The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-01-28
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News In q
Nutshell.
MINNIE sofa.

Improvements in the city of Owatonna
for the year 1891 amounted to over $780,
900.
Hastings & Diments new mill at Owa-
tonna is being hurried to completion, and
will soon be in operation.
Frank Kempfer, who killed man at
Andrea. WillSin county, is the son of B. o.
Kempfsr, who killed P. N. Smith at Eliza
beth.
Joseph d. Young was convicted at Waseca
ofselling liquor without license before
the municipal court. He was fined 500
and costs by Judge Child.
Miss Emily Davis, aged Is years, daugh-
ter ofMr. and Mrs. Frank A. Davis, of Fairi-
bault, died at her home of heart failure,
after briefillness of but two or three days.
Charles Gaylord, a young man living
three miles from Plainview was found dead
in his fathers barn. The cause of death is
unknown.
The passenger train going on the Red
Wing road recently ran into a freight
train making a siding at Trout Brook.
A freight car was demolished, but no one
was injured.
William Koebnick, who shot and in
stantly killed Fred Webber in Janesville
township recently, had an examination
before Judge Childs at Waseca, and was
bound over to appear before the grand
jury. He was released on $500 bonds.
Word reached Carlton that the East
bound passenger train on the Northern
Pacific was wrecked west of Aitkin. The
rear coach and sleepers were thrown fIom
the track. No one was injured. A brok-
en- raj was the cause.
NJ. G. McGinnis, laborer, in Mcleod &
Dickinson's lumber camp, Is miles west of
Little Falls, fell from a load of logs re-
Gently and broke his thigh. He was
brought to town. He lives in Minneapo-
lis. 81
The body of an unknown man was found
in the woods near Carlton by George III.
Merwin. a trapper and hunter, two miles
south of Cromwell. The body has doubt
less been there since last fall, as fire has
burned it beyond recognition.
Thomas Trussel, a graduate of the state
university who has been teaching the dis
trict school at Champlin, has been lorced to
resign by the board of education because he
whipped the children too promiscuously.
He is succeeded by Mr.. Lynch.
While driving at Little Falls William
Davidson who is a director of the First Ma
tional bank was thrown out of his vehicle
heavily to the ground. When picked up
he was found to be unconscious. He had
no bones broken, but was hurt internally.
He will recover.
Sheriff George R. Maynard, of Long
Prairie, arrested a man named John
simons at the Grand Union hotel, in
ST. Cloud. - Anons forged the names of
pro1nfrfens fsuhhR Prairie men as suretiessto
notes upon which he obtained money. The
sheriff had been following him for week.
The poultry house of the Crescent Cream
cry company in East Rochester was burn
ed, undoubtedly set afre by some incendi-
ary, involving loss of about 1900 pounds
of poultry. The loss on buildings, owned
by w J. Eaton, was about $1,000, and on
| poultry $3.50 and other material about $3.50.
! No insurance.
An agent has been placed in charge of
the station at PerIey on the Moorhead
| northern branch OF the Great Northern rail-
way twenty-five miles north of Moorhead.
| Perley is prosperous town, and in the
fall does large amount OF grain shipping.
| Kurtz on the Moorhead & Southwestern
mas Decn Illdue d POSIOLuCS SGaIAouJ anu luS
| name changed to Elmer.
The municipal court room was crowded
to its utmost capacity the other day by
those who are interested in the examina-
ton of w. F. Stephens of Amboy, who was
charged with committing an assault on L.
| Miller of the same village. Judge Porter,
after listening to the evidence, bound the
| prisoner over TO the next term of the
district court. He gave bonds to the
amount of 81 900 for his appearance.