The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-03-10
THE NORTHW EST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
OF the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in q
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

I'm ByrneS, tried i'll Minneapolis on the
charge of forgery, is acquitted.
Two men are killed and two injured, one
fatally, by dynamite explosion near Kirk
hoyen.E
{ st Paul man finds his runaway daugh-
ter living with young man at Hudson
and casts her Off
w II Hewitt is appointed receiver of
the Saltwater Street Railway company, and
the running OF cars is resumed.
q NJ. b. Harrison of Duluth, worlds fair
commissioner for Minnesota, dies sud
denly.
The Minnesota Republican State COM
mttee selects st, Paul as the place and May
5 as the date for the convention to choose
delegates to the national gathering.
John Butala, of Richmond was arrested
by Sheriff Hammered, on,the charge of
selling liquor without license. He was
lodged in Jail.
The firm of Carri & Cass Bros, of Pipe
stone, manufacturers and importers of
cigars, made an assignment in favor of
E. c. Smith.
monstrous wild cat weighing so
pounds was killed OH the bank of the Can
non river seven miles south of Dundas in
the big timber by Ii. Mcllyain.
The BIZ Diamond mills cooper shop at
Morristown, with several hundred dollars
worth of stock, was completely destroyed
by fire. No insurance.
Mike Rowland, lumberman, aged 40,
fell down stairs at the Grand Rapids Hotel,
breaking his neck. His relatives live in
Minneapolis. His partner was frozen to
death this winter.
Brakeman Fairbanks, who was hurt in
the wreck at Spring Valley, is i'll fair way
of recovery The damage is worse than
was first reported. Out offour cars ofstock
only one head was left uninjured.
George P. Babcock, resident of Water
town. S. D., died suddenly of heart disease
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. NJ.
Nash, of Tracy. He had been in Minnea-
polls hospital for treatment and was unable
to go farther toward home.
At meeting of the creditors of the Mer.
chants Bank at Moorhead, Receiver Van
Vlissenger read statement of assets UaCe(,
$301, 79o.91; Liabilities, $20S 073.54 T. c.
Kurtz, individual resources exclusive ofin-
terest in bank, $72, ,907,0S.
AZ bIiS dIIIudl Vi tIl6 "
Loan Association, of Redwood Falls. A. e.
King was elected president; o. b. Turner,
secretary; n Y. Hunter, treasurer. The as
sociation has run six years and is in a
hourishing condition.
A company of boys were riding on q
freight across long trestle at Mankato,
Ed Brett, son of Geo. Brett, proprietor of
the largest dry goods house here, fell off
froalts sse train, breaking a leg and being
bruised more or less all over. He Is doing
well.
While grubbing out some small trees on
the farm of one Joseph Rockwell, seven
miles south of Dundas, stone hammer
weighing ten pounds was unearthed. The
shape is that of hatchet, resembling ex-
actly the battle axes used during the stone
age, and is the hardest flint.
Sheriff Glynn created a sensation at Man
kato when he arrested J. P. Mayer, Carl
Wilson, Theodore Anderson, Andrew Tel
bert and Thomas Rowland on warrants
charging them with being implicated in the
killing of Chris Thorstad at Butternut Val
ley recently. Examination will be held
March q.
Fire at Montrose caused the following
losses: F. W. Ruppehqs on store and goods,
So, OO0 insurance $4,000; loss on household
goods 81, 500; insurance $500. G. Kretoh-
mer loss on blacksmith and wagon shop,
81, 600; $3.50 insurance. Furniture store and
dwelling owned by Mrs. E. Haven, valued
at $500; no insurance.
The Northern Pacific Office at Crooks
ton was robbed Of $500 express package.
The theft was not discovered at the time
and has just been made public. The thief
also took two tickets for Southern Califor-
MIA via Portland. s. H. Benton, the night
operator, is missing, and suspicion points
to him as the guilty man:
A lodge of A. O. =. W. was organized at
WoodLake with membership of Is. The
following officers were elected; j. F. Mar
tin, P. NJ. W. VIM. Bush, NJ. W.; A. l.,
Perry, foreman James Hannah, O.; John
Bush, recorder A. l.. Martin, Ri w. F,
Bradley f. J. w. Mckay, g.; VIM Dibble,
/. w; VIM Dillingham;, o. W.
The Albert Lea National bank elected its
first officers today, and are as follows:
President, H. D. Brown; vice president,
DR.. P. Hibbs; cashier, c. D. Kellar. The
capital stock is $4,000 and it will be open
for business about March Is. The directors
are H. d, Brown, DR.. Hibbs, w. A. NORM,
J. G. Cooley, J. w. Smith, c. W. Ransom,
S. Strauss and T. V. Kratyold.