Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-02-23
MINNESOTA ITEMS

tutions selling flowers.
Two Minnesota soldiers were wound
ed at Manila by one bullet.
Emil Manufacturer, OF Mannheimer
Bros, died suddenly Of apoplexy.
w. j. Bryan was the principal speak
eli at the Jefferson club banquet at ST.
Paul.
The Woodmen of the World from
four states held a convention in ST.
Paul.
The Ninth Minnesota Veterans will
hold n reunion at st. Paul on Washing
tons birthday.
st. Paul whist players hold the
American League trophy, a Racine
four challenging.
The retail grocers and general mer-
chants of the state held a convention
in st. Paul last week.
The German Lutheran church mt
saltwater was partially burned. Loss,
$1,000, Insurance.. $1,000.
Albert Berg. secretary of state, visit
ing in Washington, was nearly killed
by an overdose of choral.
More ditching is to be done In Polk
county next summer, under the pro-
visions of the Minnesota drainage act.
Fire totally destroyed the house and
nearly all the contents of Merritt Tut
tie at Little Falls. Loss, about $1,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Bernard Carlson, arrested for run
ming a blind-plg at Dennison, paid a
fine Of S25 and costs, amounting in all
10 $40. in Judge Erickson's court at
Red Wing.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis survey
was comphted into Sherburne from
the south he other day. 1t crosses the
Milwaukee track fourteen chains west
OF the depot.
DIR. Kilburne arrived at Fergus Falls
recently from Rochester, with fifty fe-
male patients for the insane hospital,
this being the last transfer. The hos
pital now has Lips, with room for
about 800 more.
The three men under arrest In Mis-
souri, who are wanted In Minnesota for
alleged completely in the Great North
ern train robbery, are indicted In the
former state for highway robbery.
j. n. Bronson's machine shop and
foundry at saltwater was almost to-
tally destroyed by fire. entailing a loss
OF $4,000. on which there Is an insur-
ance OF $1,000. The flames caught in
the roof, and the fire spread rapidly.
w. b. Phelps, elected county attor-
ncy OF st. Louis county last fall on the
Republican ticket, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect at the first
meeting OF the county board in March.
His reason Is that he cannot afford TO
do the work for the salary Of So, 500 a
year.
Louis Bebault and Joseph Sejerald
were brought before the municipal
court at Walker, to answer the charge
Of numbering one George Barclay of
Pine River. They pleaded not guilty.
They were arrested by Sheriff Hardy
and Deputy Frank Breeze. The attor-
ney general viii try the case.
The 5000 damage suit of Augusta
Raabe VS.. the Milwaukee Railway has
been transferred from the district
court of Fillmore county to the United
States court at WinoIa, and will come
up for trial at the June term. The
damages are asked for personal inju-
ries alleged TO have been received on
the depot platform at Preston.
B~ryanldson's drug store at Graceville
was broken into by w. III. Counter. a
jeweler having a bench in the store,
who shot five times at Andrew T.. Ed
lund, in charge of the store. One bull
let entered just below the heart. Ed
lund ran into TIE saloon next door and
gave the alarm, and officers placed
Counter under arrest. Edlund will
probably recover.
Mrs. John Merten Of Jacobs Prairie.
met a horrible death recently. Her
husband was treating a sick horse, and
called his wife to assist him In admin
istering medicine, which he could not
do by himself. Mrs. Merten went into
the stall. and the horse crushed her
against the side wall with such force
as to result in her death within ten
minutes.
Warden Wolfer has received a letter
stating that the identification of Harry
Glenn as Bill Ryan, Of the old James
gang at Kansas City. Is complete. he
having been recognized as RYAN by
many former associates. Glenn was
sent UP for burglary. and was re-
leased in July. 1897. He was arrested
at Norwood. Mo-, for the robbery of n
N. c., +. 8. IL NJ. train ut Macomb, Mo.
A number of Lutheran ministers.
among them Rev Rausch of Fountain
CITY; Rev. Klaus of Bethany: Rev.
Gerhard Of Lewiston. and T.. Seigler of
La Crosse, We're In WinCna recently to
pay their respects to the resident Lu-
theran pastor, Rev. Philip Won Rohr,
the occasion being his fifty-sixth birth
day. Mr.. Won Rohr has been connect
ed with the local Lutheran parish for
thirty-three years.
A business deal was consummated at
Crockston in the sale of the Crookston
Brewing company's plant to the J. Kie-
wei Brewing company Of Little Falls.
4he consideration is $4,000. and the
new firm succeeds to an excellent bust
ness. Additions will be made to the
capacity. a new brew house built and
the storage Don enlarged to enable
the company to ripen and age it's out
put before placing II on the market.
The Central Trust onipan repre-
senting the bondholders Of the Duluth
& Superior Bridge company, has be
gun an action In the United States