The Tomahawk., 1903-08-27
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

ganiZe a commercial club.
James H. Berry, chief of the fire de-
partment of Mankato, is missing. he
came to Sioux City a week ago.
C. E. Miller, whose residence IS un-
known, was found dead in the Orien-
tai room of the Y. M. G. A. building
at Minneapolis. rs
The county commissioners denied the
petition for a new schoolhouse district.
with a school house at Minnetonka
Beach.
w. L. Darling, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific, has resigned to accept
a similar position with the Rock Island.
The school board of lie Seuer is in
confusion over the resignation OF the
superintendent of schools, F. w. Haft,
who has accepted the position of prin-
scipal of the Brainerd High school.
The state dairy and food commission
has received information that woman
in Minnesota is manufacturing pre-
.servative called canning compound,
which consists almost entirely of borax,
and which, if consumed in sufficient
quantities, means sudden death.
One of the school districts of Todd
county will not receive the regular ap-
portionment of the general school fund,
which will be made next October, be-
cause some of the teachers did not hold
legal certificates.
While attempting to remove pot
of burning paint from the stove Mrs.
Alex. Erickson, of St. Paul, was Sc
verely burned about the chest and
abdomen Her husband smothered the
flames with a blanket, and saved her
life.
A factory where sugar will be man
ufactured from pumpkins is being put
in at Foreston. H. P. Stanchfield is
president of the company and inven-
tor of the new process. Operations
will begin Sept. 1.
Figures given out by Secretary
George H. Lamphere of the Mime
sofa Soldiers Home showed that
since the soldiers relief fund was in
stituted in 1887, $709, 1862 has been
paid for relief to veterans.
The public baths of ST. Paul were
visited by 1O3,465 bathers during the
month of July, of which S@,160 were
of the male sex and 21,305 were fe-
males. The receipts of the baths dur
ing the month were $3,61715.
Minneapolis people who visit the
next state fair will find one of the
companies of the Minneapolis fire de-
partment housed in what is probably
the most complete fire station ever
put up on any state fair grounds.
Jonas Sarff, seventy-nine years OF
age, living at Branerville, dropped
dead while working in hay field.
He was a pioneer settler of Todd
county, and he is the third brother
who has met such death in the last
fifteen years.
Dan Austin, arrested for drunken
ness, at Minneapolis, made two at
tempts to hang himself in cell 13 at
Central station. and, failing in this
method, buttcd his head against the
bars until mis- scalp was badly cut
in several places.
To DR.. C. Straub and his associates
franchises were granted to construct
single track trolley lines from Minnea-
polls to Anolxa, via Robbinsdale, Osseo
and Champlin and to Shokopee via Lyn-
dale Avenue and Richfeld. An ac-
ceptance must be made within thirty
days, work commenced by May l, 1904,
and the lines completed wlthia 2 years.
Statistics complied by J. J. Lomen,
chief of the state bureau of statistics,
show that Minnesota is fast becoming
a great honey production state. Re-
turns from more than half of the coun-
ty. assessors show an increase of from
10 to 100 per cent in the number of
hives and the pounds of honey pro-
duced in 1902 over 1898.
Several university boys are spending
the summer at Camp Content, on the
west end of Big Island, Minnetonka,
were the victims of a clever burglary
the latter part of last week. The
thieves went to the CO mp in broad day
light, while the campers were away
fishing, and took everything of value.
Mrs. George Alton, living at Mime
apolis, is just now in receipt of let
ter addressed with her maiden name,
Mabel Niles, and mailed to her at
Rochester, twenty years ago.
Harold II. Witherstone, a railroad
construction engineer from Manches-
ter, England, was driven out of Cal
vary Baptist church, Minneapolis, by
q common house fly.
The police are beginning to think
that an organized gang of bicycle
thieves are at work in Minneapolis
During the last two weeks ten or
dozen wheels have been reported
missing every day.
An additional appropriation of $780,
543 will be needed to complete the
government dams in the Mississippi
river between Minneapolis and ST.
Paul.
A girl, apparently stranger, 1a
years of age, was arrested at The
Leader, at Red Wing, for shoplifting.