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

Customs authorities establish a ten
inspection bureau in st. Paul.
Balances in the state treasury In
crease $500,00O by the payment OF
gross earnings tax.
Gov. Lind and Senator Davis join in
urging tie immediate return of the
Thirteenth.
G. j. Hanson was arrested at Lam
! berton. on a charge of assault upon his
two young daughters.
IL Is reported at Duluth that III. II.
Moore OF Duluth VIII succeed j.. q.
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 ut st. Paul n
Minneapolis. are thrown out by h
war department.
The new Touring mill OF John Die
wei burned at Roscoe, Stearns county.
Loss, $4,000, besides a car load OF
iour on the track.
At a very largely-attended meeting
Of the Presbyterian church Of Albert
lea. il was decided to build a new
church edifice this ummer
Judge Searle of st. Cloud granted an
absolute divorce To Henry Sneesby,
from his wife. Mary Sneesby, on b
ground of desertion.
Foxhome School District No. SIS has
voted S1,eo0 bonds for the purpose of
erecting a new school house in the viii
iage.
Thomas Ryan, one of the first set
tiers of Cannon Falls, is dead, at the
age Of eighty-six years. He was a ma
tive OF Ireland, and came to Cannon
Falls in 1855.
The several Y. T.. s. G.. Il. Of Lake
/ Mi~nnetonka held their bi-monthly con-
ference at the Methodist church at Ex-
celsior. Delegates were present from
all points around the lake.
Charles Stevens, aged fifty. GA resi-
dent at Waseca for twenty-seven
years, during twenty of which he was
In the hotel business, died Of ocomo-
tor ataXia.
The two men who robbed the post
office and ~treasurer'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 will be retired
IN a few days.
III. G.. Garyin. the retiring general
agent for Minnesota and the Dakotas
Of the traffic department OF h North
western road, was presented with a
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 & Woodward, at Empire City,
| while In the basement repairing h
! 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 or the
Upper Mississippi Congregational club
was held In Winona. The club is com
posed of Congregational ministers
/ lfbAfE NIt Nppti hiSChSSaIpi
was u good attendance.
Frank ii. Lemon has resigned his
position rs deputy warden OF the state
| prison at Saltwater, with the request
that he he relieyed from further duty
not later than March Is. and Warden
| Wolfer has accepted the resignation
On those terms.
Charles Rachliss, proprietor Of n
| 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- POSTMASTER Buck to Postmaster
Gartside and the postofficc employees,
Immediately after the transfer OF the
office, the employees presented Mr..
Buck with a handsome easy chair as a
testimonial of their esteem.
Andrew T.. 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 in the backbone, rem
| dering the wound necessarily fatal.
| The c%oroner's jury rendered a verdict
In accordance with the above facts.
After three days trial at Austin, the
| fury 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
| 6led. There are six more similar cases
In that no-ljcense city.
Company ID of Faribault, lately a.
| charged from the Twelfth Minnesota,
has decided to ~reorganiZe, and Will
| take its old place in the Second regi-
ment, NJ. n. G.. The officers will re-
main the same. with the exception or
| Capt. Royce, who has resigned on ac-
| count of iH-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
cess or failure this spring will settle
the ease for all time to come. Preston
Is experiencing a genuine building
boom. Several new business blocks
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