Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-07-13
News In Brief.

Qlstf4ct court, sentenced Thomas IL.
Truman and John Martin to two years
hard labor in the penitentiary for bur.
glarizing the postoffice at Alexandria.
They plead guilty.
Peter Grubb, of Holmes City, was as.
saulted at a dance and very badly cut
and stabbed by Finlander named
Charlie Johnson
Fifty-eight United States prisoners
arrived in one day at the Saltwater
penitentiary,
The total receipts of the Duluth land
office for the year ending June 80 were
$147, O2l. The year before the receipts
were S91, O4s.
At meeting of the district judges Of
the state. held at St. Paul, a committee
of five was appointed to draw a set of
rules for practice and procedure, so that
all of the courts of the state shall be
governed alike. The next meeting will
be held in Chicago.
Frank Newson, a 12-year-old lad of
st. Paul, not satisfied with the celebra-
ton the 4th, attempted another one by
filling an oyster can with powder and
touched it off with match. When the
smoke cleared away it was found that
the boy had one eye blown entirely out
and was otherwise injured
Gov. Nelson received warrant from
the treasurer of the United States for
the sum of Sc, 220.7O, the same being the
S per cent due the state for the govern
ment lands sold in Minnesota
A woman almost devoid of clothing
was found walking the streets of Min
neapolis. When arrested and taken to
jail it was learned that it was a case of
somnambulism. She was returned to
friends.
The contract for building the two
three-story additions to the State Nor
NAL school at Mankato was awarded
to E. G. Bordick & Co., of that city.
lowest bidders at $35. SO2.
John Bassett was convicted in the
United States court of selling liquor to
Indians.
The expenses of the Rochester asylum
for insane for the month of June were
ST., 976. %.
At st. Louis Park, two young men,
VIM. Brown and James Hickey, in fun
arranged q mock duel with rifles. Upon
the given signal the boys advanced and
turned. AS Hickey turned he slipped
and accidentally discharged his rifle.
the contents entering the body Of Brown
under the left arm and severed an ar.
terry. perhaps reaching the heart. He
fell upon his side and expired Is min
utes later.
Joseph Miller, while bathing in Medi-
cine Lake, was drowned.
lightning struck the house of c. I'D.
Stack, IN Minneapolis. Mr.. Stack.
wife, mother and three children were
all stunned, although in different rooms.
Some miscreant drove wedge in the
wheel Of the elevator Of the Minneap
oils City Hall with view of throwing
off the cables and dropping the car, but
the wheel was too strong aud broke the
wedge after the car had gone up about
five feet What the object was is inex.
plicable.
A cyclone struck Lakefield, jackson.
county, doing considerable damage to
buildings. The s. r. Hyde warehouse
is down, the steeple Of the Methodist
church is gone, and q large number Of.
barns destroyed. At Heron Lake, the
railroad engine house and q number Of
buildings we're demolished.
An unknown man about 10 or Is years
Of age dropped dead at The corner 81
Sixth and broadway in st. Paul. His
body was taken to the morgue to await
Identification. The deceased wore a
shirt marked G. E. Ellis, but the other
attire does not correspond with the:
shirt, and it is believed that the gar
.ment belonged to some one else and
that the dead mans name is not Ellis.
Death IS supposed to have been caused
by heart failure. So SO.
Little Mary Chapel, the 7-year-old
daughter Of Sheriff Chapel. Of ST. Paul,
died from burns received while shoot
ing fire crackers.