The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1892-09-03
THE NORTHW EST.
A Summary Of tho Important Evclts
Of the Week in the Northwest
efn States
Minnesota, Wisconsin,. Iowa. and
North Dakota News ina
Nutshell,
MIN NE sofa.

MINNESOTA.
Rev. A. Hayden of Faribaul. has accept
dating from Sept. /.
Democrats of Henncpin county re-
nominate all but one of the present. in
cumbents.
A new German paper, the Tcutonia pub
lished by Herman Ri>che, of Red Wing has
appeared.
Harvest is nearly done at Pelican Rapids.
The crop is q fair wheat yield, from five
to twenty per acre. Oats are good.
Harvesting on the She'll prairics IS about
over. The crop will be light, ayeras ,ng
not over twelve bushels for wheat.
Mrs. Sarah Whii1y Sloan. wi;c of the
late Hon. Frank Sloan. died at Winona
after long illness.
Thorpe Bros. & Co.'S eleva or burned at
Burlington. 1t contained about 10000
bushels of wheat supposed to beinsurcd.
Cornelius and Dan Ucssian were arrested
at st. Peter for perjury, g'owin- out of the
tar and feather case OF Katie Boyd vs. Con
HeSsian.
An Albert Lea special says: The prospect
is that wheat and oats vii, yield not to
exceed one-halt of the crop of last year,
when it was about the average.
A Redwood Falls special says: The hunt
ing season opened with numerous sports
men here, but scarcity of ducks. Hunters
repor, chickens very scarce.
The St. Joseph Church of Winona have
ordered from Obcnbrett of Milwaukee n
handsome pipe organ 10 be placed i'll their
church editice by the 1st o. March next, at
a cost OF 81, 500.
A Pine City advice says: John d. Waugh
all aud Otto kowalke caught black bass
i'll Pokegama weighing exactly eight and
onehalt pounds, the largest fish OF the kind
ever caught in these waters.
A new passenger station at New Ulm Is
now assured. The Chicago & Northwestern
railroad is now making active preparation.
The amount to be expended by the COM
pany ut this point will be iii the neighbor-
hood of So, 900.
The firm of Steinbe & Dickman of Sleepy
Eye made voluntary assignment in order
to disolve partnership and settle up the
business. They have had frequent quarrcls
OOO, all of which will be paid.
s. A. Clifford, pioneer settler one mile
north OF Clearwater, was gored to death by
all iniuriated bull. Mrs. Clifford, hearing
the cries, drove the beast away with a
p;tchfork and dragged thcrcmains from the
yard.
During the temporary absence of the
family, the residence of Charles Fish of
Sauk Center was entered and gold watch
and chain belonging to Mrs. Fish taken.
The burglar helped himsclfto hearty sup.
per before leaving.
William l.. Sullivan, brakeman on the
Great Northern road, aged twenty four,
single, whose home is in St. Paul, but
whose headquarters are at 81. Cloud, had
his leg cut off while tryin, TO board train
at Carlisle after closing the switch.
Crcokston is to be lighted by gas in the
tai of $50, OOO has been formed. The officers
are Hon. Hugh Thompson, president;
Mayor Arglim, vice presidents l.. ID. Mar
shall, treasurer, and c. L. Sawyer, sccre-
tary.
Fire broke out in the oil room of the
depot ofthe Milwaukee railway at Bloom
ing Prairie the other evening. The build
ing and most of its cont, IT'S were consum-
ed. Henry Serrold fell from the platform
and broke his arm.
Thieves made raid on A. d. Morris
jewelry store Mt Crookston and made off
with $500 worth of goods. The thieves
made an entrance over the rear door
through transon. The police have no
clue. The clerk who was sleeping in the
store heard the men escape and gave the
arm. The goods taken were gold watches,
chains, rings and charms.
Tom Gardener, alias Haas. of Shakopee
was held to the grand jury at Brcckinridge
in the sum of $500 for attempted highway
robbery OF T. T.. Baker, travelling agent for
the Monitor Manufacturing Company of
Minneapolis, recently. Alter the court ad-
journed the judge read notice warning
gamblers and other disreputable characters
to quit the city at once.
Dennis Ward, who left Faribault in De-
cember last, and is supposed to have gone
into the Wisconsin pine woods, has !ailcd
to report since, and his mother sister and
aunt of this city have sought in vain to get
any track of his whereabouts. His aunt
who is lady of considerable means, is
much worried about him. and fears he has
met with some accidental death, as lie was
in the habit cf cfkeeping her posted as to his
whereabouts, knowing that he would re-
ceivc all of her property after her death.
Observer s. G. Duffy of the United
States weather bureau at Moorhead. has
received notification that beginning Sep 1
Moorhead will be one of the centers for
forecasts and warnings to cities and towns
IN Minnesota and North Dakota. This
work has hitherto been done in St. Paul,
but owing to change i'll the telegraph
rates it has been transferred to Moorhead.
1t will greatly increase the value of the
station, as lorty-two cities and towns in
the two states will receive daily weather
bulletin from Moorhead instead of st. Paul
formerly.