The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-04-23
THE NORTHW EST.
A Summary Of the Important Events
Of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa., North
and South Dakota News in q
Nutshell,
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
Lake Pepin is clear Of ice.
Gov. Merriam dcsignatcs May 2 as Ar
Dor day.
Ex-Gov. McGill avows himself a candi-
date for the Republican gubernatorial nom
nation.
Edward Hakes, while playing with adog
at Pine City, fell and broke his arm. His
fathers arm was broken a few weeks ago in
the woods.
NJ. n. Caldwell, Of Ann township, near
Window, was seriously, ifnot fatally, in
jurcd bya windmill casting weighing about
five hundred pounds falling OIL his head.
Ole Swebcrg and Mrs. Johnson were mar
ricd at Cannon Falls. The groom is seven
ty-eight and the bride has seen seventy
four summers.
The Ladies' World Fair organization OF
Blue Earth county met at Mankato for the
purpose of iurthering the work of the asso-
citation.
Rev. j. r. Hill, of Minneapolis, who has
occupied the pulpit in the First Baptist
Church at Mortified tor some time, has
formally accepted the pastorate and will
begin work at once.
For the second time the Northern Pacific
station Of Fergus Falls was dismantled by
fire. 1t caught from a defective chimney
and burned three hours. 1t is q total
wreck. The loss is s., 800.
Tramps ransacked the barns in connec
ton with the River View House at Dundas,
stealing a gold watch belonging to p. Fl.
Empey, proprietor. valued at $50. The
thieves made good their escape.
The new knitting mill at Mankato, own
ed by Mayor J.. A. Willard and his brother,
NJ. G., will be in operation in a few days.
When all the plans are carried out it will
be one of the largest institutions of its kind
in the United States.
The farmers elevator in Fergus Falls was
badly damaged by fire the other day.
There was about 500 bushels of wheat on
hand. The building is insured in the Gale
donia for S., 200, and contents in the Con-
cordia of Milwaukee for 5000. The fire
caught from a stove.
Miles & Prescott, who are drilling a we'll
for the Chicago e. Northwestern railroad at
Lake Benton, struck water at a depth of
$40 feet. The water rose 400 feet in a few
minutes, showing immense pressure. The
luulCuJlOIS are lAhC u uOWA4S = "Ah w
obtained if put deeper.
A remarkable happening, illustrating
the great vitality Of a dog, came to light at
Anoka a few days ago. For p days and 81
nights the dog had remained alive at the
bottom Of a cistern without light, food or
water.
Ole Sjurson Mangen, the second oldest
man in Goodhue county, is dead, ninety
seven years ofage. He has a daughter aged
seventy years, q granddaughter aged forty
six, several great grand children over twen-
ty and some great great grandchildren.
Henry Arola, a Finlander aged twenty
seven, hanged himself to a tree at Fergus
Falls. He was to have been married in q
week to a young woman living at his home.
She discovered his body. His brother kill
ed his father a few years ago and was sent
to the asylum, where he died.
On account of the accident ON the North
ern Pacific at Grand Forks. whereby a
train was precipitated into the river and
the track destroyed. all the Winnipeg bust
ness Of that road comes to Moorhead and is
transferred to the Great Northern. This
necessities a large amount of extra work
at Moorhead.
William Morrison and w. B. Ankeny,
late of Omaha, Neb., and men of consider
able means, have decided to establish a
large iron and brass foundry in Little Falls.
and expect to be ready for business about
May l. They are both practical foundry
men.
News has just reached Lake City of the
suicide of Iran I~verson, of Frontenac. The
verdict of the %coroner's jury was suicide
by a powerful narcotic. He leaves two
sons, Louis and Ole, to whom he wrote a
letter stating he had become tired cflife
and died happy.
The st. Louis county commissioners APP
propriated the $1,000 to complete the quota
of$7 800 fist. Louis county TO the state
fund for the worlds fair. The commission
ers also appropriated $1,000 for the i'm
provement ofthe county road to the mines
east and west of Mesaba station.
James C. Welch, alias Harry Richmond
and Willie Leslie, who pretended to be
agent for the Sid C.. France comedy COM
pany, and was held to the grand jury at
Hastings. for forging a check upon Patrick
Griffin, manager of the opera hall, in
February last, went to empty a bucket in
the Jail yard this evening, and escaped.
An injunction has been served on the
city officers Of Wells enjoining them from
issuing bonds voted at the recent election
and from disposing OF the present city hall,
This action was taken by those who are dis
satisfied with the councils selection of 9
site for the new opera house to be erected
Attorneys think the injunction will be sci
aside and the preparations will go on fol
building.
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SOUTH DAKOTA.
The South Dakota prohibition law is de
l.l ae.,.4:A,A;n,a la, tho etafo aunro,ne