The Redwood gazette., 1894-06-21
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

WOrk mas D0Xu0 on AOf10n'S 8 oleCCf1C
and W ter plant.
The National Prison association is in
session at St. Paul.
There was 1877 graduates from the st.
Paul high school this year.
The Keely cure is to be tried on Min
neapolis workhouse inmates.
The ChiIdren's Aid Society Of Mime
sofa met at st. Paul Thursday.
Thomas May, aged 20, was drowned
in the Mississippi at st. Paul Friday.
A contract for new high school
building at Adrian has been let for
f1S,O15.
Railway train despatchers will hold
their next national convention at Min
neapolis.
Governor Nelson spoke to 5000 peo,
pie at the q. A. r. encampment at
Luverne.
The Great Northern depot at Carlisle
was burned Friday with contents.
Cause not known.
Bernard Leonard, mailing clerk in
the st. Paul postoffice, was drowned
while bathing in McCarron lake.
Edward Neumann, local swimmer
of renown, saved the lives of two
drowning boys at White Bear lake.
A postcffice has been established in
st. Louis county to be called Proctor
Knott; Sherman g. Huyck, postmaster.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National bank Of
Barnesville to begin business. Capital,
$4,000
The Western conference of Congre-
gational churches was held at New
Ulm. Twenty-Five ministers were in
attendance.
Phillip Rice, the alleged murderer of
Josef Herda, made desperate attempt
to escape from custody in Judge Kerr's
court at st. Paul.
About 1000 people attended the re-
union of the Welsh of Blue Earth and
La Sueur counties. which occurred in
Lake Crystal Park.
Rev. P. J. Sward, of St. Paul, has
received the decoration of the Order of
the North Star from King Oscar Of
Norway and Sweden.
The grand jury at Glenwood found
indictments against A. 81. Hildebrand,
T. Callahan and j. Manning, saloon
keepers, for selling liquor to minors.
At the request OF Senator Davis the
secretary of war has ordered that the
Third United States infantry go into
camp at Lake City from June ~ to
July "a with the Minnesota national
guard.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Norwegian United Lutheran Church of
America began at the Auditorium, St.
Paul, Thursday. Including delegates,
clergymen and visitors, about 1000
persons were present.
All the railroads wilDsel tickets with
in the state of Minnesota to the Repub-
lican state convention, to be held in. st.
Paul on July IL, at rates Of one fare
and one third for the round trip, good
going on tho 10th and returning on the
18th, s"= ss
The State Historical society has re-
ceived from Major Holcombe q number
Of valuable relics collected upon the
battlefelds Of Birch Coulee; Wood Lake
and Marsh's battlefield. The collection
also included relics from the Redwood
and Yellow Medicine agencies
Two daughters of Emin Hoyez, aged
~ and ~ years, were drowned in Twin
lakes, two miles west Of Spicer. They
were in an old boat which leaked so
badly that they became frightened and
jumped out. Another daughter who
remained in the boat was rescued.
the state fremen's convention in
Minneapolis adjourned Thursday. A.
J. Wright of Moorhead, where the next
convention will be held, was elected
president of the association, T. E.
Smith of Duluth first vice president
and C. N. La Fond Of Little Falls Sec
ond vice president.
Major Hotchkiss of the old Second
Battery, and Sergeant Downs Of the
Second regiment, who were appointed
as legislative committee to examine
the six monuments erected by the state
on the Chicamauga battlefield, have
left to perform that duty. They will
be gone eight or ten days.
At Glenwood Judge Brown sentenced
the following to the state prison: Mar
tin Iverson, three and one-half years,
grand larceny; Lewis Suckdorff, two
and one-half years, grand larceny;
Erick Swenson, one and one-half years,
burglary; Carl Quist, two years, as
sault; Nels Olson, two and one-half
years, grand larceny.
The Grand Lodge I. o. o. F., which
closed its annual session at st. Paul
Thursday evening, elected the. follow
ing officers: DR.. Howard Lancaster of
Fisher, grand master; J. G. Belden of
Austin, deputy grand master; H. A.
Rider of Little Falls, grand warden.
A. M. Bolton and G. M. Sprague were
reelected grand secretary and GRAND