The Princeton union., 1892-01-07
THE NORTHWEST.
A ASummary Of the Important Events
Of tho Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
! August Eveny's 12-year-old daughter, at
Hastings, was badly burned with kerosene
Arthur w. Dampier succeeds Northfeld's
Democratic postmaster, j. E. Kennedy.
The district school at Union has been
closed on account of an outbreak of black
diptheria. H..
William Bruce, an old soldier at Man
katQ, became insane through business
troubles. :.. .,."" ~
Thomas O'Brien, deserter gave him
self up at st. Paul. He had been soldier
for twenty years. w.. -.~,. ..a-
Grand Rapids is to have new bank by
January 1, with E.. J. Hastings, of Min
eapolis, president. "
| A. e. Quinn, editor of the Pine Knot, of
Cloquet. has been sued for criminal libel
by G.. B. Peterson.
| Peter Smedley brakeman lost leg at
Ramsey Station near Anstin, and m ay die
| from the shock. .a
| A. J. Meyers, late of the Mazeppa Tri-
bune, has secured an option on the Graph
| ic Sentinel, of Lake City, and will take
possession January 1.
The heating stoves and pipes Of a pass
enger car on Chicago milwaukee & St.
Paul train exploded at Fairmont, wrecking
the car and injuring one passenger.
]. J. Dayton, prominent business man
of Lake City, was granted divorce from his
| wife at special term Of the district court
in Winona.
W.. T. Stephens, arrested at Mankato on
| the charge of hitting A. L. Miller with
| piece iron with intent to kill, has been
placed under 5000 bail to- answer the charge
Jan. 18.
Alta meeting of the village council of
Hallock the license fees were established as
follows: One saloon, $4,000; two, $4,000
each; three 81, 500 each, and four, 81, $50
each. This places Hallock as the high IL
cense town of the state.
Frank Perutka, who has been in the
boot and shoe and dry goods business at
Winona for several years. assigned recently
to County Treasurer Fakler. The liabili-
ties are $25, 900 and the assets less than $780,
OOO Five attachments were served on the
stock.
Scarlet fever has made its appearance i'm
Albert Lea, there being cases in two differ
ent families. The board of health has the
matter in charge and will see that a strict
quarantine is enforced. There have been a
number of cases of the disease in the towns
of Newsy and Geneva, many of which
proved fatal.
At the chamber of commerce Meeting at
Duluth, committee consisting of Sec
retary Thompson, Collector of Customs G.
F. Johnson and Aid. G. A. Long, was ap-
pointed to present the claim of the city
against the government to recover the ex-
pense incurred by the construction of
dyke and also in building the canal
III Ole Kron, an old citizen of Evansville,
committed suicide the other evening by
shooting himself in the h cad with a re-
| vOlVer. Since the death of his wife some
time ago he has been despondent, and
made an unsuccessful attempt to take his
life year ago. The deed was committed
on the grave of his wife in the cemetery:
The railway station house of the Great
the other evening caused by lamp explo-
sion. Through the efforts of the local fire
brigade number of cars containing valu-
able freight were saved, as was also two
horse power threshing outfits, that repre-
sented more than their actual value under
the pressing needs of the farmers.
young woman was in St Peter recently
asking aims stating that she had been rob-
bed of $50 in money and railroad ticket to
Butte, Mont. She excited considerable
sympathy and received quite little
money. 1t now turns out that the woman
was fraud and that she had with her
male companion and that both lived in
Mankato, she being one of the denli monde.
The Murray County Alliance held it's
annual convention at Slayton. The old
officers were reelected. BIZ. Warren was
elected delegate to the state convention.
The Dornelly and anti-Donnely factions
had bitter wrangle before it was decided
to avor the same for president for another
term. Donnelly was billed for speech be-
fore the convention, but telegraphed his
inability to be present because of sickness.
The schedule of assets and liabilities has
been filed ny A. Deutch, the dry goods
merchant of Northteld, who assigned to F.
P. Hopwood, on the account of Wyman,
Mullin & Co., of Minneapolis. The assets
are SIS, 80 and the liabilities $l2,913. 90.
The heaviest creditors are Wyman, Part
ridge & Co., Minneapolis So, 700; Scott &
Co., Chicago, 81, 5o0 and Edison Keith, Chi
cago, $1,000. ..."..
A Mankato special says: Officer Walter
Daniels saw man dart out from the side
of G. NJ. Philips barn, and thinking some
thing wrong, pursued. After calling on
him to halt he pulled revolver and fired,
the bullet entered his back and passed
through his body. The wounded man
has been identified as Charles Hodge,
who has been arrested several times
with II ten years. Public sentiment
is OH the side of the officer, who is
one OF the best on the force The attend
ing physician says that Hodge will prob
ably die. =,
NORTH DAKOTA,
The residence ofMichael Garrity, in the
suburbs ofFargo, was burned to the ground
Garrity's wife and infant child narrowly
escaped death i'll the flames.
Robert Lowe was found dead at Forest
River in shanty on the farm Of William
Grahani whicl, he worked There were no