Mower County transcript., 1899-08-30
NEWS IN MIME ESO OTA

Bernard Kuhl, pioneer resident Of g.
Paul, is dead. - ~ <9==@H ] ss.z &
Contracts for new Catholic church
at Osakis have been let. sesE **
James slocum, Jr., president OF the
st., Paul Book and Stationery company,
is dead. = ,..,.. Il. ~ -#.% :. #
st. Paul Knights of Pythias are pre-
pairing for the grand lodge meeting in
that city Sept. 26. ~ i ...& :-3, Z.
The case against William B. Brew
ster, the St. Paul attorney arrested in
Chicago, was dismissed. - -
Mankato is to have another street
fair Sept. IL to Is. A rate of one fare
within 100 miles has been granted by
railroads. Z.
Thomas Padget of Duluth, a witness
in the Mendenhall divorce case at Du-
luth, has confessed to perjury. He is
| said to believe himself in dying con-
dition.
The new building at Hamline, in
which the theological seminary of the
Norwegian synod will be housed, is
nearing completion and is to be dedi-
Gated Oct. Is.
The Great Northern is preparing to
construct at Duluth an ore dock rs feet
high and 63 feet wide, with pockets to
hold 80 to $50 tons Of ore each. The
cost of the whole structure will be about
100000.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission has confirmed the ap-
polntment by State Grain Inspector
Reishus Of E. w. Knatvold of Albert
Lea, as chief deputy grain inspector in
Minneapolis.
Delos A. Montfort of St. Panl died at
Atlantic City, N. j., Saturday. He was
president of the Second National bank
of St. Paul and one of the best known
bankers in the country. He had resid-
ed in the city for AZ years.
Governor Lind has appointed Frank
J. Randall of Winona to succeed J. J.
McCaHerty as a member of the St.
Cloud state reformatory board. Judge
McCaferty recently rendered his resig-
nation, having removed to Seattle.
The summer school at the university
has closed The school has been at
tended by 1000 students, approx
mately. While this is large attend
ance, it is 275 short of the enrolment
of last summer. The university term
will not open until Sept. IL.
w. j. Sullivan, who has been chief
clerk in the Office of the chief gram in
spector for some years past, has been
appointed state weighmaster of grain at
St. Paul Mr.. Sullivan has been con-
nected with the state department for
eight years. He was one of Mr.. Clausens
most trusted assistants.
The Leech Lake, Cass Lake and Win
nibigoshish Indians have forwarded
petition to the secretary Of the interior
asking N to call a delegation to Wash
ington this fall from these reservations.
They want to explain their objection
to the Nelson law and the treaty by
which they ceded away their lands.
The company recently formed for the
transmission of power from Apple
River Falls, Wis, to st. Paul and
Saltwater has commenced building
dams and doing other work incidental
to the construction of the powerhouse.
1t is large undertaking and they will
not be ready to furnish electricity until
next spring.
Among other attractions discussed
by the executive committee of the state
agricultural society, was the exhibit of
the school of agriculture, which will
include q display of different specimens
of the bugs that find the Minnesota eli
mate congenial. Among them Profes-
sor Lugger, the state entomologist, will
have nearly 40 varieties of the kissing
bug"
State Superintendent Lewis has for
warded to the county school superin-
tendents throughout the state certifi-
Gates for the successful candidates at
the recent examination for teachers.
The papers of those who failed to pass
were not sent, bnt instead slip en-
closed showing what credits were
marked up on the subjects wherein pro-
fciency was shown. The standard this
year was ~ per cent, but it is the gen.
eral impression among state educators
that this should be raised
The death of Green Henry Turner,
one Of the oldest colored men in St.
Paul, occurred during Wednesday night
at his home, 900 Rice street. The aged
negro had remarkable career. He was
born in Africa and first brought to Cuba
and sold by the slave traders. From
there he was brought to the United
States. where he served number of
masters in the South prior to the Civil
war. During the war he was living in
Tennessee, when he saved the life of
William Seeger of St. Paul, and was
induced to enlist in the Fifth Iowa
cavalry.
Word has been received from Rev.
Frank L. Moore, a member of tho OK
ploring party from the state university,
sent out into Wyoming under the sup
port Of fund contributed by the buei-
ness men OF the TWIN Cities, to search
for tho skeletons Of prehistoric animals,
stating that large deposit of dinosaur
bones has been discovered. Rev. Mr..
Moore in writing to Professor c. w.