The Irish standard., 1894-08-25
THE NORTHWEST,
Important Happenings In Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
ASSIGNMENT IN OWAT0NNA.
DR.. Hewitt Suggests that Special
Care be Taken in Guarding
Against Smallpox.
MINNESOTA.

| MINNESOTA.
Sparks set fire to grain stacks on the
farm of Matt Klein at Royalston last
Saturday while Zulager Bros. were
threshing, burning the separator and
ffour stacks; loss, 81, 900, no insurance.
| John F. Powers, foreman of the Fari-
bault Democrat, and Miss Mary Hallett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H..C. Hallett,
of Faribault, were married Monday at
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, that city. The happy couple have
gone for an extended visit with relatives
at Beloit, Wis.
Sheriff Younger, of Kittson county
Monday arrested Robert Mason and his
| accomplice, Reed, for shooting Hugh
McCullum near Kennedy last Saturday.
They we're overtaken at Hamilton, N. d.,
and were taken to Hallock. There is g
bare possibility that 'McCullum may re-
cover, but his condition is precarious.
The prisoners were jailed without moles-
tation.
Otto Doebler, proprietor of the Good
hue Roller mill ct Cannon Falls, has
leased the Gardner Roller mill in Has
tings from Charles Espenschied. The
latter institution was started up Monday,
giving employment to a large number of
men. It will be run to It's full capacity.
and the output kept up to the hitherto
high standard among the merchant mills
! of Minnesota. Mr.. Doebler is one of the
, most popular and practical millers in the
Northwest.
Andrew Leighton, In charge of Lud
Crooks farm camp, on Blind lake near
Brainerd, disappeared some FIVE weeks
ago, and all efforts to locate him ha, e
proved fraitless. Last Saturday infor-
nation was obtained from friendly In
dian that two other redskins had mur.
dered Leighton, and sunk his body in
the lake Sheriff Spalding and Officer
Derocher left Brainerd for the scene of
crime armed with warrants for the arrest
of the murderers.
| Health Commissioner E.. s. Kelley, of
Minneapolis, Monday received COM
munication from DR.. Hewitt Of the state
board to the effect that smallpox was
/ epidemic in one ward in Milwaukee and
suggesting that special care be taken to
watch all trains coming in from Milwau'
kee DR.. Kelley says that this will be
done and he again requests all physicians
to report to him any cases which may be
suspected and in spch cases he will as
sumo all of the responsibility.
William Kinds, aged So years, died on
the llth inst. at his home in North
Rochester from tuberculosis Of the breast
bone. Mr.. Kinds leaves a wife and three
children, daughter, Miss Nellie, who
resides in Rochester and two sons, Frank
and Alfred. The former is in st. Paul.
Mr.. Kinds was born in the Isle of Man
and had been in that city thirty. six years
He had been sick about FIVE years. The
funeral occurred from st. Johns church,
Rev. Father Riordan officiating.
Michael Duffy, one of Marshan's old
est settlers, died Sunday, August II, Of
chronic bronchitis, aged seventy.two
years. He leaves wife and family OF
five children, two sons, Daniel and John,
three daughters, Misses Mary, Kate and
Elizabeth. Deceased was native of Ire.
Iland, came to America in 1853, and settled
in the above town in Dakota county two
years later. He was highly respected by
all of his old friends and neighbors. The
funeral was held from the Church Of the
Guardian Angels, Hastings, Rev. J. A.
Fitzgerald officiating.
| The schedule of the assets and liabil-
tiles in the assignment Of Ct. Landauer
which was reported from OWatonna last
week shows matters to be in a worse
condition than was at first reported.
The inventory of stock amounts to
S., ,95208, which, together with the out
standing accounts, sl,113. .48, makes the
total assets $7,O65.5l. The liabilities are
SlO,O61.49, of which about $4,000 is with
EOwatonna people The largest claim is
held by Bachiack, Kahn & Co, Of Fari-
bault There is no telling yet what will
be done with the stock. ssss.. ss5
Judge Webber sat in chambers Tues
day at Redwood Falls on the application
Of Olivia people to dissolve the injunc:
ton restraining the commissioners from
changing the county seat OF Renville
county from Beaver Falls 70 Olivia. =.
a. Smith, Of Montevideo, appeared fol