The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-07-05
NEWS IN MINNESOTA,

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T ,e blind Of Minnesota are holding
convention at Minneapolis this week.
At Windon, Robert Nolan was given
6-year sentence for stealing faxseed.
A new postofice has been established
at Conception, Wabasha county, with
Conrad Riel postmaster.
The Elysian village council has do.
cided to put in system OF waterworks.
A contract for an 8-inch we'll has been
made.
The first carload Of California april
cots of the season of 1894 was shipped
East from Fresno Thursday. It went
to Minneapolis.
The Minnesota supreme court al
lowed $l25,00O for attorneys fees in
four cases gainst the Minneapolis and
st. Louis railroad.
Jonn Goodnow of Minneapolis has
cen elected chairman of the executive
COZ: m 1tee of the National League of
Republican clubs.
An annual examination for entrances
to Y.ls college was conducted at st.
Paul by Professor Royce of the chair of
philosophy, Thursday.
Ehle Allen. who killed John 81.
Clapp at st. Paul last week, has been
indicted Tor manslaughter in the first
degree. The maximum penalty is ten
ye ars.
The Minnesota Boat club Of st. Paul
Is trying to arrange race with some
o lie Eastern college clubs. Probably
q match Will be made with Cornell OF
Columbia.
Internal revenue collections in Min.
nesota for June amounted to about
eYOo,OOO. The receipts in the customs
department for this district amounted
to about $16,O
Professor M. V. Oshea and Miss Har.
riet Ester brooks, both members Of the
Mankato normal school faculty, were
married at tho home of the bride at
NJ iugeville, Ills.
Jack Slavin of Australia and Paddy
Cummings of St. Paul met at the Twin
City Athletic club, Minneapolis, in q
2O-round contest. The decision was
given to Cummings, although the match
was even.
The house has passed Colonel Kiefer's
joint resolution calling upon the secrs-
tary OF war for information concerning
needed Improvements in the Minnesota
river between Chaska and Fort SHELL
ing.
The grand jury Of Ramsey county
has found indictments against J. II.
Burns, ex-county auditor, for grand
larceny in the first degree. He is
charged with having obtained 81, 800
from the Second National bank and
81, 200 from the Union National bank
by fraud and Misrepresentation.
At the Peoples party convention at
Willmar, resolutions were passed favor
ing a state printing Office to publish
xt books for schools, and to print and
furnish stationery and blank books to
state, county and town officers at cost,
and that the building of the state cap.
itol be postponed indefinitely.
w. B. Mitchsll, former proprietor of
the Pioneer drug store, at Virginia,
fired three shots at Samuel cleveland,
his former druggist. None Of the shots
took effect. Some personal trouble is
thought to be tbs cause.
Nj. F. Kair, formerly county auditor
Of Ramsey county, has been elected to
fill the unexpired term Of Auditor J. n.
Burns, who resigned on account Of pres
sure brought by the county commits
s.oners.
Both Wonigkeit and Ermiseh, the
youthful but cold blooded murderers Of
Bartender Lindhoff, at St. Paul, will
pay the extreme penalty of the law,
and Ramsey county for the first time
in its history will witness double exc
cution. Judge Kerr sentenced them
Friday. This will be the first hanging
in Ramsey county for "a years, the last
being the execution of Annie Bilanski,
in 1890