Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1892-04-27
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
nj. A. Hayes has purchased t Du-
luth News, and is now sole pro,llettr
and editor.

NJ. A. Hayes has purchased t. Du.
luth News, and is now sole propllett +
and editor.
In five days recently, twenty-five
wolves We're killed within twelve miles
George IL. Marshall, only child of ex-
governor w. r. Marshall, died on .
tram while en- route home from the
South. ~ 'AN
The Calvanites of the presbyterv Of
st. Paul met in Minneauolis last wssk
one hundred and fifty delegates were
present.
While several boys were playing with
shotgun at Pennington the weapon
was discharged and Scott Kinssley was
fatally injured.
Winston Bros, of Minnaa ,.'is, have
secured the contract fort .,,"Struc-
ton OF the Mesaba roal ~. u saba
station to Merritt and by a..
John Endres was fou, 4 6 "a on the
railroad track near Bstroit last week.
| His body was cut in halves. No clue as
to how it happened has been found.
A. G.. Perkins lumber camps near
Pine City, together with his drivers
outfits, have been destroyed by fire. It
Is supposed to be the work of tramps.
st. Paul Democrats have renomin-
ated Robert A. Smith for mayor and
| the Repu bilcans have endorsed Colonel
+. +. Wright, the Independent candi-
| date.
Patrick Stanley, the st. Paul man
who was shot at the dog fight in An
Okla county Sunday, died in the hospital
Tuesday as the result of an amputation
of leg.
John Hope, a we'll known Minneapolis
contractor, was killed in a runaway by
being thrown from his buggy and strik-
ing an iron post Of the street railway
company.
f. Weyerhauser and others have
brought action against Saltwater par
ties to determine the ownership of pine
lands in Mile Lacs county valued at
81 800, 900.
The village council of Montevideo
have purchased for public park
thirty-fve acres of the grove lying west
OF the Chippewa river, and the same is
being laid out
John Fl. Horton, an old resident of
Minneapolis, died Wednesday of last
| week. His wife, who had travelled all
| the way from Japan on learning of his
ILLNESS, arrived three hours after his
death.
Six freight cars were smashed to kim
ding by collision between freight and
passenger trains near the Chestnut
street station, ST. Paul, Thursday night.
A number of the passengers were badly
bruised but no one was fatally injured.
The Northern Pacific lands have been
selling fast IN the past two weeks, over
14,Q00 acres having been disposed of by
company have about 100000 acres in
Clay county and the northern part of
Wilkin
The new portion Of the Imperial mill
at Duluth was started Tuesday. It has
d capacity of $500 barrels daily, and
with the older portions of the mill, that
has been in operation about four years,
gives the mill capacity of 5000
barrels.
The special committee appointed by
the Minnesota insane asylum trustees to
consider the scale of wages paid at the
asylums, met in St. Paul and decided to
recommend new schedule of wages,
which, in the main, will be higher than
prevailing ones.
A ST. Louis company has purchased
the Rush City Pressed Brick company,s
works and taken possession. They are
putting in new kilns, connecting the
works with the main line of the St. Paul
and Duluth with a switch and adding a
new press and other machinery.
A well dressed man, apparently 30
years of age, was struck by an ore
train on the Iron Range road at Tower
Friday night. The man was kneeling
on the track in the attitude of prayer.
Both legs were cut Off He lived for
some hours, but refused to give his
name or the whereabouts of his rela-
tives.
Frank Daggett Post &. A. R. of
Litchfeld has in it's possession meteor
which fell near Kingston, near there,
four or five years ago. It was not
found until last fall. A farmer, who
was plowing in his field, found it. Be
ing an old soldier he brought it to that
city and left it with the post. 1t weighs
nearly 200 pounds.
The Minneapolis Esterly Harvester
company have filed articles of incorpo-
ration. The amount of the capital stock
| is 81 ,250, 900, of which amount $3.50, 600
is preferred stock, and the remainder
common stock. The corporation is not
! to commence business until at least
| 1000 has been subscribed. The high
| est amount of indebtedness is placed at
| $1,000, 900. The shares are valued at
| 500 each.
Ground is in good order for plowing,
| and next week will see large number
| of plows at work. There is scarcity
of laborers in Northern Minnesota. E.
D. Childs, Of the Riverside farm, Crooks
! ton, among others says he needs ten
men, competent to drive four horse
teams and will give the right men en-
ployment until Dec. l. He has 1900
acres to plow and 1900 to seed, and
wants to do it all within the next thirty
days.
The car inspector on the Chicago,
| Milwaukee and st. Paul railway made a
sickening discovery ut their depot in
! Winona. AS he was going his rounds
he found the dead body Of man
| crushed in horrible manner under a
car load of telegraph poles. The man
| had been dead for some time, as decom-
| position had set in. He had evidently
crawled on the car and secluded himself
under the ends of the poles to steal a
ride, when, by the jolt of the train, the
poles settled down upon and killed him.
No clue can be found as to his name or
| friends and he wus hIuried bv Aha