The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-04-12
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.


The Fairfax A. o. u. w. lodge will
reorganize.
Governor Nelson has desig rated April
q as Arbor day.
Farmers around Fairfax are Icing
troubled by wheat thieves.
The Citizens State bank of Lamberton
will erect new brick block.
The supreme court has upheld the
sentence of Lou and Frank Floyd.
Winnebago City and Glenwood voted
fer no license at the election last week.
w. ]. Hahn of Minneapolis has been
elected president of the Minnesota Bar
association.
The Gazette is the name of . new
paper at Gibbon. A. G. Beck of Airing
ton is publisher.
A west bound Northwestern train
jumped the track at Lake Benton. En-
gineer Frary was killed.
Attorney General Olney holds that
the Tontine Savings company of Mime
apolls is lottery concern.
The April term of the Minnesota
supreme court openel Tuesday. There
are 3l2 cases on the calendar.
The trial of Miller. charged with the
robbery of the Merchants bank messen-
ger ut St. Paul, has been continued.
Receipts at the Duluth land Office for
the last quarter were the largest of any
Office in the United States, being $lO1,-
600.
Ben Miller. the third of the st. Paul
bank robbers, has been sen need to
the penitentiary for four ID half
years. He plead guilty.
The St. Paul board of School inspec-
tors has decided to have the Fl q fly over
every school house in the city on every
school day in the year.
More indictments have been found
against ex-President Kortgaard of the
State bank, Minneapolis, charging him
with stealing large amounts.
Michael Utz, treasurer of the town of
Corliss, Otter Til county. has been
jailed for embezzlement. He made q
desperate resistance to arrest.
The Lake Benton Times has been
purchased by c. V. Metcalf and j. A.
Bingham, and will be run hereafter as
the organ of the Populist party.
Governor Nelson has appointed DR..
John F. Fulton of st. Paul as surgeon
general to succeed the late DR.. Murphy
on his staff, with rank of brigadier gen.
eral.
A mass meeting was held lest week at
Sacred Heart OF citizens OF towns along
the Milwaukee railroad to discuss the
county seat removal. the sentiment
favored Oliyia strongly.
Judge Shiras has given John Robson
of Winona judgment for SIC, 900 against
the Mississippi River Logging company
for refusing to perform contract to
drive logs to Beef Slough.
The state department is again on the
track of Menage, the Minneapolis de-
faulter. 1t is rumored he has been To-
Gated in Belize, British Honduras, and
an effort is Icing made to secure his
arrest.
The county commissioners of Itasca
county have granted the petition of the
residents of Rainy Lake city for vii
lage government, and have named May
IS as the day on which the election for
incorporation shall be held.
Herman OFT, a young, unmarried man,
had his arm cut off at Foley's saw mill
at Arlington. He was carrying slabs
and the wind took him against saw,
severing the right arm at the elbow.
The arm was found ~ feet from the
saw.
At meeting of the executive board
of the State Agricultural society the
resignation of Vice President A. P
Hendrickson was rendered and accepted
The board unanimously selected DAME
II. Moon of st. Paul to succeed Mr.
Hendrickson as vice president.
The regular spring quarterly meeting
of the state Democratic association wa:
held last week in St. Paul. Quarterly
reports were presented by the officers
The association has fund of between
$4,000 and 3d. 900 in its treasury, and a
membership covering the entire state.
The Graceville Transcript, which
was started in 1883 by A. Dewey, a,
one time enrolling clerk of the state
senate. has been sold to the stockhold
ers of The Enterprise, and the two will
hereafter appear as Enter.
prise, with A. T. Sammon as pu Dlisher.
At the municipal election at Fergus
Falls it is claimed large number of lille.
gal votes were cast. The police have been
at work on the matter and it is claimed
that 20 strong cases of illegal voting
have been worked up and several more
for inducing people to vote who had NO
right to.
Rainy Lake is to have direct lake
and rail line from st. Paul, and moder-
ate through rates very soon. The route
will be as follows: Omaha, Eastern
Minnesota or st. Paul and Duluth to
Duluth. steamer Dixon of Booth e,