Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-16
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 a
Nutshell.
MIN

Henry Wolfer, of the Detroit (Mich.)
house of correction, succeeds Mr.. GarYin as
warden OF the Saltwater penitentiary.
Gov. Merriam issues a proclamation
recommending hat Oct. %, Columbus day,
be observed as a holiday.
An Indian from the White Earth reser-
walton is admitted to the bar ofthe United
States court of appeals in st. Paul.
b. d. Hatcher, mayor of X alispell. Mont.,
and Miss Bertha Keller, daughter of II. J.
keeler, of St. Charles, were united in
marriage.
The young daughter of William Riens-
pies, was struck by a flying engine on the
Chicago q Northwestern Railroad, near
Dover, and expired in 20 minutes.
Lightning struck the residence of John
oelke in Hay Creek and, while a bedstead
was smashed to kindling, the sleeping oo-
cupants were uninjured.
The Redwood Falls board of educational
have elected J. l.. Torewns, afSpeepy Eye,
superintendent OF the public shoots for the
ensuing year.
Tit fruit and confectionery store of Me-
lander & Champlin at Red Wing was the
scene of a stubborn fire at the other morn
ing. The loss will be less than $1,000, how
ever.
A. Murrell, charged with numbering his
wife, at Hastings, is again free. The grand
jury failed to indict him. His wife was
formerly Mrs. Ellen Holmes, who killed
her first husband about three years ago.
An attempt was made to pillage the vii
lage OIL Dundas by thieves. The Cannon
Valley and Milwaukee depots and the gen.
eral store of J. II. Orr were broken into.
but little pluRder being taken.
The Goodhue county Alliance and Peo-
pies Party convention met at Cannon Falls
and elected delegates to the state and con-
gressional convention and passed reSolu-
tons indorsing the st. Louis platform.
The e]ast-6ound train on the Northwestern
road, struck and killed a tive.year. old
child who was on the track between Dover
and st. Charles. A playmate of tile killed
child rolled off the bridge just ia time to
escape a similar fate.
The June term of the district court con-
yened in Hastings. Judges Crosby and
Williston presiding. The latter charged
the grand jurors, who entered upon their
respective duties. A number of st. Paul
and Minneapolis attorneys are in attend
ance.
The sixth annual commencement of the
Zumbrota High School took place at the
City Hall recently. Mary A. Howard was
sa~lutatorian, Julia c. Fosson yaledictorian.
There was an address by Rev. Smith Baker,
of Minneapolis. Two diplomas from the
The state board were granted the class.
There was a reception at the High School
parior.
The statement published some weeks ago
that the Duluth, Red Wing & Southern
railroad was to be sold under a julg ment
for $3.50 0 is erroneous. This claim was
a matter the company has been contesting
in the courts for a long time, and when
final Judgment was. rendered it was
promptly settled. Work is now in progress
on an important extension of the road.
Saltwater Council Royal Arcanum, was
organized by State Grand Regent F. F.
Backus. The following officers were cleo
ted: Regent ID. A. B!ackncy; vice regent.
W. E. Easton; orator, T. C. Clark; past re-
gent, +. T. Wilson; secretary c.. II. Cannon;
collector, G.. L. Clarke; treasurer, w. L..
PRINCE; chaplin, W. W. Baldwin; guide,
Levi c. Proctor; Warden, G. H. Grant;
sentry, w. +. Cowler; trustees, A. G. Schut-
finger, +. A. Lenox and B.. B.. Smith.
The Grand Lodge, !. o. o. I. closed its
three days annual session at Duluth.
The next annual session will be held in
Rochester. DIR. A. B. Norton, of Mime
apolis, was elected grand master after a
warm contest with W. G. Nye, of Mime
apolis. Other officers elected are: +. w.
Denton, Winons, deputy grand master; II.
Z. Patterson, Duluth, warden; A. s. Boil
ton, st. Paul, secretary C: NJ. Sprague
Sank Center, treasurer; W. G. Nye, Mime
apolis, repress rtative, one year; w. r.
Johnson, st. Paul, two-year term. Officers
elected by Daughters of Rebekah are: Mrs.
Irene Marsh, Redwood, Falls, president;
Mrs. 4. p. Peterson, Owatonna, vice
president; Mrs. Eunice Melville, Mime
apolis, secretary; Mrs. L. NJ. Wilson, Car
'etOn, treasurer.