Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-08-08
News IN Brief.

News IN Brief
The body of an unknown suicide was
discovered in the river near Fort Smell
ling. The remains were those of man
about IS years Of age, roughly dressed.
There was rope about the neck and
arms, and at the end of tia rock weigh
ing about 20 pounds.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission has granted TO the express
companies doing business IN Minnesota
an extension of time of 10 days in which
to file report with the commission
showing the lines of road in the state
upon which each company operates,
and a copy of all tariffs and special
rules in force in the state of Minnesota,
with the classification and such rules
action of business.
j. w. Nash, one of the wardens of
the state game and fish commission,
has been looking up violations of the
state game and fish laws about Winona
and seeing that some of their provisions
are complied with. He has ordered
ish-ways to be built over dams at Roll
lingstone and Pickwick. He also cap
tured trout line $50 feet long in the
Mississippi.
H. r. Welch and Gustav Koch were
fined at Sank Rapids for shooting two
prairie chickens. The penalty and costs
amounted to about $3S.
Adam Decker, an old and esteemed
citizen of st. Paul, is dead. He estab-
lished hardware business in that city
in 1859.
D. NJ. Mickey and Frank Anthony,
civil engineers, are surveying railroad
to run from point on the st. Louis
river below Iron Junction up into town
ship SO, range -. The road is to be
built by the C. N. Nelson Lumber
Company, who will carry on extensive
numbering business next winter with
camps located one and half miles
west Of Mountain Iron.
James ]. Hill has presented to the
Minnesota Historical society so copies
of Rev. William Willkinson's book,
minnesota Forest Fires. .
Anoka narrowly missed a serious con-
fagration. Fire started in Goodrich &
Jennings prescription room, where
carbolic acid crystals were being melt
ed. By hard work the blaze was put
out Labels on the ether bottles were
burned off. and other as terrible ex-
plosives were pretty well warmed.
How they escaped an explosion and a
serious fire is a mystery.
Gov. Clough has written a letter to
the Duluth & Iron Range Railway peo-
pie declining to sign the deeds for state
land to be given to the company until
the deeds have first been approved by
the state auditor and certificate &C.
companies them from the auditor.
When the Office of the internal rev.
.nue collector at st Paul closed July 81
there had been reported paid from all
points of the state, 1915 retail liquor
licenses, OF which 450were issued in st.
Paul and 1916 in Minneapolis. Retail
malt dealers have taken out 215 licenses,
wholesale malt liquor dealers 157, and
wholesale liquor dealers IS.
Charles Walker, in Jail at Faribault
for stealing, dug o hole through the
roof in broad day light and escaped.
Charles Eschbauck, who just finished
a three year sentence at Saltwater for
horsestealing. has been taken to Ohio,
where an Indictment for the same OF.
Tense awaits him.
At a meeting of the state railroad
and warehouse commission, Albert G.
Clansen was elected, by unanimous
vote, to succeed himself as chief grain
inspector. The term of Office is for
two years. Mr.. Clausen will probably
make no change in the personnel of
the force of clerks who have been in,
his employ during the past term.
The state auditor and treasurer, after
balancing up their big books July 81, at
the close Of business. found that the
state had $2,044, 139. 036 in its strong
box or in banks. This sum does not
include the large June tax settlements
Of. sHennepin and st. Louis counties.
People in Duluth have circulated a
petition interdicti the Sunday night
performance Of the Wilbur Opera Com,
pany, including the living pictures.
Martin Gunderson, q reformatory
convict, broke his parole. He was
working on q farm near Santiago, when
he ran away. The reformatory Off
Gals have been notified and they are
making efforts to capture him.
The Southern Minnesota Medical as
sociation held It's annual meeting at
Rochester. In interest and attendance
the session has never been surpassed.
More than so doctors were IN attend
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