Morris tribune., 1891-07-29
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
The new Masonic temple at New Ulm
will cost ST., 900.

] will build q new DrlCk passenger depoD
at New Ulm.
Over 10, 600 people attended the open
ing day of the Twin City Jockey club
races at Hamllne.
Water works laborers at Winona
struck Thursday for $3.50 a day. The
demand was refused.
The special laws of the last Minnesota
legislature will make volume of 1000
pages, 1t will be out by Aug. l.
John Redell of the Chicago fire de-
partment, has been elected fire marshal
of Winona at 81 500 per year.
Thieves broke into the Lac qui Parls
postoffice and took $3.50 in money
order money and S15 or $50 in store
money.
By order of the judges of the Mime
sofa supreme court the state law library
will be closed for repairs during the
month of August.
The monument to the defenders of
New Ulm against tho Sioux will be ded.
icated Aug. %. Governor Merriam is
expected to be present.
A grain elevator company has been
organized at Rushford and will be in
corporated under the state law. The
capital stock is $4,000.
At a preliminary examination at
Brainerd Fred Ellis and Philip Provo
were held to the grand jury, charged
with the murder of Pat Ryan.
Alexandria is bady infested with
tramps. The town marshal has in
creased his force so as to be able to pro-
tect the citizens from robbery.
The Minnesota Teachers Training
school opened at Plainview last Mon
day and continues until Aug. IA, with
an attendance of sixty teachers.
Over 800 men are thrown out of en-
ployment by the shutting down of the
boom at Saltwater. No attempt will
be made at starting the boom until
Aug 8.
DR.. G.. w. Hewitt, secretary of the
Minnesota board of health, will leave
this week for London, England, to at
tend the international medical congress
to be held there.
Henry Moss, of Cleveland, LIE Sueur
county, was found in the rear of
the granary with the whole top of his
head gone. The gun was still in his
hand. He was 81 years of.
The Great Northern extension to Park
Rapids, Hubbard county, will be COM
pleted about the 1st of August. This
extension will open up new hunting
and fishing territory.
A destructive hail storm passed over
western Nicollet county and laid low
all the crops in that vicinity. the loss
to grain is estimated at 500, ZOO. None
of the losers were insured.
The work of putting in new floor at
the Minnesota capitol has begun. The
sidewalks and steps at the front entrance
have been torn down. 1t will take
month to complete the work.
The plans have been all prepared for
a new bridge across the st. Louis river
from New Duluth to st. Louis. Work
must be begun by Oct. 1. The struc=
ture will be of iron and steel,
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway is interesting capital in the
manufacture OF paper stock and linen
from flax straw, and experimental fac
tories are to be established at points in
Minnesota.
A line fence row between two Ger
man families in the town of Livonia.
Sherburne county, resulted in the shoot
ing Of John libel by Mrs. Kueper. The
bullet went through Tibel's left shoulder.
Mrs. Kueper is under arrest.
The Bear river has been cleared of
logs, bringing out upwards of 30, ,00O, 900
feet that month ago was supposed to
be left over for the season. This brings
out all the old logs, so that the river 1s
clear for the first time in three years.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the secretary of states Office by
the Northwestern Lutheran College as
sociation. There is no capital stock. 1t
is the intention of the association to
establish theological seminary at
Moorhead.
A log Jam, which was one of the most
picturesque that ever formed in. the
dalles of the St. Croix, occurred last
week. Between 100000 and 20,000,-
900 feet of logs were carried into the
narrows by a sudden rise Of water and
piled up to an astonishing height.
Governor Merriam has eommuted the
sentence Of E. G. De Vinne. editor Of
the st. Paul Sunday Sun, who was
sentenced to ninety days imprisonment
in the Washington county Jail for libel.
ing F. II. Lemon, depaty warden of the
state prison. De Vinne served about
two-thirds of his time.
A fire broke out in the Swan Lake
mill at Nicollet while the men were at
dinner, and before discovered was be-
yond control. The origin of the fire was
L, Lox 4lo ,hoo
loss will probably amount to $50 900,
aud it is quite well covered by insur-
ance.
The Salvation Army soldiers at Red
Wing have been fined for marching the
streets with musical instruments with
out permission Of the chief of police.
They will carry the case into the SUI
pre1ne court ON habeas corpus proceed
ings, and endeavor to prove that the
ordinance is unconstitutional.
Thirty members of the house and
senate committee on rivers and harbors
arrived at Duluth Last Monday. The
day was spent in inspection of harbor
improvements, the party going by boat
up the st. Louis river to New Duluth,
returning by train. This excursion was
originated by Congressman s. M.
Stephenson, of Menominee, Mich, who
is bearing the expense Of the affair,
Chief justice Gilallan has handed
down decision in the Red Wing Sal
vation Army habeas corpus case.
Moore, the head of the Red Wing army
was arrested for beating a drum, con-
trary to an ordinance of the city coun-
Gil. The chief justice holds the ordi-
nance invalid, inasmuch as it places the
whole matter of license to parade the
streets in the hands Of the chief Of 20:
lice, who might deny the right to one
and grant it to another, with no better
reason than caprice.
Money for Sissetons.
ST. PAUL, July THE Sisseton Inz
dians are now being paid their appro.
priations, given for property destroyed
during the war of 1862. The appropria-
ton is for $3.50, 200. Each man, woman
and child gets 1925. The paymaster