Morris tribune., 1892-11-23
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Baldwin's plurality over Searle in the
Sixth district is now placed at 265.
Seven cars of wheat and caboose
were destroyed by fire at Eden Valley
last week.
The Red Wing Brewing company has
been organized at Red Wing with a
capital of $4,000.
The st. Paul Plow works, situated at
Gladstone, a suburb of st. Paul, were
destroyed by fire Tuesday OF last week,
causing total loss of over $3O0,00O.
Two masked men entered the Bank Of
Woodstock the other evening at p. m.
and forced Cashier Perry and Assistant
Craig to open the vault. The robbers
took about 81 900 and departed.
Big iron works, to employ about 400
skilled workmen, are to be built in
Minneapolis. Articles of incorporation
We're filed Thursday, and the plant is ex-
pected to be in operation by May. Is.
Minneapolis has broken the worlds
record this year in the production of
lumber. Last years lumber cut was
Al, 900, 900 feet, and the cut for 1892
promises to be 50,0O0,O0 feet ahead of
that.
Mrs. Bridget Murtaugh, died in Blue
Earth county few days ago at the age
OF 102. She left four children, twenty
three grand children, and twenty
six great grandchildren, the Oldest of
the fourth generation being IL years.
The saw mills in the Duluth district
cut S65, 900, 900 feet this year, an increase
Of 80, 0,00O,000 over last year. Fifty mill
ions of this was shipped by the lake
route. The probable cut this winter is
estimated at 425, 100000 feet.
John Flynn, arrested at Red Wing
for murder in the first degree for killing
Charles Carlson and indicted for man
slaughter in the second degree, has been
found not guilty. His former good
record and circumstances surrounding
the case saved him.
Mrs. Fred Smith, an elderly German
lady, while attempting to cross the rail
road track at Sleepy Eye, was struck by
an east bound passenger train and in
stantly killed. The body was hurled
some fifty feet, some pieces of bone
being driven into the ties.
The semi-annual meeting of the Min
nesota conference of the Augustana
synod of the Swedish Lutheran church
met last week at Cokato. Over one
hundred ministers, representing 255
congregations of the state, the Dakotas
and part of Wisconsin, were in attend
ance.
Louis Herseberg, of Decorah, Ia,
township, was the victim of highway
robbery on his return from the Demo
cratic ratification at Msnkato. A stran.
ger asked for ride, and while in a
lonely spot struck Mr.. Herseberg with a
plow iron on the head, cutting one ear
and otherwise bruising him. He fell
insensible to the ground, where he lay
some time, after which he managed to
get back to Mankato, where he is being
cared for. Neither robber nor team has
been heard from.
The State Historical society has detsr-
mined to take steps toward securing q
building of it's own, and will ask the
legislature this winter to pass an appro-
priation for this purpose. At the last
meeting of the society it was decided to
have President Ramsey appoint COM
mittee to draft bill and take all steps
necessary to procure from the legisla-
ture money enough to erect building.
The present crampod quarters of the
society have long been inadequate, and
of late the library has increased to such
an extent that there is barely room to
move about between the rows Of book
cases,