Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-04-21
TIE News Briefly Stated.


The farmers elevator in Fergus Falls
was badly damaged by fire. -.
The. hotel owned by Jake Beiswinge1
near the Twin City stock yards, known
as the Brighton hotel, was burned. :;
The Northern Pacific passenger sta
ton at Fergus Falls was totally de.
stroyed by fire. The tickets were saved,
but all the records were burned.
The expense list Of the Fergus Falls
asylum for March shows current ex-
penses of $2,67s. 90, extra expense $574-
"a, and building expense $33, CLASS.
t The st. Paul White Lead and Oil
/ Company'ss works at West St. Paul were
burned, causing loss of $1O5, 900; in
surance, $4,000. -, 80 ..s,,, ~, 80: i.
+ Some of the Lincoln county farmers
| have determined to secure the enforce.
ment of the law providing for the de-
struction of wild mustard.
Z. The merchants of Granite Falls in
creased their. business so per cent. the
past year by advertising in the local
papers. Judicious advertising in news.
papers pays always.
The current expenses of the Roches-
ter asylum for March were $12,664.31.
T. The state supreme court has decided
that city corporations cannot grant ex-
I"clusive franchises : =.
u. g. Hill, of Little Falls, banked
10000 cords of spruce wood for the Hen.
nepin Paper Company the past winter.
| Freddie Mosher, years of age, was
instantly killed by the cars in St. Paul.
His father, Edward Mosher, died two
weeks ago.
The Northwestern Lumber Company
of Minneapolis will; soon open large
lumber establishment in ,Faribault
Fire in the grocery store of A. Bry-
son, at OWatc'nna damaged the stock to
the extent of 1880:
The Carnegie Iron Corr pany, capital
1 81, 900, 900, has been organized at Du-
1 lnth with Robert Fitzgerald, Of that
city, as president '*
Farm lands in the town of Wheatland
are being sold at from $40 to S43 per
acre This is one of the best wheat sec
tions in Minnesota. .@.
$. The Welter house at Fairfax was
damaged by an incendiary fire to the
4 extent Of 1880. ,s...:
f.; The secretary of state has received
tie printed report of the geological nat
| nral history survey of Minnesota for
1880, prepared BY a. 3. Winchell, of
the State university:
I A: CroolSston jeWeler has a watch
made. in Scotland 200 years ago The
works are in good condition, and the
| turnip is good for another century if
7 handled with care. :. q i
IS. Thomas Wilson and other prominent
business men in Winona signed an
agreement for the erection of a building
four stories high; to be used as a boot
and shoe mandatory by E. A. Will
/ iams. -
/ Secretary Reebe's report of the con-
dition of the; finances of the soldiers
| home shows 1O,s32.2S balance to the
l.credit Of the home support fund, $39, $40
Tin soldiers relief fund, $4,000 building
fund, $18S.57 home repair fnnd.
" The Minneapolis mills are. turning
out on an average 10000 barrels Of -four
;per,day. ..5z
t Farmers in the Red River valley ar g
generally doubling the area of their
farms by purchase.
The Broadway house at Rochester
was burned. The loss is $s,OOO;. insur-
ance, 81, 900. The building was one OF
the Oldest in the city, having been
erected in 1858.
e. The Duluth stock exchange, organ
lied few weeks ago, has commenced
business with about q dozen companies,
with an aggregate capitalization Of
$39, 600, 900 listed. So: $3.50 i:
A fire burned the batteries in Du:
luth's central telephone exchange and
temporarily ruined the system SIS Il! !.
"A police officer fp,and a:bahe aboont i
months old in a lonely spot in st. Paul.
The little one was near dead fro# *
posui'e. * q
Y. =. W!.Yatt, aph6l steIefr
lsdertaker at Grookston, made an assign,
lment to John GroMb, His. tiss
were $2,403. IS and, assets $S,726.5 sos
It is announced chat. the EsterIy:.
Harvester Company will move from
lWhitewsler, Wis.,, September 1 to Min
lneapolis, where $500, 900 bonus has
Ibeen offAred the concern.