The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-04-04
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

against saloon licenses.
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 Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank b. Keene of Denmark has been
missing for two weeks.
The Schwab Land company of Clear
Lake sold an entire township of As
sinlboia 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, verdict for SIS for shep-
herd pup killed by Marshal Zahl.
At Browndale, III. F. Brown sold
thirty-one Shorthorn cattle for $780,
769.50. w. III. Dunwoody paid $3.50
for 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 4 and S.
Captain Fred J. Barrows, of Mime
apolis, has been ordered transferred
from the military prison at Manila to
the prison at Fort Leavenworth, U. S.
A.
James A. Cross, % years of age, and
his brother, Fred o. Cross, IA months
younger, were locked up at central
police station Minneapolis on charges
of forgery.
j. HI. 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. Sim
Ioir o. NIL, he
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
planted in the lake.
The county commissioners of Cook
county have certified to the state for
'estry board 1859 acres of forfeited
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.
Postoffices have been established at
Jonestad, Marshall county, Mimi, and
John Larsen appointed postmaster;
oil OF
o. M. Olsen, postmaster.
Dennis Brennan, mayor of Hinck-
ley, one of the best Irish jig dancers
in the west, has issued challenge to
any Irish jig dancer for a contest,
proceeds to go to the church.
Contract for the erection of the new
high school at Cokato was let to Peter
Peterson, of Litchfield, for $1O,5OO,
and the heating contract was let to o.
c. Doyel, of ST. Cloud, for $1,000.
The first county convention ever
held in Minnesota in the interest of
the good roads movement met 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
rangements 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 1841. 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, a Duluth saloonkeeper,
has been arrested on a charge of sell
ing adulterated whisky. His case is
set for March 25.
Senator Nelson received from Gen
eral Ell Torrance an invitation for
Wu Tho EapU the Chinese minister