Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-09
MINNESOTA NEWS
I%nteresting Happenings In the NorsA
star state.

CRYSTAL for stealing clothes at ST.
| James, broke jail.
A New Ulm boy who ran away 70
Alaska takes n claim for which he IL
offered $4,000.
Gov. Clough will visit the
county fair to be held at Lumpro'a
Sept. 80, and deliver an ADDRESS.
Dr e. C. Hartley was appointed a
member of the board of pension exam
F.! lining surgeons at Shakopee.
Hog cholera prevails just north Oh
Wells. One farmer lost twenty-seVen
head.
Tho trades and labor assembly AT
Winona has addressed n memorial "
the farmers congress ION so'ern'
by injunction.
One Of the crew of the Northwestern
Telephone company, who are se,'lns
poles through Wells, cut his Knee pau-
ly while trimming a pole.
Tbomas A. Kildahl or North Fork, n
nrominept farmer and leading fopu-
list. was killed in n runaway. he ""s
a nephew of Kittle Halvorsen.
Henri Molzahn, a young farmer was
killed by lightning while working ~
his field near Fairmont. Nolzahh was
married but a couple of weeks g
An eighteen-year cid son OF Ciaus
! Cole Of Redwood FallH was kIieu ~
lightning. Lightning also destroysu
school house west OF the city.
The Great Western Elevator compa-
nv is building a 81 ,000-bushei elevator
/ af Willard. Shock threshing mas De
cun. with n yield of about ten ousheis
per acre.
sykes & G~ustafson, Of the CONNER
c;ai printing company of REQ WING
have purchased the Red Wing Times.
Se,tzer Shed & Livingston have pun"
chased the Red Wing Argus.
rho iurv i'm the case of Charles Nei-
son Win was found dead in a saloon
~ F~aribault, returned a verdict ,ha'
his death was caused by stranguiauon'
he being drunk while eating.
Lightning destroyed two stacks VI
barley belonging TO ii. Z. barriers "
Hay Greek. neal Red Wing, ana aiso
damaged the residence OF FREQ WIS.,
endorf Of the same place.
There was another wreck on Inc
Great Northern near Kirkhoven
nesdav. Seven freight cars were
ditched. blocking the track for several
hours. The track was badly damaged.
Andrew Lundgren, a friendless ana
supposedly insane outcast, was struck
by a St. Paul d Duluth train ar Du-
luth, and will not live more than q day
| O. So. His head was badly crushed.
During a shower lightning struck the
barn of Cashus Henry at Dover, killing
two horses and burning the barn with
its contents. Loss, 5000; partially IN
sured.
A man named Walker, at Cloquet,
being teased by small boys, snapped
his whip at them, and the cracker hit
I0-year-old Lephaner Levole in the eye,
cutting the eyeball. He will lose his
sight.
Fire broke out in a barn in the rear
Of Myhre's grocery store at Pelican
Rapids. Luckily it was confined TO
two buildings. Three horses belong
ing to Charles Long were burned. To-
tai loss, $500; no insurance.
C. A. Klatt will build a 10,000-bnshel
eley ator at Annadale. The Atlantic
Elevator company has just completed
a house. Wheat is running fom fifteen
10 eighteen bushels per acre there
abouts.
The mayor and city council of Sank
Center have locked horns over the con-
templated purchase by the latter of a
piece Of land. Mayor Townsend thinks
the move an unwise one, and sets his
veto on the whole transaction.
The residence of Representative ii.
c. Mclean of Lake Crystal was en-
tered by burglars, and silverware and
clothing taken to the amount OF over
500. 1t is supposed to be the work OF
tramps, but no clue has been found.
Memorial, day, commemorative Of
the Hinckley fire, was observed at
Hinckley. A large number were pres
ent from neighboring towns. j. Adam
Bede Of Pine City delivered the me-
mortal address. The floral decorations
we're fine.
Suit has been commenced in the dis
trict court at Red Wing by Susie john
son against the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York, to recover 81
0O0, the amount Of a policy issued by
the company on Edward w. johnson,
who was the husband of the plaintiff.
Fire occurred recently in Southeast
Brainerd, burning the clothing store Of
Frank Matteson and grocery store of
Haberg q Co. Matteson was insured
for $1,000; Hagberg for s 1000. The
IRE was apparently incendiary, but
there is 10 clue. 1t was q total loss.
The Bankers Association Of Mimi.
sofa has been called to make good sew
erai payments made by Winonians TO
an agent of theirs named Kent. who
mas turnd out crooked. Kent took the
money from insurance applicants. but
never delivered the policies to his COM
pany. 49,
Inc Marshall district Epwortb
Leagu closed the convention al Fair.
mont after a large and harmonious
meeting. About seventy members Of
the league were in attendance. w. O.
sage OF Window was elected president
lor tnc ensuing year and J. +. Porter
oI Heron Lake secretary. This denart-
ment or the league supports a free bed
In Asbury hospital. Minneapolis.
The bondholders Of the Duluth Coa
anu water company made an offer
L OF nle nIauf IF tho