Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1893-06-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Faribault will purchase the water
works plant at that place.
Burglars carted off $500 worth of dry
goods from store at Shakopee.
Winona stonecutters have organized
a National association branch.
/ The state teachers examination will
be held at the University on August 23
Three slight earthquake shocks are
said to have been felt at Hastings last
week.
The state university graduated class
of 249 this year. They received diplomas
Thursday.
The body of dead man, presumably
frozen last winter, was discovered at
La Prairie Thursday.
Over 800 travelling men attended the
celebration at Mankato in honor of the
knights of the grip.
The annual reunion of the First Min
nesota will be held Thursday, June %,
at the capitol building. st. Paul.
The Birch Coolie monuments commit
tee were out last week locating the ex-
act spot where the battle took place.
State Treasurer Bobleter reports q
balance in the state treasury to the
credit of the various funds of $1,S34,-
75124
Two 4-year-old children at Wiuoua
started out Thursday for the country.
They had walked several miles when
overtaken.
Game Warden Farnham captured
three Fiplanders and thirty nets at
Rush lake. They were bound over to
the Otter Tail county grand jury.
Edward Rooney went to sleep in the
waiting room of the Carlton depot He
was minus watch and money when he
awoke. Three arrests were made.
The Old Settlers association OF the
state had its annual meeting at st. Paul
Thursday. Daniel Cameron of La Cres-
cent was elected president. A banquet
at the Merchants closed the reunion.
Rev. B. Fay Mills has closed his series
of revival meetings at St. Paul. After
the services had been concluded Mr..
Mills expressed himself as greatly
pleased with the success of the work in
st. Paul.
In the Red River valley the past
week seven glandered horses have been
killed by order of the state health |
board and fourteen isolated. The |
epidemic is severest on the North |
Dakota side.
Three of the five dams at Fergus |
Falls were carried out Wednesday last. |
The cause of the breaking of the upper
dam is not known. The others were |
taken out by the rush of water let loose
by the upper dam.
The state auditor has been notified
BY the national department that the
has issued patent to this
state to 7,592.T acres of government
swamp and overflow lands. The patent
3 issued under the grant of 1890.
A searching party of rs Aitkin mon
we're called to Mile Lacs to search for
Albert Enberg, years old, who whilo
IunC1ng COWS, was lnst in the woods
,wo days and one night. He was found
Monday night completely exhausted,
out will recover.
designations of the entire faculty of
;he Homeopathic department of the
Minnesota State Medical college have
oeen called for by the university re-
gents. It is conceded that several will
lot be re-employed, but just which
mes will be let out on the reorganiza-
ion is not known.
Charlie Quist, 14-year-old boy living
lear Cannon Falls, was burning brush
IN some new breaking when a tramp
,ame along and threw him head first
nto the fire. He afterwards took to
The woods. The boy is reported badly
burned and is in danger of losing his
ife. A posse of men was organized to
1unt up the tramp.
The powder magazine of the Hecla
company on the Mesaba and Northern
exploded Thursday night. There was
,ight tons of giant powder in it at the
lime. Great damage was done at Vir-
yinia City, over mile away, horses
Ind men being knocked down by the
Several fronts of business
were also demolished.
The st. Paul Carriage Company's
factory was damaged to the extent of
300 by peculiar fire. A farmer, who
had load of hay on the scales at Third
md Exchange streets, lit his pipe and
;hrew the match in the load. This was
joon on fire, and the horses becoming
ditched the load in front Of
;he carriage works. the front of which
was badly scorched.
The proposition of the Minnesota
Canal company for $500, QUO st. Louis
county bonds to aid in the development
If the scheme, was defeated at Wednes-
lays special election. There were SO
7otes in the city favorable and about
!, 500 against the scheme. The directors
If the canal company claim they will
proceed to construct the canal, not
this defeat
The state pine land investigating
committee will go on with it's work,
Attorney General Childs having de-
,ided that about So, 900 in the legislative
expense fund is available for their use.
In the attorney generals opinion the
money appropriated for the necessary
per diem expenses of the members of
the committee may be used for that
purpose, but he holds that the $4,000
appropriated to be available by the gov
ernor in employing agents to make in
spection and appraisement of the tim
ber standing ON school lands is not
available.
NeIse Is Declared Nat Guilty