The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-06-04
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 a
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

Mrs. J. d. Gilbert. of Union Lakes died,
aged about fifty years.
Adolph Briere and Ephraim Gutter broke
Jail at Anoka by saving OF two bars. No
attempt will be made to recapture them.
effects Of carbolic acid. Whether it was
suicide or accident is not known.
Arthur Harmon. a young man % years
old, committed suicide at his fathers home
in Wascca.
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
scc%retaryinto Olmstead county, under the
dicrction Of the, y. NJ. c. 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 when he
is let out he seems entirely cured.
The first and only cheese factory where
cheese is made from whey is about ready
to start up at Stanton, $500 cows having
been secured.
Since Oct. 16, 1874, there has been paid
out through Frceborn county for wolf
bountics 81. SS4, and yet the "varmints'
seem to be as thick in the county as ever.
The seventh anniversary of the founding
oft Winona Nordcn society was celebra-
ted recently in a 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
cast Of Morton.
State Auditor Bierman has been in
Crookston selling the state school lands.
He sold in the neighborhood of 5000 acres
at prices ranging from S. to $l2 per acre.
The militia company 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 E. Lever e. Sons, ofknox-
Vile, Iowa, was in Sank Rapids recently,
looking into the a~dvisability oithe location
of a wooden mill here. Work will begin as
soon as the necessary stock is raised.
Il. Rosenburr, one Of St. Clouds Oldest
settlers died aged eighty-onc 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
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ings have been q%uarantined, and two OF
the primary rooms 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. a 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 a one::horsegig, was drowned and
his body has MOI been found up to this
writing. The dead horse was found on the
bank attached to the rig.
The remains of Rev. VIM. 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 we'll and favorably known.
At the preliminary examination OF
Edward Murrell he was held to the grand
jury in Hastings in connection with the
mysterious death ofMrs. 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 i'll II indictments,
one of which was for m~anslaughter 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 ofsix young people returning to
Cloquet after attending a wedding at Carl
ton, met with "a serious accident. Near
Cloquet the team ran away and the buggy
was overturned. Miss Larson had an arm
broken in two places and Maid 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 a hatchet and succeeded in sever
ing one of her thumbs.
Robt, L. McCook Camp, No. 8, Sons of
Veterans, was organized ut Glencoe, by
Commander De Long and staff. of Hutch
inson. The following officers were elected:
Willard Richardson, commander; Lewis
Child, 8. V. c.; s.. G. Fadden, J. v. c.; F.
E. Ford, VIM. Johnson, Ormar Martin,
camp council,