The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-28
NORTHWEST NEWS.

the month Of July, 1894
Hagertown. Md.-The Hagerstown Fur
niture works. together with the contents
Several dwellings in the vicinity were also
half.
| Aberdeen, S. Dan officer left here
having In charge man named Grouge
and young lady with whom he eloped
from near Doland, S. D., recently.
| Pierre. S. D.-A train load of cattle,
also train load of sheep, went East
from this point tonight.
Pierre S. DR.. N. Locke, a leading dry
goods dealer, sold out to Leet & Knowl-
ton, another local firm in the same line.
Minnesota Lake. Minn.-William Bob
Letter. one Of the first settlers in this part
or the country, died yesterday.
| Fargo, N. D.-The heavy rains yester-
day afternoon and evening have delayed
the Red River valley. The wheat yields
| continue good.
Miller, S. According to Congress-
man ]. A. Picker. the prospect for a
| large number of new artesian wells in
this state is encouraging
! Glendale. N. D.-tast night one Grip.
going home from town, was stopped by
| two hobos, but ran his horse and was
| shOt at. Continuing on, however, he ran
| into wire fence and was 80 seriously in
| 5ured that he remained unconscious all
| morning: No arrests have been made.
| st. Cloud, Minn.-George Tileston, pres
ident Of the Tileston Milling Company.
was drowned.
Miller. S. D.-sheriff Strut today ar
| rested four tramps whom he took to
washington to answer the charge of
stealing clothing from Sam Martins
| store.
Duluth. Minn.-The News-Tribune will
say that, commencing within IL months.
! there will be two overland trains leaving
| Du!uth for the Pacific coast daily. They
will be over the Northern Pacific and will
be run morning and evening.
Deadwood. S. D.-Walter, the 5-year-
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thullen,
| or RollO Fourche, was drowned in the ir-
rigating ditch at that place last even
! ing.
Rochester, Minn.-Mrs. William Rose,
aged 60, was thrown from a carriage by
runaway team last evening. The wheel
| passed over her face. She died yester-
| day.
! Mortified, Minn.-Prof G. H. Hunting
ton, of Carleton College. has just written
new story, Baud Brayton," which
will soon appear in form Of serial in the
| Chicago Advance.
Faribault, Minn.-Miss Mary Shenk, of
Morristown Mimi, died here from the
| effects of an overdose OF poisonous med
| 1cine. No blame was attached to any
one by the coroner's jury.
| Waubay, S. D.-A prairie fire, set by a
| threshing machine, destroyed about 1000
! bushels OF grain IL miles north of here
| yesterday. A hard wind famed the fire
| into terrible furry and there was nothing
left where 1t passed over.
| Red Wing, Minn.-Miss Matilda E. Blu
| densiek has begun a breach of promise
suit in the sum Of $4,000 against Frank
Peck, who was recently married to Mrs
| Carrie E. Peck. The parties reside near
| Zumbrota.
st. Cloud, Minn.-Reed & Sherwood, of
Anoka, have begun suit in Stearns coun-
| ty against the receivers Of the Northern
Pacific for $4,000. The suit is for their
loss by the fire of July %. 1894, which de-
stroyed their lumber yard. The fire was
set by sparks from the engine.
Neilsville, Wis.-This afternoon while
| bathing in Black river, son of John
| COOK, about 10 years of age, was drown
ed. The body was recovered.
| Milwaukee, Wis.-W. l.. Shaffer, a
wealthy sugar plantation owner from
| Louisiana, is dying at the Hotel Pfister,
| where he has been for some days under
medical treatment.
! Green Bay, Wis.-Threshing is we'll
under way, farmers having commenced
l
| most abundant and to the acre as fol-
| lows: Wheat, % to 35 bushels; oats, so
| to 55 bushels; rye, IS to go bushels; other
cereals, accordingly.
Chetek, Wis.-The crops of all kinds in
| this vicinity are simply immense. Some
threshing has been done. The yield is
| entirely beyond the expectations of all.
Green Bay, Wis.-At a harvest picnic
at Luxenberm, IA miles east Of Green
Bay, yesterday, Chas. 'Ferfal had fight
with M. and J. Laff, father and son,
which resulted in Ferfal being stabbed
with knife in several places in the back
and neck, besides having his head badly
battered with kicks. His case is critical
and the doctors think he cannot recover.
| The Laffs are in Jail on a charge of at
tempt to murder.
Eldora, Iowa-The boiler of threshng
machine engine on the farm of Frank
Hoffman, a few miles north of here, ex-
ploded. Monroe Balfour, who was firing
the engine, was instantly killed, and An
ME Hoffman, 8 years of age, was literally
blown to pieces.
| Clinton, Iowa-Edward Gallagher, aged
| 76, resident for years, was run down
and killed by Chicago & Northwestern
switch engine at Fourth street crossing.
Des Moines, Iowa.. W. Patrick, liv-
eryman in this city, began suit for $3.50
against Dewitt Stearnes George Middle
| ton and Joe Schwartz, three we'll known
society men, for running horse to death.
Jefferson, Iowa-Mrs Woodwork, the
Illinois faith cure healer, is holding meet
ings at Lake City. No auditorium in
| town will accommodate the throngs of
people who come not only from the sur
rounding country, but from all over the
| Northwest, and the meetings are held in a
| large tent.
| St. Cloud, Minn.-Hi Rumsey, a man
| living at Kimball, lost valuable span of
horses and came near losing his own life
| by riding into swarm of bees. The
horses were literally stung to death and
| Rumsey lies at his home in critical con-
| d:tion.
| Crookston, Minn.-A hail storm passed
| over the city breaking considerable Win
miles by three. All standing grain is Sc
riously damaged. Three inches of rain
| fell in less than one hour.
| Fosston, Minn.-A heavy wind and hail
storm passed over the northwestern cor
ner of Polk county, devastating all stand
| ing grain The loss is estimated at $780,
| 900 bushels of wheat and 100000 bushels
| of oats. large number of farm build
| ings were blown down, and number of
cattle killed by lightning.
Saltwater, MINI. = The shipments of
logs and lumber for the last week aggre-
| gated 13 rafts making "a total of 202 RATS
| for the season. A very large number of
RATS remain in the lake and when the
| ocon c1osoc II ic fair IN nrpsump that the