Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
NEWS !||'ll' j N ES SOTI

SCI Mlud0t4QOllS DanK Clear1ngS TOT the
past year reached q grand total OF
S72O. .752,2s3.57
Z Dr. ]. Stevens, father Of Congress
man =. g. Stevens Of st. Paul, is dead
ct Bangor, Ne.
Fairmont is to have a packingh
Ktth q capacity for killing and curing
s 100 hogs q day.
John Wesley Crazy, aged ninety-five.
s. pioneer resident of Minnesota, is
dead at st. Paul.
The third annual poultry show Of
the Central Minnesota Poultry associa-
ton was held at Mankato last week.
The business Of the Winona postof.
fee for 1902 shows an increase Of
1872 per cent over the previous year.
w. b. Atkins, editor of the South
Minneapolis Press, is dead. He was
widely known among newspaper men.
Bank clearings IN st. Paul last year
show an increase of about IA per cent
over 1901. The figures for 1902 are
1924 4,197 ,119.17. .s.c.. : ,@>.,s .<... d.
James M. Olds, an engineer on the
Great Northern, was killed in a col
lision of two switch trains in the yards
at Minneapolis. -. s...=*zs;
Peter: Grytdahl, aged seventy-fve
years, died at Duluth Friday as the
result OF freezing his legs very badly
on Christmas night. - - s5
The gross receipts of the St. Paul
postofhce for 1902 amounted to $647,-
952.30, against $577, ,69S.85 for the pre-
cedlng year, an increase of $97, ,254.25.
During seven months of 1902 1882
cases of smallpox have been reported
to the state health board; during 1899,
275 cases; in 1900, 1871 cases, and in
1901, s,485 cases. :"
During 1902 st. Paul paid more for
fire insurance than ever before. This
Is due to increased rates and improved
property. The amount paid for insur-
ance during the year was 100000. "
A plant for the manufacture of NAL
leable castings is to be added; toe the
St. Paul Foundry company's estab-
lishment within the next six weeks.
The enterprise will employ from 300
to $50 men. -. -.
Reports from Washington are to the
effect that Congressman Fletcher is
urging the appointment of w. R. Nor
/ ris, the colored attorney of Minneapo-
lis, as minister to Liberia, a position
that pays $4,000 year.
; During 1902 130 homesteads have
been proved up in Hubbard county,
which adds about 100000 acres OF
good soil to the taxable property of the
county. There is practically no more
government land in the county. v:t..:;,
It is stated on reliable authority that
the general Offices of the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic railway will be
moved from Marquette, Mich, to Du-
luth, and that Duluth will become the
executive headquarters of the road.
A. J. hammers, George A. hammers
and John Mccarthy, all of Saltwater,
William O'Brien, st: Paul, and some
Duluth lumbermen have formed syn
d1cate to purchase a large tract of
standing timber in South Carolina. 4
Edward Larson was run over and
cut in two by a freight train in the
Rock Island yards at Albert Lea New
Years afternoon. He was about
twenty-five years Of age and was to
have been married later in the day. .s5
y, Game Agent Fullerton reports the
total receipts of his department tor
two years as $18,272 as against $12,84S
for the previous two years. The dis
bursements for the same time were
$2,292 as against $2,1S5 FOR the pre-
vlous two years.
Andrew Gustafson, a visitor to Min
neapolis, celebrated the arrival of the
glad New Year by losing the savings
OF several years, amounting to $1,120,
which he claims were stolen from his
pockets by a colored woman whom he
met on the streets -
Leo H. Pleins, the architect for the
department of Dakota, is at work on
the plans for remodeling the buildings
at Fort Smelling. It is his purpose to
make a complete change in the ap-
pearance of the fort and to dress up
the old stone barracks and guard
house in modern architectural style.
Former Congressman James N. Cas-
tie was found dead in the yard of his
home at Saltwater Friday Heart
failure was the cause. Mr. Castle was.
in the act Of feeding his chickens, of
Which he kept a great many, when
death came. Mr.. Castle was sixty-six
years of age and had been a resident
of saltwater since 1862. 49, =.
Governor Van SAINT has announced
that he will retain all of his heads of
departments with the exception of
Fred Schiffmann, oil inspector. Fen
ton G. Warner of st. Paul has been
named to succeed Schiffmann. In the
Minneapolis district George L. Match
an will succeed A. B. Robbins as sur
veyor of logs and lumber. 81 xs.
! The Bar association of the Fifteenth
district, embracing Aitkin, Crow Wing,
Hubbard, Cass, Itasca and Beltrami
counties, met at Bemidji Friday and
named committee to present to the
Legislature a bill for an additional
judge for the district. The association
placed itself on record against division
or the detachment of any county from
the district. s 5:55, ISL zS.
The suit by which H. ". Jones
sought to enjoin transfer of the con- con-.
trolling stock Of the Minneapolis
Times from w. E. Haskell and G. M.
Palmer, former owners, to- Robert b.
Thurston,: has been dismissed on mo-
tion Of Plaintiff Jones. The Times
announces the continuance Of the pres