The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-09
NORTHW EST,
Summary u the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
8
ern States
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in q
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<.ae. MINNESOTA. 50
The 2-year-old child of. W.. Evans OF
Slayton was killed by the cars.
Hon. Moses f. Clapp is to deliver the
Fourth of July Grafton in Red Wing.
Nestor Bertrand was arrested at Faribault
for passing u number OF forged checks in
this city. Co.,.
Faribault is to have a celebration on'the
Fourth ofJuly. Elaborate preparations are
being made for the same.
Late hail storms have totally destroyed
rye fields at Kenyon and badly damaged
other grain. -
Prot. Lafayette Bliss of Henderson has
been elected superintendent Of the Manka"
to schools, and has accepted.
John Jacob Arola was committed at
Fergus Falls to the hospital for the insane.
has gone crazy.
. Alphonzo B%ondangel. q young clerk in
the Glass Block Store, at Duluth, was ar
rested for larceny. When arrested he cor.
fessed to having stolen over $500.
The Central Minnesota Touring mills
have been sold, consideration $50. 000, j. A.
Du Bots & Co. selling to w. H. Davidson.
The mills will be enlarged.
Kenyon Medical Institute for treatment
of alcoholic and narcotic habits is all insti-
tuition inst established in Kenyon. 1t has
strong lacking and is already in operation.
Episcopal diocesan state convention was
held at Duluth. Bishops Whipple and
Gilbert and several noted Indians and
about eighty delegates were present.
Merritt Nichols, of Oronoco, has been
bound over to the next term OF court to an
swer to the charge of criminal relations
with a young girl.
l.. Fl. Stiles has been appointed assistant
superintendent of the Duluth, Red Wing &
Southern railroad, to succeed C.. Sheldon,
resigned.
The June settlement Of the Goodhue
county funds is the largest n in a number
ofyears. The current tax collection to be
distributed is $3.50. 9O2. 80 and thedelinquent
tax is $13, 343.16.
A young sol OLD. Ward. of Waseca. was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
who was with him, also sustained injuries,
Out Will recover.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Jewell, reject Of H: H.
Jewell, died at Waseca of consumption.
She was fifty-two years of age, and her late
husband was an early settler here and one
ofthe leading business men OF this city.
Her funeral will take place or Wednesday.
Another raid was made on the saloons
,and large quantities Of liquors were captur-
ed by the sheriff and police. Marshall Max
we'll cheerfully announced that the. fun
hasn't really begun yet, but will when
County Attorney H. c. Winter arrives from
Chicago.
When the state rested in the case at Buff
falo of the state VS.. Aug. Traeger, the
lightning rod man, and one witness for the
defense had been sworn, julie Hicks
closed the case suddenly by instructing the
jury to bring in a verdic. o pinot guilty, and
II was so
The bodies of the two men, Alfred Lind
and Ernest Ems, who. while in an intoxi-
Gated condition, We're drowned at Lake
City while crossing the lake with a skiff,
were recovered by the steamer Ethel How
ard about q half mile from the shore. Each
ofthe men leaves q vile and one child.
A Red Wing special says:-A cloud burst
in this vicinity did considerable damage,
especially along the Cannon valley between
here and Cannon Falls. The roadbel of
the Minneapolis & ST. Louis was washed
out in many places. The damage cannot
be estimated now. .s~
The annual meeting Of the old settlers
society was held recently Of Dodge Center
and was largely attended. s. l.. Pierce of
st. Paul delivered the. address. Judge E.
F. Way wa elected president for the COM
ing year. The meeting next year will be
at Mantorville.
George Hanson. a young man living in
Havelock, about ten miles from Montevi-
dec accidentally shot and killed his aged
mother with a musket. She handed the
gun to him stock first, and it is thought
that the screen c~aughtthe hammer and fir
ed the gum Her head was nearly severed
from the body.
A man who has lived at Faribault about
three months known as Mont Lean, was
arrested charged with forgery. He passed
q check to Henry Cromer bearing thename
OF T. O'Grady. Mr.. Cromer. ascertained
that the check was a forgery and while
Mont Lean was ~endeavoring to pass a $40:
check on Geo. Byrnes Mr.. Cromer secured
his arrest. sssEs ~ :.
Miss q. Lulu Barney, Pearl May Day,
Harriet Gillrup, L.. Joe Greene. Lora E.
Higgins, Zada A. McMillen, Cora F. Spicer,
jeanne B. Vandrgriit and Messrs. Rae G.
Blackmer, Henry Carlson, Joseph II. Dud-
ley, Peter A. Peterson and Victor C. Pick
ert graduated from the public high school,
at Albert Lea. The exercises were held at
the opera house.
Alfred Lind and another Swede came
over from the village of Stockholm, Wis,
in a skiff to Lake City and after INDUCING
in . little 'fire-water'' attempted to return
at . late hour in the evening. They have
not been seen since and the supposition is
that they were drowned, as the boat which
they occupied was discovered floating in
the lake about a quarter ola mile from
here.
49, NORTH DAKOTA