The Bemidji pioneer., 1896-04-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.


"A th1rteen-year-Old D0y mad his 1901
cut off by a railroad train at st. Paul.
Winona old settlers will have q re-
union June 10.
The jury in the Freund murder case
at Fairmont disagreed.
Jack Pierce was struck by a falling
tree at Park Rapids and killed.
The presbytery Of Mankato has just
closed an interesting session at Tracy.
State Auditor Dunn has issued a cir
cular to assessors urging vigilance In
discovering taxable property,
The Anoka-Hashngs contest over the
fourth insane hospital will be carried
to the supreme court
An examination of candidates for
West Point was held at Winona re-
Gently.
The Cannon Valley G. AR. encamp-
ment will be held at Mortified In
June.
Reports from different parts Of the
state indicate that seeding is In full
operation.
Ole Olson was brought to Red Wing
from Hay Creek, and given thirty
days In Jail for stealing grain.
Highwaymen held up DR.. McMahon
at Duluth and relieved him Of his val
uables.
Prof. Thomas Casey has been re-
elected principal Of the Red Lake
Falls schools.
Thomas Ryan, a brakeman, was
stabbed in the arm at Maiden Rock by
q tramp. The tramp was captured
and placed in jail.
The Fillmore county poor farm build
ings ut Amhurst were burned recently.
Loss 5000 insured for 1000. No one
was injured.
Some tramps broke into Osenburghs
clothing store at Alden and helped
themselves to three suits OF clothes,
valued at $50. No clue to the thieves.
John Kreitzer, while duck hunting at
Mud Lake, near Waterville, was seri-
ously injured by the bursting Of his
gun.
Frank A. Seymour Of st. Paul pur-
chased the Winona General Electric
company's property and also the Wi
mona city railway.
The st. Louis river is on the ramp
age, and many families living on the
low lands near Duluth have been
obliged to abandon their homes.
+. Wegler. cigar manufacturer Of st.
Cloud. charged with attempting to
rape Emily Smith, aged twelve years,
was held to the grand jury in $l,oO
bonds.
The Fillmore county poor house, sit
mated two miles from Lenora, was
burned to the ground No one was In
jured, but the building was total
loss.
Two passenger trains on the North
ern Pacific collided near Winona re-
Gently. Both engines We're deralled
and badly injured, but nobody was
hurt.
Andrew Boehmnr, a bartender IN
Tom Stays saloon, committed suicide
ut Montevideo by shooting himself
through the chest. He leaves a wife
and several smalls children.
A large buildiLs in Merritt, owned
by Thomas Asbjornson of Minneapo-
lis, and occupied by his brother, lver
Asbiornson. was consumed by fire.
John Heidelberg, a boarder, lately
from Tower, lost his life.
The Sank Center city council met
and organized. ]. w. Ward was elect
ed president and A. b. IRWIN vice
president. Fred Cooper is clerk. The
mayors appointments were all con-
firmed.
Elizabeth Trowbridge, who was muir.
dered at Elgln, Ill, by Miss Linnett,
who afterwards committed suicide,
was the daughter of Seth TroWbrlage
Of MadeIia, and q most esumaDle
young lady.
\ The board Of county commissioners
Of Pine county are examining q peu-
ton filed by Hinckley people IN regard
to moving the county seat from mere
to Hinckley. Everything SO far is IN
favor of Pine City.
Fifteen subpoenas were served on
as many citizens Of Spring Valley, to
annear before the grand jury at Pres
ton, ms witnesses in evidence against
the drug stores and two of the blind
pigs for selling liquor without incense.
Reports from Echo says: The grain
IN this section Of the country that was
sown before the big snow storm is up
abo,lt an inch, and is doing fine. The
farmers report the grain stooling Wen
and look for a big crop. The farmers
have begun seeding In earnest.
The Red Lake Milling company's
fiye-hundred- barrel -four mill plant at
Red Lake Falls, was sold to +. A.
Gooding of Duluth It was one OF the
first nlants in the Northwest, with saw
mill in connection. Consideration,
$50,0Co.
A disastrous freight wreck occurred
on the Northern Pacific, near Sawyer,
seventeen miles from Duluth, sending
fifteen cars of wheat in a badly -demor-
allied condition, into the ditch. the
wreck was caused by washout, the
existence Of which was not known.
The engine and six cars passed over
safely.
Jacob Mowery, well known resi-
dent of Winona for the past forty
Years and a member of Winona's first
city council, committed suicide In an
clubhouse by shootingt himself In the
right temple. Mr.. Mowery was sixty
eight years of age. Dependency was
tho cause Of the deed.