The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-22

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FERGUS FALLS, MlNN.-The fire on
Saturday destroyed the following build"
ings: Chase estate. livery barn and office.
$1,000; Oswald Hoffman, stock. $500, in
sured; Fred Berger, bakery building, $500;
Agrcll, storeroom and residence, $500;
ThOre, warehouse and cottage, $500; Lisch
corner owned by Apple of Saltwater.
81, 900; Marston's drug store, stock, $4,000,
$4,000 Insurance.; building, $4,000; Dorothy
office. 5000; Folsom offices, $500: Lund-
berg tinshop, 5000; Agrell residence and
saloon building. $4,000. $4,000 insurance,
stock $500. no insurance; millinery stock.
$1,000; Thone store, $1,000, stock $4,000;
Conner store 81 900, stock $15,500; Folsom
block, $1,000; Ellison block and dwelling,
| IS, 800, insurance $2,450; Nordeen, house.
| hold goods, $500. The entire loss will
amount to $4,000, with small Insurance.
EXCELSIOR, MINING. w. shuman
picked several quarts Of strawberries the
past week on his fruit farm at Christmas
Lake. The fruit is large and Of a fine
favor-F. J. Stoddard gathered from one
apple tree on his fruit farm near Excel
sior ten bushels of fruit, which sold on the
Minneapolis market for 81 5busnei.-J'
| w. Bull has purchased from Henry Hutch
| ms lots A and As at Meadviile Park With
| a. summer cottage. consideration. 1900
| Herman Young of Mound has sold to T.
Peterson Of Minneapolis. AIN acres for
| ST. SOO-James Turnham sold eleven acres
! on Maxwells bay to James A. Iettefly OF
| Minneapolis for $1,500.-Prof. Dana Get
| chell teacher in the mission school al
Marsovan, Turkey occupied the pulpit OF
the Methodist church last night, speaking
on the Turks and giving an account of his
work among them.
HASTINGS, MlNN.-Anton Ginther, OF
| WabaSha, who was released from the
! Hastings state asylum a few weeks ago
was returned to the institution yesterday
his mental condition having become worse
Paul w. Rothe, second miller at the
Gardner MILL has leased the. Little Can
non mill at Cannon Falls from S.. W
| THOMPSON for five years.-Mrs. w. II
| Bacon fractured her left leg between the
knee and ankle by a fall from walk
The following republican county commit
tee has been appointed for the ensuing
two years: II. L. Sumption, Hastings
H. E. Otte, Castle Rock; G. II. Staples
Mendoza; F. r. Griebie, Pennington
Thomas Foster Sciota. The first meeting
will be held at Pennington next Thursday
| to make preliminary arrangements for the
| campaign.
FERGUS FALLS, MINN.-Supervisine
Architect Taylor has notified the con
| tractors who submitted bids for the con
struction Of the public building in this
city that new drawings have been made
and asking for figures covering the add.
| tional cost. 1t is expected the new plans
will exhaust the appropriation. The orig
inal bids were entirely too low.-Nil Ed.
strom and family arrived from Norway
| Saturday and one Of his sons died a few
hours after reaching this city-Chairmar
Johnson of the republican county com:
mittee, has arranged with Congressman
Eddy to deliver an address In this city
during the campaign.-The county com
missioners held q special meeting and re-
| jected three applications for liquor II.
censes in Bluffton and Richland.
EAST GRAND FORKS, MiNN.-A con
| test is possible over the election in Polk
| county There was a larger number o.
| votes cast In the fourth ward of East
| Grand Forks than ever before, and more
| than those who were defeated by alleged
! illegal voting think it should not be al.
lowed to stand. John Holten Of Fertile
one Of the candidates for representative
| was defeated by five votes, and has
| through his attorney commenced an in.
vestigation. If the situation warrants he
will contest the matter. Should this ware
be thrown out it would result in at leas
one other change, in the roster of those
| nominated, and-splaces the name Of Joh1
Mclean Of Croekston on the ticket fol
judge Of probate Instead Of O. A. Thoreso1
of this place.