Mower County transcript., 1898-01-26
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Montevideo district, is dead.
The grand lodge, Sons of Herman,
is in session at Minneapolis this week.
AIRS. Fredericka Behr of Winona has
just celebrated her hundredth birthday.
Chippewa Indians think they are be.
ing cheated in tho dispoiition of their
pine.
Erick Nopson and his mother-in.law
were killed in runaway near Stewart
vile.
It is stated that large number Of
blind pigs are In operation in Hennepin
county.
DR.. Slaughter, prominent Duluth
physician, committed suicide by taking
poison.
A contract has been let for bridge
across Kettle river at Sandstone, to
cost $500.
Business men of Kimball are nego-
tiating with capitalists for the estab.
ishment of bank.
A party of 25 Of the citizens of Daw.
son, is arranging to 90 to Alaska, and
expects to leave in a few days.
A meeting of the teachers of Pine
county has been held for the purpose of
organizing teachers association.
Andrew G. Haugan, ex-city treas
urer Of Minneapolis has been convicted
Of misappropriation OF public funds.
State Insurance Commissioner Dearth
has begun an investigation of the con-
dition of several hail insurance com.
panies doing business in Minnesota.
Willmar schools are badly over
crowded and steps will be taken in the
near future to build an additional school
building. The enrolment now is 657.
The date of the marriage of Ignatius
Donnelly to Miss Marion Olive Hansen
of Minneapolis is said to have been
fixed for Washington's birthday,
Feb. 20.
An order has been issued establishing
a postoffice at Hewson, Isanti county.
Bertha M. Haney, postmistress; also at
Klondike. Crow Wing county, Lewis
P. Aiken, postmaster.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the selection Of clear list No.
~, by the Northern Pacific Railway
company, containing 9,432.81 acres,
located in St. Cloud and Duluth dis.
tricts.
Sawyer & Mellen of St. Paul have
bought 1901 acres of land just east OF
Kettle river and adjacent to Sandstone
from the Standard Lumber company
This is the largest land deal ever con
summated in Pine county.
An unusual number of young brook
trout will be distributed through Min
nesota next spring by the state fish
hatchery. More than two million fry
will be sent out as against less than
one million distributed last year.
Representatives of church and tenn
perance societies at Duluth have filed
with the state department articles OF
incorporation Of the Civic Temperance
Cooperative association, which viii
seek to aid in the enforcement of anti
saloon laws.
More than 400 homestead entries hav,
been made in the southern part o
Beltrami county within the last thre'
months and there is an active demand
all along the line Of the new survey TO
vacant government land, whether it b
oak, poplar or jackpine in character.
Deputy Warden Lemon has returne'
from Big Springs, Tex, having il
charge Sam L. Copeland, who is tn
Moorhead bank robber that violated hi
parole and skipped out. Mr.. Lemol
had no trouble in bringing him bacl
and arrived here day ahead Of time.
The international bonspiel held at ST
Paul has ended. The St. Paul Jebber
Union trophy was won by O. w. Rob
r ertson's rink of Milwaukee, Charles
Pfister trophy by A. E. McColl, Cam
bria, Wis, Duluth Jobbers Unio
trophy by J. McDiarmid, Winnipeg
consolation match by F. Knight, Bran
don, Man., Walker International trc
ply by A. H. Smith of Duluth, job
johnson trophy by F. Mccarthy rinl
St. Paul.
Governor Clough has appointed q
w., Lamberton of Winona, G. D. Gil
fllan of Morgan, Hudson Wilson {
Faribault, w. D. Kirke, Theodor
l Schprmeier and J. W. Footner Of S.
Paul, J. Newton Mind, F. G. Winsto
and E, s. Danforth of Minneapolis,
B. Daugherty Of Duluth and Elmer
Adams of Fergus Falls, as commission
: ers to the Omaha exposition.
At the meeting of the board of mar
ayers of the state agricultural societ
!. Secretary Randall and Treasurer Mo
fatt were reelected for another yea
I The whole board was present with th
, exception of President Cooper, who
in California. Second Vice Preside1
Elliot presided. Owing to the absene
l OF President Cooper the superintendent
2 were not appointed. There will /
another meeting about March /.
NO LACK OF MATERIAL.