Morris tribune., 1892-07-13
MINI ESOTA NEWS.

St. Paul il to have Swedish match
| factory.
Company G, M. N. g., is in camp at
| White Bear lake.
A reception was given Mrs. John A.
Logan at the Minnesota Soldiers home
| Thursday.
Seven saloon keepers in Moorhead
have shut UP shop on account OF the in
creased liquor license.
John Day Smith, of Minneapolis, has
I decideded that he doesn't want con-
gressional nomination this fall, and has
made formal declaration to that effect.
The Great Northern railway has COM
menced operations on new iron bridge
across the Mississippi at st. Cloud.
They employ 100 men on the construc-
ton.
j. L. Forepaugh, retired st. Paul
capitalists worth half million dollars,
blew his brains out in a fit of melon
cholia. He had an idea he would be-
come bankrupt.
| ne Oh NllA paJ bAAO 1iAopSS-
ton fees without further litigation, as a
result of the recent decision of the su-
| prelne court, although, on technically
the decision was in their favor.
Ex-City Treasurer George Refs has
accepted the presidency of the reorgan-
lied Commercial bank, of st. Paul, and
will enter upon the discharge of his
duties, after making brief trip to
Europe.
st. Paul Typographical Union No. 30
and Minneapolis Typographical Union
No. AZ have joined forces for the pur-
pose of enjoying the monster picnic Of
the year. 1t will be held at Lindstrom,
Sunday, July 81.
G. 3. Putnam, of San Francisco, who
is an enthusiast on ramie culture, is in
st. Paul for the purpose of interesting
capitalists in the establishment of a
large milling plant for the manufacture
| of cloth from ramie fiber.
An electric car on the Grand avenue
line got beyond control Of the motor man
aud ran with frightful speed down the
Oakland avenue hill, colliding at the
bottom with another car. Nine persons
were hurt, one perhaps fatally.
A carload of Irvine, containing nearly
2S, 0C1 pounds, shipped from the prison
b..rl:.ly twine factory Thursday. Sew
e,l cars have been ordered and will be
shipped during the week. The esti-
mated output of the prison factory this
season is 100000 pounds.
A meeting of the Minnesota worlds
| fair commission was held at the state
capitol, the full board being present
| The bids of six contractors for the Min
nesota building in Chicago were opened,
and after some discussion the contract
was awarded to Libbey & Libbey, of
! Minneapolis, their contract price being
| $24, 40.
The board of managers of the state
reform school have notified the Lutheran
synod that any proposition that they
| may see fit to make regarding the old
reform school property at Kitsondale
will be considered. The property is
| wanted for college purposes, it being
proposed to remove the college from
| Alton to st. Paul.
The new mining town of Biwabik,
about eighty miles from Duluth, burned
Friday afternoon causing loss of $780,
900. The fire caught from a pile of rub
Dish being burned by the Carlton Iron
company. The Hamilton Ore company's
buildings, 500 feet away, caught from
this, and other buildings followed.
John Grants railroad grading camp and
outfit We're also burned.
John W. Porter has been taken to the
state prison, at his own request. He
was convicted at the last term of the
United States court Of robbing
the mails, and was sentenced
to be confined for one year in the Ram
sey county Jail; but becoming weary Of
the enforced idleness in the Jail, he petit
toned Judge Nelson to change the
sentence to confinement in the peniten-
tiary, and the request was granted.