Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-04-26
News In Brief.


this state awaiting trial arrive.
News In Brief.
A brakeman on the $500 railroad
rounded up three confidence men be.
tween St. Paul and Minneapolis. The
men worked three passengers for $l(
each on short change. The brakeman
hearing of it compelled the men at the
point of a revolver to restore the money
Olga Strieneff and Peter Menikoff
two poung Polanders of Minneapolis,
are soon to be married. Peter has
built fat-boat containing four rooms,
all comfortably furnished. The wed
ding and the feast following will take
place on the craft and then trip will
be taken down the Mississippi river to
New Orleans.
Theo. NJ. Helinski has been appointed
postmaster at Duluth.
DR.. William H., Game, of Saltwater,
has been appointed assistant surgeon
of the 1st battalion of artillery, with
rank of brevet captain.
Father Bauer, of st. Cloud, has beer
made monseigneur.
G. K. Albee, of Kenyon, accused Of
extorting money by means of threat.
of arrest and imprisonment, was bound
over in the sum of $500, to await the
action of the district court.
Il. NJ. Crandall, young man working
on a farm near Minnesota Lake, was
killed by lightning.
A six-inch rise in the lake at Still
water caused the St. Croix boom to
break, letting out all of the logs, about
100000. and lodging the most of them
against the pontoon bridge.
An immense paint mine has been dis
covered on the farm of Mr.. Helgeson,
near Renville.
J. Adam Bede took his oath of Office
as U. S. Marshall for Minnesota before
Judge Nelson. His bond is $40, 600 with
VIM. Sauntry of Saltwater, and Z. R..
Brown of Duluth, as sureties.
Sumner Town, an engineer on the c.
NJ. & st. P. dropped dead at Rushford
while on duty. Heart disease was the
cause.
The residence of J. H. Colt at Little
Falls was struck by lightning. Some
of the inmates were stunned and the
house badly damaged.
The asteriod announced in February
by DR.. H. c. Wilson, of Mortified, and
discovered by means of photography, is
now admitted to be new one.
The case of Renville county against
Beard & Gray, bankers of Fairfax, and
the sureties on their bond given to Sc
cure the county for funds deposited,
was concluded in favor of the county
against Beard s. Gray and four sureties
for the full amsunt. S1,s77.
The postohices of Lone Tree Lake,
Brown county. and Otter Tail City, have
been changed to Lone tree and Otter
Tail.
Grant Bates, arrested at Fergus Falls,
was brought to st. Cloud on charge
of bastardy preferred by 16-year-old
girl, Annie Oertler, Of Avon, where
Bates until recently worked as an oper-
ator for the Great Northern, being dis
charged short time ago and returned
to his home at Fergus Falls. He was
held to answer to the district court.
The county commissioners Of Carver
county, at extra session, decided To
build a new Jail at Chaska. The pres
ent Jail was condemned by the state
board of corrections, and of late pris-
oners have escaped.
Fire damaged the First National
bank building Of Duluth $500.
At a meeting of the High School .Ath.
letic clubs of Mortified, Faribault and
Owatonna, held at Faribault, it was de-
cided to hold the sports this season in
Faribault, May 10. The officers-elect
are: E. j. Chadwick, Owatonna, presi-
dent; c. c. Lockerby, Mortified, vice
president: E. j. Babe, Faribault, secre.
tary and treasurer.
Joseph Howard, the st. Paul bank
robber. was sentenced to six years at
Saltwater.
The Duluth, Red Wing s. oputherp
railway depot and Peterson 8 Lorgren'a
wagon shop at Red Wing were bur.
glarized.
Two men we're arrested at Kenyon.
suspected Of burglarizing house in
South st. Paul
The hardware store of Sylvester &
Elseth at Crookston was damaged by
fire $500 worth.
Joseph Gilbreath, barber who has
lived at Cloquet for - years, attempted
suicide by taking strychnine. The fact
was discovered within five minutes and
prompt medical attendance saved his
life. Dependency, drink and gnmb-
ling are the causes.
AAel Erickson, while repairing cars
n the Minneapolis & st. Louis railway
yards at Minneapolis. was killed.