The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-04-14
THE N0RTHW EST.
A Summary of the Important Events
of the Week in the Northwest
ern States.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North
and South Dakota News in O
Nutshell,
MINN E SOTAo
Lake Pepin is clear of ice.

Gov Merriam designates May as Ar
Dor day. .
Ex-Gov. McGill ayows himself candi-
datefor the Republican guberna1orial NOM
ination.
Edward Hakes, while playing with adog
at Pine City, fell and broke his arm. His
fathers arm was broken few weeks ago in
the woods.
NJ. N. Caldwell, of Ann township near
Window, was seriously, if not fatally, in
jured bya windmill casting weighting about
five hundred pounds falling on his head.
Ole Sweberg and Mrs. Johnson were mar
ried at Cannon Falls. The groom is seven
ty-eight and the bride has seen seventy
four summers.
The Ladies World Fair organization of
purpose of furlhering the work of the asso-
citation.
Rev. J. F. Hill, of Minneapolis, who has
occupied the pul pit in the First Baptist
Church at Mortified for 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 a total
wreck The loss is So, 500.
Tramps ransacked the barns in connec-
ton with the River View House at Dundas,
stealing gold watch belonging to P. II.
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,
M. g., will be in operation in 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 81 200, and contents i'll the Con-
cordia o! Milwaukee for 5000. The fire
caught from stove.
Miles & Prescott, who are drilling well
for the Chicago & Northwestern railroad at
Lake Benton, struck water at depth of
$40 feet. The water rose 400 feet in a few
minutes, showing immense pressure. The
indications are that flowing we'll will be
obtained if put deeper.
A remarkable happening, illustrating
the great vitality of dog came to light at
Anoka a few days ago. For 81 days and 81
nights the dog had remained alive at the
bottom of cistern without light, food or
water.
Ole Sjurson Mangen, the second oldest
man in Goodhue county, is dead, ninety
seven years ofage. He has daughter aged
seventy years, grand daughter aged forty
six, several great grand children over twen-
ty and some great great grandchildren.
Henry Arola, Finlander aged twenty
seven, hanged himself to a tree at Fergus
Falls. He was to have been married in a
week to 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 precpitated into the river and
the track destroyed, all the Winnipeg busi-
ness of that road comes to Moorhead and is
transferred to the Great Northern. This
necessitates 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 1. They are both practical foundry
men.
News has just reached Lake City of the
suicide of Iran Iverson, of Frontenac. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was suicide
by powerful narcotic. He leaves two
sons, Louis and Ole, to whom he wrote a
letter stating he had become tired oflife
and died happy.
The st. Louis county commissioners ap-
propriated the $1,000 to complete the quota
of 81, 800 of St. Louis county 10 the state
fund for the worlds fair. The commission
e1s also appropriated $1,000 for the inn
provement of the county road to the mines
east and west Of Mesaba station.
An Injunction has been served on the
city officers of Wells enioining 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 q
site for the new opera house to be erected.
Attorneys think the injunction will be set
aside and the preparations will go on for
building.
George A. Paulsons hardware store in
the village of Henning was broken into the
other night, The safe was blown open and
$50 in money and two good revolvers
taken. Two persons suspected of being
the burglars took the early train for Fergus
Falls. A telegram was received by the
officials here to look out tor them, but they
were not captured
The assignment deed of the Iron Bay
Works to F. W. Paine, filed at Duluth, was
made public. The attachments against the
property have all been dissolved and the
property turned over to the assignee, whose
bond in the sum of 5000, 900 was approved,
This company has been In bad way tinan.
eially for some time, and the assignment
has been made as the quickest way oi
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