Morris tribune., 1892-09-14
MINNESOTA NEWS.

lLI.IN \ ISOTA NEWS,
A thousand car loads of wheat arrived
at Dalut! Saturday and Sunday.
w. II. ElStis has been nominated fol
mayor by Minneapolis Republicans.
John Pavlichek, of New Prague, was
kicked by horse and instantly killed.
James Cannon. a survivor of the First
Minnesota volunteers, died lant week at
Mankato.
The Union band of st. Cloud won
first money at the horn blowing contest
at the Minneapolis convention.
The grain receipts at Winoua the past
year have been over 12, 900, ,O0U bushels,
an increase OF 100000 over the pre-
vious year.
Mankato's G.. A. R. post has raised
81 GOO for memorial fountain. It will
be dedicated next month, and will be
placed in Lincoln park.
Carl johnson, cashier of the Adams
Express company at st. Paul. has been
arrested, charged with embezzloment.
His shortage is not very large.
Rev. J. F. Chaffee, presiding elder of
the Winona conference district of the
Methodist church, will retire from active
work on account of his health.
Charles j. Thompson, secretary of the
Peoples Building society, of St. Paul,
who absconded> about six months ago
with 10000, has been captured at San
Francisco. -=,.@
The October term of the Minnesota
supreme court opens Oct. 5. Sept. 26
viii he the last day for. the fling of all
notices and papers in cases which are to
come up before the court.
4 In saloon row at West Duluth Frank
A. Hauck shot and killed Frank
Hagerty and John Murphy. Hauck
eluded arrest for several days, but was
captured and is now in Jail.
Fl. o. Peterson, county treasurer of
Hennepin county, who was suspended
from Office pending an investigation of
charges OF Elalfeasance in Office, has
been reinsta;el by order of Governor
Merriam.
The Thresher company at Saltwater is
building fifteen freight cars for the Min
nesota and Wisconsin Railroad COM
pany. These are the first cars construct
ed at the shops since the failure of the
car company eight years ago.
NJ Campbell, who was appointed
postmaster Of the village of Troy, near
st. Charles, by President Lincoln in
1862, and has served ever since, period
Of thirty years, has resigned from office.
Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton has been ap
pointed his successor.
Herbert H. Skinner, a barber Of Moor
head, has fallen heir to fortune in
England. Mr. Skinner's share is one
ninth of the entire fortune, which Is
estimated at over 1,O00,0 600. He thin Ks
he will get about $125, 900. The case is
now in the hands of good attorneys, who
will push it as East as possible.
Henry J. Becker, charged with an at.
tempt to outrage little Mamie Lapolice,
was run out of Little Falls secretly Sat
urday night, and is now in Jail at Brain
erd. Early in the evening Sheriff Houde
| received an intimation that the jail
would be stormed during the night and
an attempt made to lynch Becker.
On Aug. 90 man giving the name OF
Richard Brandt, bought draft for s.
at the First National bank, of Moorhead
| drawn on the Merchants National bank
of st. Paul. The draft was raised tc
81 800, and was cashed by the St. Pau
bank, The theft was not disco vered un
til statement from st. Paul was re-
ceived. The draft was cashed Aug. 81
EARLY Sunday morning desperate
fight between Bohemians occurred i'll 6
boarding house at the corner of Eighth
avenue northeast and Ramsey street
Minneapolis. The boarders had beer
drinking beer the entire night and were
all in belligerent mood. Two brothers
Andrew and Joseph Wagner, pitched
into Frank Shatszi and literally cut him
to pieces with knives. They inflicted
thirteen wounds on him and he now lie.
at the point of death. The fight be
tween Shatszi ana the Wagners was thu
result Of an old family feud, begun or
the other side of the water
Simeon j. Ahern, st. Paul ca pitalist
was seat to the workhouse in tEat cit,
for criminaly hbeling Moritz Helm, at
torney and notary public. Mo- long agc
Ahern recorded an affidavit declarins
that he had never made the acknowlede 9
ment of certain document befor,
Helm. He fled an affidavit with Gov
ernor Merriam to the same effect, ant
asking that Helms notarial commissio,
be revoked. Helm was able to produc,
unimpeachable testimony that Aherl
had made the acknowledgment befor,
him, and laid charge of criminal libe
against Ahern, which was heard befo,,
Judge Twohy. The sixty-day sentence
was given without the option Of ne
Bray's Resignation,
BISMARCK, n. D., Sept. 13.-Stat
auditor John P. Bray has rendered hi
resignation and it was accepted by Gov
ernor Burke. A. Curry, Jr., who ha
acted as Mr.. Bray's deputy for thre
years, was appointed to fill the vacancy
Bray has received his commission a
postmaster of Grand Forks and will fax