Mower County transcript., 1893-05-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Glencoe is to have another school
building to cost $12, ,000.' >- .. -;r..
/ The Grand Lodge A. o. q. w. is in
session at Duluth this week. ..,s,
A project for a Presbyterian hospital
at Minneapolis is being agitated.
An extensive coaling station for river
steamers is to be established at Winona.
An interstate G.. A. R. encampment
Will be held at Winona July 3, 4 and g..
There will be a great decrease in
wheat acreage in Otter Tail county this
year.
Minneapolis bankers helped Secretary
Carlisle out with $4,000 in gold last
week.
Frank T. Maginnis of Duluth has re-
ceived an appointment as cadet at West
Point.
The steamer Sidney made the first
trip OF the season to st. Paul, arriving
Monday.
Carleton college has received pledge
of $25, 900 for the erection of q library
building.
Goodhue county beekeepers, are suf-
fering great losses on account of the
damp weather.
The contract for building the four
new schoolhouses at Brainerd has been
let for $39.673.
Several places of business at Zum-
brota were entered by thieves and money
and goods taken.
st. Paul is having a great many cases
of scarlet fever this spring. There are
19 cases in the Sixth ward.
Indians on Minnesota reservations are
to be taught lacemaking. It is be-
lieved they will become experts.
>Egbert G.. Handy, real estate dealer,
st. Paul, has assigned. Liabilities $685.
600. Heavy taxes and sluggish market.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Weed celebrated
their Goth wedding anniversary at WI
mona last week. Both are hale and
hearty.
Miss Josephine Batchelder of Winona
has been appointed to represent Minne-
sofa in the musical department of the
worlds fair.
Refreshments large wagon bridge
across the Red Lake river at Thief
River Falls has been carried awav bv
water and ice.
Burglars entered the residence of
Nick Lambert at St. Cloud and got
three gold watches, long gold chain,
three revolvers and other articles.
Duluth contractors have just been
awarded contract for constructing a
lock and dam on Kanawha river at
: Buffalo, w. Va. This contract amounts
to $253, 1000.
A landslide occurred on the Milwau-
kee road near Lakeland, and all traffic
on the road was suspended until the
debris was removed. Many tons of dirt
came down.
The next annual race between the
Cornell and the University of Pennsyl-
vania crews will be rowed over the
Minnetonka course during the first
week in July.
Sidney M. Owen of Minneapolis has
been appointed member of the board
of regents of the state university to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of s. M. Emery.
Governor Nelson has appointed Hon.
E. E. Corliss of Otter Tail county a
member of the capitol committee for
the Seventh district in place of General
Barrett, who declined.
An attempt was made tomurder Mrs.
Nels Newberry at Sheldon. An un-
known man caught her by the throat
and struck her on the head with sharp
instrument. A heavy head of hair
saved her life.
Governor Nelson has appointed the
new board Of insane commissioners.
They are J. S. Meahger, Mankato; j.
w. Mason, Fergus Falls; John Peterson,
st. Peter. G. H. Titus, Rochester, and
DR.. w. A. Jones, Minneapolis.
Six United States prisoners have ar
rived at the Saltwater penitentiarv
from Mississippi and Louisiana. They
have from two to five years each to
serve for breaking into postofaces, vio-
lating revenue laws and passing coun-
terfeit money.
A tramp assaulted K. s. Allyn, an old
citizen of Red Wing, with a hatchet.
He cut several gashes in Allyn's head
and buried him deep in the hayloft.
Blood trickling down to the barn floor
led to Allyn's discovery, and he may
recover. Allyn was feeding his horses
at the time.
The monthly report of the state trea-
surer shows that there is a balance of
81, 1862. 72 to the credit of the various
funds. Of this amount $769, ,579.42 is
deposited in st. Paul banks, $3.50, 1900. 13
in Minneapolis banks, and the rest in
other parts of the state.