Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

The first boat to pass through the
draw bridge at Hastings was the j. J..
Hill.
A young man named Quick
committed suicide near kasson by
drowning.
The 17-year-old son Of Mt. and Mrs.
Frank 8. Keene of Denmark has been
missing for two weeks
The Schwab Land company of Clear
Lake sold an entire township OF AS
siniboia land to Iowa men,
The Office of the Crown Iron Works,
Minneapolis, was wrecked by burglars
who failed to secure any cash.
A jury at Morris gave George Clark,
a farmer, 4 verdict for SIS for shep-
herd pup killed by Marshal Zahl.
At Browndale, Fl. F. Brown sold
thirty-one Shorthorn cattle for $2s,-
76o.50. W. H. Dunwoody paid $3.50
for a four-year-old cow.
The articles of incorporation of the
American State Bank of St. Charles
were filed with the register of deeds.
The capital stock is $4,000.
A crematory plant is in process Of
construction at the state university,
being erected under the auspices of
the state board of health
The congregation of the Peoples
church at st. Paul last night adopted
the committees suggestion that the
church be rebuilt on the old site.
The sixth annual meeting of the
Northern Minnesota Educational AS
ISOLATION will be held in the St. Cloud
state normal school, April i and s.
Captain Fred J. Barrows, of Mime
| apolis, has been ordered transferred
from the military prison at Manila to
the prison at Fort Leayenworth, L. S.
A.
James A. Cross, % years of age, and
his brother, Fred 0. Cross, II months
younger, were locked up at central
police station Minneapolis on charges
of forgery.
J. H. Ellithorp, a brakeman, was
killed in the Milwaukee yards at
Twenty-eighth street and Hiawatha
avenue, Minneapolis, his body being
badly mangled.
Four new boats were enrolled at
Duluth, the Flint, Pretoria, Matanzas
and Carthegena. Captain A. r. Sin
clair, OF Duluth, has bought the Sim
clair for $4,000.
Sam F. Fullerton, state game war
den, intends to drag both shores of
Lake Pepin as soon as the ice is
cleared out, in order to seize all nets
planted in the lake.
The county commissioners of Cook
county have certified to the state for
estry board 1889 acres Of forfeited
tax land, which will be reserved for
forestry purposes.
John Herst, found wandering in
the woods west of Faribault has been
adjudged insane and committed to the
asylum at Rochester. He had $463
on his person when found.
The merchants of Mankato recently
formed an organization to advance
the interests of the city and also to
prevent losses through the contract
ing of poor accounts
Postofices have been established at
Jonestad, Marshall county, MIMI, and
John Larsen appointed postmaster;
also at Phena, Itasca county, Mimi,
y. NJ. Olsen, postmaster.
Dennis Brennan, mayor of Hinck-
InC ~ tho J..
in the west, has issued challenge to
any Irish jig dancer for contest,
proceeds to go to the church.
Contract for the erection of the new
high school at Cokato was let to Peter
Peterson, of Litchfe1d. for $1O,5OO,
and the heating contract was let to 0.
c. Doyel, of St. Cloud, for $500.
The first county convention ever
held in Minnesota in the interest of
the good roads movement net at
Rochester under the auspices of the
board of county commissioners.
Two country school districts have
consolidated with the district of
Pleasant Grove, Olmsted county. Ar
engagements have been made for
transporting the pupils to the central
school.
Judge Searle in district court at St.
Cloud Saturday granted divorce to
Abram Garfield, aged 70, from
Rozetta Garfield, aged II. The aged
couple were married in 1s41, but sep
arated in 1891.
The fifteen cities which have APP
piled for the new training school for
girls are getting anxious to hear from
the state board of control. A deci-
sion was expected in January, but
members of the board seem unable to
decide.
The first case under the Daugherty
liquor law has been brought by the
state dairy and food department.
Henry Savage, Duluth saloonkeeper,
has been arrested on charge of SELL
ing adulterated whisky. His case is
set for March Is.
Senator Nelson received from Cen
eral Ell Torrance an invitation for
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister,
to deliver an address before Rawlins
G. A. E. post of Minneapolis. The date
of the delivery of the address is left
to Minister WI.
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers win
hold their annual meeting May IL at
the state fair grounds. The usual
program will be carried out, the
only unusual feature being an old
time ''social" to- be held at the state
capitol in the evening. at which the