Morris tribune., 1892-08-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Redwood Falls is badly in need of ten
ement houses.
A new postoffice has been established
at Cohasset, Itasca county.
The Milwaukee depot and contents at
Blooming Prairie burned Thursday.
First district Democrats have renom-
mated Captain Harries for congress.
Grand Rapids is to haye an opera
house erected by the Odd Fellows of
that place.
Thorpe Bros. & Co.'s elevator and 10,-
900 bushels of wheat was burned at Buff
tington last week.
st. Paul business men have petitioned
the council to illuminate the streets
during the state fair.
Gamblers and other disreputable
characters have been warned to leave
Breckenridge at once.
John Phillips, a pioneer settler, died
Monday of paralysis at his residence in
Lake City, aged 63 years.
Katie Kiess, of Minneapolis, kindled a
fire with kerosene. Herclothing caught
fire and she was fatally burned.
Tuesday was the 30th anniversary of
the battle of New Ulm, and the day was
generally observed there as holiday.
CIookstoa is to be lighted by gas in
the Lear futnre. a stock company
with 4 cap-,ai of $J0.OGo has been
formed.
Gabriel Renville, the noted Sisseton
chief, who has been seriously i'll for
s.'-':" time at Browns Valley, died
Friday.
..:e Mankato Review, published as
weekly tor more than quarter of Cen
tury, will issue daily edition comlnenc-
ing Sept. 5.
The claim Of General Sanborn against
the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians for
about $25, 900 attorney fees has been de-
cidel in favor of the Office.
A Pine Island man cut stock OF corn
in his field last week which measured
eleven feet and two inches and which he
claims grew in % days, growth of
over two inches day.
During recent thunderstorm light
ming struck the house of Peter Herzig at
Mazeppa. The bolt tore the elastic out
of congress shoe without iniuring the
leather in the least and played other
pranks.
D. Sweeney and John Halbron, two
river men, performed rather a startling
feat at Winona Saturday night by jump
ing from the high bridge to the river, a
distance of sixty feet. Neither of the
men were injured.
Isaac Botsford, a pioneer of Albert
Lea, suicided Saturday by throwing
himself III front OF a train. He was to
years Of age, an old soldier, an able
newspaper writer, and good printer.
Dependency over financial matters the
cause.
The city ticket Offices of the Chicago
and Northwestern and Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul roads at Winona
are to be abolished Aug. II. The
general freight and passenger Offices of
the Milwaukee road will also be re-
moved to La Crosse.
The Crookston land Office announces
that the portion of congressional town
ship 152, range Al, lying west of Red
Lake reservation, in Polk county,
has been surveyed and will De open to
entry Sept. ~. This is the first portion
of the reservation thrown open to set
tiers.
After Sept. Moorhead will be one of
the centers for distributing forecasts
and warnings to cities and towns in
Minnesota and North Dakota. Forty
two cities and towns in the last two
states will receive predictions from
Moorhead instead of st. Paul, as here
tofore.
Captain R. A. Pratt, U. S. A., the dis
tinguished Indian educator and superin-
tendent of the Indian training school, |
Carlisle, Pa, has been at White Earth
agency during the past week. Captain
Pratt will take back with him large
class of candidates for the Carlisle !
school, boys and girls ranging in years
from IA to IL.
A rather novel case was decided in |
court at Winona last week. A few years
ago John Sikorski came to Winona to |
obtain work, shortly after sending $50
back to the old country to pay the fare
to America of his sweetheart, who prom
ised to marry him upon arrival there. |
She was there but short time when she |
became engaged to and married man
named Meyer. Sikorski then sued to
recover the $50 The court granted him
the $50, interest and costs, amounting in
all to $76.
LOST ON THE PRAIRIE.