Morris tribune., 1893-10-04
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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Minnesota retail grocers have per-
fected an organization.
Light snow fell in the Northern part
of the state last week.
The Mankato Free Press is after the
gambling dens of that city.
The big Backus saw mill in East
Minneapolis will be rebuilt.
The bank at Halstead was robbed of
$500 last week. Tho thieves got away.
Fire in Berrisford's biscuit factory at
st. Paul did damage to the amount OF
/ $50, O0O.
Several Indians at the Red Lake re-
serve. were confirmed Sunday by Bishop
McGolrick.
Work on the foundation of the Man.
kato government building is progress
ing rapidly.
George B. Hush, prominent Mime
apolis real estate dealer, has been de-
clared insane.
The Brennan Lumber company's saw
mills have started up, giving employ
ment to 800 men.
Lulu Beaudette, 13-year-old girl,
committed suicide by drowning at Min
neapolis Tuesday.
Rev. Edward D. Neill, a pioneer
Presbyterian minister Of st. Paul, died
suddenly Tuesday. sis<s
The st. Paul city council has voted
80, 900 to be expended in providing labor
for needy citizens.
The Minnesota and Wisconsin collec-
I tive fax exhibit at the worlds fair has
been given an award.
The Montgomery Messenger has been
sold by c. T. Kelly to J. j. Leonard OF
Jordan. 1t will be Dem ocratic.
Congressman Kiefer is trying to have
the Office of immigrant inspector at st.
Paul, recently abolished, restored.
St Paul street railway employees pro-
test against the employment of nom
union men. A strike is possible.
John Sandrum, deserter from Com
pany Ell, Seventh United States cav
airy, was arrested at Granite Falls.
c. A. Mackey has purchased the
plant of the Bay City, Wis, Tribune,
suspended, and will start paper at
Barnum.
The body of Ed Tice, who had been
missing for 10 days, was found in the
mill pond at Hutchinson. Foul play is
suspected.
1t is said in Washington that Eugene
Hay, United States district attorney
for Minnesota, will be allowed to serve
out his term.
In the breach of promise case of Mrs.
Lillian j. Clement against Seymour W.
Brown, at Winona, the jury awarded
the plaintiff $19, O4s.
Western roads have agreed to one
fare rate for the round trip from all
points in Minnesota to Chicago and re-
turn for Minnesota day at the fair.
Being unable to secure $4,000 bail
required by the court w. S. Streeter,
the vice president of the Minneapolis
Guaranty Loan company, languishes in
Jail.
The Rademaker brothers, who shot
and killed John Woyahn last June,
were indicted by the grand jury at
Chaska for manslaughter in the second
degree.
Minnesota Knights of Pythias met in
Grand Lodge at st. Paul last week.
Grand Chancellor Wheaton was re-
elected. The membership Of the order
in Minnesota is 6, AT.
The officers of the State Dairy associ-
alton have decided to hold their next
annual meeting at Waseca in Deem
Der. Premiums will be offered for the
best exhibits Of butter, cheese, etc.
The Monday New York World says:
Harvard men are watching tall,
heavy, light-haired fellow from St.
Paul, Mimi, named Houghton, who is
playing a spry game at right guard.
The hearing of the complaint of
Davidson and Hawthorne against the
st. Paul and Duluth road, in the mat
ter of freight on coal between Duluth
and the Twin Cities, has been set for
Oct "a by the railroad and warehouse
commissioners.
Carleton citizens have organized a
vigilance committee to rid the village
Of suspicious characters and prevent
repetition Of the recent bank robbery.
While the work of organization was In
progress citizen was held up about
200 feet back of the meeting place and
robbed Of $500 in cash. The robber
was not caught.
The grand lodge of the knights Of
Pythias for the State of Minnesota held
its 21st annual session at st. Paul last
week. Several amendments proposed
last year to the constitution were taken
up. The most notable of these was
proposition to admit liquor dealers into
the order. This proposition was de-
feated by an overwhelming majority.
The Minneapolis Journal worlds fair
correspondent says: j. L. Bernado's
gigantic hog, of Pipestone, is dying in
q stock barn at the fair. Columbus is
the hogs name and he is the weight
lest hog in the whole swine exhibit,
tipping the scales at 1900 pounds. But
the most wonderful thing about Coll
umbus is that he does not know the
taste of corn. He was raised entirely
on barley, wheat and oats, being thus
fed as an experiment. to see what such
feeding would produce He is 81
months old, measures feet 9 inches
from the tip Of his snout to the root Of
his tail, is feet inches around the
body; 16 inches around the fore leg.
The Last English Rabbit.