Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-09-08
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

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Mayor Pratt has been renom1nated by
Minneapolis Republicans.
Mrs. NJ. Walhart of Royalton has re-
celved $4,000 back pension.
Sixth District Democrats have en-.
dorsed Towne for congress.
Glencoe will vote ON the question of
bonds for waterworks Sept. 8.
Three men lost their lives in fire at
1903 Washington avenue south Mime.
apolis.
A receiver has been asked for the
Minnesota Savings and Loan society Of
st. Paul.
Seventh district Populists have en-.
dorsed the nomination of Towne for
congress.
Candidate Bryan is scheduled to
speak twice in Congressman Towne's
district in October.
Between July l., 1895, and July /,
1896, the Great Northern hauled 6S.
600, 900 bushels of grain.
The Great Northern railway will pay
$1l1,9c3 to the State of Minnesota as
gross earnings tax on So, !45, 800.
The Winona Daily Press plant was
sold under foreclosure to B. D. Blair. a
local attorney. for $50. It inventoried
$4,000.
| Albert Jarrett of Decatur, Ills. was
found at Downer, near GAINESVILLE, with
an ugly cash in his head. Foul play il
suspected.
John Bumgardner. living near Gay.
lord, started fire in some stubble
Fourteen stacks of grain and two stacks
OF hay were destroyed.
F. G. Stevens of St. Paul was mani.
mously nominated for congress by the
Republican convention of the Fourth
district, to succeed Colonel Kiefer.
Anna Belle Watson, aged 18, was
drowned in the Kanawa river, near
Charleston, w. Va, while out with q
party OF excursionists. She was resi-.
NO4AU VI Nv L 6tu4I 4u1uu.
The annual report of the state treas
urer shows receipts, including balance
Aug. 1, 1895, of $7,546, 819.73, and dis
bursements of SIS, 1882, 876.27, leaving a
balance on hand of 5000, 1O0.36.
The state board of equalization is in
session at St. Paul. The session will
be one Of hard work, nearly all the val.
nations in the state having been re-
duced, the total reduction amounting
to $50, 900, 900.
At Caledonia, Postmaster Flynn't
hardware store was burglarized, the
safe opened and the money drawer,
containing 81 900 in notes and $500 in
silver, carried off. The notes were found
in field about mile east.
While Ed Morrill,, farmer residing
near St. Charles, was cutting grass
with mower, his little 2-year-old child
got in front of the sickle and had one
leg entirely severed and the other nearly
so. It is thought one leg can be saved
St. Paul boasts of having one of the
four persons living who draw pensions
by virtue Of being; daughters of Revolu
tionary soldiers. Her name is Mrs
Jerusha H. Brown and she is 80 years
old. Mrs. Brown last winter celebrated
her golden wedding.
The Minnesota railroad and ware.
house commission. has extended an in.
vitation to all interested to be present
at meeting to be held in it's rooms il
the Endicott building, Sept. 10, at 10 q
M, for the purpose of fixing grades fo1
grain in this state for the ensuing cro1
year.
Richard Costello of Duluth has suec
Phillip H. Winston, son of P. B. Win
ston Of Minneapolis, for $52,5O0. Cos
tello alleges that during a football
game, while down, Winston jumped or
him with the purpose of putting him
out Of the game. His injuries are per
manent. -.
DR.. A. A. Ames of Minneapolis is de.
termined to be governor, if he can, OF
Minnesota, and announces himself as
an independent candidate : for that of.
fee. He is for free silver but some OF
the other tenets of the old parties and
Of the Populists are not to his liking, SC
he has a platfor m of his own.
The body of an unknown man wa.
found tied to the rushes near the foo
of Big Stone lake. The man was
feet 4 inches high, sandy complexion
age about So. It is clear case of muir
der. Two hundred dollars was fount
in an inside pocket, probably over
looked. The body was badly decou
posed. Il: Ii. II: ..zsz.zz i. rs
. Grain receipts on the board Of tr;sd.
at Duluth for the past crop year wi
aggregate about 81, 900, 900 bushels, b 9
sides -four Of this grain there are &C.,
SOC, 900 bushels Of wheat, 10. 500, 900
more than ever before 4, O0O, 900 bushels
OF oats, against |, liz, 900 the year before;
8, 300, O00zof barley, against 2. 1853, 900 il
I 1895, and 8, 800, 00o, Of fax, against
q, 1858, 900 for the preceding four years
combined. .'sss5 u
AS Martin Farrell was driving home
from Ohatfeld, q man who was quarry.
ing rolled q laxgess one into the road.
Farrell horses bee anne frightened and
plunged forward 9TH aueh violence