The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-05-24
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e. State News OF the :
G. Week Briefly Told.
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picnic at Rest Island. June s..
George Travis foiger. at Faribaull,
4 was sentenced to tl,gee years.
#s Mrs, Asa Forsyth Of Winpna died
very suddenly OF heart disease. u
August Peterson Of Saltwater had
his ann lacerated in a saw mill.
The alleged incendiarism i t Duluth
rs thought to be due to fire bugs.
Rural free delivery VIII be estab-
lisEed from Fariballt next month.
Survivors OF the First Minnesota will
hold q reunion at Red Wing June %
The st. Cloud Water Power conlpany
!. has made application for a receive .ss
The barn OF Frank Li Liebenow. near
Elgin, was burned end six horses per-
5ishcd.
"A large barn owned by A. Maybey,,
near Lake City was burned. Loss,
$1,000.
u. Barnes and 4. Cloney OF Mora.
SUSPECTED lnurdersrs, have been re-
leased.
a serious fire, at yernda1e destroyed
many uildings. and caused@a loss of
d $4,000.
S. SzuGesa. an eight-year-old Polish
boy. was drowned in the mississippi
lat aIyinona.
s Miss A,lna Hag gglund was accidents
+ q ,iy shot to death by her little brothar
"a t ISerkhoren. ss
Nick TOUGHER of, South Branch town
I ship, lest eight head of cattle near Sc.
james by lightning.
Jaccb Trosssn Of ST. Cloud had a
narrow escape from death by sWal-'
loving ntIx Yonaica.
Ilsss9lis geho Of Walker was acquitted
sof the charge of numbering G.. a. Bar
clay at Pine River. III
A8g Nictor Haugan, aged four years, was
drowned in a mill pond at Pelican
Rapids. near Fergus Falls.
The G illette- Herzog company of Min.s
neanolis has been absorbed by the
American Bridge company.
William Smith. wife and children
Were. poisoned at Renyille by eating
cottage cheese contained in milk pans.
d The st. James city council has appro-s
priated $50 toward the expense Of Sc
curing a speaker for Decoration Day.
Sls all forest fires are still burning at
no great distance from Cass Lake. but
there is no danger of the fire reaching
town. IA
Mrs. John Aaby and daughter, Of
Amboy. Blue Earth county, We're
burned to death BY an explosion OF
gasoline. s9 # 9 III
Klemer s. Soon's woolen mill at Far
ibault. which has been idle for some
time has started up and is now run
ing q. its full capacity..
An opinion of the attorney general
that corpo lions must pay the regular
fee on renewal OF papers, means m an
nual revenue of over $40, ,O90
Representative Eddy recommended
Mr. Bordauist for postmaster at Moor.
head. w. u. Dayey, recently named
for this office. has withdrawn.
r. ST Lobdell, proprietor of a meat
market at Mankato. in an altercation
over the possession of his market, was
shot three times by George Keene, d
photographer, the owner of the build
ing
,fhe state forfeited tax sale for WI |
mona county was completed recently.
There was little speculation and
scarcely any interest was taken in the
sale. About 81 900 was realized direct
IL from the sale.
The regular May term of the district
court opened at Elk river. The calen-
dari slight, only. oneiury case coming
up for trial It is probable that the i
term will not consume more than TWO |
DAYS at the outside
r. M. Clamnler pleaded guilty at |
Slayton of. embeZZle;nents from the /
Peavey elevator company. and was
sentenced to fifteen months in Still
water. Harvey Cool, for forgery, got
two months i'll Saltwater.
Engineer Walter Helm and Firemai.
Charles Boynls, Of the local freight on
the st. Paul & Duluth; were seriously |
injured at Harris by the bursting Of
the engine fne. They were taken to |
The hospitaI in st. Paul.
Henry Veins. Il carpente. employed
1t %. M. Wright's planning mill at SIT.
Cloud. in some manner caught his
land In the planer resulting in the
oss Of the digit finger of the left hand I
md the injury Of others.
Mrs. George III. Donberg of Wells
committed suicide while temporarily
insane by drowning herself in a els
.ern. She tied a fiat iron around her
leck in orGer to insure drowning. She
caves d husband and two daughters
The two saw mills at Cass Lake
lave closed down on account Of the /
earcity of logs. The lakes and streams
ire very low, and it is impossible to
.un the logs to the mills Two hun-l
lred men will be thrown out Oh work
or "a week or more.
Polk county is to have a new court
lonse. and when completed 1t will be
me of the sightliest structures in the
tate for the purposes intended outside
if the Twin Cities and Duluth. The
ounty board. in session at CroolSston,
pened the bids of a dozen competitors
er the contract of erecting the bl1ild-
ne. and have decided to award it to
he Crosse Construction company Of
IA Crosse.
August Nordine of Lake City has
led an action in the United States
eurt against the wagon firm of Neal, !
ohns & Co. Of Lake City, for the re-