New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-03-16
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.

home OF her parents, at WaVerly, after an
illness Of nine months.
Zena r. Burnell, an old resident OF Red
Wing died suddenly the other night aged
sixty.two-years.
John Dreher & Son, dealers in general
merchandise at Mankato, have made an
assignment. 5.s. w.
The trouble at Marshall with the insur-
ance adjusters over the court house loss has
been settled, S14,622 having been finally
allowed by the insurance companies.
Charles Plopke, Great Northern switch
man, was knocked from box car, while
switching at Tilestons mill, st. Cloud and
seriously injured
The St. Peter city council awarded the
contract for lighting the city to a st. Paul
electric light company, The contract price
is S13,G67 and is to be compl eted by the LIST
ofJuly
The Moorhead National bank has been
organized with Andrew Holes president,
T.. T.. Hazen vice president, and f. w.
Porritt cashier. The new bank was ready
for business March Is.
Timothy OLeary an old resident of Lake
City, dropped dead while eating lunch in
JOhnsons shoe shop. His death was no
doubt indirectly caused by alcoholism. He
was fIty-tive years old.
Andrew Fiddler went down into a we'll
at St. Peter for the purpose of cleaning it
out. He had been at work but a few mir
utes when the we'll caved in, He was res
Cued after six hours and miraculously es-
capped almost uninjured.
One ofthe barns Of James Stewart, who
resides two miles north of Montevdeo,
burned recently. Loss about $3.50 and no
insurance AS the premises were unoccu-
pied at the timeit is thought that the fire
was of incendiary orr gin.
The first seeding of the season was done
at Browns Valley the other day. The
ground in most fields is dry and in good
condition and should the present phenom-
email weather continue seeding will be gen.
orally commenced III a few days.
1t rs estimated that half the men employ
ed in the woods near Pine City have been
discharged on account of the breaking up
of the roads. Hauling has been stopped;
teams are now dragging" logs where the
hau1 is short.
Clarence Dow, of st. Cloud a brake
man OH the Great Northern, got badly
squeezed between an engine and box car
at Foley station. He was Immediately
brought to this city, where his iuj uries
We're attended to. He had two ribs broken.
The Youmans farm near Marshall, which
has been favorably known throughout the
state for some years, has been sold to w.
II. Sender. 1t formerly covered two sec
tons, but one section was sold some time
ago to Henry Freese. The $40 acres just
purchased were sold for $40 an acre.
II. G.. Day editor of the Standard of
Albert Lea re uses TO retract what he sal d
about John A. Lovelys connection with
the case of Ora ham VS.. the city, and has
employed two lawyers to fight the matter.
It will be an interesting scrimmage, as tn c
suit will be tor personal damages.
George Moss was examined before Justice
Trevette at Newport for the attempt to out
rage Margaret Johnson. He was bound
over to the grand jury, which meets in
May without bail. 1t is alleged that two
other young ladies will bring similar
charges against him should he be cquitted.
The citizens ofpark Rapids and surround
ing country have organized the Hubbard
County improvement union, with W. S.
Foster as PRESIDENT Willinm Taber as sec
rotary and W. L. Winslow, treasurer.
Special committees have been appointed to
give gratis information in regard to new in
duStries, etc.
Jacob Maraschek and John Micho wsli,
each thirteen years of age, were playing at
Winona, when Michowski became enraged
at his companion, and drawing q large
pocket knife made several vicious stabs at
Maraschck 1t is thought that Maraschek
will recover. Michowski is under ar
rest.
A slight fire at St. Cloud in the building
occupied as cigar factory by Marx Il Wise
did a great deal Of damage. The stock in
the building, which included 14O, 900 cigars
was worth $1,000, which was almost de-
stroved by water and smoke. The stock
was insured for 81, 500.
Nelson Blackmer, brother of Dr. and
Judge Blackmer, started during the recent
storm Tor DR.. Wedges farm, two miles west
Of Albert Lea, and has not since been heard
from. He no doubt has persisted in the
storm. He was forty years of age and I'M
married
During the recent storm at MankatO
roofs were blown off, plate glass fronts de-
molshed, street cars thrown from the
track, men and women clinglng to lamp
posts. Part of the Baptist church fell,
crashing into a house next door. Trees were
torn up by the roots, and storm doors and
shutters were lying in the street.
Messrs. Grady, Bachman and Matthew'S
express messengers on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids e Northern road for the
United States Express company, all
rendered their designations at Albert Lea
and their places have been filled by new
men. 1t is understood that the company
wanted two men to do the work of three
without corresponding increase of wages
The North Star Stoneware company was
incorporated at Red Wing by leading cti-
zens with capital stock of 81 0O,000 over
halfof which is paid up. The company
has purchased clay fields and site, and
will at once erect stoneware plant here as
large as either of the present two With
this company Red Wing will have three
immense stoneware plants larger than any
other in the West.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
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