Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-02
THE N0RTHW EST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
of the Week in the Northwest
ern States
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in 4
Nutshell.
MIN NE SO

Mrs. J. D. Gilbert. of Union Lakes died,
Ised about fifty years.
Adolph Briere and Ephraim Cutter broke
Jail at Anoka by saving of two bars. No
attempt will be made to recapture them
Mrs. James Frost died at Brainerd from
effects of carbolic acid. Whether it was
suicide or accidentis not known.
Arthur Harmon. a young man p years
old, committed suicide at his fathers home
in Waseca.
Two cases OF diphtheria have about
closed the lower grades of the public
schools al Little Falls.
A. II. Baldwin goes on June II as county
secretaryinto Olmstead county, under the
dierction of the. Y. NJ. @. A
Hans Monson, of Eagle Lake, was
killed by lightning while driving home in
a storm.
VIM. Armstrong of Buffalo was taken to
st. Peter. This makes the third time he
has been sent there and each time hen he
is let out he seems entirely cured.
The first and only cheese factory where
cheese is made fiom whey is about ready
TO start up at Stanton, :, 500 ows having
been secured.
Since Oct. 1G, 1874, there has been paid
out through Freedom county for wolf
bounties s. 8St, and yet the "varmints"
seem TO be as thick in the county as ever.
The seventh anniversary of the founding
of the Winona Norden society was celcbra-
ted recently in q very appropriate manner
by the members of the society and friends.
Terrence Brazil, one of the pioneers of
Renville county. was drowned in attempt
ing to ford Wabasha creek, seven miles
east CT Morton.
State Auditor Bicrman has been in
Crookstcn selling the state school lands.
He sold in the neighborhood of 5000 acres
at prices ranging from s. to Sl2 per acre.
The militia compan which has recently
been organized at Crookston, has received
40 stands OF arms and is drilling and max
ing preparations to have an entertainment
in the opera house.
The Crescent Creamery Company of st.
Paul has added another creamery to their
large number in the vicinity of Mortified.
This time it is at Waterford, three miles
distant.
Mr.. Lever, OF Z, Lever & Sons, of Knox
vile, Iowa, was in Sank Rapids recently,
looking into the ACCESSIBILITY ofthe location
of a wooden mill here. Work will begin as
soon as the necessary stock is raised.
d. Rosenburs, one of st. Clouds oldest
settlers died aged eighty-one years. He
was a pioneer merchant, but retired in
1870 and for ten years had been totally
blind.
Quite a number of cases of scarlet fever
are reported in Chatfield. Several dwell
ings have been ~quarantined, and two OF
the primary room in our schools have
been closed.
The grand jury at st, Cloud has finished
its labors and handed in three indictments.
Thos. Quinlivon was indicted for assault
with intent to do bodily harm and Lewis
Berg and John P. Roller were indicted for
grand larceny.
Thos. Mcclure. q detective of the Milwau-
kee road arrested Edward Carney, charged
with having broken into a Milwaukee
freight car. Carney was brought before
Judge Allen at Winona and his case was
taken under advisement.
Rev. w. Schietel, of Wood Lake, while
attempting to cross the Yellow Medicine
river with d one.horse gig, was drowned and
his body has not been found up to this
writing. The dead horse was found on the
bank attached to the rig.
The remains of Rev. Wm. Schietel, who
was drowned in the Yellow Medicine river,
was found about Is rods below where he
attempted to cross. Deceased was pastor OF
the German Lutheran Church at Echo,
and was well and favorably known.
A. 4 --Is.- ~f
Edward Murrell he was held to the grand
jury in Hastings in connection with the
mysterious death of Mrs. Holmes, or Muir
rell, who had considerable money in her
possession, and which has not yet been
found.
The grand Jury at Mankato has completed
its work. 1t brought in IL indictments,
one of which was for mauSlaughter in the
first degree against Carl Wilson for causing
the death of Christ Thorstead, of Butternut
valley. 1t also recommends the building
ofa new Jail at once.
A load of six young people returning to
Cloquet after attending a wedding at Carl
ton, met with a a serious accident. Near
Cloquet the team ran away and the buggy
wa. overturned. Miss Larson had an arm
broken in two places and Maud Hall her
shoulder blade broken.
John D. Hayes waived examination at
Duluth, and was committed to Jail in de-
fault of $500 bail to await action by the
grand jury on a charge of assault. Hynes
is the man who attempted to murder his
wife with Ratchet and succeeded in sever
ing one OF her thumbs.
Robt, L. McCook Camp, No. 8, Sons of
Veterans, was organized at Glencoe, by
Commander De Long and staff, of Hutch
inson. The following officers were elected:
Willard Richardson, commander; Lewis
Child, S. V. c.; s. G. Fadden, J. V. c.; F.
f.. Ford, VIM. Johnson, Ormar Martin,
camp council,
As a result of the recent storm q farmer
living at Candy lost 80 head of cattle. Sey-
eral other farmers sustained smaller losses.
the cattle had just been placed in herds and
in their h alf starved condition were unable
to withstand the snow and cold. Some
herders keep their cattle moving around
and thus keep them alive through the
storm.
In the case of Therope vs.. Doran for pos
session of the Hotel P~okegama, at Grand
Rapids which has been through several
sieges of obligation, a jury trial before JUS
tice Stitson rendered a verdict for defend
ant. Stratton, of Minneapolis, owner of
the building, gave a contract for lease to
Therope. The defendant claimed prior to
the contract from Stratton to have a new
lease for one more year.
Convention week in Minneapolis will be
opened up in quite an unique and interest
ing way. The great convention hall which
is to resound with republican oratory dur
ing the week, will on Monday night be tie t.
ed as to its acoustics by some remarkable
music and a couple ofshort speeches. That
the II, 900 seats will be insufficient to ac-
commodate the crowd is indicated by the
sale of seats which has been going on for
two weeks. Mckinley and Depew are ex-
petted to speak, and musical talent from
several states will contribute. The hall will
be in perfect order and the event promises
to be one of great pleasure and profit TO the
citizens committee.
NORTH DAKOTA.
The next annual meeting OF the Grand
Lodge of North Dakota Odd Fellows will
convene at Fargo.
A North Dakota girl dies after killing her
sIa-ttsata ahtl1 Tha ALLEGED anflar of