The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-03-17
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of tho Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
aud South Dakota News In o
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

wing broke through the ice while fishing
in the river and was drowned.
Mrs. p Kelly, aged q years, died at the
home of her parents, at Waverly, after an
illness of nine months.
Zena T. Burnell, an old resident of Red
Wing died suddenly the other night aged
sixty.two-years.
John Dreher & Son, dealers in general
merchandise at Mankato, have made an
assig asnent
The trouble at Marshall with the insur-
ance adiusters over the court house loss has
been settled, $14622 having been finally
allowed by the insurance companies.
Charles Plopke, a Great Northern switch
man, was knocked from a box car, while
switching at Tileston's mill, ST. Cloud, and
seriously injured.
The St. Peter city council awarded the
contract for lighting the city to st. Paul
electric light company, The contract price
is $13, 667 and is to be completed by the 1st
Of July.
The Moorhead National bank has been
organized with Andrew Holes president,
| E. E. Hazen vice president, and +. w.
Porritt cashier. The new bank was ready
for business March 15.
Timothy o. Leary an old resident of Lake
City, dropped dead while eating lunch in
Johnson's shoe shop. His death was no
doubt indirectly caused by alcoholism. He
| was tifty-fiye years old.
Andrew Fiddler went down into we'll
at ST. Peter for the purpose of cleaning it
out He had been at work but few miE-
| utes when the well caved in, He was res
| cued after six hours and miraculously es-
| capped almost uninjured.
One ofthe barns of James Stewart who
resides two miles north of Montevideo,
| burned recently. Loss about $3.50 and no
| insurance. As the premises were unoccu-
pied at the timeit is thought that the fire
was of incendiary origin.
The first seeding of the season was done
at Browns Valley the other day. The
| ground in most fields is dry and in good
condition and should the present phenom-
email weather continue seeding will be gem
orally commenced in q few days.
1t is estimated that half the men employ
| ed in the woods near Pine City have been
discharged on account of the breaking up
of the roads. Hauling has been stopped;
teams are now dragging" logs where the
| haul is short.
Clarence Dow, of St. Cloud, a brake
man on the Great Northern, got badly
| squeezed between an engine and box car
| at Foley station. He was Immediately
brought to this city, where his Injuries
were attended to. He had two ribs broken.
The Youmans farm near Marshall, which
! has been fayorably known throughout the
\ state for some years, has been sold to w.
/ H. Sender. 1t formerly covered two sec
| tions, but one section was sold some time
| ago to Henry Freese. The $40 acres just
purchased. were sold for $40 an acre.
| II. G. Day editor of the Standard of
! Albert Lea, re uses to retract what he sal
| about John A. Lovely's connection with
the case of Gra ham VS.. the city, and has
employed two lawyers to fight the matter.
1t will be an interesting scrimmage, as tn e
suit will be tor personal damages.
| George Moss was examined before Justice
Trevette at Newport for the attempt to out
| rage Margaret Johnson. He was bound
over to the grand jury, which meets in
May without BAIL 1t is alleged that two
other young ladies will bring similar
charges against him should he be acquitted.
The citizens OF park Rapids and surround
ing countryAve organized the Hubbard
County Improvement union, with w. ).
Foster as president, Willinm Taber as sec
retary and w. J.. Winslow, treasurer.
Special committees have been appointed to
give gratis information in regard to new in
| dustries, etc.
Jacob Maraschek and John Michowsk
each thirteen years of age were playing at
| Winona, when Miehowski became enraged
| at his companion, and drawing large
pocket knife made several vicious stabs at
| Maraschek It is thought that Maraschek
will recover. Michowski is under ar
rest.
A slight fire at St. Cloud in the building
occupied as a cigar factory by Marx q Wise
did great deal of damage The stock in
the building, which included 14O, 600 cigars,
was worth $1,000, which was almost de-
stroyed by water and smoke. The stock
was insured for 4,500.
| Nelson Blackmer, brother of DR.. and
| Judge Blackmer st arted during the recent
storm lor DR.. Wedges farm, two miles west
of Albert Lea, and has not since been heard
from. He no doubt has perished in the
storm. He was forty years of age and un-
married.
During the recent storm at Mankato
roofs were blown off, plate glass fronts de-
molished, street cars thrown from the
track, men and women clinglng to lamp
posts. Part of the Baptist church fell,
crashing into house nextdoor. Trees were
torn up by the roots, and storm doors and
shutters were lying in the street.
Messrs. Grady, Bachman and Matthews,
express messengers on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern road for the
United States Express company, all
rendered their designations at Albert Lea,
and their places have been filled by new
men. 1t is understood that the company
wanted two men to do the work of three
without corresponding increase of wages.
The North Star Stoneware company was
incorporated at Red Wing by leading citi-
zens with capital stock of 100000, over
half of which is paid up. The company
has purchased clay fields and site, and
will at once erect a stoneware plant here as
large as either of the present two. With
this company Red Wing will have three
immense stoneware plants larger than any