Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-04-06
MINNESOTA NEWS

~ allHHeSold grand c0uncll OF k0y-
al ArcaHum held its annual meeting in
Minneapolis.
The continued cold weather has been
a boom TO loggers, who are behind in
their winters work.
Congressman Stevens expects to Sc
cure an appropriation for the improve
ment OF Fort Smelling.
Rev. w. +. Milhken. late a Free Bap-
ttst, has been ordained a minister in
the regular Baptist church at Manka-
TO.
Northern Pacific Passenger Train No.
S was derailed at Gushing by the fail
urc of an automatic switch. No one
was hurt.
At a special election at Princeton,
bonds for $4,000 were voted to estab-
lish electric lights and waterworks in
that village.
The reopening CT the Porter Touring
mill at Winona has caused wheat TO
advance in that locality from 3 to )
cents per bushel.
Mrs. j. A. Sem, wife of j. A. Sem,
county attorney of Benton county, died
at Sank Rapids of heart disease. She
was forty-four years of age.
Word has just been received at APP
pleton of the death, at PhoeniX, Ariz.,
of Lewis Il. Tadsen. for many years
cashier of the Bank of Appleton.
Mrs. Frank Newash died at Silver
Lake of Bright's disease, at the age of
tw~enty-nine years. Her husband and
four small children survive her.
INa,ran,p riot npl .c,brarilnl co 900
divided into shares of SO each, for a
farmers elevator at Madison. Bust
ness men Will donate $500 toward the
project.
After being out seventeen hours. the
jury in the case of Mary Kaha,
charged at Red Wing with numbering
her infant child, returned a verdict of
not guilty.
One of the McGordon brothers and ].
NJ. Larrabee, two of lie Roy's drug
gists, have been arrested on indict-
ments by the grand jury for illegal
liquor-selling.
Teachers in the city schools at Moor
head will hold an exhibition day. April
u, at which time the work and prof
cheney of the scholars will be viewed
by friends and parents.
An Eastern publishing house has
parties looking over the resources OF
Cess Lake, contemplating putting in a
large pulp and paper mill at thtt place
in the near future.
DR.. III. b. Allen was thrown from a
cutter upon a water hydrant at Clio
quet, and received a scalp wound five
inches long and also n terrible cash on
the right side of the face.
The village council of Sandstone has
raised the saloon license fee from $500
10 $1,000 for the ensuing year, and
this action will probably result in IL
reduction Of the number Of saloons.
S%ylvanus Heath, an employe of the
Pine Hill Lumber company at Little
Falls, had his left arm badly mangled
by getting caught in a rapidly-reyolv.
ing shaft. Amputation was necessary.
Joseph Sellwood has resigned his po-
sition rs second vice president of the
Duluth * Iron Range road, in order to
engage in iron mining ON his w ac-
count. He has secured leases of three
good mines on the lower range.
The elevators at the head of the
lakes are full of grain for the first time
in their history. The grain in store
amounts 70 19,630.o0 0 bushels. 10, 1861
600 bushels being wheat; 5.516,o00
corn; 2.011.000 oats; $4,000 rye and
1,107, 600 fax.
A sensational damage suit has been
commenced at ST. Cloud. by which A..
I A. Twitchell seeks to recover $4,000
for personal injuries sustained in an
assault at the hands of Warren III.
Freeman. A cross suit for SANDER is
promised by the defendant.
Swan Johnson of Two Harbors, died
suddenly in a saloon in Ely OF heart
trouble. undoubtedly due to alcoholic
excuses. He was sixty-nine years old,
4 and had been working for railroad con
! tractors in the vicinity of Two Har-
bors for nine years.
James Peterson and George Wall
strom were inflicted by the grand jury
at Warren for selling intoxicating liq-
uors illegally. Peterson was fined 5000,
having pleaded guilty to two indict-
ments. Walhstrom pleaded not guilty,
and will fight the charge. Both are
drug clerks.
Richard s. Jones, chief engineer at
the state prison at saltwater, was as
saulted by one of the prisoners named
Ed Preston. Jones was pretty roughly
handled, receiving a black eye. Pres
ton halls from Minneapolis, and is
serving a f~ire-year sentence for grand
larceny.
Herman Loomis of Birch Lake, with
his wife and two children and Miss
Walters, in a wagon, attempted 10
cross in front of a passenger train at
Sank Center. Miss Walters was in
stantly killed and LOOMS and his wife
heriously injured. The children were
not hurt. One horse was killed.
Arrangements have been completed
for the Plymouth prize debate at Garlic
ton college. Mortified. The subject
for the freshmen debate is: "Should
We Enter Upon a Colonial Policy Sim
liar to That Of EnglandT" The juniors
have chosen the subject of popular
election Of senator's.
Reports come from Cleveland that
the Zenith Transit eet, the Wolyin
ships owned at Duluth, have been sold