The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-30
THE MORT EST.
A Summary Of tho Important Events
Of the Week in tho Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and
North Dakota News in q
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

tlSt Cnufcn Oh llcu WING mas icslSLeu "hu
gone to Iowa.
George Landon, a young business man
of Plainview, was terribly burned by the
explosion of a gasoline stove.
A. i. McEachrin, Gottieb Herman and
VIM. Dedrick have been arrested for illegal
liquor selling at Buffalo. The men are UNI
der $500 bonds to appear for trial.
Antonio Fratochand, living on Buffalo
river near Redwood, was shot and instant
ly killed by his uncle while deer hunting,
being mistaken for a deer.
The $50 barrel Touring mill and cooper
shop OF Dumas which have been shut
down all summer. employing 70 men, will
start up next month.
There is O constant increase in attend
ance at the various state summer schools,
and the interest in educational work seems
to be greater han ever be ore in the his
tory OF the state.
At the meeting of the trustees of st.
Olafs College at Mortified, the following
teachers were elected: DIR. Hans Fossum,
teacher of Greek; DR.. E. Granrud, teacher
Of Latin. and Carl J.. Rollefson, A. B.
chemistry and physics.
James O'Brien, chief justice Of New Mex
leo, who resides ut Caledonia, MINI, filed
his resignation with President Harrison,
and will stand as a candidate for judge OF
this district. vice J. Q. Farmer, who is q
congressional aspirant.
The articles Of incorporation Of the
Marfield Elevator Company of Winona
have been filed. The capital stock is
o. Sn nOn 1sa1 Org 0nN
has been paid in. The incorporators
are H. J. O'Neil o. L.. Marfield and Fl. d.
Morse.
Emma Lamprccht, daughter Of John
Lamprecht, a grocer of Winona, has mys-
teriously disappeared, and her where
abouts are unknown. About a month ago
she disappeared and it was supposed she
had eloped, but she was a terward found
working as a domestic in a family here.
A general demand was made recently by
the quarrymen employed in st. Cloud for
an increase of 20 cent per day in their
wages and eight hours work instead of
nine. The demand was acceded to by all
the foremen ana the men continued III
their places.
w. I. Mills, of Mankato. made an assign
ment to Lorin Gray. Liabilities, SAG, 600; as
sets, &c.! 500 including a good deal OF real
estate in and around Mankato. Mr.. Mills
was engaged in the butter and egg business
until q few months ago and the losses then
account for the failure now.
BY order of the State board two glander-
ed horses were killed at Napoleon. Will
liam Little, who sold them to unsuspecting
parties. was arrested on complaint of one
of these, but was released upon returning
the purchase money. The other victim is
taking steps to have Little arrested.
A:bold attempt to burglarize the dwell
ing Of Mrs. Wallace Granny, Jour milessouth
of Dover. was made recently. A we'll
dressed youth attacked the woman with q
butcher knife, but decasnred upon her
screaming, aud eluded arrest. The woman
is Frustrated.
FRANKIE. Best, a carpenter of Lakefield.
and Henry Rhodes, a farmer, living five
miles from here, fell from a scaffolding
while working on a new barn, and Best
was fatally injured, dying within two hours.
Rhodes was not seriously hurt. Mr.. Best
leaves q wife and six small children.
Charles Dablew, a farmer of Morris and
an ex-member Of company D, Forty-second
Illinois Rebellion, had a musket ball ex-
tracted from his head by a local physician.
which he has carried since the battle of
~Chlckamauga, Sept. 20, 1868. The ball
entered just above the temple and was
taken out just back OF the right ear.
Burglars entered the residence of Mayor
H. A. Young at Lake City and after secur-
ing a gold watch and chain, tisl, leaving
pair OF shoes and a hat behind. Had they
not aroused the family by tlfeir noise they
would probably have secured a larger
booty. They are at large.
While Agent Lindwood, of the Great
Northern Express Company, stepped out
to the front door of his office at st. Cloud
two tramps, watching him, entered the
rear door and stole a gold watch and chain
from his vest. He saw them as they cut
the alley.
A serious runaway occurred a few miles
north Of Echo recently. s. j. Larson, of
this place, while returning from Sacred
Heart lost control of his tcam, which be-
came frightened. They ran quite a dis
lance, bringing mp in a swamp. Mr.. Lar
sons leg was severely crushed by a heavy
box falling on it.
At the annual school meeting of District
No II, held recently at Grand Meadow, a
resolution was tried to be passed. voting
bonds to the amount of 81, 600 to $40, 600
for a new district school house, in a village
Of less than 6O) inhabitants. A very close
vote decided not to vote the bonds---58 to
So. 1t was the largest school meeting ever
held in the district.
Two men attempted to. rob Julian Du-
zcnskic, a farmer living near Wolverton,
while he was waiting in the Great Northern
depot at Breckenridge. He woke before
they succeeded and gave the alarm, when
one OF them struck him in the face, prob
ably with brass knuckles, and ran. Night
Waterman Matllcson gave chase. After
following them about Two blocks he cap
tured both and lodged them in jail.
50 lar, says a Mortified special, the grain
crop prospects have been very bright, but
now some Of the farmers bring in dis
couraging reports. The two recent hard.
showers have had the effect of lodging the
grain badly and the hot weather Of the
past two days is bad for wheat. In some
iocations the winter wheat is reported to
have been affected with the blight and bat
one.half a crop is predicted. They will
probably turn out better than feared:
The verdict of the %coroner's iury at Du-
luth on the death OF Fred. H. Gottling. Of
Marquette, who was killed in the harbor
recently by being thrown from the ferry
ooat Bruno and getting caught in hescrew
charges gross negligence OH the part Of Joln
Oah'eis' engineer Of boat and manager Of
''he' ana c~ontributory negligence on the
part OF Capt. c. II. Cameron. Daniels was
a. INC wheel =: the time Of the accident,
cameron was collecting fares. Cameron
ton. " 49,