Mower County transcript., 1902-12-10
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Fire at Hancock destroyed a. entire
nieek q e2g5a5 tGS%e bYll alilngs' 9aYsing
/ Timber wolves have created great
degrsdatiens among the " deer in tp NoFrth n ar .l
I Minneapolis mills handled about co..
I 100000 feet of logs less this year than
for many seasons past: 2:szz$': - :. =: =
! The customs collections in Mime.
sofa for Novemlbe ers amounted *tos $55,s.
! 600, an average monthly amount: y "a z
William ,stocker is dead. at Jordan,
aged ninety-four years. He was one
| Of the oldest residents Of that part Of
! the: state, *-,s- -. Z. = =. S'.,s :
+ Lake Pepin froze over Wednesday,
| night and, navigation; lis now practic-
ally closed the full length of the Mis-
sissippf river. :. - .-<. =. 8
| By the falling Of piece of timber
| down, the shaft OF the Pioneer mine at
Ely Nick Polan was instantly killed.
He was, struck. on the head. =: J;
The district. court OF: Hennep1n
county has shut down for lack of
funds. There will be nothing. doing
until the 1903. court fund becomes
available ''"s -.
Mrs. Broughton, an old lady resid-
ing at Cottonwood, ATTEMPTED to pass
in front of q freight train and as re-
suit suffered injuries that will proba-
bly, prove fatal.
The machinists' strike at the Amer
lean Hoist and Derrick company's
plant at st. Paul has been settled and
the men have returned to work with
an ;1ncrease in wages Of 10 cents per
day. ' +
DICK Palmer, a saloonkeeper at
Wilson's spur in Hubbard county, shot
Tom Seeleye with. q rifle, killing him,
Instantly. The killing was the result
of quarrel and Palmer is under ar
rest.
The state board Of health regards
the smallpox situation in the, state as
growing more serious daily. For the
week ended Tuesday, 1874 new cases
were reported, and the week previous
lis cases.
Advance sheets of the biennial re-
port of the game and fish commission,
which is being prepared by Executive;
Agent Fullerton, show that over 1O,-.
900 licenses were issued to deer hunt
ers this fall.
John B. Herring is dead at his home
near Ransom. He was :seighty-four
years of age. He was county commis-
sioner of Sargent county at its organ
lZatiOn and also held several other
minor offices.
Levi Bryant, an old settler of Aitkin
and prominent G.. A. r. man, was
found dead in his home at Aitkin. He
lived alone and while preparing his
dinner fell upon the stove and was
burned to death. !
The recent fiat increase of Is per
cent in all commercial fire insurance
rates demanded by the companies do
ing business in this state has caused
small-sized insurrection in the small
er towns of Minnesota. ~'''
Peter Becker, residing near Belle
Plaine and one of the oldest settlers
of that part of the state. while feed
ing his horses slipped and fell under
one :Of, them and was kicked in the
head. It is feared that he will die.
Judge Gray of the Hennepin coun-
ty district court has granted a decree
of divorce to Baroness Nina Won Stein
wehr. Baroness Won Steinwehr was a
Minneapolis girl. whose maiden name
was Clarke and She married the baron
in that. city in 1893.
Captain John A. Vanstrum. one of
the first settlers of Kittson county and
an official for the past fifteen years.
was found dead in his home at Hal
lock where he had killed himself. He
stabbed himself over twenty times in
the stomach, finally causing death.
Mrs. Otis Finhart, wife of Otis Fin.
hart, a prominent farmer living three
miles: north of Grand Meadow, made
an unsuccessful attempt to kill her
husband and child with. butcher
knife. She then set fire to the house,
which was completely destroyed.
The state legislature will be asked
for an appropriation of $60Q,000> with
which to defray the cost of finishing
the interior and halls and stairWays of
the new capitol in marble and Mime
sofa stone. II the money is not voted,
plain plaster will be used for the pur-
pose.
Assistant Food Commissioner Ding
man has discovered that wood alco-
hol is an ingredient of brand of ia
maica ginger that is being sold to lum-'
bermen and Indians as a substitute for
whisky, and it is the intention of the
department to prosecute the manufac-
turers.
The Pine Tree Lumber company of
Little Falls has closed one of the
most successful seasons Ia the his
tory of the mill. It has been in opera
tion continuously. day and night 20S
saving days. 1t is estimated that
about 66,000.000 feet of lumber has
been cut. ia. -.
The secretary of: the interior has
rendered, decision confirming the
claim of Mrs.. George :Lydeck to part
Of section 16, on which the toWnsites Of
Cass Lake Is located Mrs. Lydeck's
claim was based on an, Indian. allot-
ment and the state claimed section Is
as school lands: - '~''' " -.
:4Hogerie & Gotman's bank safe at
St. Bonifacius, five miles northeast. OF
Waconia, was blown open Thursday