Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-21
N0RTHW EST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
of the Week in the Northwest
ern States
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA

Henry Habighorst. the well known st,
Paul merchant, dies in California.
Senator C. X. Davis of st. Peter announ-
ces himself a candidate for congress.
A suit is begun in st. Paul to secure pos
session of some ofthe West side flats.
George b. Young, for fifteen years reporter
of the state supreme court, resigns.
Hamline and the state universities engage
in an oratorical contest, Maxwell aud
Hamline,getting first place.
George NJ. Seymour of Saltwater, men,
Der ofthe old firm OF Seymour, Sabin & Co..
is dead.
Moth defeats McHugh in a wrestling
match in st. Paul for $3.50 and the North
western championship,
The bridge across Nermillion slough, in
the First ward, Hastings, was burned the
other m~orning-the work ofan i~ncendiary.
The dwelling and barn of Peter Branch
at ST. Cloud was totally destroyed by lire
recently. Loss 5000, insurance $500.
The dwelling OF w. Il. Mather, upon his
farm in Marshan, was burned recently, the
fire catching from the chimney.
Mr.. Castle is unable to push the st. Paul
public building bill and the prospects of
an additional appropriation are not bril-
liant.
AT a meeting OF the Jackson city council
three saloon licenses was granted at $40, 600
each. 1t also decided to erect water works
at an expense of $1,000.
Theodore Bion, part owner of Bion's
brewery, at O%watonna, vas standing in
hairless saloon, on Bridge street. when
without any warning he fell dead,
Articles for the incorporation of the Steel
Manufacturing company, with a capital
stock OF $4,000, have been executed at
Cambridge.
j. II. Henneberg, an old pioneer settler
OF Henderson, died, aged eighty-seven
years. He was at one time treasurer of
Sibley county.
Mrs. Lizzie Bahr, a young woman living
in the town of Rich Prairie, died under
peculiar circumstances. She had several
teeth pulled and apparently died from the
effects of the operation.
A serious runaway accident occurred at
Brainerd in which liver Benson was badly
injured. He was thrown from a buggy and
his head struck a stump or root cutting a
irightlul cash from mouth TO ear. He will
recover, however.
Flowing is in progress in Pine county
and many of the farmers will
seeding in a few days. They report the
earth to be in excellent condition Tor good
crops.
The Northern Minnesota Agricultural
and Driving Association OF Crookston. has
decided TO hold its summer meeting July
4, 5, 6 and I, at which time the grand en-
campment OF the G. A. r. will also be held
here. This association has one of the fast
est tracks in the Northwest.
About forty ladies of Winona county met
and perfected an organization TO be known
as the "Winona County Woman's Auxili-
airy to the Worlds Commission Of Mime
sofa" A constitution and bylaws were
adopted.
The enrolment in the public schools of
Moorhead is $50, and during March the
average daily attendance was 400. From
these figures the population of Moorhead is
estimated at 4,5sl, and the estimate is
thought to be conservative
AT the city election at Chatfeld, Hon.
Milo White was elected mayor; Mike Burke
Geo. Perry, Geo. l.. Gould, councilmen;
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license was the issue. No license carried
by 16 majority.
Mr.. Mcmahon. a Scotchman living nine
miles southwest of Dundas, has invented a
flying machine, and left recently, at the
request of parties interested in the success
of the machine, for Chicago, taking a
model for examination.
George Barbaras, president of the Ger
man American bank, at Hastings, who re-
Gently divorced from his wife, Mrs. Har-
riet Barbarss, was married to Mrs. Lizzie
Van Slyck by Rev. L. II. LatErop. They
left on a wedding trip to Chicago.
Hon. Thomas Wilson and a half
dozen other prominent business men
of Winona, signed an agreement for the
erection of a building 40 X l20 feet in size
and four stories high, to be used as a boot
and shoe factory by Z. A. Williams. The
structure will cost about $4,000.
During a heavy thunder storm the barn
of John Nelson, six miles west OF Lake Cry
stall, was struck by lightning and burned.
Three cows and five horses were burned up
with the grain, hay, etc. Lightning also
struck the barn of Fred Maher, killing two
valuable horses and n calf.
Red Lake River is the highest known
since 1882, and is still rising. 1t has al
ready overlooked its banks In several places.
With a rise of one foot more the whole
lower part oil Crookston will be flooded.
There is much anxiety of Presidents in this
portion.
f. II. Clinton, of Glencoe committed sui
eide by shooting himself twice through the
heart. Deceased was about thirty-iye
years old, and during most of his life has
lived in that county. For the past ten
years he has had a boot and shoe store in
Gleacoe. His business has beea prosper
Gus and no cause for the act is known.
Charles II, Mills, for twenty-six years in
the employ of the Chicago g. Northwestern
road, and for the past twenty.one years a
passenger conductor on that road, died at
Winona. He had been falling for some
time, and his death was not unexpected.
Henry Roberts, a young man who was
engaged at work on the second story Of
Fische's new brick block on Mill street,
Austin, lost his footing and fell a distance
or 20 feet. striking on his head and face.
He was carried home unconscious, and
now lies in a critical condition. His ply
stefan says he will recover.
Wesley Goble and Peter Konkler were
arrested and brought before Squire Coch-
rane at Buffalo, for hearing. They are
charged with cut ing timber, and appropri.
ating it to their own benefit, on the
Fairchild estate in South Side township.
They will most likely be held to the
grand jury, as the amount involves consid-
cradle money, enough, in fact, to throw
It into the district court.
NORTH DAKOTA,
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