New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-12-08
NEWS IN MINNESOT

Anew order prohibits indoor base ball
in national guard armeries.
An order has been issued establishing
a postof6ce at Duxby, Roseau county.
Charles Olson, an aged farmer, was
garroted near the union depot at St.
Paul. .-
The postoffice at Sherburne will be
raised from fourth-clas to presidential
on Jan. l.
The National Live Stock Feeders and
Breeders convention will be held in ST..
Paul Jan. II and IL. a.
A postoffice has been esta blished at
Zerf, Morrison county, with Theodore
Billmaier as postmaster. s,.--- s-ss.-.,-,-~. q.
The bonspeil of the Northwestern
Curling association will be held at St..
Paul the week Of Jan. II.
The state meeting of the National
I Farmers Alliance and Industrial union
will be held Jan. + and Z at St. Paul.
The Minnesota Society Sons of the
Revolution has approved the union
with the Sons of the American Revo.
luton.
Company BIS new armory at Anoka
has been dedicated, Governor Clough
and other distinguished gentlemen be-
ing present.
The veterinary department of the
state board of health has issued circu.
lar declaring the SO called remedies for
hog cholera to be useless.
The Great Northern coast train was
wrecked by running into a wild engine
near GAINESVILLE. Engineer Fred Girls.
void and Fireman William Carley were
badly hurt.
! The state railroad commission has
authorized the Duluth and Iron Range
to increase it's capital stock from 49,.
0o0, 900 to $4,000, 900, in compliance
with its recent application for that
privilege.
Judge Jamison of Minneapolis has
resigned and Governor Clough has
named w. A. Lancaster to succeed
him. This is the third resignation
from the Hennepin county bench in
three months.
At Roseau, State Game Warden Full
lerten and Deputy Stevens had fight
with H. J. Corniluss over a barrel
of cartridges. Corniluss was finally
overpowered and arrested He was
fined $40 and lost his birds.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail.
way company will this winter erect a
new steel draw $50 feet long in their
draw bridge across the Mississippi river
at Winona at cost of $4,000 The
present draw has been in use since 1871.
At Virginia an Italian whose name
could not be learned attempted to muir.
der DIR. Cory and DIR. Miller while in.
sane. DR.. Miller may die from wounds
received, his throat being slashed in a
frightful manner. The maniac had a
razor.
The three iron range railways have
I decided to make cut in their freight
rates on all commodities except iron
ore, to points on the Vermillion and
Mesaba ranges. The cut will amount
to 20 per cent in most cases, and in nc
case less than 10 per cent.
It has been decided that there will be
no graduation at the close of the fall
quarter at the Winona normal school
on Dec. %. There will be a few stu.
dents that will have completed their
course at that time, but as they are
very few they will not be awarded
diplomas until the close of the spring
term in March, when tho first class I'M.
der the continuous session plan will be
| graduated. After that it is expected tc
have graduations quarterly.
The board of pardens at special
meeting committed the sentence OF
Peter J. Borgstrom, late register OF
deeds of St. Louis county. His sentence
was $500 fine and years imprison.
msnt. The board of pardons cut the
fine to $500 and only left as a provision
to insure it's payment an alternative i'm.
prisonment in the st. Louis county jail
not to exceed four months. The board
also restores to Mr.. Borgstrom all hit
rights as citizen which were taken
away by his conviction. The wrong.
doing of Mr.. Bergstrom was a techni
cal violation of the law relating to the
fees Of the registers Office.