Morris tribune., 1892-02-24
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Albert Lea is to have a telephone ex-

Albert Lea is to have telephone ex-
change.
Carlton is to have town hall and
engine house.
Senator Keller, of Stearns county, is
candidate for congress.
Clarence Sherin has bought the ST.
Paul Daily News of HI. P. Hall for
$4,000.
st. Paul bakers are accused OF max
in short weight bread. Six have been
arrested.
The Duluth Daily News has been sold
by the receiver to Walter Ayres for
81, 500 cash.
The St. Paul retail jewelers. will COM
bine to kill of the competition of depart
ment stores.
Eastern capitalists are said to be con-
sidering the advisability Of locating
piano factory at Winona.
Six conductors of the lSt. Paul City
Railway company have sued the COM
pany for accusing them of dishonest
practices.
State Game Warden Stetson has been
defeated in the prosecution Of, Merrill
Ryder, of st. Paul, for having prairie
chickens in his possession. Ryder's de-
fense was that the chickens were killed
in Dakota.
John Wisdom, who recently pur-
chased the Bracket saw mill plant, at
Pine City, will build at once a sash,
door and blind factory. The factory
will employ over one hundred and
twenty-five men. "..
The men employed in the Northern
Pacific shops at Brainerd have all been
working on eight hours time during the
winter. They have now commenced
working nine hours, and on March l
will be put on 10 hours time. Work is
rushing.
A gentleman representing an Eastern
syndicate appeared before the board of
trade at Mankato and made a PROPOSE
tion to locate beet sugar factory In
that city, providing the city furnish
$3.50, 900 toward the enterprise. No de-
cision has been arrived at as yet.
The three leading oil ompan1es, the
Standard, Independent an d Northwest
ern, have agreed with Oil Inspector
Willis upon statemen of facts, and
will submit the matter f the authority
of the inspector and th!, fees to which
he is entitled to Hon. w illiam L. Kelly,
district judge of Ram sey county, on
March 3. The case will be taken to the
supreme court.
Governor Merriam has commuted the
sentence of James Irwin, who was SEN
fenced to the state prison for the MUIR
der Of James Il. Ewes, one and one-half
miles from Moorehead in 1885. Irwin
will be discharged frc III Saltwater Dec.
1, 1892. The commut alton is the result
of petition signed by the prosecuting
attorney, judge, all the Jurors and
many others.
The Minnesota Odd Fellows encamp-
ment at St. Paul. elected the fol-
lowing officers: GRAND Patriarch, G..
W. Hugo, Of Duluth; grand senior
grand high priest, T. N. Ware, Winnie
bago City; grand junior warden, Il. G.
Bloomfield, Willmar; grand scribe, J.
treasurer, Romain Sheire, st. Paul.
The following off, GERS were elected by
the Minnesota Grand Army encamp-
ment at Minneapolis last week: L. NJ.
Lange, Marshall, commander; John Day
Smith, Minneapolis, senior vice com
mander; A. Fl. Fitch, Anoka, Junior
vice commander; Rev. H. G.. Bilbie,
West Duluth, chaplain; DR.. Bissell,
-Litchfeld, medical director; E. N. Leav-
ems, Faribault, quartermaster general;
Joe L. Brigham, St. Paul, adjutant gem
eral. Council of administration:
Thomas Montgomery, St. Peter; R. G.
Livingstone, Spring Valley; J. M. D.
Croft, Pennington; Perry Starkweather,
Minneapolis; L. N. Collins, st. Cloud.
The Womans' Relief corps elected Mrs.
Mary E. Leavens, of Faribault, presi-
dent without opposition.