The Irish standard., 1892-03-26
THE NORTHWEST.
Important Happenings In Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
OTTER TAIL COUNTY LANDS
Sales that Exceed AL Records
There for the Same Length
of Time.
MINNESOTA,

MINNESOTA.
l. Firs broke out at North Branch, last
Saturday, and eight business houses were
soon in ashes; including grocery store
saloon, warehouse and bank.
Mrs. Burns, the mother Of Conductor
p. T.. Burns, of Austin, who has been Wis
iting relatives at North McGregor for
three weeks, died there last week, after
an illness of la grippe. She was quite
aged, aud had been in poor health for
some time.
The council of Morris held it's first
meeting last Wednesday night and OF
ganized. The following appointments
were made: A. L. Stenger, recorder; W
G. Bicknell, village attorney; A. McCon-
vile, roadmaster; Jas. Griffith, night
watch. The Sun was made the official
paper for the coming year; also to pub
lish council proceedings.
| Owen Austin, treasurer of Dakota
county, has purchased Mr.. J. F. Nor
rieh's interest in the dry goods firm
known as Norrish & Sieben, ct Hastings.
The new firm will be austin & Sieben,
! and they will remove their stock of goods
| to the New York store building in the
| near future. Both gentlemen are we'll
known and worthy of unlimited success,
At the Democratic county convention
held in Ortonvills Tuesday, PEI. O'Hara
and A. S. Scodeld were chosen delegates
to the state convention. They are beth
avowed Cleveland men. Chairman p.
Clark told the convention some plain
truths about the Alliance and it's failure
to accomplish anything for the farmers.
He gave the twine trust and ths National
Union company some hard thrusts.
&c. Geraghty, Fl. G. Barton, N. F. .
Rogers, G. w. Wentworth, Albert Schal-
ler, John Heinen, J. J. Caneff, P. E. Gill
more and Michael Haggerty were elected
delegates at the county convention, held
Tuesday afternoon at Hastings, to attend
the State Democratic convention in St.
Paul. Delegates were inetructed to use
their endeavors to select delegates to the
national convention favorable to the
nomination of Grover Cleveland.
Last week as Ed Hughes, of East
Prairie, was unloading load OF flax at
one of the elevators near the Milwaukee
depot at Faribault, his team became
frightened by the cars and ran away.
At the corner of Fourth and Cedar streets
they made a sharp turn, threw Mr..
Hughes out on his face on the hard
ground and broke the reach of the wagon
and demolished the box. Mr.. Hughes
face was badly bruised but no further
/ damage was DONE -..,.
The sales of farm lands in Otter Tail
county during the last 80 days have ex-
ceeded all records in the history of the
county for the same length Of time. The
lands sold are largely improved farms
and many of the loaning companies which
have been compelled to take lands on
the mortgage, are turning them into cash
now at a nice profit. The county is &C.
curing a better class of farmers than
heretofore. They come largely from the
older portions OF the state.
l. G.. w. Dickens, Of Winona, has begun
suit in the district court to compel Alvin
Braley, county superintendent of schools
to issue to HIM a frst-grade teachers
certificate. Mr.. Dickens is 81 years old,
has taught in Wino1a county 12 years,
and for the past eight years has been
principal of the Minnesota City schools.
In the fall of 1890 he was an opposing
candidate to Mr.. Braley for the position
of county superintendent. During all
these years he has held a frst~grade
teachers certificate, having it renewed
without examination by the county SUI
perintendent every two years. He al
leges that Mr. Braley acknowledges his
scholarly efficiency but refuses to issue
the certificate for other reasons, which he
will not disclose. Mr. Braley says that
Mr.. Dickens is well aware why he cannot
obtain certificate. Certain stories are
aaoBt rejecting upon the moral charac-
ter of Dickens. The county superinten-
dent asserts that he has told Dickens
that when he brings proof of the falsity
OF these stories he can have certificate.
The case will be heard before Judge
Start next Monday. .... j. ..
Six persons lost their lives last Sunday
| at Boshaw, town SIX miles south 81