The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-15
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.

ANOkA, Mimi, Jan. 14-Charles Foley,
who was working for Lindsey in the woods,
and who lived at Lionia, fell from a sled
terday
CROOKSTON, Mimi, Jan. 14-The grand
jury called in this county adjourned today
after returning eighteen indictments. The
last ones to be arraigned are 3. W. Pratt
for illegal sale Of liquor, aud Joseph Cast
assault. Conrad Arness Is en- trial fer hav-
ing carnal knowledge Of female under four
teen years Of age.
FERGUS FALLS, MINI. Jan 1.-THE
Breuer residence, one Of the bsndsomest in
the city. was almost totally destroyed by
fire early this morning. The residence was
occupied by P. Overland, whose family had
a narrow escape. The loss is s., 800, with in
surance of 81, 500.
CLARA CITY, Mimi, Jan 1.-THE Touring
mill at this point, owned by Frank Land g.
was discovered b. be on fire at $50 p. ul.,
and in half an hour was total wreck The
property was insured at about one-half OF
its value.-The Northwestern Elevator COM
pany has large force Of men rebuilding its
elevator, which burned three weeks ago. The
new house will have a capacity of $1,000 bush
els.
Telephone company has put in the telephones
on its new line this week and the business
Is now in full operation, with about twen-y-
five subscribers as start: The instruments
are rented from the Bell Telephone company,
Duluth. There is talk of endeavoring to
have some company build q line from Duluth
to connect with the new system.
RUSH CITY, Mimi, Jan. H.-Harris, seven
miles south of here has had for years the
reputation of being the banner potato station
on the st. Paul Duluth railroad. and yes
terday and today broke all previous records,
buying from the street of the farmers over
35 coo bushels of potatoes. E. ". Stark, F.
Wolf and B. l.. Sayer, local business men,
were the principal buyers. The average
prices paid per bushel was about p cents.
JAMESTOWN, n. D., Jan. 14-In the suit
Of Richard Peacock against William Sany, TO
recover SIC, 600 damages for personal injuries,
the jury in the district court yesterday gave
Plaintiff 81, 700. In the criminal action against
Elmer Hentz, the Northern Pacific railway
employee the jury found for the defendan'.
DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. 1.-THE Interstate
Malleable Iron Works, this city. has re-
ceived orders from the Gre-t Northern road
sufficient to keep the present force employed
full year. The company will at once en-
large its plant, fer its other business is
growing constantly. large part Ct the
stock of this company is held in Minneapolis,
but the holdings of Duluth men have been
materially increased during the past two
weeks.
MORRIS, Mimi. Jan. Al. A. Johnson
has visited the county register of decd s cffi ice
and found that during the month of Decem-
county exclusive of contract sales and dupi-
cate transfers that is only actual transfers
bv deeds amounted to q 500 acres, valued at
s941 800 Except IN one or two cases these
sales were for quarter or hslf-sec Ia rae .,
and show what a great demand there has
been and is for farming lands in Stearrs
FARGO. n. D., Jan. 1.-THE county COM
missioners selected S. A. Moore, CT Cassel-
ton. as superintendent Of the county hospital,
to succeed James Coleman, who has held the
position for four years.