The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-09-03
H NORTHWEST.
A Summary of the Important Events
of the Week in the Northwest
ern States
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and
North Dakota News in q
Nutshell.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
Rev. A. Hayden of Faribault has accept
ed a call to St. Luke's church of Hastings,
dating from Sept. 1.
Democrats of Hcnnepin county re-
nominate oil but one of the present in
cumbents.
A new German paper, the Teutonia, pub
lished by Herman Rische, of Red Wing has
appeared.
Harvest is nearly done at Pelican Rapids.
The crop is a fair wheat yield, from five
to twenty per acre. Oats are good.
Harvesting on the Shell prairies is about
over. The crop will be light, averaging
not over twelve bushels for wheat.
Mrs. Sarah Witty Sloan, wife Of the
late Hon. Frank Sloan. died at Winona
after a long illness.
Thorpe Bros. & Co.'s elevator burned at
Burlington. 1t contained about. 10000
bushels of wheat. supposed to beinsured.
Cornelius and Dan Hessian were arrested
at st. Peter for perjury, growing out of the
tar and feather case OF Katie Boyd vs.. Con
Hessian.
An Albert Lea special says: The prospect
is that wheat and oats will. yield not to
exceed one-half Of the crop Of last year,
when it was about the average.
A Redwood Falls special says: The hunt
ing season opened with numerous sports
men here, but q scarcity of ducks. Hunters
report chickens very scarce.
The St. Joseph Church of Winona have
ordered from Obenbrett of Milwaukee a
handsome pipe organ to be placed in their
church edifice by the LIST OF March next, at
q cost of $500.
A Pine City advice says: John D. Waugh
All and Otto Kowalke caught q black bass
in Pokegama weighing exactly eight and
one-halfpounds, the largest fish Of the kind
ever caught in these waters.
Anew passenger station at New Ulm is
now assured. The Chicago & Northwestern
railroad is now making active preparation.
The amount to be expended by the COM
pany at this point will be in the neighbor-
hood of 100000"
. The firm of Steinbe & Dickman of Sleepy
Eye made q voluntary assignment in order
to Dissolve partnership and settle up the
business. They have had frequent quarrels
and could not agree. They owe over S.
600, all Of which will be paid.
s. A. Clifford, a pioneer settler one mile
north of Clearwater, was gored to death by
an Infatuated bull. Mrs. Clifford, hearing
the cries, drove the beast away with q
pitchfork and dragged theremains IRON the
yard.
During the temporary absence Of the
family, the residence of Charles Fish OF
Sank Center was entered and q gold watch
and chain belonging to Mrs. Fish taken.
The burglar helped himselfto q hearty sup
per before leaving.
william L. Sullivan, brakeman on the
Great Northern road, aged twenty-four,
single, whose home is in st. Paul, but
whose headquarters are at st. Cloud. had
his leg cut off while trying to board a train
at Carlisle after closing the switch.
Crookston is to be lighted by gas in the
near future. A stock company with a cap
tai of $50, 600 has been formed. The officers
are Hon. Hugh Thompson, president;
Mayor Anglim, vice president; L. D. Mar
shall, treasurer, and G. E. Sawyer, secre-
tary.
Fire broke out in the oil room of the
depot ofthe Milwaukee railway at Bloom
ing Prairie the other evening. The build
ing and most of its contents were consnm-
ed. Henry Serrold fell from the platform
and broke his arm.
Thieves made q raid on A. d. Morris
iewelry store at Crookston and made off
with $500 worth of goods. The thieves
made an entrance Owe the rear door
through a transop. The police have no
clue. The clerk who was sleeping in the
store heard the men escape and gave the
alarm. The goods taken were gold watches,
chains, rings and charms.
Tom Gardener, alias Haas. of Shakopee,
was held to the grand jury at Breckenridge
in the sum of $500 for attempted highway
robbery Of F. Z. Baker, travelling agent for
the Monitor Manufacturing Company of
Minneapolis, recently. After the court adj
journed the Judge read . notice warning
gamblers and other disreputable characters
to quit the city at once.
Dennis Ward, who left Faribault in De-
cember last, and is supposed to have gone
into the Wisconsin pine woods, has failed
to report since, end his mother, sister and
aunt of this city rave sought in vain to get
n track of his whereabouts. His aunt,
who is q lady of considerable means, is
much worried about him. and fears he has
met with some accidental death. as he was
in the habit of keeping her posted as to his
Whereabouts, knowing that he would re-
ceive all of her property after her death.
Observer 8. G. Duffy, of the United
States weather bureau at Moorhead. has
received notification that beginning Sep. l
Moorhead will be one of the centers for
fnrecasts and warnings to cities and towns
IN Minnesota and North Dakota. This
work has hitherto been done in st. Paul,
but owing to q change in the telegraph
rates it has been transferred to Moorhead.
It will greatly increase the value o fthe
station, As forty-two cities and towns in
the two states will receive daily weather
bulletin from Moorhead instead of st. Paul
formerly.
NORTH DAKOTA.
At . meeting Of the Fargo Board Of
Trade . committee was appointed to confer
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