The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-02

says that during his vacation he met the
lady and married her in good faith at
Racine, Wis, she having exhibited pa
pers which convinced him that she had
secured divorce; that when he learned
the truth he tried to get out of the en-
tanglement and met the lady's husband In
Chicago, where he left the couple to their
own devices c4a
Grand Rapids, Minn-Considerabl
local interest was centered in a case for
moose shooting alleged against DR.. G.
z. Harrion, of the New York Press Club,
who has been hunting this season and lat
on Big Fork river. At the shearing yes
terday Deputy Game Warden E. j. Nc
Laughlin asked for second continuance
on the ground that he had been unable
10 md certain witnesses from Deer River,
whom ne said he expected. On learning
that the defendant had the deputy's iden-
Ilcal wltnesse here to testify the attorney
for the state moved to dismiss the case.
which dismissal was grained Immediately
by Judge kearney 1t seems that the prose
cution centered upon the shipment of a
moose head to H. G. Mead, a taxidermist.
who thought he had received it from DR..
Harrison.
Great Falls, Mont.-The United States
indian commission, composed of Messrs.
Pollock, Grinnell and Clement, have sue
ceeded IN effecting treaty with the
Pegan Indians whereby strip of land
IL miles wide and 80 long, extending
from Birch creek to the boundary line,
is ceded to the government The price
in TO,
stock and annuities, the first to be made
IN 1898, on the expiration of the present
treaty. The land is full of rich veins of
gold, silver and copper, and is highly val
liable. The commission leaves Monday
for Belknap to treat with the eros Ven
tres for a similar tract in the Little
Rockies.
Devils Lake. N. D.-Sheriff Barton made
another raid on the blind pigs and sue
ceeded in pulling five and securing com
petent liquid evidence in all cases.
Sandstone, Minn.-A heavy fall of snow
OCCURRED yesterday. 1t is estimated that the
IAN OF rain before the snow came was three
inches. Heavy frostS have prevailed for a
week and owing to the great rain fall of the
past week farmers are anxious in regard to
gettlng IN all their fall crops before freeze
up.
Caledonia, Minn.-The Houston county
tar was the most successful one yet held
There was large crowd on the grounds
each day. The cattle and swine exhibit sur
passed those of former years.
Tower. Minn.-Mrs. Ackley, owner of the
Odd Fellow, on Vermillion lake. has bought
the Moral on Crane lake. This deal Sc
cures through line from Tower Mimi, to
the gold fields, as the portage of 26 miles, be-
tween lake navigation Will be under control
of the same party.
Chamberlain, S. D.-Unless considerably
less than the usual amount of snow should
tall during the coming winter several lakes,
Whlch Few years ago were the largest in
the state will became dry. Notably among
these is Lake Kampeska, heretofore a fine
body of water near the city of Watertown.
, Mitchell, S. D.-Mitchell will lose one of
her most prominent citizens in the person of
tention of locating in st. Paul, MINI. Mr..
Silsby is one of the foremost men of the
state, an old soldier and an ambitious bust
ness man.
Mitchell. S. D.-For the first time in the
history of this state there is scarcity of all
The chicken season was almost a total fail
ure, and the ducks and geese promise even
less.
was shot and seriously wounded by Jerry
Nevenheim during a drunken row.
Sheldon, Iowa-Gen F. M. Drake the Re-
publican candidate for governor of Iowa,
will open the campaign at Orange City the
afternoon of Oct. I: Congressman George
D. Perkins, of the Sioux City Journal will
also speak to the people of Sioux county at
the same time and place.
West Superior, Wis.-The sheriff's posse
which has been securing the woods as far
south as GrantSburg for the murderer of the
woodsmen found near Dedham few days
ago, returned to town yesterday, unsuc
circumstantial evidence is very strong.
Sparta, Wis.-The First Wisconsin district
Methodist conference voted upon the prop
osition to make it optional with districts as
to electing men or women delegates to the
general conferences, and there were but
two or three dissenting votes, although it
is understood that Bishop Foster is strong
ly opposed to women delegates.
Green Bay, Wis.-An unknown man. an
parently about 20 years DID, was found
dead in hay shed at Washington Park
He wore dark clothes and had gray hair, a
pocket book containing % cents, two hand
kerchfefs and a Worlds Fair souvenir. A
piece of paper having written upon it Loyal
Clark county, Wis, was all there was to
GAINESVILLE, Wis.-One hundred employees Of
the shoe factory of F. F. Marseluff & Co,
of this city, are out on a strike, caused by
the refusal of the propretors to take back
one of the foremen, who quit on account of
wages
Red Wing Mnn.-Fire at Goodhue sta
ton on the Duluth, Red Wing and South
s err railway destroyed the elevator Of T. B.
Andersons store, the drug store, barber
shop, hotel and several buildings The fire is
in to tha been by
cars belonging to the Chicago and North
western Railway Company were also
burned.
Ashland, Wis.-No trace has been found
of Engineer Redding. His boat has been
found and it is believed that he was
drowned.
Mellette, S. Dan English syndicate,
which owns considerable land in Faux
county, is about to send out a colony to
settle on it, Several Englshmen have al
ready arrived and are employed with far
learning the methods of farming employed
here. The colony is expected in about six
weeks.
Mellette, S. D.-The Underwood Milling
company, of Mortified, contempltes put
ting down a gas well and utilizing the gas
for fuel under their boilers. The mills ar
tesial well always gave off large quantity
of gas, and now that it has clogged, and the
mill will endeavor to get gas instead of
water.
Mellette. S. DAT the time when Forest
burg was the county seat of Sanborn coun-
ty, several years ago, in the county seat
fight some of the records disappeared. The
other day they were found in a barn at
Woonsocket, covered with rubbish
Ellsworth, Mnn.-Mrs. Ellen Tully is
dead, at the age of 1O4 years. She is one of
the oldest pioneers, if not the very Oldest
in Southern Minnesota. Cancer of the
throat was the cause of her death. She had
lived here many years.
West Superior. Visa man giving the
name of William Mcdonald, of Detroit, is