Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-01-05
NORTHWEST NEWSBUDGET
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF
IMPORTANT NEWS.
A Concise Account Of tho Happen
ings Of the Past Week In Mlp-A'
nesota. North Dakota, /
Iowa and Wisoon-
sin.
Minnesota.

A mad dog bites many people at Alexan-
| dria. ..
State Auditor Bierman's biennial report
is given out.
The improvements at Faribault during
the year will probably foot up $780, 600.
The Duluth Curling Club has begun the
erection OF q $4,000 club house at Glen
Avon.
John Reiser, Jr. of Dexter, hung himself
in his granary. No cause can be assigned
for the rash act.
judge Il. d. French, of Redwood Falls,
was seriously injured by being thrown from
his buggy.
Charles Hennige tried in St. Paul for
completely in the murder of Aug ust Hoppe
by Mrs. Smith is acquitted.
Public Examiner Kenyon files his bien-
NAL report on the condition of the state
and country treasures and banks
The trial of S. J. Hober on the charge
Of rape was completed at Mankato and the
jury returned verdict Acquiring him.
DR.. Thomas J. Pearce of St. Paul is ar
rested on the charge OF causing the death
ofa woman by abortion.
u
the incorporation of villages is being agi-
tated.
: The Church St Peter Claver was dedi-
Gated at St. Paul. 1t is for colored Catho-
lies
branch general store Of R. H. Kempton
with contents burned at Redwood Falls.
The loss will exceed the insurance by
$1,000.
George Woods killed himself with a 70.
zor at Mendoza. He was subject to epilep-
tic fits, and took his lifelwhile temporarily
insane
A collision occurs on the Great Northern
railway at Nelson, Mimi, in which five
men are killed, some being burned, and
six badly injured.
No tidings has been received from John
X. Shaw, the Duluth insurance agent who
mysterious!y disappeared from his home
on November 6, last.
A bill is to be introduced in the Mime
sofa legislature to tax inhcritances and de-
vote the proceeds to the improvement of
public highways.
Judge Williston holds thai the finding
OF the medical commission which rronoun-
ced George Peters, the Saltwater murderer.
sane does not ipvalida,e the verdict of the
jury which declared him insane.
The Waseca County Agricultural, Me-
clanca and Industrial society held its an
nual meeting in Wa,eca recently Steps
were taken to purchase county fair
grounds.
c. l.. Cummings, of Crookston, who sold
wheat or large number Of farmers and
then skipped to California with the pro-
ceeds, was convicted of grand larceny.
In the case Carl Wilson. charged with
killing Christ Thorstad, at Butternut VAL
ley. the jury decided that the testimony
showed that Thorstad had died of heart
disease.
W. J. Hiligoss, of Fosston. shot two
deer near his home The animals were
locked together by their antlers. They
had fought together until they became in
ter!ocked The deer will be mounted
The German-A merican bank, incorporat-
ed with ca,ital of $50 900, opened the
doors of their new $1,000 bui ding for
business at Winona The days deposits
amounted TO $1,000.
While Robert Boles baker, was going
to his work the other morning he was held
uf ny u lOOlpat, WIZ dlleIllpltu W TOU
him, but failed. He also shot at Boles
the bullet going through his nat.
There is a air prospect of Rochester hay
ing an opera house in the near future.
Huber Ba-ti+n b qu"athed $4,000 Tor
library building. and it is proposed to add
$40 900 or So, OuO to this and build an opera
house and library combined.
Roche-ter will probab y hold another
winter carnival this wear. with the accom-
paniments of tobogganing, skating ice
palace. etc. The subject is now being agi-
tated. and will lie carried 10 successful
concluaon.
Augustus II. Hornsby, st. Paul real
estate dealer who tor years served as an
officer in the Z" fish army in India. and
las relatives among the English nobility,
has disappeared, and warrants have been
issuel Tor his arrest.