Warren sheaf., 1903-07-23
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

s The First National bank Of Grand
Meadows has been organized.
p. NJ Rosser Of Chicago was run.
over and killed on a railway crossing
near Wells. M " ss..
The barber shop Of j I. E. Mills at
Rush City was bnrglarizzed to the ex-
tent Of SIS.
The farm residence Of James Muir
ray, south Of Henning, was burned
ITO the ground. 4.
n s. 35A. Doran, agent Of the n orthern
Pacific at Stacy was struck by a
base ball and received injuries from
which he died. #. 81.
Judge Orr Of st. Paul holds that
members Of a secret order cannotsbe:
compelled to divulge the secrets of
the order. & 1.
The postoffice at Point Douglass,
has been discontinued after an active
service of over sixty years. Rural free
delivery is the consequence.
The house Of j. i'll Crowley Of Du-
luth was rified by burglars and sew
eral hundred dollars worth Of Jewell
,ry was stolen.
III L. NJ. Loomis will erect four eleva-5
tors this summer between Faribault5
and Zumbrota on the Faribault-
Wabasha division Of the Milwaukee
road. #
The state dairy and food commits
sion prosecuted two retail dealers on
the charge of selling maple sugar
mixed with glucose and cane sugar.
Mrs. M. Makenen, aged 2s years,
was drowned in Rice lake, near Brain
erd, while bathing. She has four
children. #Sss IL
Peter Olson, a laborer on the Min
nesota & International road, was kill
ed near Backus. He had been on al
drunk, fell asleep on the railroad
track and was killed by an engine,
The man was single and about so
years old.
Aillers of La Crosse, who have been
anxious to purchase Minnesota wheat
have agreed to pay the expenses of a
Minnesota inspector. who will ex-
anime the grain received at the Wis
.consin city. IL m
the contract for the new dormitory
building, to be erected at the state
agricui sural school. The contract
price is about $4,000.
Willie Nitz, a nine-year-old son of
Gustave 4,itz of Belle Plaine, was
drowned in the Minnesota river. He
was standing on the bank, which
caved in IL.
August Kopt, 3-year-old child at
st. Paul, was terribly burned BY the
explosion of a gasoline can, into
which he threw a lighted match.
The state board Of health reported
40 cases of smallpox in Minnesota for
the week ending July 13. This is the
same number of cases reported for
the previous week. Il. s55$
Reports are current in university
circles to the effect that several of
Minnesota's ablest instructors are
POSIllOuS
in other institutions. 3s. 4.
The Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
met at the Merchants hotel, ST. Paul,
! to arrange for the celebration of ter
ritorial day at the state fair. 1t was
decided to make repairs to the log
cabin headquarters at the fair
grounds and to collect data and arr
ticles for the museum at the log
cabin. .ss5. 5 If sss
The state dairy and food depart
ment has, received information that
some Of the, lemon extract sold in
Minnesota is highly tinctured with
wood alcohol. The department. has
prosecuted, since Jan. 1, two cases
of this kind on which the fines
amounted to- $125. s 55.. '3585
While assisting in the raising Of q
building at Frank Woester's farm,
near Dennison, Erick Floren was in
stantly killed by a falling timber. He
was Sc years old.
Sand is being pumped from the bed
of the Mississippi to raise the level
of 9.''the flats at West st. Paul, which
are flooded more or less each spring.
Mike Gillens, 70 years old, who
lives with his daugh ter, Mrs. Hanson,
{ in Everett Court, st. Anthony Park,
ST. Paul, drank about a pint Of blue
vitriol and may die from the effects
Of the poison which was taken ac-
cidentally.
The heavy storm which passed over
Winona recently caused q landslide
on the Chicago Great Western road
five miles west. "a fast freight train
rounded q curve and ran into several
feet Of sana which had fallen on the
tracks. The engine left the track,
carrying with it several Of the box
cars. All were piled up in q heap at
the side Of the track. s.s
Sam Margules and Henry Mahomey,
|. two youths who claim to have reach
ed the age of s. a, but look younger,
were arrested at Minneap polls by De
tectives HELM and Morrisey and Pa
trolman John Long. They are charg-