The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-07-12
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

The strike caused sugar famine at
Mankato and other Southern Minnesota
towns.
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 Z
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.
A fire destroyed the barn of Charles
Ward. near Waseca, burning four
horses. Loss, 1000; no insurance.
The Woods Harvester works and the
OLeary Packing company at st. Paul
have closed down as a result of the
strike.
The new St. Paul directory contains
64,992 names, an increase of 531 over
last year. This would indicate popu.
lation of 10000.
L. c. Long Of Mobiles county was
nominated for congress by the Populist
convention at Tracy. Radical resolu.
| lions 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 q
house of worship to cost, with site,
100000. OF this sum $4,000 has al.
ready been pledged.
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 fol-
the fiscal year ending June 80 were owe,
$3.50, 900, being the largest on record
for the Duluth Office, and it is thought
to be the largest on record ut any land
Office.
The Camp Release monument, near
Montevideo, was dedicated in commem
Grafton of one of the closing scenes Of
the Indian war of 1862 Ex-Governor
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 oil
the university by the recent cyclone
much greater than originally estimated
I reaching close to $50, 600, upon which
there was no cyclone insurance.
Flour mill at Amboy was burned
Thursday together with the depot. Il
is supposed the fire started from sparks
from an engine. The mill had daily
capacity of 200 barrels, and the loss j.
placed at $1,000; partly insured. Tn,
loss on the depot is placed at $1,000.
Workmen while drilling a we'll OF
the farm of D. S. Sanders, near Balla
ton, struck vein of gas or air Of some
force. The air, which smells like burn,
powder, PUSHES 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 t.
be gold has been thrown out.
The following figures from the audit.
or's agricultural statement shows tn,
amount Of land now under cultivation
in Winona county: Acres, wheat, 9. O6O
oats, O,476. corn, u. 40S; barley, As, 828
rye, 3,447; buckwheat, 1885; potatoes,
1895; beans, rs; sugar cane, .; cult
waited hay, 81. 100; fax, 4, 100; other pro
duce. 1851. Total acreage cultivated
in 1894, l49.607.