The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.


The Verndale Journal has moved to
Wadena.
The Waterville Gaz.tte, a Populist
organ, has suspended
Prairie fires have destroyed large
amount of hay and grain near Stay ton.
Armour & Co., the big meat firm of
Chicago, have opened a branch house
at Wiuona.
There are 1000 children in the First
ward of St. Paul for whom there are no
school facilities.
The large new Catholic church at
Moorhead was dedicated Sunday by
Bishop McGolrick.
Louis Stern of the st. Paul Volks-
zeitung has been appointed consul at
Bomberg, Bavaria.
Colonel w. r. 81. Taylor, state libra
rian, is very low and his death is ex-
pected at any time.
Indignant neighbors set fire to low
dance house near North Redw God and
1t was totally destroyed.
The three men who are alleged to
have robbed the Halsted bank have
been captured in Wisconsin.
Rich deposits of iron ore have been
discovered near Washington bay, about
20 miles east of Grand Marais.-
Arrangements have been about COM
pleted for the reopening of the st. Paul
German American bank Monday.
The Minnesota university foot ball
team defeated the team from the Kan
sas university by score OF II to6
Three trainmen on the Wisconsin
Cen trail at North st. Paul were held up
and robbed of money and watches.
Fred Rooster, living three miles east
of Dundas, was gored by mad bull
and so badly mangled that he will die.
The $4,000 appropriated by the City
OF St Paul for the unemployed will be
spent on the streets on half time work.
Railway mail service has been estab-
lished from Allen junction to McKin-
ley on the Duluth and Iron Range
road.
Frank Montrett was sentenced to one
year and five days in state prison for
introducing liquor on the Fond du Lac
Indian reservation.
The barn on Stoddard Bros farm
near Jackson burned with 10 head OF
cattle, five horses, so tons of hay and
4OO bushels of grain. Loss 1000.
A brilliant meteor passed over Rush
ford Sunday evening and exploded with
terrific report mile west of there.
Its brilliancy exceeded that of power
full search light.
The armory building of Shattuck
school at Faribault with all it's con-
tents was totally destroyed by fire
Wednesday night. Loss over $25, OUO.
It will be rebuilt.
j. Fletcher Williams, until recently
secretary of the State Historical So
ciety, is quite i'll and there is little
prospect that he will ever again be able
to resume active duties.
The English syndicate which has
been working the Isle Royale copper
mines the past summer has suspended
operations for the winter. Its labors
have not been rewarded with the sue
cess expected.
The dry house of Schoosh & Ahrens
sash and door manufacturers at Wi
mona, was destroyed by fire Wednesday
for the second time within a year.
Thirty-fiv cars of manufactured lum-
ber we're burned.
The state agricultural school has
opened with go students and more are
expected. One of the students is a
young. man from Japan, the son of a
farmer, who will return to Japan after
completing his agricultural education.
Three of the four prisoners in the
county Jail at Wheaton escaped Mon
day night. They sawed off the bars of
their cell with steel shoe spring, and
then dug hole through the outer
brick wall with stove poker. The
sheriff offers a reward OF $35 for each
the escaped prisoners.
Frank Birkenmeyer, a Democratic
aspirant for the Redwood postofice,
made an assault on Editor Schmal of
The Gazette in consequence OF an arti-
Gle in The Gazette The fight lasted
two minutes, when Birkenmeyer was
completely knocked out. He is badly
bruised, but the editor turned up with
ont a scratch