Morris tribune., 1894-12-12
John Morris of Mapleton was sGalped

0ouu MUFlS Ol Mdpl0GOu was sEd4 pou
in a runaway accident.
Mankato's public library will soon be
onened with 1-50n hnal1s on the shalues-
Stevens county farmers will meet Oh
Dec. Is to decide on methods Of waging
war On the Russian cactus.
Fire destroyed $40, 900 worth of goods
in the department. store of W. w. ?.
Mcconnell, at Mankato.
Secretary Hart's annual report shows
the population of state institutions to
be 1855, an increase of 3S1 over a year
ago.
At Henderson Mrs. Mary Schoeske
was given verdict of 81, 900 against j.
4. Hand; of st. Paul, for breach of
promise.
The death list" of the Hinckley fire
with the coroner's signature to the AIT
descriptions, was 9n view at the state
capitol last week. " y
S. A. Dunn, reported lost in the Red
Lake forests, is at Grand Rapids, as
well as could be expected, after 100
mile tramp without food.
Waterville has built several fine
stone and iron bridges this season,
opened a mile of new streets and put in
six or eight blocks of stone gQttera.
Mrs. Harries, wife of Captain Harries,
collector Of internal revenue, died sud-
denly at her residence in st. Paul, fol.
lowing paroxysm to which she has
for some time been subject.
The faculty of the State University
Dental college has decided to stop the
use of hypnotism in its clinical work.
Dean Sudduth, while firmly believing
in the merits of the force employed,
had reached the conclusion that it was
stirring up more opposition than was
desirable for the welfare of the insti-
tuition.
Statements have been received by
the state auditor OF ore mined and sold
during 1894 from the following COM
panies: Bawabik Mountain Iron COM
pany, 2, 1G2 tons; Mesaba and Northern
Townsite company, II, $50 tonsi Noun
tain Iron company, 558,212 tons, on
which the state receives tax of cent
per ton.
A very peculiar circumstance was re-
ported to the police by Mich Geisan,
who lives at 45O Fort street, st, Paul.
About week ago q stranger droYe a
team attached to q farm wagon up in
front Of his house and left it there. Aa
the fellowdi not return, the team was
placed in Mr. Geisan's barn, where it
remains, the owner never having re-
turned for it.
W. P. Andrus, executive agent of the
state game and fish commission, pro.
poses several amendments Ia the pres
ent state laK. One is to change the
open season for deer so it will begin on
Nov. 10 and close on Dec. 1. Another
amendment is to prohibit the spring
shooting of ducks. Inregard to fishing
he favors extending the winter season
to Feb. 1. providing it gan be done in a.
legal manner.
The governor, state auditor and treas
urer, Friday, burned $l,115.OOO of can
celled bonds of Minnesota, accumulated
during the past TWO years. Among the
bonds was an old Minnesota state bond
of 81, 900 issued in 1859, and in aid Of
the Minneapolis aud Cedar Valley
Railway company, 1877 Minnesota fund.
lag bonds Of $1,000 each, and 797 Min
nesota railway adjustment bonds of
$1,000 each.
According to the report of the com,
missioner of internal revenue Minnie:
sota is quite a''eigar manufacturing
center During the year there were
400 factories in operation and 795, ,287
pounds of tobacco were used in making
42, 595, 379 cigars. In addition to this
130, 800 cigarettes were manufactured,
2,06l pounds Of plug tobacco, 6,37I
pounds of fine cut, 3,5l9 pounds Of
smoking and 38.2l1 pounds of snuff.