The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-08-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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The Park Region creamery at Pelican
Rapids burned last week.
Albert Lea is obliged to build an ad.
dition to its school building.
Hon. B. NJ. Low, ex-representative
died at Slaytoh Friday night.
!. Mrs. Albert Loudon Of Dover gave
birth to triplets-all girls-last week.
The rerndale -four mills, burned las,
week. Loss. $4,000; insurance, &, 900.
Tracy will hereafter be an incorpo.
rated city. The FIRST election was held
Aug. L
Fire at Chatfield destroyed fair build
:ngs and damaged lumber yard
slightly.
Jacob Schmidt. who was accused Of
shooting Theodore Blaudoin at st. Paul
July 4, proved an alibi and was dis
charged
The executive board of the State
Teachers association has decided to hold
the next meeting in Minneapolis Dec
q, 20 and 29.
A man commonly known as Coffee
Jack was ch'oroformed and robbed OF
1870 at Deer River last week. The thief
has not been caught.
Peter Fl. Scott was assaulted and
robbed by tramp while feeding team
in barn at Plpes.one. His injuries
are considered fatal.
Robert Barclay has been appointed
superintendent Of railway mail service,
Tenth division, with headquarters at st.
Paul, vice Norman Perkins.
Company D. NJ. N. q. of St. Paul,
have given up their trip to the worlds
fair and will go to the New Orleans
Mardi Gras in February instead.
Lightning struck the Union oil house
at Buffalo, and it was burned to the
ground. T. A. Quirk's residence was
struck and the family severely shocked.
The criminal libel case of Mayor
Schoen of Ortonville. against the editor
of The Herald Star has been dismissed
after two Intellectual attempts to prove
the case in court.
A worm very much resembling the
caterpillar, but small r, has been found
in great quantities on the wheat at
Elizabeth. S"ecimens have been sent
to Professor Logger.
Up to Saturday last only 70 country
elevators have applied for licenses
under the new state law, which went
into eff ct Aug. /. There are about
1890 elevators in the state.
The Great Northern will run mixed
train on schedule time between Benson
and Huron. This answers the demand
of citizens along the ne filed with the
state railroad commissioners.
John Hickey. superintendent of mo-
tive power and rolling stock of the
Northern Pacific at ST. Paul. has been
appointed on the worlds fair jury of
awards for the transportation depart
ment
George Merritt, Northern Pacific
agent at Moorhead. and two sisters,
have each fallen heir to $50, 0O0 by the
disease OF wealthy relative in Illinois.
They are relatives of General Wesley
Merritt.
Word was received at Daluth Friday,
directing the entire suspension of min.
ing operations at the Minnesota and
Chandler mines on the Vermillion range
Aug. l. About 1000 men will be thrown
out Ct work.
The extensive mercantile house OF
Neill Currie, at Tracy and Currie, has
made All assignment. Liabilities and
assets will probably reach 500, OJO.
Currie was one of the best known men
in the southern portion of the state.
The Minnesota Boat club of st. Paul
took six OF seven of the races rowed
by the Northwestern regatta at Mime
tonka Friday and saturday. The junior
single, the seventh race was won by
c. F. Brown of tho Lurlines, of Minnea.
polls.
Minnesota postmasters were appointed
last week as follows: Clearwater, Wright
county, W.T.. Rigby, vice W. w. Webster.
removed; Delano, Wright county, NJ A.
CHAIR, vice C. H. Worse, removed;
Dodge Center, Dodge County, O. H
Phillips. vice J. K. Fancher. removed;
Hamilton, Fillmore county, W. ]. Briggs,
vice B. NJ. Nor,hup, resigned; Mayer,
Carver county, Edward Hahn, vice
August Ninnemann, resigned; Pine
City. Pine county. Miss Susan Shearer,
vice j. Y. Breckenridge, removed
Swanville. Morrison county, w. j. Sui
Ivan, vice A. p. McRae. removed.