Mower County transcript., 1902-10-01
NEWS I'm MINI OTA

Paul than last year. .* z$ :...1sS .;55 ii
Not a, foot of wooden sidewalk was
laid in st. Paul this season.. >sssss$
John H. Thurston, resident Of Min.
nesota since 1855. is dead at ST.. Paul.
General William Booth, organizer Of
the Salvation Army, will be in St. Paul
Nov. 20 and %. - = @'@e'
An unidentified man committed sui
eide in the Tracy Jail by hanging. He
was about twenty years old. - n
Mrs. C. A. Pillsbury is dead at Min.
neapolis. She was the widow ,of
Charles A. Pillsbury, who died about a
year ago.. " = ..- -: ~:
The state health boards weekly
smallpox report shows twelve new
cases, of which seven are in Proctor
Knott, St. Louis county.
Among eight horses destroyed in a
barn which burned at Proctorknott
Sunday was Smoky" formerly Buf-
falo Bills favorite horse.
The Minneapolis city council has de-
cided, by practically unanimous vote,
to take the name Of "A. A. Ames" from
the city payroll. The mayor has been
drawing salary right along.
Two of the buffet cars Of the Great
Northern railway, while temporarily
in the yards at st. Paul for repairs,
were broken into by burglars and more
than $1,000 worth of silverware was
carried away. r :
The state board of corrections and
wan county JAIL Arrangements have
70 ric or IN
Mankato Jail until a suitable building
can be erected. T. .--
w. J. Hahn, q loader of the Minneap.
oils bar, dropped dead in the court.
room while examining a witness. He
had served as attorney general Of Min
nesota and was member of the recent
state tax commission.
A jury in the case Of Rev. Louis
Richter against the North and West
Publishing company at Minneapolis de-
cidod that it Is not libelous to call a
| man Judas" although the man be
minister of the gospel.
Sheriff Vine of Olmstead county, this
state, with a large posse, has overta.
ken a band of alleged horse thieves at
Northwood, 1a., arrested one of the
men and recovered the four horses
stolen near Spring Valley a week ago.
There will be no contest between tho
rifle teams of the Illinois and Minneso.
ia national guard for the Washburn
trophy this year, as Minnesota, who
challenged Illinois, did not get her
challenge in by March 1, the specified
time. a. +.
A desperate battle was fought at
Park River, N. D., Sunday afternoon
between a band Of Indian horse trad
ers and a number Of harvest hands.
Nels Johnson, one of the latter, was
shot and instantly killed in the fight.
His home is at Whitman, this state.
James F. Tibbets, well known Du-
luth undertaken, committed suicide by
shooting. Tibbets had recently be-.
come financially. embarassede and this,
coupled with the fact that his love for
a Duluth woman had BEEN spurned.
are believed to have been the, cause OF
the deed >@<' '2&N d
T Three bears two only cubs, made a
peaceful excursion into Duluth Friday.
They went through the nest~residence
front and the two cubs .trotting bow
leggedly along behind. After their
tour of inspection the trio returned to
the woods. ?.
The town of Girard, Otter Tail coun-
ty, made 4 record at the recent pri-
mary election, only two votes being
cast there, while the number regis
tered was sixty-six. The compensa-
ton Of the judges and clerks was $40,
and the cost of transporting ballots
was $3.50.
The northbound freight train on the
Minneapolis and st. Louis road col
ltded with an empty freight car near
New Ulm and the engine was thrown
from the track. The fireman and en-
gineer jumped and saved their lives,
They rolled down an embankment for
ty feet HIGH
Nearly 10000 cattle changed hands
at the St. Paul union stock yards dur
ing the first five days of last week.
The business is the largest that has
ever been done in a week in the his
tory of the stock yards, and is much
larger than has been done during some
ordinary months. .:.r..s- al
A. f. Foster, of ,Litchfleld was beaten
for the Sixth district Republican con-
gressional nomination by forty:seven
votes, Michael J.. Bowling was beat
on for the Seventh district nomination
by: an even 300 Both charge fraud
Foster says he will bring a, contest.
Dowling is uncertain, but will probably
not go to the courts. :: :: t,' ~! ~ =
Requisition papers: issued by, Gov
ernor Van SAINT for. Mayor Ames, who
is: in West Baden, Ind. and. at pres
ent in the hands of County Attorney
Boardman will be- served on the gov
ernor of Indiana in the course of an
other week unless DR.. Ames signifies
his intention of returning within a
reasonable length of time /. l.. .t-tff
The funeral Of Joseph Narcotic, the
centenarian who died. Wednesday,
took place Friday morning from st.
Marys church, at White Bear. The
deceased was born In Canada Dec: IL,
1871, and was; therefore, almost, 105
years old-the Oldest man il the
Northwest: He has sixteen children
and many grandchildren / and u great
i .s5 'Sft4.