The Redwood gazette., 1895-08-08
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Cholera is carrying off hogs in LIE
Sueur county.
A through consignment of hogs at
South st. Paul are suspected of swine
plague.
The Minnesota Democratic associa.
tion has resolved on a campaign of ed
ucation.
Railroad and warehouse commission
ers have reelected A. G. Clausen chief
grain inspector.
The ninth annual convention of the
United Typothetae Of America is in
session at St. Paul.
At Mapleton, two new elevators are
nearly completed and contracts for two
more have been let
Baldwin Brown, one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Minneap-
oils, died Saturday.
The London and Northwest Ameri.
can Mortgage company has asked for a
receiver for the st. Paul Park Improve.
ment company.
The 2-year-old colt Rocket, owned
by "Jules the Gypsy" was killed by a
Milwaukee train at Midway. The colt
was valued at $500.
Knights of Pythias of St. Paul, Min
neapolis, Saltwater, Duluth and other
cities of the state will picnic at White
Bear lake Aug. II.
State Treasurer Koerner had On hand
So, O44, 1O0 56 at the close of the fiscal
year. The money is deposited in 100
banks throughout the state.
Fire at Wells destroyed Domberg's
livery stable and several adjoining
buildings. Twenty-four horses were
cremated. Total loss, $4,000.
Forty men employed by the st.
Croix Boom company lost all their per.
sonal belongings by the burning of
their lodging house Saturday night.
J. V. Wheeler, bookkeeper at Field,
Mailer & Co.'s, St. Paul, is supposed
to have been drowned in Forest lake.
His clothes were found on the bank.
Archbishop Zardetti, formerly of St..
Cloud, has resigned his see at Buchar-
est, Roumania, and has been named as
titular archbishop of Mozesso, Asia
Minor.
Tilden R. Selmes of St. Paul, assis-
tant counsel of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company, died Wednesday at
Aurora, KY, where he had gone for
his health.
A. Whitten, aged over 80 years, and
a resident OF Anoka since 1854, has
married Mrs. Emma Morton, charm.
ing widow of 4S. Mr. Whitten is one
of the wealthiest men in the county,
and has been a widower little less
than year.
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 a report with the COM
mission in accordance with the law
passed last winter.
The registration of pupils at the state
university summer school closed with
l, 1874 names enrolled. This is 1926 more
than the total registration of the sum.
mer school last year, and the number
will probably be raised to 1900 when
all the physical culture people are in.
Duluth lumbermen are feeling good,
for within the past week they have
sold more of their product than in any
week for nearly year. The total is
not far from 1000, 900 feet. An en-
couraging thing is the fact that nearly
2,5OO,O feet were sold for export to
the West Indies.
Two strange men at Montgomery
were trying to induce men and boys to
be tatooed by exhibiting fine specimens
| of that art on their own persons. Dur.
ing the night they left by freight
train carrying away two valuable fur
and beaver overcoats from the Mime
apolis house. Near Helena they got
into trouble with brakeman and shot
him in the hip and knee.
Insurance. Commissioner Smith has
made the annual division of insurance
taxes. The tax for 1894 amounted to
$S4. .04S.87. OF this amount, $25. 224. 90
will be divided according to the old
| ," esAAOA6 VA4O AAAO u0pdI 1ku0At 10l10x
associations in st. Paul, Minneapolis.
Duluth, Winona and Saltwater, each
of which have populations of more than
10000. Thus the st. Paul Fire De-
partment Relief association will receive
&7,857. IA; the Minneapolis department,
$12, ,O8O.19, the Duluth department., So,
$780, 81; the Winona department, 1856. Il
and the Saltwater department $741S "a.
| Minnesota Plumbers.
: MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. "A meeting of
the plumbers Of the Twin Cities was
held in Labor Temple for the purpose
of discussing matters pertaining to the
closer organization Of the different
lodges of the state. Several short in.
formal speeches were made, welcoming
the visiting members. and the commit.
tees appointed to investigate the advis-
| ability of forming a state organization
made their reports. These reports were
favorable to a close union, and an at.
tempt will be made to draw all the