The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-05-21
THE NORTHW EST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
3 ern States
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in q
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

A White Earth special says: The Indians
have returned from their sugar bushes. The
sugar harvest was fairly suc cessful.
In the case Of George Fockens, charged
at Winona with outraging Sophie Heller,
the jury in the district court has returned q
verdict of assault in the second degree.
Mrs. Mary Croft. who has lived in Lake
City for upwards of thirty years with her
daughter, Mrs. H. C. Terrell, died of ap-
oplexy, aged eighty years.
Charles NJ. Marsh, who has been or trial
at Mankato on charge of grand larceny III
the first degree was found guilty of that Of
Tense and bound over to the. district court.
L. W. Meining e. Co. $ hardware store, on
East Superior street, Duluth was entered
by burglars and revolvers, cutlery and
other goods, to the value of-1about 5000,
were stolen.
A street car was thrown down an en-
bankment at Mankato and Thos. and
George %Saulpaugh, the former lately of
Minneapolis and proprietor Of the Saul
paugh, received painful injuries.
In the $4,000 damage suit at Redwood
Falls Of J. F. Jones against John Martin, a
"euAGuv 4uAAtoiy tSA AAJuAy
received from a kick the jury brought in
q verdict Of 81 damages for Jones.
A syndicate OF Little Falls capitalists
have arranged to construct an opera house
that will not only ornament First street,
but fill q long drawn want. The task of
excayating for this structure was begun re-
Gently and the work will be pushed rapid
ly to its completion.
1t is stated that Miss Ella Young, for
several years at the head of Albert Lea Col
lege, has accepted a like position with a
college at. Kno xSiNe, ILannsra&lsswiA sever
her connection with the institution here at
the end of this college year.
Dennis Corwin, who has had several
family 70 VS. with his wife since residing at
Pine City, has ended his fighting by leav-
ing for parts unknown. He leaves q wife
and child in destitute circumstances They
moved from Mankato here.
The grand jury at Fergus Falls indicted
the Smith brothers for burglary at the He'll
ming store. 1t is thought that they are the
Vendfcar boys, of Red Wing. 1t has also
indicted San, Bergquist for forgery and
VIM. Carol for larceny. All are sure cases.
Rev. DR.. Holmes of Minneapolis has
been invited to .deliycr the baccalureate
address to the graduating class of the Nor
NAL school at Winona. The commence
ment exercises will g take place OH May Is,
Ut which time a class Of cighty members
will be given sheep-skins.
The Mortified board of trade has con-
sidsrsd propositions from Edward Nelson
and his two brothers of Denmark to erect a
knitting mill at this place. If the mill is
located here it will have a capital of some
$50, 600, and will use a two-story building
and about ten knitting machines.
Adjt. Gen. Mullen was at Lake City re-
Gently looking over the Camp Lakeview
rifle range. with q view to having some I'M
p%rovements made there. In all effort to
have the contest Of the Interstate Rifle as
sociatiph helAat Camp IA%keviewthis year.
Gen. Mullen has received favorable respon-
ses from three of the five states concerned.
Three lightning rod men, claiming to rep
resent a Philadelphia firm, were arrested
at Buffalo for practicing q big fraud on
farmers. They are charged with raising
two notes, one given by Aug Fe:s from
$11.4o to ses,5o. and one given by Nick
Uhe from Sill to $125. They are in the keep-
ing Of the sheriff, and will have a hearing
The trouble between the Foot river water
power owner at Hokah, vs.. Cargill Bros. of
In Crosse, has reached a point where it is
probable that the mills will be compelled
to shut down. Two suits, a%ggregating
nearly SEQ, 600 in controversy, have been
pending for over a year. . Many men wi l
be throw IN out Of employment If the mills
close. -.,...
Carver county will dedicate a soldiers.
monument on June II at Waronia. The
monument is of white bronze, twenty-five
feet in height, and cost 8, 900. On the same
day a reunion of the Ex-Soldiers' So ciety
Of Carver County takes place, and a very
large gathering is expected, Prominent
speakers will address the multitude.