The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-25
GOPHER GOSSIP.

menI decides not 10 sell the virginia
bonds.
ST. Paul.-S. f. Stoler has resigned
as general freight agent of the Chi
cago Great Western.
drowned out in the low lands of
Northern Minnesota.
st. Paul.-Three state officials work
on bill requiring children of school
age to attend school.
St. Paul.-Edward III. C. Taylor,
Northern Pacific auditor of freight
receipts. dies suddenly.
st. Paul.-State Auditor Iverson will
sell many tracts of forfeited land at
public auction this fall.
Moorheadu.-More than five thou
sand harvest hands are needed along
the Great Northern line.
st. Paul.--The state board of con-
troll plans to revise the payroll of
employees at state institutions
Red Wing.-Lieut. Col. Gerlach
makes very favorable report on the
Minnesota national guardsmen.
apolis.-Melton Blunt, II
years old, rescued young woman
from drowning at Lake Harriet
st. Paul.-Non-board fire insurance
agents have organized a non-union
st. Paul board of fire underwriters.
Minneapolis.-The biennial national
convention of the Universalist church
| will meet in this city Oct. 10 to 25
| 10 ify
for James Whellan was badly injured
by the bursting of cream separator
Minneapolis.-Th city consumes
| about twelve carloads of bananas a
day. through shipping and it's retail
| trade.
st. Paul.-Capt. J. C. Devereux, 615
| Grotto street, yesterday celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of his arrival
in this city.
Aitllin.-United States engineers
begin investigation of the operation
of government dams on the upper
Mississippi.
apolis.-Frank McGrath, the
two-year-old child of Mrs. Frank Nc
Grath, died in it's mothers arms at
their home.
Washington.-The salary of the
postmaster at New Prague, Mimi, has
been ordered increased from 81 800 to
800 year.
Minneapolis.-Fo the first time IN
twelve years Democrat presided at
a council meeting and the Republic
ans were in the minority.
Crookston.-The state game COM
mission will make war on the para
site which is killing millions of fish
in Tie northern part of the state,
Minneapolis.-Arc BIaylock,
paperhanger, fell into the Missis-
sippi river while attempting to board
an excursion steamer at st. Paul.
EXcelsior.-At a special meeting of
the village council the time for the
| completion of the electric railway
| from Minneapolis was extended to
| Nov. %.
neapolis.-Personal property in
this city for purposes of taxation, is
valued at $32,S19, 147, according to the
figures in the office of City Assessor
G. j. Minor.
st. Paul.-Minnesota may be able
to collect thousands of dollars from
the federal government as the re-
suit of the sale of Indian lands by
federal officials.
st. Paul.-For tee first time in the
history of the state all persons hunt
ing game birds outside their home
county will be required to take out
a license this year.
South st. Paul.-The legality of the
school board has been questioned, and
Attorney General Young is investigat-
ing the question whether the act Gre
ating the board is valid.
st. Paul.-The city's population, as
figured by the state census bureau.
is 197.O25. In 1900 the federal census
gave the city 163,O65. The increase
is $1,000, OF about 81 per cent.
Crookston.-Ole Olson, whose home
is in Garness township, Red Lake
county, lies in a precarious condition
as the result of vicious assault made
upon him by one of his cows.
Austin.-The city souncil has grant
ed to the Leckband Gas company of
Mason City twenty-year franchise
to lay pipes in this city and build and
conduct gas plant for heating and
lighting purposes.
Delavan.-O. f. Colby, a farmer and
old settler, was thrown forward in
his buggy in such manner that he
became entangled in the whiffietree.
The team became frightened, ran
away and killed him.
St. Paul.-While the corpse of the
two-year-old son of S. A. Hooper was
being taken to the union depot en-
route to Belle PLANE for interment
the team got frightened at Sixth and
Robert streets and ran away.
Rooseevlt.--TomK nudson, home
steader, who was formerly employed
as moulder in Sweden, has discov-
cred fine pottery clay on land near
the siding of the Canadian Northern
railway at Roosevelt. 1t is of reddish
color.
Duluth.-Lumber stocks in Mime
sofa, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan
on Aug. 1 of this year were 100000
900 feet short of the stocks in the
same states on Aug. 1, 1904. OF this
shortage Minneapolis comes in for q
large share, with 6O,O00,OOO feet.
Minneapolis.-The state free en-
ployment bureau is doing land Office
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