The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-03-28
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

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Minnesota Daughters of the Revolu-
hon met at st. Paul last week.
Fire at Tracy destroyed 1900 tons of
eoal belonging to the railroad company.
Fire destroyed the O'Nein elevator
and the Northwestern depot at St.
Charles.
Paul Solervist, 6 years old, was struck
and instantly killed by an electric car
at Minneapolis.
Otter Tail county commissioners have
approved 463 applications for seed grain,
calling for $1s,604.
+" Minnesota pharmacists will hold their
annual meeting at Lake Minnetonka
July II, IL and Is.
The boot and shoe stock of Schliek &
Co., at st. Paul, valued at $85, 900, was
ruined by fire and water.
The Catholic church at Wadena was
destroyed by an incendiary fire. Some
believe the altar service was stolen fir t..
Conductor George P. Morrow died at
st. Paul Sunday as the result of co..
lision between street cars few days
previous.
The Fourth National Bank of Man.
kato will soon be established. Judge
Buck, Senator Barr and Editor w. Sc
are among the promoters.
The Fourth semi-annual meeting of
the teachers of Southern Minnesota was
held at Mankato Friday and Saturday.
The attendance was much larger than
usual.
The first conviction under the new
Minnesota cigarette law took place be-
fore Judge Jamison at Minneapolis.
The cigarettes were sold to school boys
and the seller was fined $25.
Jacob Stenger, farmer living near
Rush City, lost his barn, granary, ma
chinery and three horses by fire; in
sured. John Brett, also farmer. lost a
valuable barn filled with lumber for a
new house.
E. LIE Claire, who has several aliases
and penchant for widows, was locked
up at Minneapolis for bigamy and grand
larceny. He has already married three
widows and had negotiated for fourth,
a wealthy Minneapolis lady. The we'd
ding was to have occurred in few
days.
An important decision was filed in
the district court at Duluth by Judge
Moer, who dismissed motion for a new
trial i'll the $1,000 damage suit against
the Northern Pacific road. The jud ye
holds that the man who was killed had
no rights as a passenger, as it is against
the company's rules to carry passengers
on freight trains.
A report comes from the Rainy Lake
gold country that representative of
the Little American Mining company
tried to settle labor and other claims at
80 cents Oh the dollar and that so in
tense was the feeling against the COM
pany that it was proposed to hang the
man to tree, whereupon he concluded
to pay all claims in full
Judge Weber has just rendered his
decision in the Renville county seat
contest case in favor of removal from
Beaver Falls to Olivia. The removal of
the county seat from Beaver Falls to
Olivia was voted ON last August, and
was carried by % votes, but the opposi-
ton claimed fraud and irregularities in
the petition and in the election, and the
matter has been in court ever since.
Commander Torrance of the G. A. r.
has appointed the following as members
of his staff: Assistant adjutant general,
J. K. Mertz, Post 4, Minneapolis; assist
ant quarter master general, E. N. Leav-
ems. Post 1913, Faribault; judge advo-
cate, E. M. Pope, Post 10, Mankato;
department inspector, G. H. Taylor,
Post 6S, Minneapolis; chief mastering
officer, David Secor, Post "a, Winnebago
City. Department headquarters will be
continued at Minneapolis.
The first exclusively Swedish colony
in the Northwest is now being estab-
lished 81 miles west of Duluth on the
Northern Pacific road The details are
just made public. The promoter of the
idea is Colonel Resin, a leader among
the Swedish people at Duluth. He has
purchased large tract of land at 81 per
acre, only one-third of the purchase
price being paid down, and will locate a
town there. Already about 60 families
have gone into the enterprise, and all
are sanguine of building up second
Stockholm.
BURROWEO IN HAY.