Mower County transcript., 1894-07-11
NEWS IN MINNESO SOTA,

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The strike caused sugar famine at
Mankato and other Southern Minnesota
towns. 3:
Loren Fletcher has been renominated
for congress by Minneapolis repub.
licans.
John Bowman of White Earth was
acquitted Of the charge of selling liquor
TO the Indians. ~
The house of William Caffrey, near
Cokato, was burned by children play
ing with matches.
Sixty Great Northern strike cases are
to be investigated by the United States
grand jury at St. Paul.
Major Baldwin thinks he will get
favorable report on his bill to establish
an assay Office at Duluth.
General Coxey, commander of the
commonwealers, delivered an address
at St. Paul Sunday night.
The Peoples party congressional con-.
vention nominated Major G. NJ. Bowler
for congress in the Third district.
A fire destroyed the barn of Charles
Ward, near Waseca. burning four
horses. Loss, 81, 200; no insurance.
The Woods Harvester works and the
OLea1y Packing company at St. Paul
have closed down as q result of the
strike.
The State Bank of Halstead has been
admitted to do business in this state bv
the bank examiner. The capital stock
is $15, 900.
TIE new St. Paul directory contains
"a ,992 names, an increase of 531 over
last year. This would indicate popu.
lation Of 100, 200.
L. c. Ling of MOBILES county was
nominated for congress by the Populist
convention at Tracy. Radical resolu-
tions were passed.
The national convention of retail
clerks which, was to have been held at
St. Paul this week has been. postponed
on account of the strike.
The application of T. S. slingerland
and associates to organize the National
Bank of Kasson has been approved by
the comptroller of the currency.
The Methodists of Winona have
taken the initiatory steps to erect
house Of worship to cost, with site,
$4,000. OF this sum $40, 900 has al
ready been pledged.
August Nelson's four-ye ear -old child
was killed by train at Rock cut near
Montevideo. The mother was running
to save it when The engine struck it and
threw it into her arms.
The senate committee on commerce
has agreed upon an appropriation of
$500, 900 to build lock on the Missis-
sippi between the Twin Cities, so as to
extend navigation to Minneapolis.
Receipts of the Duluth land Office for
the6scal year ending June 80 were over
$250, 900, being the largest on record
for the Duluth Office, and it is thought
to be the largest on record at any land
Office. -.-
The Hubbard County Game and Fish
club has sworn out six warrants for
illegal fishing, has secured the convic-
ton of five men, destroyed 1900 feet of
gill nets, 400 feet of draw seines and ~
fish boxes, and has driven nine fishing
gangs from the county.
The Camp Release monument, near
Montevideo, was dedicated in commem-
oration Of one of the closing scenes of
the Indian war of 1862. Ex.Governors
Ramsey and Austin, General G. G. An
drews and Attorney General Childs
made the principal speeches.
Abbott Bernard, president of St.
Johns university, Collegeville, reports
the damage done to the buildings of
the university by the recent cyclone
much greater than originally estimated,
reaching close to $50, 600, upon which
there was no cyclone insurance.
Flour mill at Amboy was burned
Thursday together with the depot. It
is supposed the fire started from sparks
from an engine. The mill had daily
capacity of 200 barrels, and the loss is
placed at $4,000; partly insured. The
loss on the depot is placed at 1000.
. Fitzgerald Bros. & Sisk, railroad con.
tractors Of Lincoln. Neb., have taken
five-year contract from the Biwabik
Bessemer company to strip and mine
1900, 900 tons of ore from the big Biwa-
blk mine. Work has commenced and
500 men will be employed and 800, uOC
tons will be shipped this year.
Workmen while drilling we'll on
the farm of D. S. Sanders, near Balla-
ton, struck vein Of gas or air of some
force. The air, which smells like burnt
powder, rushes out of the casing with
sufficient force to throw sand and large
gravel stones IS feet in the air. Speci-
mems of what j. pronounced by some to
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