Morris tribune., 1892-03-30
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS
Fire at Caoquet Thursday caused q
loss OF $l5, 900.

Fire at Csoquet Thursday caused q
loss Of $l5, 900.
The North Star Stoneware company
has been organized at Red Wing with o
capital of 100000,
Two wolves were killed in hunt at
Howard Lake Tuesday of last week in
which 500 men took part.
The Brainerd brewery, situated one
mile south of that city, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Thursday.
Henry Marten, an employe of Les
sard's lumber camp near Brainerd, was
Instantly killed while unloading logs.
The Catholic church at Glencoe has
been destroyed by fire. 1t was but re-
Gently built and had not been dedicated.
Patrick Murphy, ex-city clerk of
Brainerd, has been indicted by the
grand jury for alleged peculations while
in Office.
The newspaper known as The State,
the organ of the anti Donnelly wing of
the Alliance, has suspended publication,
perhaps permanently.
A year-old daughter of w. D. Nc
Kay, agent Of the Northern Pacific at
Brainerd, died from the effects of eating
quantity of matches.
A carload of logs, representing nine
different species of timber growing in
Minnesota, has been shipped from Mora
to the worlds fair, Chicago.
The creditors of the firm of Bushnell
u Bushnell held meeting Thursday in
st. Paul. The entire amount of the
claims against the firm is over $l,0O0,-
600.
Captain Ed Bean of Company D, st,
Paul, has made request to the interior
department. for permission to camp his
company in the Yellowstone Park next
August
The Merchants hotel, st. Paul, has
been leased by Colonel Allen to jeff
Carson and Frank Hall, of Davenport,
La, for term of ten years, the new
propr1etors to take possession April /.
Edward Yates was killed in the
Pioneer mine at Ely Tuesday. A small
piece of rock fell from the bucket
nearly 300 feet and struck Yates on the
head behind the left ear. He was an
Englishman, 81 years old.
1t is given out that the water power
at Taylor's Falls, which was sold last
fall to an Eastern syndicate, will be i'm
proved during the coming summer. A
very thorough survey was completed
but a short time ago, covering a dis
tance of six miles along the river and
one-fourth of mile from either bank,
The sales of farm lands in Otter Tail
county during the last 80 days have ex-
ceeded all records in the history of the
county for the same length of time.
The lands sold are largely improved
farms and many of the loaning COM
panies which have been compelled to
take lands on the mortgage, are turning
them into cash now at nice profit.
Quite a curiosity was exhibited at the
Masonic lodge rooms in Crookston last
week. It was the Masonic apron worn
by George Washington when he was
member of the Mount Vernon lodge
over 100 years ago. The apron was
brought to this state last year and since
has been exhibited at the various
lodges of the state. This curiosity is of
great value simply because it was worn
by our first president, and also because
of its age.
Governor Merriam has announced
the regulations under which con-
ditional pardons will be issued to
certain classes of convicts in the Min
nesota penitentiary. The classes to
which such pardons may be issued
are those who have never before
been convicted of felony, and who have
claimed to be innocent. None will be
pardoned before serving the minimum
time for the offense Of which he
was convicted, and all must
make monthly reports to the prison
warden and remain in custody Of the
prison board until such time as his term
would have expired. Any refusal or
neglect of any of the conditions of par
don Will forfeit the convict's liberty.