The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-03-25
NORTHWEST NEWS BUDGET
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF
IMPORTANT NEWS.
A Concise Account Of the Happen
fngs Of the Past Week in Min
nesota, North Dakota.
Iowa and Wiscon-
sin.
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Gov. Nelson reappoints Superintendent
of Education Kiehle. and appoints Her.
man Muehlberg adjutant general.
The report that Fred H. Hauscr Of Litch-
field had cut his throat turns out to be un.
true.
The Mankato Board of Trade passed res
o%lutions condemning the continued pur-
chase o~fsilver by the government.
NJ. r.. Hastings, travelling salesman for
Hastings, Diment & Co., millers, was
married to Miss May Head, Of Owatonna.
J. J. Kennedy, a clothing merchant at
Little Falls has made an assignment for
the benefit of his creditors. w. A. Butler
is the assignee.
Morris Davis, a well-known merchant Of
Sank Rapids was sen to the Insane Asy-
lum at Fergus Falls by the probate judge.
John Townsend. who for thirty-fve
years has been a resident Outright county.
died Of heart disease a day or two ago. He
had reached the age of seventy-four years.
The residence of John Hopkins at
Rochester was burned. Loss, $500; in
surance, 5000. The origin ofthe fire was
in a detective chimney.
John Boelke, for thirty years q resident
of Wright county, passed away at his home
near Buffalo. Pneumonia caused his
death.
J. b. Cumming, for forty years a resident
Of Winona died Of pneumonia. The de-
ceased was a prominent member OF the
Masonic fraternity.
IRE destroyed the 2-story building at
"a ~ iap:ds, owned by J. II. Bradford and
occupied bv G. Ii. riargrave as a carpenter
-,ul. Loss 1900; fully insured.
Miss irete Knapp was 10 have been mar
Tiel ~ Owatonna. Not being of age her
father would not give his consent, SO she
attempted 90 poison herself, but was stop
ped Ivy her ather.
L. II. Mcdonald, the ~well-known con.
tractor of West Duluth, and Miss Lottie
Carroll were married at Duluth at the Pro
Cathedral by Bishop McGolrick, assisted by
Father Corbett.
Tim Sellers, brother of Sell Sellers, the
Tower liveryman shot himself in the head
at Mckinley, a new town OH the Mesaba
range, dying a few hours after. No cause
for the act is known. He was a sober,
quiet and industrious young man.
s. L. Selden. Of Duluth, is organizing a
company to engage in the manufacture of
cast steel at New Duluth. The process is a
patent one by which it is said iron is con-
verted to cast steel. 1t is proposed to begin
operations with a company having $780,
600 capital.
The Red Wing Manufacturing Company
has elected the following officers for the en-
year: President and manager, D. NJ.
Neill; vice-presidept, N. X. Simmons; Sec
rotary and treasurer, W.. H. Putnam; d.
~rectors, j. c. Pierce, A. w. Pratt, H. s.
Rich, o. X. Simmons, w. H. Putnam, N.
X. Simmons and D. NJ. Neil.
c. r. Thuber. one of the principals in a
prize fight, has been brought to Redwood
Falls, from Wisconsin, and the sheriff is
looking for l.. L. Phelps, the other pugil-
list. They fought four months ago, and
with several prominent citizens have been
indicted by the rand jury.
The hardware and furniture store of A.
W. Stone at Bird Island. was destroyed by
fire, together with the Masonic and G. A.
r. hall in the second story. Total loss
about SD, 500; insurance, $3.50. Mead post
G. A. r. loses everything; no insurance.
Nothing was saved from the building.
The residence of Patrick Egan, at High
Forest, was totally destroyed by fire re-
Gently. The family was asleep. Egan was
awakened by the falling OF part o: the low
er rooms. lie got the family out without
a particle of clothing III a snow storm.
The neighbors clothed them. Loss, 81, 900;
no insurance.
A decision in the famous section 80 case
was filed at the land office at Duluth by
Register n cholls and Receiver Fraser, 1t
involves titles to lands on the Vermillion
iron range worth millions. The lands are
in section 80. township G3 north, range II
west. The decision is in favor of the claims
ofDr. William Alden. Of Duluth. to lots 3,
S and 6; Houghton E. James. to the north
west quarter ofthe southeast quarter, and
{. +. Wheeler, to the southeast quarter o
the northwest quarter.