Mower County transcript., 1895-06-12
NEWS in MINI ESO OTA

NEWS in NNESOTA|
Wabasha's city marshal killed 50 dogs
last week.
Five priests were ordained last week
ct the st. Paul seminary.
The directors Of the Minneapolis ex-
position have ordered an assignment.
A spaniel belonging to p. J. Dreis Of
St. Paul died Saturday with most Of
the symptoms Of rabies.
The village bonds Of Aitken for $10,-
600 for electric lights were sold to ]. ].
Mcdonald Of that place at par.
Mrs. Williams, living five miles
northeast of Stephen, was instantly
killed by lightning during thunder
storm.
At st. Cloud the barn of NJ J. Homer,
mail carrier, was burned, together
with two horses, carriages and mail
cart. Loss about 500. s-
The Home Telephone company will
begin the erection Of its line this week.
The line viii connect Montgomery,
Lexington and Le Sueur Center.
At the special election held at Chat
field to issue q, 900 bonds for the COM
pletion Of the system of waterworks,
the proposition carried by s. majority.
One of the largest camp meetings
ever held in the state is now under pro-
gress at Minneapolis. tits the occasion
of the State Association of the Seventh
Day Adventists.
The Lawyers Surety company of
New York was admitted to do q surety
bond business by the state insurance
commissioner. The capital stock of the
company is $500. 600.
While ON his way home from Crooks
ton during heavy storm, Albert Hart
wick was struck by lightning and IN
stantly killed. BE leaves q wife to
whom he was married two weeks ago.
A fire occurred in the Wakefield block
at Winona The first floor was
occupied by w. L. Pindleborough
& Co, grocers. Loss on stock, g. 900;
on building, $500. Stock insured for
$1,000. 49,.
Farmers near Jasper report that cut
worms are doing vast amount of dam
age to corn in many Of the fields. In
some places the damage is so great that
the fields have been replanted to fax
and millet.
The Cloquet Lumber company at
Cloquet lost $500. 900 worth of lumber
| by fire. It is estimated that 16, OOO, 900
feet of dry lumber, mostly Norway
pine, was burned, The origin Of the
| fire is not known.
| Alonzo 81. Pickle, q sergeant in the
Minnesota battalion, and Captain c.
A. Cilly OF the Second Minnesota have
been awarded medals of honor by the
war department for conspicuous brav-
cry during the War of the Rebellion.
A horse fell through coal hole into
the basement of the Ryan hotel at St.
Paul. He alighted on his back and
rolled head foremost into the engine
room. It took ii men to get him ont.
The horse was praotioally uninjured.
a 0efocelvo s10eWa1k IN We1lS cost
that town $3.50 recently. The suit was
brought against the town by Mrs. Jen-
ME Leary, and the council paid her the
above amount and considered they were
lucky to get out Of it as cheap as they
did.
In the trial of the suit of ex-Dairy
Commissioner 81. G. Howard against
the Omaha road to recover s., ZOO dam.
ages for the death of his son while fill.
ing the position of fireman on that
road, the jury returned verdict TO,
the plaintiff.
i Orio Rogers, one Of the pioneer resi-.
dents of the state, who settled in St.
Paul in 1859. died at his home neal
Browns Valley. He was 7S years Of
age, and was born at Hamilton, n. Y,
He was member of the Sixth Mime.
sofa regiment.
i The new county Jail at Grand Rapids
is in danger of sliding down into the
Mississippi river. The structure is not
; safe as it now stands, and Contractor
Kelley says that it would require an ex
penditure Of considerable money tt
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