Morris tribune., 1893-11-15
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.


The Kenyon Leader has suspended
publication.
The st. Paul city council has passed
an anti-pool room ordinance.
Roost robbers are making life bur-
den to Minneapolis poultry raisers.
Government experts say that there is
an abundance of gold in the Rainy river
valley.
What was formerly the Verndale Jour-
nal has recommended publication at
Wadena.
State Superintendent Prendergast ded-
icated the Wadena high school building
last week.
The receipts of the Minneapolis expo
sition this year We're more than $4,000
below the expenditures.
The hearing of the coal rate proceed
ings against the Duluth road has been
postponed until Jan. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf of Perham tried to
pound Mrs Steichen into pulp. They
are now serving 80 days.
A postoffice has been established at
Wrenshal, Carlton county, with John
Hobhegger as postmaster.
Governor Nelson, who has been i'll
with pneumonia at his home in Alex
andria, is greatly improved.
The Second Minnesota cavalry held a
reunion at La Crosse last week. The
next meeting will be at Winona.
Frederick A. Green of Minneapolis,
has been indicted for murder. He left a
child on doorstep and it died from ex-
posture.
The State Bank of Morgan has opened
with capital stock of $4,000. Hans
Mo of Sleepy Eye is president and II. NJ.
Ball cashier.
Three Chippewa pine land examiners
have been removed by order from the
interior department, as result of re-
cent Investigations.
A contract has been let by the Duluth
and Winnipeg, which is for the building
of a branch from Blackberry station to
the Diamond mines in Minnesota, a dis
tance of about IA miles. -
The Duluth public library has signed
lease for five years for quarters in the
magnificent Central high school of the
city. 1t pays 81 year and gets about
5000 square feet of room.
Shipments of lumber by water from
Duluth have ceased. Fully 25,G00,010
feet have been moved from the head of
the lake by water this season, which
doubles the record Of any previous year.
The Minnesota building at the worlds
fair has been sold to a wrecking COM
pany for 1915. Everything of sufficient
value to warrant the expense of bringing
to Minnesota was reserved by the COM
mission.
Mrs. Quackenboss, wife of a former
St. Paul man, has secured divorce at
Chicago. In granting it Judge Tuley re-
marked that for fendish cruelty the case
beat anything that had come before him
in his 40 years experience on the bench.
Governor Nelson has issued the usual
Thanksgiving proclamation, fixing Thurs
day, Nov. 80, as the day when all the
people of Minnesota shall give thanks for
the blessings enjoyed during the year,
and especially urging the prosperous to
remember the poor on that day.
General Passenger Agent Whitney of
the Great Northern the other day re-
ceived a letter from lady at Princeton
inquiring if her two little boys, aged 3
and years, can come alone from Cedar
vile, CAL, if they should be shipped by
express, and what would be the cost of
such shipments.
After being out three hours the jury
in the case of Father James Connolly,
charged with committing rape on the
person of Nellie Harmon, a 17-year-old
girl, and a member of his parish, came
in with a verdict of guilty as charged.
The offense was committed at Two Har-
bors, Mimi, on March II, where Con-
molly was the priest in charge of the
parish. There are other charges against
him.