Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-01-03
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

An associated charity association has
been organized at Faribault.
Christopher Stahlman, the well known
st. Paul brewer, died of consumption
last week.
A thief was surprised in the house of
Banker Dickson at Fulda. He left
without any booty.
The Twin City Street Railway COM
pany has promised to work day and
night vestibuling its cars.
The Ackermann Bros. Mill company
has started its new mill at Young Amer
lea; capacity, 100 barrels.
The entire debt of the Peoples church
of st. Paul, amounting to 81, 900, has
been raised in the past so days.
The Douglas County Sentinel has been
purchased jointly by the Alexandria
Post and the Douglas County News.
The Mountain Iron and Rathbun
mines have been shut down indefinitely.
Three hundred and fifty men are thrown
out of work.
Gus Borchard, who was acquitted of
the murder of his father at st. Cloud q
few days since, has been sent to the i'm
sane asylum.
The state board of university regents
has decided not to expel the four univer-
sity students who were caught ''crib-
bing," but will allow them to apologize.
A car on the Chicago and Northwest
ern containing nine head of cattle was
delayed by some cause near Nerstrand,
on the open prairie, and the cattle were
frozen to death.
The case of the Armour Packing COM
pany against the state dairy and food
commission will come up for hearing
before Judge Nelson of the United States
circuit court on Jan. y.
The celebration of the fourth ami
versary of Rt. Rev. J. B. Cotter's con-
secration as bishop of the diocese OF
Winona occurred last Wednesday. Pom
tifcal high mass was celebrated.
Secretary Smalley has issued the call
for the annual meeting of the Minnesota
Democratic association. This will be
held at st. Paul, Jan. 16. General E. S.
Bragg has been invited to attend and ad-
dress the meeting, which will close, &C
cording to the official notification, with
''a modest supper"
Of the 33 fourth class postofices
which will be advanced to presidential
Jan. Minnesota has only one-Cale-
donia. Mazeppa, Wabasha county, will
be made an international postal money
order office, and Center Chain, Echo,
Foreston, Fort Riley, Jasper, Lake
View, Minnesota Lake and Taopi will
be made domestic money order offices.
The civil rights cases brought by two
colored men, E. J. Williams and George
Gooden, against FL. Ct. Fogg, st. Paul
restauranteur, were upheld by Judge
Brill, who has filed o1ders overrulihg
the defendants demurrer to the amend
ed complaint in each case. The actions
were brought to recover damages for
refusal to serve plaintiffs in the public
eating house of the defendant on account
of their color.
About Aug. last, w. D. Kent came
from Idaho, and until Sept made st.
Paul his headquarters. He had an in
terest with two other men in some
Occur d Alene mines. About Sept. his
partners came on and gave him $1,000
for his lease. This he deposited in ST.
Paul bank and started for Osceola, Wis,
to visit his father, but since that time
has not been seen or heard of by his
friends, who are becoming anxious as to
his safety.
The Winona Sportman's club has
taken up the matter of the extermina-
ton of the sparrows, and Friday had a
sparrow shoot. They paid a bounty of 2
cents apiece for the pests, and as they
were bought they were put into cellar
for safe keeping until the shoot. Their
efforts were not very successful, how
ever, for the rats played havoc with the
imprisoned birds and destroyed $50 Of
them. About half as many were killed
in the tournament. Another shoot Of
the same kind will be held in the near
future.
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