The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-02-28
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G, State News of the
Week Briefly Told.
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be ABOUT ~, wv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkinson We're given
nine days to leave the city Of Rochester
or serve sixty days.
G.. Gutterson was in Lake City re-
Gently. looking after the establishment
OF two rural delivery routes.
At q special election held at Gary,
the question of village Incorporation
was carried by a vote of 81 to 2
4 Joseph TAFT, aged sixty-siN years, q
veteran of the Civil War, is dead az
Spring Valley from blood poisoning.
Fire destroyed the house and contents
of Gus Larson at Cass Lake. The fam
lily was asleep and barely escaped. No
The Renville school board has award,
ed the contract to O. III. Howe for a
$4,000 addition to the school building.
The farm house of o. E. Dahlstrom,
one mile south of Harris, was entirely
consumed by fire on Tuesday morning
last.
"A creamery association has been
formed at Granite Falls. 1t is proposed
to issue shares of stock and erect a.
building.
The Duluth city council has passed
an ordinance placing all city employees
under the supervision Of the garnish-
ment act. rs ny .s
u Fire destroyed the stock of dry goods
and clothing Of John Engesser at st.
Peter. The loss is SIC, 600, with no In
surance. @ 5s @
Gertrude Alexander, q girl of sixteen
years, was arrested at Rochester for
disorderly conduct and sent to the re-
form school.
Engbradt Oleson, living at the West
End, Duluth, working in the woods,
had his head so badly crushed by log
that death resulted. s
The Murphy -four mill, at Royalton.
burned with its contents, wheat and
-four. The loss is heavy, partially COW
cred by insurance.
city Health Officer Robinson of Da-1
luth. who has had charge Of smallpox
matters for a year, reports that there
have been over 800 cases.
Two barns were destroyed by fire, at
Little Falls. They belong to J. q. Bou
Little Falls. They belong to ]. G. Bour-
ASA and Robert Murke.
Fodder thieves are numerous in the
vicinity Of Pine City. A few nights
several loads of corn and three loads
OF timothy hay We're stolen.
On account of the enforcement of the
II o'clock law, the saloon element at
Jordan will put a full ticket in the field
at the spring election in April.
James Connolly, an evangelist of
Chicago has worked at Renyille two
weeks, 100 new accessions to the Meth
odist church being the result. III \
Willie Dixon. a neWsboy on the pas.
anger train going west, was accidently
shot through the arm at Glencoe. He
was left at Glencoe for treatment.
The Adrian Life association, a new
life. accident and sick benefit fraternal
organization has been incorporated. Its
officers and promoters are blsiness men.
While parties were moving the old
Methodist church at Wells. the wire
cable which was used to pull it, broke,
striking C. III. Arcn and, breaking both
legs.
Captain r. II. Freeman, an old resi-
dent Of Fergus Falls, died of apoplexy.
Mrs. w. A. Munger of Mazeppa, died
from pneumonia and meningitis at the
age of 20. r.
Mrs. c. j. Bree and her baby daugh-
ter, at Clarkfield We're burned by the
explosion of a gasoline stove. The child
died shortly after the accident and the
m other cannot live. 5sf
Pearson & Fawcett of Duluth had
the lowest of half dozen bids for the
erection of the public library building,
at s65,7Ss, and secured the contract. It
is to be completed by January next.
Henning Is to have new state bank.
f. G. Barrows, the Fergus banker, has
interested local capitalists, and will
start the bank at once. This will give
Henning two good banks with ample
capital. "
Albert Babe and Marion Mann. who
were arrested for burglarizing several
business houses at Faribault, were
found guilty of larceny in the first de-
gree and bound over to the district
court.
A movement has been started at Fo-
ley to remove the county seat from
Sauls Rapids to Foley. Ten thousand
dollars have been raised by popular
subscription to defray the cost of
new court house and jail.
Martha Tsallier, a paroled member of
the state training school, has been re-
arrested at Duluth. for indecent be-
havor and Is likely to have her parole
rescinded and to be sent back to Red
Wing. The police call her incorrigible.
Regarding the investigation that has
been held at the Indian school at Nor
ris. by Special Commissioners p. L.
Chalcraft of the Indian bureau, 1t has
leaked out that his report will COM
pletely exonerate Supt. Johnson from
all the counter charges, and will so
state things that some of the present
employees will be looking for jobs. 1t is
hoped that the whole affair viii be
cleaned up this time, and SO put an end
to the periodic differences at the school.
Fire broke out in the blacksmith and
wagon shop at Cottonwood, owned by
John Elmer. Owing to strong wind
the fire could not be controlled until it
had consumed the building and con-