Mower County transcript., 1896-11-18
NEWS rvs ] IN. MINNESOTA

NEWS IN MINNESOTA
The new village Of Roseau has an
electric light plant. . 80.
The new Grand Amy hall at Park
Rapids has been dedicated.
Governer Clough has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation.
1t has been definitely decided to hold
carnival in St. Paul this winter.
A new camp of Modern Woodmen
OF America has been instituted at
Anoka.
McKinleys majority in Minnesota is
6S,75S. Clough's plurality for governor
is 4.l28.
A branch of the National Association
Of Credit Men has been organized in
St. Paul.
The store Of O. E. Lundquist & Co.,
at Hawley was robbed Of 500 cash and
$50 in checks
The Great Northern will build line
between st. Paul and Duluth, survey
OF which is almost completed.
The Moorhead city council has voted
to advertise for bids for $40, 900 worth
of bonds to fund the floating city debt.
St. Lukes hospital, Duluth, was
quarantined last week on account of a
case of diphtheria which developed
there.
Attorney General Childs has approved
a writ of quo warranto against the Du-
luth Gas and Water company, return.
able Dec. II.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the allotment rolls of the Grand
Portage band Of Chippewa Indians in
Minnesota. There are 800 Indians en-
rolled.
The trial of Rev. James g. Hull, for.
merly pastor of the Clinton Avenue
Methodist church, St. Paul, on charge
of attempting to poison his wife, has
begun.
Adney GLADDEN., boy who has been
working in a Winnebago City meat
market for some time, has fallen heir
to $40, 100 by the death of an uncle in
Wisconsin.
William Rodger, ex-justice Of the
peace, and formerly member Of the leg
islature, died at St. Paul. He was a
Scotchman, and greatly interested in
Caledonian sports.
The secretary Of the interior has ap-
proved the schedule of allotmants of
the PillaRer band Of Chippewa Indians
in Minnesota There are 19O Indians
placed on the rolls.
Hope academy, college at Moor
head, conducted by the district synod
of the Swedish Lutheran church, has
been closed. Hard times of the past
few years have swamped it.
George E. Richie refused to testify
before the federal grand jury at Man.
kato, against Joseph Sorg, charged
with oounterfeiting, alleging fear for
his life. Judge Lochren sentenced him
to six months for contempt.
Judge Caldwell instructed the grand
jury to thoroughly investigate the
lynching of Cingmars and Musgrove,
which occurred at Glencoe on the
morning of Sept. z, saying it was
serious case and it was their duty to
make thorough investigation.
Hon. Nathan G. Kingsley has been
appointed member of the state rail-
road and warehouse commission to sue
ceed Colonel W. NJ Liggett, resigned
Colonel Liggett will devote all his time
to his duties as dean of the State Agri-
cultural school at St. Anthony Park
State Weighmaster Reese. in his an
nual report, says the total number of
bushels of grain weighed into and out
of elevators and mills at Minneapolis
was: Wheat, lib, $40, ,494 corn, l, ,929,.
476 oats, II $50, ,S37; rye, 1852, 1877 bar
ley, l,l75,9ls; fax, 1854, $50 total, 1884,
913, 3,0S2.
The jury in the case of Arthur John
son, the boy implicated in the Wyom-
ing murder case, brought in a verdict
of not guilty after one hours delibera.
tion. There is general dissatisfaction
with the verdict. The trial of Kelly,
the principal actor in the crime, is in
progress.
The long contest in regard to the
principalship of the Madison Lake
school has been finally settled, the dis
trict paying Professor Campbell his
salary to the present time, and for