Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST
Cleaned from Neighboring Exchanges.
Personal or Otherwise.

Cleaned from Neiehborine Exchanges.
Personal or Otherwise.
A Democratic club was organized
in the town hall, Saturday evening,
with the following officers: President,
Wm O|ander; Vice-President, James
Kelley; Secretary, Jacob Meyring;
and Treasurer, Fred Kreps. A deter
mined effort will be made to carry the
county, state and nation for Bryan
Clara City Herald.
A judgment of divorce was entered
by Judge Qvale at Willmar Monday
in the action of Ellen L. Sivers vs..
Jacob w. Sivers. .... AT the meeting
of the share holders of the Minnesota
Central Telephone Co., held in Mime
apolis Tuesday, decision was reached
to cancel all passes held by stockhold
ers on October 1st. This is an action
that has been expected would occur
but it was not thought that the schem-
ers at the head of the concern would
have the nerve to take the step so soon.
-Paynesville Press.
Prof. G. y. Hanson, of the Willmar
Seminary, is spending acouple OF weeks
in this vicinity in the interest of that
institution. .... Miss Allen, of Still
water, a graduate of the St. Cloud
Normal School, was elected to fill the
vacancy in the first primary room
caused by the resignation of Miss
Florence Porter. Peter Dale and P.
H. Roise, of Willmar, drove over
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Dale is
brother of our t0wnsman, J. H. Dale,
and Mr.. Roise was an old business
partner of Mr.. Dale twenty years ago,
and is the leading dry goods merchant
of Willmar. Mr.. Dale took them to
Franklin Wednesday for a visit with
]. A. Bergeley, who is an old friend,
and took in the county convention.
We acknowledge a pleasant CALL
Renville Star Farmer.
Anton Thompson, of 'Pennock, is
assisting Buttermaker Johnson at the
creamery for a few days. Mr.. John
son has not been very we'll the past
two weeks, and decided that if he took
a little rest he would have a better
chance to regain his health. An eld-
er brother of Henry Scott, the man
killed at DeGratf two weeks ago, was
here looking up the facts of the case.
He is engaged in the real estate busi-
ness in Iowa. He did not learn of the
death of his brother until too late to
reach Benson before the inquest, and
the news of the fair came as a great
shock to him and the balance of the
family. He says that either he or
another brother of the dead man will
be here at the trial of Campbell l.-Ben-
son Monitor.
Mrs. G. Johnson and son, Hans, OF
Willmar, were here last week. "A.
L. Nelson, of Willmar, was in town
one day last week. G. A. Erixon,
of Willmar, was in town last Friday.
Mr.. Erixon travels for perfumery
house. Mrs, Ole Steendahl and her
son, Stub, drove to Willmar Monday
forenoon, returning in the evening. ..
Rev. and Mrs. G. j. Collin left last
Thursday for an extended visit to
Duluth and Stark, Chisago county.
They will return some time next week.
80. Martha and Elmer Broberg left
Monday for St. Peter where they at
tend the Gustavus Adolphus collage
this winter. They were accompanied
by their father .....T. J. Lawson is
building new dwelling house on the
lot south of Louis Larson's residence.
The structure is beginning to loom up
among the trees and shows off in an
excellent manner.... .. Mrs. G. M. Lin
gren and her son, Henry were greatly
relieved, last Thursday afternoon, by
the arrival of telegram from Port
LaVaca, Texas, stating that Olivia,
the place where their daughter and
sister, Minnie Lingren, is stopping,
had escaped the great storm. Later
they received a letter from her stat
ing that she is safe and sound, and
which also showed that she was entire
ly unconscious of how near she had
been to destruction.-New London
Times.
While out hunting the first of the
week Walter Nelson's gun exploded
and his left hand was quite seriously
injured. A bad she'll seems to have
caused the accident. Walter had at
tempted to shoot the right barrel OF
his gun and 1t missed fire. He re-
moved the shell and found it empty.
Thinking that he had neglected to re-
load after a previous shot, he put in
another shell and when that was fred
the gun exploded. Therefore it is
supposed that the bad shell had con-
tanned wad between the primer and
the powder and that the primer lad
forced the charge from the shell and
it had remained in the barrel and
when the next she'll was discharged
the compressed air, between the two
charges, burst the gun. Walter came
to town Immediately and, DR.. Bjorn
being away, he went to Atwater and
had the wound dressed, The first two
fingers were badly mangled, but he
did not loose anY Of them and it is