Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-06-20
News In Hr,aI.

At the state firemen's convention at
Moorhead the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Thos. E. Smith, Duluth; first vice presi-
dent, C.. A. Langford, Little Falls; sec
ond vice president, FL. NJ. Young, Chas-
ka; secretary, R. o. Strong, ST. Paul:
treasurer, F. E. Joy, Saltwater; Stats
tician, 0. L. Cutter, Anoka.
Minnesota does not stand first in
spring wheat acreage this year, but
well up in the front rank. The aver:
age is 99.5, and Minnesota's percentage
is 100, Wisconsin's being lO7; Nebras-
ka's, 101; North and South Dakota's,
100. But in condition Minnesota out
strips all the states, her percentage
being 100, that of North Dakota 90, and
that of South Dakota 90. The average
spring wheat condition at this time is
very high, being GIL.
The strike at the Red wing sewer
pipe works has been declared off.
The first campfire of the Southwest
ern Minnesota &. A. R. Association, at
Worthington, was attended by dele
gates from the posts, corps and Sons OF
Veterans of Luverne, Woodstock
Beaver Creek, Heron Lake, Adrian,
Jackson, Plpestone, Slayton, Fulda
Madelia, Mimi; Sioux Falls, S. D., and
6ibley, Iowa, to the number of about
1000. The campfire was held in &
large tent on the camp grounds west OF
Worthington. s 4gtEssTs
Folders are already out advertising
the fair of the Minnesota State Agri-
cultural Society,", to be held at Hamline
Sept 9, 10, IL, 12. IS, and a. Entries
for the races will close on Saturday,
June Is. $50.
The. National Association of Train
Dispatchers held their annual meeting
ct Minneapolis.
It is claimed now that the mad dog
scare at st. Paul is without foundation.
The Duluth police are satisfied that
there is an organized scheme on foot to
victimize the merchants by means Of
! forged checks on the big lumber com
panies, ostensibly for wage payment.
A number Of these checks have turned
up of late.
The Pine Tree Lumber Company, at
Little Falls employs 600 men and the
Hennepin paper mills, 60. About 500,
900 feet Of lumber are .sawn daily and
the annual paper output is 1900 tons. 1
The Polk and Norman county fair
will be held on Sept. Is, 10 and 20.
Attorney General Childs alleges thai
the Tontine Savings association Of Min
neapolis is a swindling concern and ;
gambling scheme and has applied tx
the court to have It's business wound
up, for the appointment Of receiver
of the association from performing any
of their functions.
!, The elevator of Parsons Bros, a
Dodge Center, burst and about 1900 OF
1900 bushels Of wheat ran out upon The
ground.
The barn Of, w. j. Hover, mail car
rrier. of st. Cloud, was burned, together
with two horses, carriages and mai
Icart. Loss about 800. as1
Lightning struck the house of B. j
Duntley, Crookston, knocking Mrs
Duntley senseless. &, ].
Claude Williams, of Rochester, wa
accidentally shot ia the groin Will.
! playing the role of a captured hors,
i thief at the annual meeting of tn,
Viola Anti Horse Thief Society. Hi
j injury is serious.
Mrs. Carnegie, wife Of David Carne
4 gle, of Argyle, was struck by lightnin!
and instantly killed. 80
Thieves entered the West side bake
~, at Anoka, taking some $40. Arl
berg's harness shop was also entered
and $40 stolen. .l ts
While holding funeral services owe
the body Of one II. &c. Glassman, a
Cleveland, o., it was found that tn
dead was not Glassman at all, hut J
w. Lynson, formerly Of Duluth, an
at one time quite prominent in clerks
organization there. L ynson leaves
4 wife at Duluth.
A Duluth bell boy was arrested. TO
stealing an overcoat. The Judge fine
front twenty and costs with a Tip
to go and sin nc more. ss5
j Lightning struck the German Luther
an church, south of Belview, knockin
down the steeple and badly splinterin
j the interior wood work.