
1t is the belief that the body found in the
woods near Lake city is that of an English
druggist, who had been given position by
w. E. White but never went to work.
Eastern capitalists closed deal for the
West Side and Cottage place additions of
St. Cloud, comprising 500 lots, paying for
the same $35, 600 and $780, 900 respectively.
Charles Hammond, brakeman, was, by
the splitting ofa draw bar, badly pinched
at Avon. He was brought to st. Cloud,
and physicians say his injuries are very
serious.
A stranger said to have been resident of
Minneapolis, was found dead in one ofthe
principal thoroughfares of Heron Lake.
He came there from Dubuque and is said
to have been suffering from alcoholism.
Rev. J. B. Halsey, former rector of St.
James Mission of Marshall, who has been
East for treatment, was warmly welcomed
on his return by large congregation, and
is very much improved in health.
A man named Vanselous, of Freeborn,
was arrested at Albert Lee for stealing
wheat and had hearing. He was bound
over in the sum of $500 to appear before
the grand jury in December.
A. c. Carey, one of threshing crew
going north on the Great Northern, fell
from the top of box car in Moorhead.
He received fatal injuries and died. His
home is not known.
4 superior quality of copper ore has
been discovered at Chengwatona, three miles
from Pine City, by experts who have been
at work for some time. The mines will be
operated at once.
John Nils, an insane man was arrested
by Sheriff Braley in Burns Valley, about
five miles from Winona. The man who is
about As years of age, and was confined in
the Rochester insane asylum on previous
occasion. He will probably be sent there
again.
President Willard, agreeably to instruct
ions of the Mankato board of trade, has
named NJ. q. Willard, b. Tuttle, James
Shoemaker, John Klein and B. F. Pay
committee for raising Mankato's share of
the Worlds Fair funds apportioned to
Blue Earth county.
Company B. of the 3rd regiment located
at Anoka, is talking of trying the virtue of
the law passed by the last legislature, by
which it was supposed that the city council
would be compelled to furnish suitable
place 1or an armory. The council refuse to
let them use the city hall longer unless
they pay rent.
The case Of William Rowan, for alleged
larceny of horse and buggy from Charles
Clure at Hastings was, by consent dis
missed by Justice Newell. Subsequently
the defendant was arranged for having
been intoxicated and was sent up for 20
days in default of $50 fine.
Rev. Lewis Hewellyn late of Portsmouth.
Eng, who for the past three months has
been supplying the Olivet Baptist Church,
at Minneapolis, in the absence of the Rev.
w. P. Mckee in Europe, has accepted the
unanimous invitation of the First Baptist
Church, at Hastings, 10 become its pastor,
and he will enter upon his new duties at
once.
The sharper pretending to be an apple
tree agent, who soaked several farmers in
the vicinity Of Hastings last spring by in
dqcing them to sign notes for what they
supposed to be bargains for trees, and who
was captured in Wisconsin and brought to
this county and given his liberty under
$500 bonds, failed to appear for trial, and
so forfeited the bonds.
While Lewis Hyland was riding near
Hancock in road cart with loaded
double barrel shot gun, with which he had
been hunting wild geese, both barrels were
accidentally discharged, entering his body
below the heart killing him instantly. He
was 81 years of age and the son of w. NJ.
Hyland, one of the oldest pioneers of
Stearns county,
A horse belonging to Chris Anderson of
Moorhead was stolen recently. Mr.. An
dersons brother-in-law, Peter Jordee,
while in search of the missing animal came
upon the thieves. They were six or seven
in number and had several horses with
them. Among them was his brothers
horse. Jordee demanded the horse, which
was refused, and it was not until he drew
arcvolver that the horse was given up.
Deputy sheriff's are in pursuit Of the
thieves.
Mrs. Charles Peterson swore out q war.
rant at st. Cloud for her daughter Gertrude
and Charles Pfaff on the charge of grand
larceny, they being charged with stealing
sundry articles from her house. This is,
however, an elopement, the couple having
gone away together the day before, and
the grand larceny complaint was to recover
her daughter The girl is but sixteen.
The couple was captured by the sheriff at
Coon Creek, but they had already been
married. The case will probably be
dropped.