The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-02
THE NORTHWEST,
A Summary of the Important Events
OF the Week In the Northwestern
States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in o
Nutshell.
NE sofa.


The anniversary of st. Johns day was Gel
ebrated at CrOokston.
Coroner Shipard has been summoned to
East Grand Forks to investigate the cause
OF death of a woman near that point
Fire consumed the entire Foley row and
other buildings at Aitkin. The loss is al
most total, but the owners will rebuild.
Olaf. f.Anderson, a Norwegian who came
rom Sacred Heart to Sleepy Eye, was ad
judged insane and taken to st. Peter.
Burglars broke into A. w. Dean & Co.'S
drug store at Sherburn and stole two
watches valued at $75.
An unknown man in attempting to
alight from a moving passenger train at
Sauk Rapids, fell and broke his collar bone
and was otherwise seriously injured.
A tramp, who gave his name as Ed. Nc
Guire, i'll jumping off the Northern Pacific
train at st. Cloud broke his shoulder
and suffered several coAtuSions.
lIalfbreedS near Beaver Creek discovered
silver that tests 90 per cent. c. A. McGraw
has bought the mine and expects to raise
money to develop it,
Swan Oleson, a farmer living five miles
northwest of Belle Plaine, was instantly
killed by lightning while crossing field
near his home the other evening.
Hydrophobia is becoming alarmingly
prevalent at Chatfield. About thirty-six
dogs have been killed. Some think the
state board of health should interfere.
Owing to delay in forwarding the
ipat to TO I,o
Indians will not be made until about July
10.
The Waseca creamery building burned
recently. 1t was the property of E. c.
Ranney. Loss about $1,000, insurance I'M
known.
At special election at Fairmont the
question ofissuiny SIS, 900 bonds for water
works and electric lights was carried by -
majority.
The schedule in the r. Gregg e. Co., as
signmcnt was filed in the clerk of courts
office at Hastings, giving the assets at $685.,
2.5G and liabilities $14S, 153.
A young son of Geo. Nelson was run
over by freight train at New Richland
and one leg was amputated. The child is
deaf mute and fell under the car while
attempting to Jump on.
Chambers is raging in the vicinity of Slay-
| ton. The town officers have taken proper
steps to check this disease, all hitching
posts have beea painted red, and keen
watch will be kept
The apple crop is an entire failure at
| Owatonna this year, but the lack is some
what compensated for by bountiful crop
of Strawberries, and the prospects are good
for large yield of raspberries and other
small fruits
P.J. Mcehhan has had fine boat built
on the Red lake to be used in towing logs
and expects to get 5000, OJO feet to Red Lake
Falls to be sawed this season. The past
heavy rains have helped them to drive in
the smaller streams.
Frank Grandstrand ofBelgrade is wanted
for horse-stealing He came to Sauk Cen
ter with team of horses, buggy and har-
ness, and disposed of the outfit to NJ. E.
Jones for $115. His mother came in
to find her son. but he and the money were
gone, and officers are now on his track.
| Joseph Thielen, who has been missing
! from ST. Cloud for sometime was found
hanging to tree on Calvary hill, near the
Catholic cemetery. He tried to drown
himself some time ago but was rescued by
his son. He has been drinking lately.
The stonecutters at St. Cloud have an
nounced Ed Maybury and the producers
H. J. Anderson to act as arbtrators on the
question Of wages to be paid the cutters.
They will meet to choose another and will
then arbitratc the matter.
Emil Warp, who robbed old Duncan
| Crawford, near the Rising Sun hotel, on
Lake avenue Duluth of $50 and other prop
erty, in the latter part of April, was found
guilty and sentenced to four years in the
pententiary.
Suit has been begun at Ltchfield by Re-
ceiver Young to recover lot of real estate
owned by III. S. Branhanl, before his death
and transferred by him shortly before the
failure of the Stevens & Co. bank. The
property includes 1,6OO acres of land and
some lots in Litchtied and Dassell.
One hundred and fifty dollars was stolen
from the saloon of Artz Bros. at Winona.
The money was left in an open cigar box
and placed on an enclosed shelving behind
the bar Cash amounting to $40 was left
untouched. The parties are suspected and
the arrest ofFrank GOrski was made.
The annual camp meeting of different de-
nominations of Swedish churches has open
ed at Cambridge in large tent on the base
ball grounds, and will continue four days,
closing on midsummer day. Thousands OF
people from this and adjoining counties
are present. Several distinguished speak
ers from st. Paul and Minneapolis are in
attendance.
The marriage of David Kahn and Miss
Henrietta Frank were solemnized at the
residence off. Idzal, 255 East Fourth street
Winona. The reformed Jewish ceremony
was used, Rabbi e. L. Hess, ofSt. Paul
officiating Misses Gutman and Becker, Of
La Crosse, were bridesmaids and Messrs
Harry Drager and 1sidor Rosenfeld
| groomsmen
George Brown was sentenced at Duluth
to two years at hard labor in the peniten,
tiary for grand larency. He was sent from
Superior to the Merchants Hotel in this
city to get a valise. Instead of taking il
across the bay to its owner, he decamped to
st. Paul, where he parted with it for mon
ey. 1t was finally traced to O pawn shop
and Brown was arrested.