New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-02-03
THE NORI1HWE EST.
A Summary Of the. Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News In a
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

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| A Pine City special says half OF the logs
| to be cut this season have been hauled to
the stream OH which they will be RATED.
j The cut is far in excess ofany season S work.
/ John Adamson, brakeman on the
I Great Northern freight train, fell from car
at st. Cloud, striking his head on the rail.
He will die.
Fire broke out the other nightin Robin
sons drug store at Pipestone. TIL fire depart
ment succeeded in getting the flames u nder
control, but the stock is almosta total loss.
II. T. Budd's barber shop at Mortified
was burglarized recently, some one making
an entrance with false key. Thirty-six
/ dollars and six raZors We're stolen.
Diseases Of various types especially ty-
phoid fever, is prevalent at Park River, three
| adult funerals from the Arlington house in
single week.
Kandiyohi county's contribution to the
! fund for the starving Russians has now
been forwarded to the proper authorities.
| It's the amount offs, 735 pounds-nearly
| four car loads-of flour
The friends Of Andrew Thompson, ofSt.
| Olaf. who dropped dead in B. N. Johnson
| office at Fergus Falls, while talking about
his land contest, have demanded al inquest,
| claiming that there was trouble The
coroner has gone to investigate.
Nicollet county has contributed IA, 700
pounds of flour to the Russian relief fund.
This amount was sent to Minneapolis by
| w. G.. Gresham, who was appointed to re-
ceive contributions by Gov. Merriam.
James Becker, a dealer in boots and
shoes at St. Cloud. made an assignment for
the benefit of his creditors, naming John
Schaefer as assignee. The liabilities are
said to be 50, 500 with assets Of s., 500.
Several of the bondsmen of the defaulting
county treasurer, McKenna of Waseca
have gotten together and jointly paid the
judgement recovered against them by the
board Of county commissioners, on the Off
cial bond, compromising the same at &c.
GEO.
Thomas Trussel, graduate of the State
University, who has been teaching the dis
trict school at Champlin, has been forced
to resign by the board ofeducation because
he whipped the children too promiscuous-
ly. He is succeeded by Mr.. Lynch.
Joseph Ondracek and family while re-
turning from church at Glencoe were
struck ny train on the Great Northern be-
tween Silver Lake and Hutchinson. On
dracek's son and team were killed and the
others injured.
G. c. Cooley general merchant Of Her.
on Lake made an assignment for the bene-
fit of his creditors. Assets SIS 600, liabilities
$4,000 to $40, OOO L. Y. hammers was
made the assignee. This is the first gener-
al assignment made in this town.
Frank Wachhot has sold his general mer-
chandise business, at Glencoe, to G. i.
Brass who will take possession soon. Mr..
Brass has been partner III the firm OF c..
Henry & Co., and has recently dissolved
partne rship.
The new So barrel roller mill that was
built last fall by e Siskron, ofMinneapolis,
was sold to Z A Baker, form erlv head miller
of the Washburn mills at Anoka. The mill
has large custom trade and manufactures
firSt-class flour,
Mrs. John Grain. an aged widow of "a and
pioneer Of Spring Valley, dropped dead of
heart disease on the street while on her
way to Belva Eockwood's lecture. She was
accompanied by her son Charles and before
he could summon a physician she was
dead.
A banquet was rendered the Hon. H. D
O'Phelan. Of w innipeg the other evening
at Graceville by a large number OF promi-
nent citizens as token of the high esteem
in which he is held for the valuable aid he
rendered during the earliest days of that
city to help make it what it now is.
The family of August Johnson of Plain
view report that they think that their
daughter Title has eloped with a former
boarder named Robert Williams. Williams
left some days ago, claiming he was going
to Milwaukee, but bought ticket to Dun
das Mimi, the girl followed a day or so
after.
Much excitement prevails over the rob-
berry at Dawson the other night. A young
man 16 years old, arrested recently and
lodged in the county Jail at Madison,
turned states evidence, accusing w. D.
Sumner, well-to-do and prominent bust
ness man, as his accomplish. Sumner was
arrested and placed under 81, $50 bonds. In
default he was placed in Jail at Madison.