Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-03-28
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

Two incenliary fires occurred at st
Paul Sunday.
A gold find is reported in the Mesabs
range, near Virginia.
The Peavey elevator at Slayton wa.
burned Wednesday. Loss $40, 900.
Fire at Cokato, did damage to busi-
ness property to the extent of $10,0
| Hurry G. King, well known St.
Paul insurance agent, suicided Friday.
United States KarshaI Bede was ban
quoted by the citizens of Tower Satur-
day evening.
The annual regatta of the Minnesota
and Winnipeg Rowing association goes
to Winnipeg this year.
AT st. Paul Woo Chez, full blooded
Chlnaman, Was married in the probate
courtto Carrie Walters, a 20-year-old
Irish girl
At Staples, a newly born infant was
discovered in pile of hay behind the
Jail. It's identity has not yet been
ascertained.
Gelsamino Magliano, on trial at ST.
Paul for the murder of another Italian,
was found guilty of manslaughter in
the first degree
There are but SO persons at the Min
neapolis workhouse at the present time,
the lowest number at this season of the
year since 1899.
There will be 138 money order Offices
established throughout the country on
April 2. Minnesota will get 5, North
Dakota 4, and South Dakota /.
The attention of Labor Commissioner
Powers has been called to the fact that
there are a few ''sweat shops" in st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth.
There is hitch in the big Minneap-
oils pine land deal which may cause it
to collapse. The trouble is in the mat
ter OF raising a cool lDillion in cash.
G. J. Blandin of Minneapolis has
commenced libel proceedings for SIS, 900
against the mayor and chief of police
for posting him as an habitual drunk
ard.
Near Hartford little son of Joseph
Gadbaugh was playing about with a
knife in his hand when he fell so that
the blade penetrated his left breast, kill
ing him instantly.
The grain and warehouse commits
sioners held conference with represen-
tatives of several railroads at st. Paul
to discuss means ofpreventing the steal
ing of wheat from cars.
Luverne and Hills have been fighting
over the vacancy in the Second infantrr,
NJ. N. G. General Meuhlenberg was
called upon to decide the dispute, and
will report Ia favor of Hills, it is said
Emma Carlson, woman 20 yesrs
old, en- route from Tacoma to Sweden,
was arrested at the Union depot. st,
Paul, on charge of being concerned in
the larceny of $4,000 in gold at Tacoma.
The output from the iron ranges in
ST. Louis county fer the coming season
is practically determined It will be in
the neighborhood of 100000 tons, an
increase of nearly 100000 tons over
that of last year.
The Bevier Gold Mining and Milling
company has been organized at Duluth
with capital OF $500, 900, and has sent
jeff Hildreth with force of carpenters
and masons to erect the necessary build
ings for the STAMP mill and crushing
works of Rainy Lake City.
Rev. j. Neulsen, pastor of the Ger
man Methodist Church at Sleepy Eye,
has resigned to accept the chair Of B b.
lical languages In the Central Wesleyan
college of Warlenton, Mo- Rev. Neul-
sen is one of the most learned scholars
of ancient and modern languages in the
country.
The Pillsbury w Washburn Milling COM
pany, last week bought all the wheat in
the Reavey system Of elevators, amount
ing to $3.50, 900 bushels. 1t is the large
est cash wheat deal ever made in the
Northwest, The wheat will be ground
at Minneapolis and will last the mills
two months.
Fairfax has champion. Joseph
Buehler, young man of this place, for
small wager, succeeded in eating 10
pounds of raw sausage ard four pounds
of raw veal in less than two hours
time. He also made bet that he could
eat 100 raw eggs and two pounds of hay,
chopped up together, in three hours.
The State Historical society has re-
ceived from Mrs. Elizabeth T. Aver of
Belle Prairie, wiIow Of Frederick Aver,
one of the earliest missionaries to the
Indians, manuscript account of her
husbands york, which began in 1899, |
The manuscript contains an account Of
the fight at Pokogumain in 1S40. Mrs.
Aver is now 81 years old
There was a hearing in the Ramsey
county probate court last week on the
claims presented by John Bomert
against the estate of Patrick Keogh. |
deceased, one for $40 for liquors fur
nished, and another for $500 for a
wake" Bomert said Keogh had made
him promise to see to it that proper
"wake" was held after his death, and
that he had carried out his instructions
not only in the letter, but in the spirit. |
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