Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09

NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
Cleaned From heighboring Exchanges,
Personal Or Otherwise.
While building fire with kerosene
last Friday evening, Mrs. Nels Sven
son, OF Kerkhoven, spilled some of the
oil on the floor and also on her dress,
and thinking there was no danger
touched a match to the oil on the floor
which quickly ignited, the flames
catching her clothing and burning her
terribly before help arrived. A ply
stefan was called but the fire had done
its work too sure and nothing could
be done to save her life and she died
at O'Clock Saturday morning. She
leaves a husband and five children to
mourn her loss. F.P. Olnev
and family moved this week into the
new COnoty house in the southwest
part Of town. Lars Halvor-
son has been here the past week SET
ting up H. w. Stones gasoline en-
CINE at the evator.-Benson Moni-
tor.
Clara City Herald: John Green
field has purchased new Is horse
power gasoline engine of the Willmar
make, trading in his old one. He will
use it for grinding feed and saving
wood. Pres. Hill of the
Great Northern passed through town
Friday in his special coach on his way
to inspect the latest acquisition of the
Great Northern, the O'Neil & Ne
braska line. Quite a crowd congre-
gated at the depot to catch a glimpse
of the magnate but he did not show
himself. + Christ Rechtfertig,
employed in Persons cigar factory in
Willmar, is taking two weeks rest
with his parents here. His eyes are
inflamed and sore owing to cigar dust.
New London Times: Aug. Lindberg
left for Cottonwood, Mimi, where he
will work during harvest and thresh-
ing. .....A. A. Skeie had the painful
mishap of burning his face very
severely while working around his en-
CINE last Saturday. ...... The new
school board met last Monday and or
ganized for the coming year. L. Eek
man was reelected chairman and H.
Swenson clerk, and DR.. Newman was
elected treasurer. Rev. N. Giere,
of Burbank, has received call from
Renville. His congregation here do
not want him to leave and the matter
is not yet decided. We hope that he
may stay.
Kerkhoven Banner: Mrs. W. Gar
ner came up from Willmar Tuesday
noon for a visit with her Kerkhoven
friends. Miss Clara Olson, who has
been at Willmar visiting with the Car
ner family for some time past, re-
turned with her. A hail
storm out in the vicinity of Carlson
postoffice Monday evening is reported
as having damaged crops considera-
bly,. + Miss Tilda holland re-
turned from Willmar Tuesday where
she had been visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Frye.
Belgrade, Aug L. A very destruc-
tive hail storm is reported to have
taken place last night in the town of
Burbank, Kandiyohi county, about ten
miles south of this village. A large
stretch of country is said to have been
swept completely bare, in some in
stances entire crops being rendered
unfit for cutting. A heavy rain fell at
this immediate locality but no hail
and but little wind with no damage
by either.-St. Cloud Journal-Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sperry of New Lon
don have returned to their home after
a pleas ant visit with the families OF
R. G.. Hudson and Henry Sexauer.
Mrs. Sperry is daughter of Mrs.
Hudson. Cor. in st. Cloud
journal Press.
Alexandria wants an artesian we'll
but the geologist at the State Univer.
sity does not hold out much hope for
them. He says they are too far west
from the Mississippi basin and too far
east from the Dakota depression.
Postm aster G. A. Birch of Willma1
was in town yesterday. He intends IT,
build a new postoffice at Willmar and
was in consultation with Deputy Bach
here as to the best plan for an in
terrorist. Cloud Journal Press.
Fireman Doty was killed near Crane
Forks last Saturday by being strucl
in the head by crane used to deliver
mail to the cars while moving
Breckenridge Telegram.
MIR. W. H. Alwine, of Lebanon
Ohio, will have charge of the New
London schools during the coming
school year.
Wenuerlund. the ieweler and Opt