Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
MINNESOTA ITEMS

inspection bureau in st. Paul. 4
Balances in the state treasury in
crease 100000 by the payment OF
gross earnings tax.
Gov. Lind and Senator Davis join in
urging the immediate return of he
Thirteenth.
G. j. Hanson was arrested at Lam
berton, on a charge of assault upon his
TWO young daughters.
1t Is reported at Duluth that III. II.
Moore of Duluth VIII succeed j.. u.
McGrew as grain Inspector there.
Arrangements are being made for
The biggest convention of Republican
clubs at st. Paul on record next
month.
Hospital bills for disabled Minnesota
volunteers. incurred at st. Paul and
Minneapolis, are thrown out by the
war department.
The new Touring mill of John Die
wei burned at Roscoe, Stearns county.
Loss, S10,0G0. besides a car load or
-four on the track.
At a very largely-attended meeting
Of the Presbyterian church of Albert
Lea. it was decided to build a new
church edifice this summer.
Judge Searle Of st. Cloud granted an
absolute divorce to Henry Sneesby,
from his wife, Mary Sneesby, on the
ground Of desertion.
Foxhome School District No. 80 has
voted $1,000 bonds for the purpose OF
erecting a new school house in the VIII
age.
Thomas Ryan, one of the first set
tiers of Cannon Falls. is dead, ut the
age of eighty-six years. He was a ma
tive or Ireland, and came to Cannon
Falls in 1855.
The several Y. +. s. G.. Il. Of Lake
sIinnetonka held their bi-monthly con-
terence at the Methodist church ut Ex-
,elsior. Delegates were present freIn
all points around the lake.
Charles Stevens, aged fifty, a resi-
dent at Waseca for twenty-seven
years, during twenty of which he was
in the hotel business, died of locomo-
tor ataxia.
The two men who robbed the post
office and t~reasurer's office at Glen
wood were caught one mile south OF
Alexandria In the woods, by Deputy
Sheriff Carroll and John Chase.
The jury at Faribault, in the case OF
The State VS.. Fred Benstrup, charged
with assault, failed to agree and We're
discharged. Benstrum viii be retired
IN n few days.
IL. e. Garvin. the retiring general
agent for Minnesota and the Dakotas
pf the traffic department OF the North
western road, was presented with n
handsome onyx clock by the employees
in the general office at Winona.
Pat Fahey OF Pennington. who has
been employed in the elevator for EN-
pey q Woodward, at Empire City,
while in the basement repairing the
machinery, was caught and instantly
killed.
j. O. Casey of Sylvan Lake was
brought to the Lumbermen's hospital
at Brainerd from II. w. Backus' camp,
No. 4, with his right leg broken in
three places, caused by a log rolling on
him.
The regular quarterly meeting OF the
Upper Mississippi Congregational club
was held in Winona. The club Is COM
posed Of Congregational ministers
along the upper Mississippi. There
was a good attendance.
Frank III. Lemon has resigned his
position as deputy warden of the state
prison at saltwater, with the request
that he be relieved from further duty
not later than March 10. and Warden
Wolfer has accepted the resignation
On those terms.
Charles RachliSs, proprietor Of a
small sawmill at jenkins, was brought
to the Lumbermen's hospital at Brain
erd for treatment. His right hand was
torn off above the wrist, caused by
catching his hand between a belt and
a pulley.
At a banquet given at Winona by
ex-pCstmaster Buck to Postmaster
Gartside and the postoffice employees,
Immediately after the transfer Of the
office, the employees presented Mr..
Buck with a handsome easy chair as n
testimonial of their esteem.
Andrew p. Edlund, the drug clerk
shot by III. w. Counter two weeks ago
at Graceville, is dead. A post mortem
examination was held, and the bullet
found imbedded i'm the backbone, rem
dering the wound necessarily fatal.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict
In accordance with the above facts.
After three days trial at Austin, the
jury returned a verdict of guilty in the
case Of The State VS.. Tim Calvin, for
the illegal selling Of liquor. This is
one of the noted blind pig cases there.
He was fined 500 and costs or ninety
days in Jail. Notice of appeal was
fled There are six more similar cases
in that no-license city.
Company ID of Faribault. lately IL
charged from the Twelfth Minnesota.
has decided to r~eorganize. and will
take IT'S old place in the Second regi-
ment, NJ. n. G.. The officers will re-
main the same. with the exception or
Capt. Boyce. who has resigned on ac-
count of ilI-health.
Temperance people at Preston are
making a determined effort TO drive
out the saloons at the April election.
1t is generally conceded that their sue
or failure this spring will settle
the ease for all time to come. Preston
Is experiencing a genuine building
boom. Several new business blocks
are to be erected the coming season. :
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