Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-24
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Winona old settlers held their annual
reunion Thursday.
Winona expects to have flrst.class
ball team this season.
An immigration convention opened
at Aitkin Tuesday morning.
The Minnesota grand lodge, A. O. U.
W., meets in st. Paul March "a.
John Fisher, Winona postal clerk,
has been arrested for rifling letters.
Parsons Brothers. elevator at Chat
field burned with 5000 bushels Of grain.
Minneapolis will try Pingree's potato
patch plan on larger scale this year
than last.
Senator Davis has introduced a bill
pppropriating SO 900 for public build
ing at St. Cloud
New postoffioeS have been established
Of Shutdown, Redwood county, and
Florita, Renville county.
-Four cases of goods sold Kaufman
& Yezmer, insolvent Ely merchants,
were discovered in st. Paul.
Walter B. Jordan of Miles City,
Mon, is assignee of the P. H. Kelly
Mercantile company of St. Paul.
Carl Neuhausen, a German journalist
Of St. Paul. is dead. He was one Of
the editors of the Volks Zeitung.
The secretary of the interior holds
that the present boundary lines of the
Red Lake reservation are correct.
Minnesota Prohibitionists met in con-
vention at Minneapolis Friday to select
delegates to the national convention.
An application has been made for the
appointment of receiver for the St.
Paul Mutual Building association
No. /.
The Minnesota Horseshoers' conven.
ton at Duluth, elected William Nc
Graw president. The next meeting will
be at Faribault.
The Merritts won in a suit brought
against them at Duluth, and the plain.
tiff was Immediately arrested on the
charge of fraud.
-Four illicit whisky stills were cap
tured in Minnesota within q week.
Three of them were unearthed in the
vicinity of Pine Island.
The Minnesota Iron company has re-
sumed payment of dividends after three
years. The quarterly of IL per cent,
and will be paid April 15
O. c. Gregg, superintendent of the
Minnesota Farmers institute, was
elected president Of the International
Institute Workers association.
A man who confessed to having COM
mitted murder near Alexandria, has
been sent to the insane asylum by the
authorities His confession was false.
Captain C.. c. Whitney has called the
Republican Press association, of which
be is president, to meet in St. Paul
March 20, the time of the state league
meeting.
Jesse Williams of New Ulm says he
killed Robert Nichols, a halfbreed
Sioux soldier, who was supposed to
have suicided. Williams says he did it
in self defense.
j. H. Boylan was elected chairman
of the board Of trustees for the 21st con-
secutive year, and A. E. Bugb:e clerk
for the oath year in the township cleo
ton at New Paynesville.
Public schools of LIE Sueur have been
closed, nearly half of the pupils being
either sick or quarantined with measles.
There has also been a great deal Of
scarlet fever this winter.
Mamie Lane, who rode Isaac B in
the 20-mile race at the state fair several
years ago, has been awarded $1,000
damages by jury. Isaac B bolted
and Miss Lane was thrown and Sc
tiously injured.
Hon. w. A. Scott of the economic
department. Of the Wisconsin university
has received a call to head the depart.
ment Of economics in the Minnesota
university. It is considered likely he
Will accept the offer.
Commissioner Lamoreaux is prepar-
ing list of Red Lake pine lands which
will be offered at the first sale under
the provisions of the Towne- Eddy bill,
which is now a law. About 80, OO0
acres will be offered in the first tract
Deputy M. Whelan of Minneapolis
succeeded in unearthing and capturing
three illicit stills-one in the vicinity
of Berne, Dodge county, about five
miles southwest of Pine Island. The
other two stills, after considerable Diff
aculty, were located by Collector
Whelan in Roscoe township, Goodhue
county, about seven miles west Of Pine
Island
Peter Feely, aged 81. died at the St.
Paul city hospital Of hydrophobia.
Early in January he was bitten by
dog that exhibited many symptoms of
rabies. A half dozen other persons
we're bitten at the same time. AS far
as could be learned none OF them have
developed any Of the symptoms of the
dread disease. This is the fourth death
from hydrophobia in St. Paul within a
year.
A deed Of assignment of the personal
property Of P. H. Kelly, founder aud
principal partner in the P. H. Kelly
Mercantile company, has been filed
with the clerk Of the district court at
st. Paul. John F.. Meagher, a leading
business man Of Mankato, and q long
time friend Of Mr.. Kelly, being named
as assignee. III health is given as the
reason Of the assignment, and it is
stated that every obligation will be
paid dollar for dollar
To Raise NIongolian Pheasants.
ST.. PAUL March 13.-The state game
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