Mower County transcript., 1894-10-10
NEWS in M NNESOTA.

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The prison night school has been
started at Saltwater and will continue
during the winter. ..s5.
# The state reform school filed Septem-
/ Der expense lists with the state auditor
amounting to s., 2,646.74. .4.
Mayor Smith Of st. Paul has issued
an appeal for aid for the sufferers by
cylone at Leroy, recently.
At Montgomery Valentine Hoein g
was suffocated in a well by gas. He
leaves a wife and three children.
Milaca is suffering from diphtheria
epidemic. Schools have been closed
aid public gatherings prohibited.
The people of Pine City have adopted
q series of resolutions thanking all who
have aided them in their hour of need.
During the past two years only two
deaths have occurred at the Saltwater
prison out Of an average population of
475. ,.s-.
The Park Rapids local relief commit.
tee secured the subscription of two car
loads of lumber for the Hinckley fire
sufferers.
Bank Examiner Kenyon has issued q
call to the national banks of this state
for report Of their condition at the
close of business Oct. 2.
Mike Mead was sentenced to six
months in the county Jail at Hills and
5000 costs for maliciously shooting a
neighbours horse last March.
The monthly report of the Minnesota
board of corrections and charities shows
10 per cent increase in the number of
inmates of state institutions.
The first snow of the season fell at
Albert Lea Wednesday. Most late po.
tatoes are yet to be dug there, and a
freezeup would greatly injure them.
The September payroll of the state
university proper was $15, $500, and
that for the school of mines was $445.
Both were fled with the state auditor.
E. Webster Whipple, LII. D., profess
sor Of Greek and French for many
years at Shattuck Military school,
Faribault, died suddenly of typhoid
fever.
A plan is under consideration by the
management for the extension Of the
waterworks from St. Cloud to the re-
formatory, a distance Of two miles. The
estimated cost is about $4,000.
Boring in the artesian well at Mar
shall has been continued through six
feet of sand rock and the flow is in
creased to an estimate of $500 barrels
in "a hours with about 80 pounds pres
sure.
Joseph Acare, barber, whose true
name is Joseph Harper, committed sui
eide at Minneapolis by severing his
windpipe with a jackknife. The
rash act was the result of dependency
and the end of drunken spree.
N. G. Jensen of Bath keeps from so
to 100 hogs and has for several months
fed them upon wheat. He soaks the
grain two days and gives the opinion
that, at present prices, wheat is the
cheapest feed that hogs can have.
Frank Rogge, railroad man, was
struck and almost instantly killed by
an engine on the Great Western road
at St. Paul. Rogge was employed as
a coach cleaner, and at the time of
the accident was at work on O coach
on side track.
The biennial report of the adjutant
general contains a complete record of
the membership of the Minnesota ma.
tional guard, the work of the regiments
and companies, and speaks very highly
of the organization and the individuals
composing it.
The October apportionment of the
state school funds has been made by
State Superintendent Pendergast. The
amount per pupil is $2.75, giving the
275,258 pupils in the 'etate a total of
$756, ,959.50, of which the20, 1867 pupils in
Ramsey county receive $55, 734.25, and
the 81, ,301 in Hennepin county receive
$85, 5,077.75.
William Presley is in the county Jail
at Mankato awaiting the convenience
Of the prosecution to give him a hearing
for the theft of $765 from his father on
Sept 30. While returning from Phil
lips, Wis, where he was taken into GUS
tody, he admitted to Chief Gates that
he took some money, but did not state
the amount.
The city of st. Paul has filed suit
against Theodore L. Morgan to recover
81, 1881 for Infringement on a patent
for concrete paving. Morgan had a
contract with the city for laying walks
in Central Park, and it is alleged used a
patent material to which Matthew Tay-
lor had the right. Taylor sued the city
and recovered Judgment, and now comes
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