The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-12
THE NORTH w EST
4 Summary Of tho Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa. North
and South Dakota News in.
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
George Wright, of Brainerd while at
work on the landing at Simpsons camp on
Pine river, was crushed to death by logs.
The examination of @. NJ. March at Nam
kato. has been postponed The state feels
confident ofsecuring conviction.
Lightning killed c. Huben and John
Keyer at Fulda. A little girl was serious
ly injured aud the house wrecked.
Tramps set fire to shed in the old fair
grounds at Winona and number of the
sheds were burned. The loss is about
$1,Go0
The grandson of Elias Hahn, farmer
living few miles south of Owatonna,
was caught upon barb wire fence and
hung himself He was q years old.
John J. syestad of Madison met with
very painful accident while loading stone,
falling from his wagon. A stone fell on
him, breaking his leg
The delinquent tax sale for the year
1890 is being held at the county auditors
office at Hastings. The bidders are few
and far between.
The district court convened recently
Judge ]. Q. Farmer presiding. Twelve
civil and one criminal case are on the
calendar.
John Maugle of Anoka, farm hand em-
ployed by John Coleman, of Coon Creek,
committed suicide Coroner Dunham's
inquest gave strychnine as the cause.
Mrs. Lucy Guptil, mother of George
Guptil, one o! the prominent citizens of
Rockford, passed away at Buffalo after
reaching the age of ninety years.
The st. Paul Republicans elect their en-
tire city ticket, seven and probably eight
of the nine assemblymen, and five and per-
haps seven of the elyen aldermen.
Charles Anderson, head sawyer at the saw
mill at Hincl1ley, while using an ak to cut
log, was caught in the rope, and his foot
cut through. 1t may have to be amputa-
ed.
David Swanson met. sudden death at
Brainerd, from heart disease, being found
at the corner of Eight and Broadway dead.
He was member the firm of Swanson
& Parsons.
The deid body of man apparently
about 35 or SO years oil age and OF the work
ing class, was found floating in the Mime
sofa river about Ii miles below Belle
Plaine, and has not yet been identified.
Special United States Timber Inspector
Warriner. of Grand Rapids, who came to
look after the alleged cutting of timber on
White Cap Point, reservation, was recalled
and given leave of absence until next July.
A light rain fell at Sauk Rapids, and
wheat is coming out of the ground and
looks splendid. Sun dogs followed the sun
down and some fears are enterteinad of frost
killing it.
Daniel Harlos, well-to-do and respected
farmer of Caledonia. aged 64 years, became
violently insane on religious matters, and
was committed to the Rochester asylum
blythe probate court.
Daniel Cunningham, fireman on En-
gine No. 395, running east from Winona on
the Chicago & Northwestern road, fell from
his engine near Bangor, breaking his
| neck. His body was taken to Baraboo.
He was twenty eight years old, and leaves
| wife.
At q special meeting of the citizens of
Little Falls bonds to the amount of $685.
600 were voted to build two public school
buildings of four rooms each, the present
high school building being entirely made
| quate.
A bicycle track will be constructed at
Winona. It is said that parties are coming
here to start bicycle livery. John w.
| NJ. Brown of Albany N. Y, has applied
for the position of trainer and keeper of
| the new association.
Deputy Sheriff Bates of Duluth brought
another alleged blind pigger" from the
| Mesaba Range. He was John Mernick. He
tod oE rr,,;1t tyyo hnpI f0
| appear for hearing. This is the sixth arrest
made by the sheriff on this charge
A lot ofyoung Polanders went out to one
| ofthe quarries near st. Cloud and stole a can
of powder, and when they reached home
built fire and Que of the boys threw the can
| into it. As the result of the explosion Barny
Omersky and Paul Craft may die and the
remainder were badly injured.
| Frank Kauthaak, a man sixty -four years
old fell from a lumber pile at Winona at
| Youmans Bros. Saw mill, and received in
| iuries from which he will die. He came
from the old country only short time ago,
as he says, to be in a free country when he
| could earn good wages.
A riot occurred near Rochester between
$50 Italians employed by the Winona & St.
Peter railroad and the American members
| of the workmen. The former were driven
away. The latter are on strike for
more pay, and the Italians had been SUBJ
| stituted.
A young man named Chas, Nordstrom
of Cloquet while feeding q machine in the
| Cloquet Lumber Companys planning millj
was struck by piece of board which flew
| back from the saw. He was struck in the
right side of the neck and was killed in
stantly. He was % years of age and un-
| married.
| A beautiful girl, 16 years old, of Anoka
appeared before Judge Fisch and swore out
| a warrant against her steptather for the
heinous crime ofrape, The girls name is
Dora Bell Trotter and her stepfather's
name is James Nesbitt an employee of the
Lincoln mill. Nesbitt was placed in Jail.
A little S-year-old son of Mrs. Ole Chris
tianson, af Lowrie, Pope county, was acci-
IDENTIFY shot while playing with revolver
at Glenwood. The ball entered his body
near the navel and the doctors in attend
| ance have been unable to locate the bullet
The little fellow is in critical condition
and his chances for recovery are very poor.
Frank Sanborn, the proprietor ofa house
ofill-fame at Carlton was seriously cut by
his mistress, an octoroon. She used a
razor and cut him in several places One
cut extends from the top of the head to the
chin and may result fatally. She is in jail
and will await the action of the grand jury
now in session.
Lars Myhre, who lives q miles west of
Hickson, was killed at Moorhead by being
run over by o drill seeder. One of the
sharp shoes or the drill remained in his
groin for over an hour before he was re-
leased. The accident happened while
Myhre was Harvesting four horses to the
seeder.
Hiram Wendt, who was bound over to
the grand jury for the robbery of Carlson
q Gunderson's store at Dawson in Janu-
ary made his escape. 1t is thought that
parties who were his accomplices in the
robbery and furnished the BAL are instru-
mental in liberating him. The sheriff is
doing all in his power for apprehension.
| Twenty five dollars reward is offered