The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-10-31
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
NEW RAILROAD FROM DULUTH TO
WINNIPEG.

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Property at Bird Handsome Census
! Statistics.
st. Paul has completed five miles of
asphalt paving the past season.
Duluth will sell valuable franchises
hereafter, instead of giving them away.
The Minnesota supreme court has de-
cided that petit jurors are entitled to 81
day.
The preliminary steps have been taken
to incorporate Biwabik on the Mesaba
range as city.
G. G.. Jennings, aged SO, and Mrs.
Fredrika Klinga, aged rs, were married
at New Richland.
considerable interest is being mani
tested in the immigration convention at
St. Paul Nov. 10 to 81.
The constitutionality of the state
| game law is being tested in suit by
St. Paul commission men.
The $50, 900 of LIE Sueur court house
bonds, bearing 5 per cent interest, were
sold at a premium of 81 $3.50.
Fire at Bird Island DESTROYED the
Western hotel and adjoining buildings.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Charles Sorenson, blind ex-soldier of
Minneapolis, has just been notified that
he is entitled to a pension of S72 per
month.
The last stone has been laid on the
Minneapolis city hall and courthouse.
Work on the building was begun seven
years ago.
G. A. Pillsbury of Minneapolis pre-
diets blockade of traffic unless rail-
roads meet the demands for cars with
more alacrity.
Articles of incorporation of the Du-
luth and Northwestern railroad, to run
from Duluth to Winnipeg, have been
filed at St. Paul.
Ruth King Or Ruth Falmouth, queen
OF the Pillager band of Chippewa Indi-
dams, died at Cass Lake. She was a
daughter of Chief Falmouth.
In report to the Minneapolis board
of trade A. B. Choate says Minnesota is
full OF natural materials for mood roads,
and tells how they should be used.
Rev. J. H. Ranger of indianapolis,
delegate to the recent Episcopal con-
vention at Minneapolis, died in the
latter city Thursday of pneumonia.
The Minnesota Boat club defeated the
Duluth boat club at foot ball by ore
Of 10 to o. Minnesota University team
defeated the Chicago University 10 to 6.
A runaway horse at Minneapolis
jumped off bridge and landed on top
of moving freight train. The horse
was killed and the driver badly in.
jured.
Mrs. Bridget Sullivan, aged 100 years,
died at Minneapolis Wednesday. She
was never sick day in her life and
passed away while taking her regular
afternoon nap.
Conductor King of the Chicago
Great Western road was held up by
gang of young fellows while riding on
the rear platform of St. Paul street
car. They secured $40.
The law making it misdemeanor for
retail provision dealers to sell plucked,
undrawn poultry has been declared un-
constitutional by Judge Kerr of the
Ramsey county district court.
At recent meeting of the executive
committee of the state educational asso-
citation Dec. 81 was fixed as the time for
the meeting of each section and also for
the annual declamatory contest.
The sales of state lands by State
Auditor Dunn in Houston county
amounted to 1858. So acres, the amount
bid for the land being $13, 794.77. In
Sherburns county 1862 acres were sold
for 8, 794.77.
The state university faculty has de-
cided that students carelessly doing poor
work will be required to mend their
ways or leave the institution. The at
tendance this year is 2,192, as against
ALL last year.
Ninian Waerner, associate editor of
Svenska Americanska Posten of Mime
apolis, has been elected editor of Motala
Posten, the leading paper in the prov
ince of Ostergotland, Sweden, and has
accepted the call.
John E.. Bell, who was one of the
first men that ran locomotives in Eng
land, died at Minneapolis Friday. He
was born in Northumberland SO years
ago, and was well acquainted with
Watts and Stephenson.
Articles of Incorporation for new
railroad company, to be known as the
Duluth and Northwestern, have been
fled with the secretary of state The
line of road to be built is to run from
Duluth to Winnipeg, crossing the
Mesabe iron range.
According to the state census bureau
Duluth has 1852 legal voters; Mime
apolis 81, 946, Winona. 5,177. The male
population of Minneapolis is 100, 1O6,
female, W, 727; of Duluth "a, 1852 males,
1924 females; Winona 1O,269 males
and 10, $50 females.
The United States army officers at St.