Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-07
THE NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in 4
Nutshell.


An electric street car line is TO be laid be-
tween Sank Rapids and ST. Cloud.
John b. schoen, a liquor dealer of st.
Cloud made an assignment TO John Mentz-
ling for the benefit of his creditors.
5. y. White, contractor, Brainerd has
assigned TO d. D. Saith for the benefit OF
creditors. Liabilities, 5000.
Jerry Russell, for some time engaged on
The publication ofthe Saunk Rapids Sem
tinel, died the other day.
Hans Hanson, a pioneer resident in
Goodhue township, Goodhue county,
having lived there since 1858. is dead, aged
seyenty-one years.
Mrs. Sarah r, Putnam, an old resident of
Redwing. died. aged seyenty-fiye years.
The remains will be taken to Boston
for interment.
While working in the Wisconsin woods
across the river from Red Wing. knut
skratvold. aged fiity-eight, was struck by u
falling tree and instantly killed.
Aug. Leveranz fell from a scaffolding at
Winthrop, while painting a barn, breaking
his right shoulder and two ribs on some
rocks.
Asa Mclaughlin stole n watch from
Frank BooDar at the Lincoln mill at Ano-
ka aud fed. He is thought to be in Mime
apolis.
The residence of John Swankee, and on
tents, a prominent farmer of Traverse
county, was destroyed by fire. The origin
ofthe fire is unknown.
Peter Hansen, aged % years, fell back
ward line Ieet off . scafiold in Howard's
ware house at Duluth, fracturing his skull.
He will die.
Fred Rank, of Delano, while walking
across Buffalo lake broke through the ice
and was drowned. When found he stood
upright in the water, which barely covered
lis head.
The Chicago Milwaukee 4 ST. PAUL de-
pot at Mapleton was entirely consuped by
fire, with contents. A Chicago jewelry
house lost its case containing samples. A
car was also burned.
VIM. Hulet was arrested at Shakopee by
a United States marshal and taken to
Fergus Falls to answer to the charge of us
ing the United States mail for conveying
obscene literature several years age.
The Republican Third district congress
ional convention to elect delegates and al
ternates to the national convention has
been called 10 be held at Mortified, April
q.
Il. B. Hedges, of Morristown, accidently
shot himselfin both legs below the knees.
He had started hunting, the gun slipped
down, the hammer striking the wagon box,
with the above result.
The sons of DIR. Barck and ]. j. Christen
were out target shooting at Albert Lea and
in some way the Barck boy got a bullet in
thelung, which has not yet been located, and
he may die. The shooting was accidental.
John NJ. Mattson killed himself at Ada, by
cutting his throat with a razor. There is
no apparent reason Tor the act; he was a
wel.-to-do farmer and his family have al
ways been thought the best.
The east bound Watertown passenger
collied at Tracy with an engine, and the
smoker of the passenger and The switch
engine were derailed. Two cars were
splintered and the engine broken. Nobody
hurt.
Ferdinand Shultz was found dead under
the railroad culyert at Wayerly His
skull was fractured, his left arm was cut off
and there were two cuts on his head. He
was killed by the ~west-bound freight
train.
The Bell Piaii.e Bank was burglarized
the other night. Two vault doors were
broken through and a hole drilled in the
burglar proof sac within the vault. Dyna-
mite was then used TO open it, but unsuc-
cess ully. The loss is unknown.
The -four bin OF the packer in II. J.
0'Neil's 40 II mill at st. Charles exploded,
blowing out the east and south sides OF the
storage room and settingf fire 10 the mill.
Prompt and eff Gent actisn of the mill EN-
ployes ~extinguished the flames and saved
the building. The loss is estimated at 81
500.
The large two-story building owned and
occupied by Benjamin & Co. as a general
store, and the furniture store of Anderson
& Larsen have been burned. Loss, s., 600;
insurance, $500 as follows: Eun, $3.50;
Springfield, of Massachusetts, $500; Ger
man American, 500. .
While seven or eight miles from Albert
Lea, returning after & visit, one Tronson
asked Emil Hanson to drink with him,
and upon refusal Thomson shot, the ball
hitting Andrew Lein in the head, iniiicting
a bad scalp wound, which may cause
death. An officer has gone TO arrest Iron