Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-26
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CAR JUMPED THE TRACK
Refrigerator Car csuse Of Delay to
ITO Passenger Last Night
One Man Injured,


A refrigerator car with the late pas
senger last night jumped the track
near the coal chute, and Jesse Turn
er, who was taking ride on the car,
was hurled off, thereby receiving sew
eral bad cuts in the head and, it is
feared, also internal injuries. he
was taken to the Frost hospital and is
at this writing in an unconscious con-
dition.
This is the third time in six weeks
that the Great Northern has had acci-
dents of exactly the same kind. There
has every time been chance for q
wreck, but it seems as If Jim Hill will
not discontinue using those short cars
with his passenger trains until bad
wreck, involving loss of thousands
of dollars, will force him to do it.
John Gerstle visited with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gerstle, over
Sunday. BE Is at present fireman on
the Fergus Falls division.
Miss Bartholson of Minneapolis
and Miss Baker, of St. Paul, returned
to their homes last Saturday, after q
visit with Misses Ruth and Jessie Spi-
Ger.
Mrs. A. NARROW went to Mime
apolis yesterday for visit with
friends and relatives. She had been
here for some time visiting with her
son Owen.
Miss Martha Therne, of New Lon
don, went to Minneapolis on Satur-
day. She has accepted q position
with the Wholesale millinery firm of
Rothschild & Co.
No business was transacted at the
regular meeting of the city council
Monday evening on account of no
quorum being present. The council
adjourned until tomorrow evening.
The ice cream social given by the
Ladies Aid Society of the Lutheran
Free church last night, was a very
successful affair. The sum of S29 was
taken in and added to the home mis-
sion fund.
Work has been commenced on g.
new residence to be erected for Mrs.
Solomon Porter on her lots on Fifth
street. The excavating was started
last week. Andrew Bjorsell has the
contract for building.
!, Miss Quande,- of Thief River Falls
went to st. Paul yesterday after
visit with relatives in this city. She
is engaged in the millinery trade at.
her home town and went to St. Paul
to buy goods for the early fall trade.
The Young Peoples society of the
Synod church will have their next
regular meeting at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. M. O. Thorpe, on Friday
evening. Light refreshments will be
served and everybody is invited to
| attend.
There will be services at the Luther
an Free church next Sunday forenoon.
A collection will be taken for the
home missions and all are requested
to remember this important part of
the church work with liberal con-
tributions.
Rev. G. N. Arnold of Spring Val
| ley, Iowa, is guest at the home of
A. G. Crawford this week. The rev.
erend gentleman is the owner OF fine
farm eleven miles west of the city and
came up to look after his interests out
there.
Miss Ada Farnham, who is quite
we'll known here and who was one of
the Kandiyohi county teachers during
the past school year, will teach the
coming year in Montana. Miss Farm
ham has been engaged to take charge
of q school near Kalispell.
Nels Nelson, who lives about three
miles south of the city, is the happy
father of good-natured baby girl
who arrived at his home Sunday
morning. We know she will never
acquire the habit OF smoking, but her
papa must remember those of his
friends whe have.
Miss Emma Ellingson returned yes
terday from . months trip to the
coast. She had visited several places
of interest and enjoyed the trip i'm
mensely. Miss Sophie Olson, who
had been with her, passed through
here on her way to Minneapolis, where
she expects to stay until Saturday.
Gust Danielson of Mamre was in
Wtllmar last Monday, and made
pleasant call at the TRIBUNE Office.
he said the wheat In his vicinity
would run from seven to ten bushels
to the acre. Oats will be an unusually
good crop, and corn will be nne If the
frost does not come too early.
The erection of the superstructure
of the public library was begun last