Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1893-04-21
NORTHWEST NEWS BUDGET
THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF
IMPORTANT NEWS.
A Concise Account OF the Happen
tngs OF the Past Week in Min
r,esota, North Dakota,
Iowa and Wiscon-
sin.
Minnesota,

Minnesota.
The dam across the Zumbrota at Ma.
zeppa has been washed away
Farmers in the vicinity of Redwood
Falls have commenced seeding.
Minnesota will have one of the finest
exhibits at the worlds fair.
While saving wood with a circular
saw w. Weis of Hay Greek sustained
serious injuries which caused his death.
Julius Unttener of Marshal while at
tempting to get pulverizer out of a
pond sank in the mire and was drowned.
Tooze Rogers, a Minneapolis saloon
keeper shot his wife fatally, mistaking
her for burglar.
Fire at Spring Grove destroyed the
opera house, the Herald Office aud the
German Lutheran church. Loss, $45,-
600; insurance, $4,000.
A score of Austrians enga ged in a fight
at Ely, and after lively scuffie with the
police they were finally arrested and
fined.
A census just taken at Red Wing
shows the city to have population OF
7.4422 This is an increase for the last
TWO years or l,gUU.
Mrs. Olaf Nelson, residing ner Her,
man, was burned to death by the ignit-
ing of her dress in some unknown man.
ner.
August Borchardt, while digging we'll
near Harriman's Landing, six miles
north of Saltwater, was struck by fall
ing bucket Of sand and fatally injured.
An unknown Polander was drowned
while trying to cross the ice between
Connor's and Rice's points, near Du-
luth.
Miss Ganette, Minneapolis school
teacher, was badly injured in attempt
ing to escape from 500 sleeping coach
which caught fire while at point near
the 500.
A Chicago & Northwestern freight
train was ditched at Marshland, sta
ton few miles east of Winona recently.
Seven cars were derailed and badly de-
molished. The track was torn up.
Gulbrandson Bros. of Albert Lea
brought suit for $1,000 against Mayor
kellar for tearing down their machine
building this winter on the order of the
city council.
A horrible accident happened to a small
child of James Barber, living west of
Redwood Falls. He accilently swallowed
bottle of carbolic acid. and his throat
and mouth were terribly burned by the
acid. He is in a critical condition.
Burglars broke into +. H. Schukey's
blacksmith shop at Sauk Center, got
tools and knocked the dial knob off the
safe in the Northern Pacific depot and
,1Si f1,a ko
pieces. They got three or four G. .. D.
cheap watch packages.
A Biwabik dispatch says that while
drilling in an old hole in rock cut of
the Duluth & Iron Range railroad on
the new branch near Merit, an explosion
occurred. killing John Smith and danger
ously wounding John Lilbork and mang-
ling Mike Lukiges' arm. necessitating
amputation.
James B. Dugan, an old soldier of
three wars, committed suicide at DelanO
recently by shooting himself through the
heart. He had been sick for four weeks
and it is supposed that he was insane
when he committed the act. He was
respected and leaves a wife and two
children.
The Southern Minnesota Dental So
ciety elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: PRESIDENT. DR.. NJ. Il.
Wood, Mankato: vice president, DIR. A.
w. Ackerman, Blue Earth City; seore-
tary. DR.. +. G. Kremcn. Minneapolis; !;
treasurer, DR.. Scipio Bond. Anoka. 1t
was decided to make eligible to member
ship the dentists of Minneapolis and St.
Paul.
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Hawkinson, living two miles north of
Maynard, It small town on the Great
Northern railroad about nine miles north
east of Granite Falls. was instantly
killed during the recent heavy rain and
thunder storm that prevailed. Louis
Hawkinson and his son were standing
in the barn together when the bolt struck,
l;lling the son instantly and stunning the
father.
A Two Harbors advice says: The Du-
luth & Iron Range railroad has just re-
ceived its new lot of engines. There are
nine of the latest improved Schenectady
12-wheel make, and, except the St. Clare
tunnel engine and a few special Shea en-
gines on the Northern Pacific, are the
largest in the world. Their weight when
loaded is 119 tons, boilers u inches in
diameter and cylinders 22x26. Beside
them the old Moguls are but pigmies, and
they will haul from seven tn ten more
loads of ORE :, -. ,
The postofice at Alexandria was
robbed recently of $500 in cash. The
assistant postmaster. who sleeps in the
Office, was reused during the night by
two men, both of whom were heavily
armed. and ordered 10 open the safe.
This he was finally compelled to do under
threat of being killed. The robbers made
good their escape. They overlooked 500
worth of. registered mail and stamps of
the value of 5000. The loss, though
small, will fall heavily upon the postmis-
tress, Mrs. Fannie Van Dyke. There
is no clue to the robber.
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