New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-22
THE NoR|THW EST.
ASummary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in a
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA.

ton at Rochester.
The Minnesota commandery of the
Loyal Legion celebrates its seventh ami
Yersaryin st. Paul.
An electric light company with ample
capital is being organized at Redwood
Falls. The plant will be leased to the city.
An attempt was made recently to rob the
Acme meat market at Morristown but the
burglar was shot in the leg and captured.
William Smith, farmer living near
Prairieville, was quite severly injured by
his horse running away with him.
L. Menage of Minneapolis heads a
syndicate which buys large tract of land
near Chicago.
A state convention is called for July Z at
st. Paul by the antiDonnelly state central
committee
A cyclone devastates large strip of
country in Southern Minnesota. The loss
otli:e is variousiy estimated at from thirty
to fifty.
The corner stone of the new st. Boniface
Church az Hastings was laid with appro-
pirate ceremonies. Work on the new church
will be carried right along.
Maud Harrison, the young girl who dis
heard from. She is with relatives in Min
neapolis.
A Boyd special says: The crops in this
section Of the country are looking very fine;
unless damaged by hail or otherwise they
will be as good as last year.
Hans Westin who commenced work at
the Walcott mills, Faribault, the 9th
er day, was caught in the machinery and
badly injured.
During heavy thunder and wind storm
lightning struck the house of John Shigley,
Morristown seriously injuring him, and
perhaps fatally injuring aseryantgirl.
The o ~ of Swan Sonderlund, drowned
three weeks ago, has been found in the
river below Red Wing tied to a tree. The
body had been robbed Of watch and
other effects. ... s
Jacob Haesly. cigar manufacturer at
Winona, assigned to Senator Tawney.
Assets, 1887; liabilities, $1,000. The assign
ment was forced by claim Of A. Shire, of
Chicago for less than $780,.
Emil Anderson, living four miles south
of Boyd, drowned one Of his horses while
on his way home the other night. He had
been drinking and drove into a pond re-
Gently made by the heavy rains.
Emil Prusser, aged about II, was drowned
in the MINI esota river at Mankato. He
was in bathing with several other boys, all
employees of the candy factory. The body
has not yet been found.
The boy found in the river at Belongi is
land by Alex Jemery was identified as
Anton Hostalt of ST. Paul., who was
drowned while bathing. His age was Is
years. The body was taken back to St.
Paul, Coroner William Cadgow deeming
an inquest unnecessary.
The civil action for damages in the cele-
bratcd Crusen- Lent case at Blue Earth City
has just been decided by a jury which re-
turned verdict for the plaintiff for $14, :
600. Miss Crusen is the school teacher
who was assaulted by the Lents, whose
child she had punished for disobedience.
There are Al Sunday schools in Freeborn
county, with a total membership OF teach
ers and scholars of 2,29S, the Presbyterian,
of this city, leading with 22O members, the
Trinity Lutheran following wirh las.
There are in all 932 members in the various
schools in this city, more than are enrolled
in the public schools
Tie grand jury adjourned at Buffalo
without indicating any of the men who
were suspected Of running ''blind pigs
The marshal of Delano, who was indicted
by the grand jury for assault in the second
degree for pounding Mr.. Bohn, was
brought into court, and pleaded guilty. He
wos fined SIS.
A staples dispatch says; The New county
meeting was we'll attended by leading
citizens. A committee of 10 to further its
object was chosen. The people of Cass Cat
present unorganized) as we'll as Morrison
and Todd county, folks of wnships con-
tiguous to Staples feel deep interest in the
movement and are to be conferred with.
A young man named Hennesey went in
to trance suddenly the other day and still
lies apparently dead. Rev Father Nc
league, curate at Rochester, was telegraph
ed to administer the last sacraments to the
supposed dying man. He returned and
states the case is creating widespread COM
ment. The physicians attending the case
are unable to account for the strange con-
dition.
The workmen at the Austin Brick Works
were engaged in sinking we'll near the
factory and had reached a depth of some 80
feet when they struck rock, when they
used dynamite to blast out. Alter an ex-
plosion had taken place 3. L. Merrill, an old
resident of the city, descended into the we'll
to continue the work, but was suffocated by
the accumulated gas, and was unable to
climb into the bucket again. A young
man named Jesse Morse was let down to
the rescue, but was himself drawn out in a
tainting condition. When Mr.. Merrill was
finally brought to the surface he was quite
dead.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Rev. S. G. Upkyke has rendered his resig-
nation as pastor of the Congregational