Morris tribune., 1892-04-13
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

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A new brick block and opera house
will soon DC erected at Morris.
The Northern Pacific depot at Fergus
Falls has been destroyed by fire.
DR.. j. s. Elliott, pioneer of Mime
apolis, died last week at Santa Monica,
An opera house to cost $50, 900 is now
an assured fact for Winona. Home
capital will build it.
The chief of police at Minneapolis has
ordered the removal of all peanut and
other stands from the sidewalks.
Mrs. A. R. Kiefer. wife of Colonel
Kiefer of st. Paul, died last week in
Berlin. She had been abroad since June.
Hon. Jared Benson, of Anoka, has
been appointed storekeeper of the ST
Paul internal revenue collection district.
The st. Paul White Lead and Oil
works were destroyed by fire Wednes-
day of last week, causing loss Of
| $l05, 200.
Governor Merriam has extended an
invitation to Senator Sherman to be his
guest at st. Paul during the national
convention.
The Farmers elevator at Fergus Falls
was damaged by fire Thursday. There
was only 500 bushels os wheat on hand
at the time.
A servant girl in the employ of Mrs:
j. G. Kennedy, of st. Paul, was found
dead in bed Frids8 morning, having
been suffocated by gas.
Justus Bragg. pioneer of Minnesota
and at one time president of the First
Notional Bank of Bismarck, N. D., died
Thursday in Minneapolis.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota
Grand Lodge A. O. U. w. will be held
in the representatives hall at the capi-
tol, st. Paul, May 4 and 5.
j. w. Westlake, said to be without
peer in raising IS bills to those of $50,
has been arrested at Granite Falls. His
other name is George Love.
A Scandinavian college is to be estab-
lished at Fergus Falls. The school will
be under the Lutheran synod, which is
the strongest church among the Scandi-
navians.
The accommodation committee at
Minneapolis has already provided for
25 900 people during the Republican ma
tional convention. The number will
be doubled.
st. AIMS Catholic church at LIE Sueur
was Lurglarized last week, the thieves
taking the chalice, the two wells, the
candlestieks and other articles to the
value of $50.
Secretary Noble has approved list No.
z, embracing rs, AL acres of the primary
grant of the Hastings and Dakota rail-
road in the counties of Dakota, Scott,
Carver and Mcleod. =
Philip E. Nelson has been commits
A postofice has been established
at Sveadahl, Watonwan county, with
Olof Holmquist in charge.
The homestead entries for the month
of March at the Duluth land Office were
37S, and the total cash receipts S., 510.S7.
This big business is owing to the rush
of settlers to the iron regions.
George A. Paulson's hardware store
in the village of Henning, Otter Tail
county, was broken into the other night,
the safe blown open and some $50 in
money and two revolvers taken.
Negotiations for the establishment of
a paper mill at St. Cloud have been
closed and the machinery is already on
the way. J. M. Durant, of Minneapo.
lis, will have direct charge Of the mill.
At the last meeting of the board of
worlds fair managers of Minnesota, q
committee was appointed to arrange for
the preparation and publication of a
pamphlet on Minnesota and her re-
sources for distri button at Chicago next
year. @'
It is estimated that over three hun
dred teachers will be in attendance at
the summer school at the Minnesota
state university during July and August.
The school will have a high school an
mex, where school teachers may receive
special instructions.
It appears from the books of Marcus
johnson, collector of internal revenue
for Minnesota, that there were manu-
factured in the state last year 43, ,03S, SS1
cigars, or about I, 200, 900 more than the
preceding year. The manufactures also
increased from 275 to BAT.
Secretary Tams Bixby has received
official notice that all railroads in Min
nesota will carry Republicans to the
Republican state convention to be held
in st. Paul May 5, for one fare for the
round trip. The tickets will be good
until May 6, inclusive.
Miles & Prescott, who are drilling a
well for the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad at Lake Benton, struck wat,r
at depth of $40 feet. The water ro
400 feet in a few minutes, showing in
mense pressure. The indications a;
that a flowing well will be obtained +
put deeper.
An attempt was made by prisoners in
the county Jail at Mankato to escape
through pipe used years ago in con-
nection with cesspool outside of the
jail The wall was partly torn down
and the pipe removed. A little more
time and the effort would have proved
successful. The prisoners are now
locked in cells.
In a heavy thunderstorm at Lake
Crystal the barn of John Nelson was
struck by lightning and burned down.
Three horses and five cows We're con-
sumed, with grain, hay, etc. The light
ming also struck the barn of Fred
Maker, killing two valuable horses and
one colt and damaging the barn about
500.
The opening Of the special term of the
United States circuit court in st. Paul
was attended with two events of per-
sonal Importance. One was the formal
introduction iuto the Office of UDi,ed
States circuit judge of Walter II. San
born, recently appointed as one of the
nine judges made necessary by the act
of congress creating circuit co'1rt Of
appeals. He took the oath of office be-
fore Judge Nelson, the district judge,
at the opening of court. The other
event was the presentation to the gov
ernment of bronze bust of Hon.
Rensselaer, r. Nelson, who has been
United States district judge in this state
for nearly thirty-four years. The bust
is the gift of the members of the bar
practicing in the court.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle
from Rome denies that the Vatican con-