The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-14
THE NORTHW EST.
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,
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
George Wright, of Brainerd, while at
work ON the landing at Simpsons camp on
Pine river, was crushed to death by logs.
The examination ofC. NJ. March at Man
kato, has been postponed. The state feels
confident of securing a conviction.
Lightning killed c. Huben and John
Keycr at Fulda. A little girl was serious
ly injured aud the house wrecked.
Tramps set fire to a shed in the old fair
grounds at Winona and a number of the
sheds were burned. The loss is about
1000.
The grandson Of Elias Hahn, a farmer
living a few miles south of O%watonna,
was caught upon a barb wire fence and
hung himself. He was p years old.
John J. Syestad Of Madison met with a
very painful accident while loading stone
falling from his wagon. A stone fell on
him, breaking his leg.
The delinquent tax sale for the year
1890 is being held at the county auditors
office at Hastings. The bidders are few
and far between.
The district court convened recently,
Judge J. Q. Farmer presiding. Twelve
civil and one criminal case are on the
calendar.
John Maugle of Anoka, a farm hand EN-
ployed by John Coleman, ofCoon Creek,
committed suicide. Coroner Dunham's
inquest gave strychnine as the cause.
Mrs. Lucy Guptil, mother Of George
Guptil, one OF the prominent citizens of
l pooLfor1 rouoo.1 oHuor OF RuHolo offQp
reaching the age of ninety years.
The st. Paul Republicans elect their en-
tire city ticket, seven and probably eight
of the nine assemblymen, and five and per-
haps seven of the elven aldermen.
Charles Anderson, head sawyer at the saw
mill at Hinckley. while using an ak to cut
a log, was caught in the rope, and his foot
cut through. 1t may nave to be amputa-
ed.
David Swanson met sudden death at
Brainerd, from heart disease, being found
at the corner of Eight and Broadway dead.
He was a member ofthe firm of Swanson
e. Parsons.
The dead body of a man apparently
about 30 or 36 years OF & and OF the work
ing class. was found floating in the Mime
sofa river about II miles below Belle
PLANE, and has not we: been identified.
Special United States Timber Inspector
Warmer. o fGrand Rapids, who came to
look after the alleged cutting of timber on
White Cap Point, reservation, was recalled
and given leave of absence until next July.
A light rain fell at Sank Rapids, and
wheat is coming out of the ground and
looks splendid. Sun dogs followed the sun
l l~-, --l <-c~ -, 400 art arkosrNo n Nf fr0cf
killing it.
Daniel Harlos, q well-to-do and respected
farmer of Caledonia. aged ga years, became
violently insane on religious matters. and
was committed to the Rochester asylum
by the probate court.
Daniel Cunningham, a fireman on En-
CINE No. 1916, running east from Winona on
the Chicago g. Northwestern road, fell from
his engine near Bangor, breaking his
neck. His body was taken to Baraboo.
He was twenty-eight years old, and leaves
a wife.
At & special meeting of the citizens OF
Little Falls bonds to the amount of S25,.
600 were voted to build two public school
buildings of four rooms each, the present
high school building being entirely made
quate.
A bicycle track will be constructed at
Winona. 1t is said hat parties arc coming
here to start q bicycle livery. John w.
NJ. Brown of Albany N. Y, has applied
for the position Of traine and keeper OF
the new association.
Deputy Sheriff Bates of Duluth brought
another alleged "blind pigger' from The
Mcsaba Rage. He was John Mernick. He
pleaded not guilty and gave $500 bond to
appear Tor hearing. This is the sixth arrest
made by the sheriff on this charge.
Not o~fyoung Polanders went out to one
ofthe %quarries near St. Cloud and stole a can
of powder, and when they reached home
built a fire and one of the boys threw the can
into it. AS the result of the explosion Barny
Omersky and Paul Craft may die and the
remainder were badly injured.
Frank kauthaak, a man sixty-four years
old fell from a lumber pile at Winona at
Youmans Bros. Saw mill, and received in
iuries from which he will die. He came
from the old country only a short time ago,
as he says, to be in q free country when he
could earn good wages.
A riot occurred near Rochester between
$50 Italians employed by the Winona 4 st.
Peter railroad and the American members
of the workmen. The former were driven
ava The latter are on d strike for
more pay, and the Italians had been sub
stituted.
Ayoung man named Chas, Norde:om
of Cloquet while feeding a machine i'll the
Cloquet Lumber C%ompany's planning mill.
was struck by a piece Of board which flew
back from the saw. He was struck in the
right side of the neck and was killed in
stantly. He was % years of age and I'M
| married.
A beautiful girl, 16 years old, ofAnokar
appeared before Judge Fisch and swore out
a warrant against her steptathcr for the
heinous crime o frape, The girls nam is
Dora Bell Trotter and her stepfather's
name is James Nesb;tt, an employee of the
Lincoln mill. Nesbitt was placed in Jail.
A little s-year-old son of Mrs. Ole Chris
Hanson, af Lowrie. Pope county, was acct
denfy shot while playing with a revolver
at C6enwood. The bali entered his body
near the navel and the doctors in attend
ance have been unat's to locate the bullet.
The little fellow is in a critical condition
and his chances for recovery are very poor.
Hiram Wendt, who was bound over t