Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-25

necessity of it's preservation from
wanton destruction should be cult
vated."
Death at Wedding.
Death came as an unbidden guest
into the midst of wedding party at
Duluth when rife bullet fired by
Oscar Londen crashed through the
side of the house and killed Mrs.
Hannah Matson.
The tragedy occurred at the house
OF John Alp, where Matt Anton and
Hilda Frederickson had been married
earlier in the evening" Following the
wedding the assembled friends parti-
cipated in a party, in honor of the
event
Oscar Londen was one of a chari-
vari party and carried 1850 Spring.
field rife. Standing near the house
he was firing the gun in the air, low
ering the muzzle each time he
pumped a new shell into the firing
chamber. At the fatal shot he fail
ed to get the muzzle of the gun elev-
ated sufficiently before the weapon
was discharged, with the result
stated
important Notice.
Public Superinte ndent J. w. Olsen,
secretary to the state high school
board, sent an important notice to
the schools under the supervision of
the board. The notice states that
the board has made ruling that af
ter July 81, 1903, no teacher will be
accepted by the state board as quail
flied to teach in the grades of such
schools who has not at least a Sec
ond grade state certificate. and no
teacher shall be deemed qualified to
teach above the sixth grade who has
not at least first grade state certi-
icate. This rule will not be enforc-
ed against teachers already en-
ployed
A Wiser Man.
Joseph Garrish, farmer living
near Garner, Iowa. put trust in a
stranger, and will leave the city sew
eral hundred dollars poorer than he
was when he arrived. He landed in
minneapolis few days ago while on
his way to North Dakota and had
1870 in his pocket. Fearing highway
men, he decided to leave the money
in safe place, and deposited it with
the bartender in a Washington ave-
nue. saloon. When he called for his
money he found that the bartender
had disappeared and that the money
was gone. Garrish reported the mat
ter to the police.
interesting Relic.
A gun owned by John Other Dav.
the noted friendly Indian of the
Sioux uprising. is the recent acQuiSi-
ton Of the state historical society.
During the Sioux uprising a colony
of SiNty-twp whites were surrounded
by the Yellow river station. The
country was filled with hostile In
dians. and it was apparently only
a matter Of days when they would
sWoOp down on the station. John
Other Day made his way to Yellow
Medicine and guided the besieceel
colonists in >afer% to the stronger
posts at Hutchinson. Carver and Sha-
kopee.
A Relic.
An interesting relic of pioneer DAYS
stands in the court house ward at Red
Lake Falls and many in passing Won
der what history can be connected
with the old water wheel that it
should be SO prominently displayed.
The wheel is the first turbine ever
operated in Minnesota and was orig
inally set up at St. Anthony Falls. la
ter being moved to Fergus Falls For
some years it furnished power for a
grist mill at Red Lake Falls.
News Notes.
Burglars entered the dress silk
store of W. F. Cleary, 722 Nicollet
Avenue, Minneapolis, between the
hours of and 10, and carried of
silk to the value of $500.
William Whalen, aged ~ years, of
Minneapolis, was seriously injured
by the explosion of revolver cart
ridge with which he was playing.
The new wolf bounty bill in Min
nesota provides for a bounty of $3.50
for full grown wolves and a dollar
each for cubs. It is a question if the
brutes can be raised from puppyhood
to maturity for the difference.
Two men supposed to be Harry
Satterlee and Ed McClue were ar
rested at Horska on suspicion of be-
ing concerned in cracking the safe of
the Nicollet bank.
Edward Lanctot, OF Crookston,
Frenchman, has been married fifty
one years, and is the father or
grandfather of sixty descendants, hv-
ing and dead. He has twelve chill
dren, ten of whom are living.