The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-12-29
NORTHWEST NRWsBUDGBT
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF
IMPORTANT NEWS.
A Concise Account Of the Happen
inRs OF the Past Week In Min
nesota. North Dakota.
iowa and Wisoon-
Gin.
Minnesota

mad dog bites many people at Alsxan-
dria.
State Auditor Biermans biennial report
is given out.
The Improvements a. Faribault durin g
the year will probably foot up $50, 900.
The Duluth Curling Club has begun the
erection of q $4,000 club house at Glen
Avon.
John Rsiser, Jr., of Dexter, hung himself
in his granary. No cause can be assigned
for the rash act.
Judge E. D. French, of Redwood Falls,
was seriously injured by being thrown from
his buggy.
Charles HenniEe tried in st. Paul for
completely in the murder of Aug st Hoppe
by Mrs. Smith is acquitted.
Public Examiner Kenyon files his bien-
NAL report OH the condition of the state
and country treasures and banks.
The passage of law for uniformity in
the incorporation OF villages is being agi-
tated.
The Church of st. Peter Claver was dedi-
Gated at st. Paul. 1t is for colored Catho-
lies.
A branch general store of r. H. Kempton
with contents burned at Redwood Falls
The loss will exceed the insurance by
$1,000.
George Woods killed himself with q ra-
zor at Mendoza. He was subject to epilep-
tic fits and took his lifeiwhile temporarily
insane.
A collision occurs on the Great Northern
railway at Nelson, Mimi, in which five
men are killed, some being burned, and
six badly injured.
No tldings has been received from John
K. Shaw, the Duluth insurance agent who
mysterlous!y disappeared from his home
on November 6, last.
A bill is to be introduced in the Mime
sofa legislature to tax inheritances and de-
vote the proceeds to the improvement of
public highways.
Judge Williston holds that the finding
of the medical commission which pronoun-
ced George Peters, the Saltwater murderer,
sane does not iDvalidate the verdict of the
jury which declared him insane.
The Waseca County Agricultural, Me-
chanical and Industrial society held its an
nual meeting in Waseca recently. Steps
were taken to purchase county fair
grounds.
The German-American bank, incorporat-
ed with capital of $50, 900, opened the
doors of their--new $1,000 building for
business at Winona. The days deposits
amounted to $1,000.
While Robert BoIes baker, was going
to his work the other morning he was held
up by footpad, who attempted to rob
him, but failed. He also shot at Boles,
the bullet going through his hat.
There is a fair prospect of Rochester hay
ing an opera house in the near future.
Huber Bastian bequeathed 5000 for a
library building, and it is proposed to add
$40, 900 or $12 900 to this and build an opera
house and library combined.
Rochester will probably hold another
winter carnival this year, with the accom-
paniments of tobogganing skating, ice
palace, etc. The subject is now being agi-
tated, and will be carried to a successful
conclusion.
Augustus H. Hornsby, st. Paul real
estate dealer, who for years served as an
officer in the British army in India, and
has relatives among the English nobility,
has disappeared and warrants have been
issued for his arrest.
Ramsey county commissioners report that
James II. Burns has made heavy over
charges for county printing. They instruct
the county attorney to bring proceedings
to recover the amount overpaid.
Edward Machie, an old resident of Carl
ton and Pine counties, shot and instantly
killed himself at the American house at
Barnum. His relatives are in Rochester,
Y. He has been living alone at Sturgeon
Lake, Mimi, for some time.
G. D. Bailey was stopped at Crookston,
while on his way home from work by
man who presented q pistol in his face and
demanded his cash. Efr. Bailey had but q
small amount of money on his person,
which he delivered to the man, who then
lett and up TO the present time has not
been seen.
The mad dog shot at Garfield recently,
was received at Alexandria by v K Van
niman, one of the four persons bitten. The
body will be examined by an expert and
the victims will be sent away for treatment
if the disease Is proven to be rabies. A
great many dogs have been shot, and al
most every man is a travelling arsenal, and
dogs not muzzled are shot on sight.
A Winona special says: Three laboring
men who have been engaged for some
time in chopping wood on the Wisconsin
side of the river have disappeared. 1t is
believed that in crossing the river they fell
into one of the numerous airholes aud
were drowned. The mems names were
Alex Taski, Albert Kunkorch and John
Lorbitski.