The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Hay sells for SIS ton at Redwood
Falls.
Company G., of Red Wing, is making
arrangements to go into camp at From
tenac this summer.
The next convention of the Brother
hood of locomotive Engineers will be
held at st. Paul.
The Commercial bank, st. Paul, will
reorganize with a capital of 81, O00, 900
and reopen for business.
George M. Carleton was Instantly
killed at South st. Paul by being caught
in the fly wheel Of an engine.
Hama Glbertson, the 8-year-old son of
Mr.. Gilbertson, living near Tyler, was
struck by freight train and killed.
Paul Macarthur, foreman at the Occi-
dental mill, Minneapolis, was caught in
the rushing waters Of the Mississippi
and drowned.
Terrence Brazil, one Of the pioneers of
Renville county, was drowned in at
tempting to ford Wabasha creek, seven
miles east of Morton.
Rev. William Schietal, pastor of the
German Lutheran church at Echo, was
drowned while attempting to cross the
Yellow Medicine river.
The senate has passed the bill granting
to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad
company right of way across the Fond
du Lac Indian reservation.
It has been officially announced that
Albert Garvin, warden Of the Saltwater
penitentiary, will be chief of police Of
st. Paul under the new administration.
The star mail service between Hub
bard and Wadena will be discontinued
June 30. The service from Warwick to
Camden Place is increased to six times a
week.
A 2-year-old child of Martin Benson,
living near Crookston, wandered from
home Friday and was found dead in the
woods the next day, having persisted
from exposure.
Mrs. James Frost, of Brainerd, died
last week from the effects Of having
taken large quantity Of carbolic acid.
Whether her motive was suicide or the
acid was taken by mistake is not known.
A suit involving property at the Min
nesota transfer valued a about A.OOO.-
600 has been brought at st. Paul by
Philadelphia parties, who claim the
land by government grant issued
many years ago.
1t is understood the interior depart
ment will send special agent TO Min
nesota to investigate the alleged cutting
of green pine timber On Indian reserva-
lions, by Indians, under contract with
leading Minneapolis firms.
Senator Davis has addressed a letter to
Postmaster General Wsnamsker against
changing the name Of the Birch Cooley
postofice. His request To have the old
name retained on account of it's histori-
cal associations will be granted.
George T. Simpson, of Winona, has
been awarded by the surveyor general of
Minnesota the contract for extending the
public surveys Of the government over
the Pigeon river Indian reservation ON
the north shore of Lake Superior.
A load of six young people returning
to Cloquet after attending wedding at
Carlton met with a serious accident.
Near Cloquet tho team ran away and
the buggy was overturned. Miss Lar
son had an arm broken in two places
and Maud Hall her shoulder blade
broken.
The mother-in-law of George NJ.
kolb, of Melrose, died at st. Cloud
a few days ago, almost Immediately
upon her arrival from Germany. It
took seven days for her to come from
New York and for four days she had
nothing to eat. Her baggage checks are
also missing. Mr.. kolb proposes to
make searching investigation.
Secretary Hart has completed another
table of statistics relative to the correc-
tional and charitable institutions of the
state, which shows s,639 persons in the
insane asylums during the year, and the
cost of maintenance, exclusive of con-
struction of buildings, 100000. Relief
amounting to S311, 200 was furnished
5000 poor people. The total number of
dependent children supported by private
and public charity is placed at 1875,
and the cost $4,000. The number of
inmates of prisons for the year was 479,
and of reformatories 614, the cost of
which, over and above earnings, was
$124, ZOO.
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