The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-26
MINNESOTA.

Mankato-The annual commencement
exercises of the state normal school will be
neld June to 8. The baccalaureate ser
mon will be preached by Rev. Alexander
McGregor, of st. Paul. on Sunday June g..
Frost-Clara Gunderson, aged five years,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Gunder-
son, died last evening. This is the first
death in the town since it was founded.
about six month ago.
Northfield-E.. M. Wallbrdge, a mer-
chant and warehouse man Of this city, has
MED petition in bankruptcy. Mr. Wall
prldge has been doing a large grain bust
ness IN the southern part of the state,
and the failure is a h@vy one The as
sets are $54,O9S, and liabilities S5,7S42O
Fergus False. A. Meyers, a resident
OF this city, was badly gored by a bull,
would have been killed had not a dog
attracted the animals attention, which
enabled him to escape
Albert Lea-In the district court, Fred
to the indictments charging grand larceny
IN the second degree was sentenced to
Two years In the state prison. Smith
served a term for the same offense in the
Wisconsin prison some years ago.
Litchfeld-William Won Kuster of the
hardware firm Of McNulty. Won Kuster &
Heyleson, died Thursday, of paralysis
fied5 81 the b brain; He was prominently iden-
". lodges. The funeral will he held
Sunday afternoon, and will be in charge
of the l. o. o. F. lodge
Jasper-A few weeks ago Rev w Web
ster returned from Hamline where he had
been staying for some time. Shortly after
his arrival here he broke out with some
thing which he thought was caused by
the heat, but DR.. Bracken, of the state
board OF health, was in town Wednesday
and pronounced the disease smallpox.
Two other cases have developed and a
strict quarantine has been enforced.
Rochester-The Rochester High school
is preparing elaborate exercises for COM
mencement The graduating class this
year numbers twenty. Rev. James Mont
gomery Of Minneapolis, will deliver the
commencement address, and Rev Frank
Doran the baccalaureate sermon.
Red Wing-The commencement exer-
cises Of the theological department Of the
Red Wing seminary were held at st. Pc
ter's church Thursday evening. Diplo-
mas were awarded to the following grad
yates: .. j. Lundley, Dawson, Mimi; ].
J. Lee, Hayfield, Mimi; S. E. Hanson,
Aspelund, MINI; T. K. jacobson, Spicer,
MINI; S. S: Westby, Bristol, S. D., and
T. T. Boe, Radcliffe 10.
Jackson-The petition for the removal
Of the county seat from this place to
Lakefield received over 1,600 signatures.
and was filed with the county commits
sioners Thursday.
Windom-A new town has been laid out
in the western part of Cottonwood coun-
~, In section 20, on the line of the Des
Moines Valley railroad. The new town
Will be known as Westbrook. Before the
ground was plated buildings were put
up near by awaiting the lots to be placed
on. TWO banks are already being organ
lied and stores and elevators are planned
for. The location is a good one being
surrounded by a well settled country Of
thrifty farmers.
Cass Lake-Ex-Judge Frank Ives, edf-
tor Of the Cass Lake Times, has prepared
petition which will be sent to the sec
retary of the interior requesting that all
arabic lands Of the Chippewa Indian res
erVation be opened for settlement under
the homestead laws. The petition is be-
Ing very largely signed.
Austin-At the annual meeting of the
Austin Farmers Mutual Insurance COM
pany, the following officers were elected:
President, ]. ]. Furlong; vice president
b. f. King; secretary, J. w c. Dins-
moor; treasurer, c. Proeschel; directors,
n. T. Johnson, E. o. Novda, c. L.
Schroeder, o. K. Snarthum, H w
Lightley. The membership is 2,150, the
largest Of the 125 township mutuals in
Minnesota The risks carried amount to
$2,590,580. They had sixty-six losses last
year, fifty-five of them by lightning. To-
tai losses, $4,000; assessment rate, mills
Winona-George NJ. Baxter, an attorney
OF Fartbault, is in the city in the inter-
ests of Donald Grant and others, who
are suing the old Southwestern Railway
company and the stockholders of the same
for an unpaid judgment accruing from
the issuance of the first mortgage bonds
Something like $S00,0O0 is at stake.