New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-12-13
GOPHER GOSSIP.

SStIIl, iltu i,
ST. Paul-St. Paul lodge of ElEs
celebrates it's nineteenth anniversary !
by giving a banquet
st. Paul-Assistant Commissioners
Trenham says the Minneapolis police
should look after bad whisky.
st. Paul-Lorenzo Thomas, 1877 East
Congress street. is seriously injured
While inspecting vacant house
ST. Paul-Mrs. T. Robinson, 7S2 Ce-
dar street, falls down stairs and re-
ceives injuries which may be fatal.
Minneapolis The annual report of
the chief grain inspector shows that
the receipts of wheat are decreasing.
ST. Paul-The ST. Paul club women
plan to entertain 5000 visitors dur
ing the biennial of the general fedora
! ton.
Minneapols-A total of I'll arrests
was made in Minneapolis during the
month Of November. Of this number,
| ATT were for drunkenness and 240 for
4 other offenses.
South st. Paul-The residence of
Mrs John Wanka was destroyed by
fire yesterday morning. The fire origi-
mated in the kitchen chimney and
spread with great rapidity.
ST. Paul-Health Commissioner
| Ohage says he means it when he says
that dairymen selling milk in st. Paul
! must furnish proof that their herds
have been inspected for tuberculosis.
/ ST Paul-There will be no revised
charter for the voters OF st. Paul to
adopt or reject at the election next
spring And unless there is strenu-
Gus call from the people there will be
no amendments to consider.
ST. Cloud-A gas plant suitable for
furnishing gas to city Of $4,000 peo-
pie is to be built in ST. Cloud by the
Public Service company, of which A
G. Whitney is president. The cost Of
the plant will be $4,000. 1t will be
erected on Fifth avenue north.
ST Paul-The state board of in
vestment approved loans of over $780,
goo to counties, townships, and school
districts. Applications of counties for
drainage loans amounting to over $65,-
600 were passed over by the board
and will be considered next Friday.
StillWa ter-Edwin L. McPheters. the
Northern Pacific express messenger
who had his back broken in the burn
!
! the st. Croix on Sept. IS, 1904, died
this afternoon after heroic suffering
as a result of the injuries.
Crookston-A. G. Anderson, who has
returned to this city from moose
hunt in the Wilds of the Rapid river
country north of big Red lake, reports
the finding of the body Of a trapper on
the shore Of the Rapid river, sixty rods
from the place where the bones of an
other trapper were discovered by Fred
Cooke several months ago.
Winona-The unique distinction OF
celebrating their golden wedding an
niversary in the city where they have
lived for forty-nine years, and in the
same house in which they have lived
for that length of time, was enjoyed
today by Mr.. and Mrs. Matthias Staack
of this city.
Moorhead-The tax rate for the yea1
1905 is 80 mills 1t is made up as fol-
lows: State, $50 mills; state school
1928; county revenue, $40: county roaC
! and bridge, 1; county interest, .27:
, general school, 1; city, general, A. city
. library, 100: city schools, 10; city
schools (sinlSing), $50. The net as
sessed valuation Of the city propert!
= is $1,119,6S4
Eveleth-John Anderson, recen
arrival from Sweden, was killed nea
. -Fayal No. shaft while attempting t.
e move an ore car with crowbar. TIL
S bar slipped and the car backed OF
S him, killing him instantly. The re
d mains were brought to the Gleason
d morgue here. Relatives at Chisholm
J.. have been notified. This is the frs
:, fatal accident at the FayaI mine il
y several years. 1t is not accounted
-, mining accident as it occurred on til
u surface
Minneapolis-A recent report is
e sued by the state superintendent Q
It public instruction shows that there ar
f. now 4,57S school libraries in Minnesota
representing a cost of s477,216 Thes
libraries have been increased 1921
volumes, or I3 per cent, within tn
=. year. '--.
IT. Mankato-The council has passed a
o. ordinance extending the time in whic
the Mankato & ST. Peter Railway
~ Lighting company shall have fly
l. miles of street railway laid, and in &C
a. tive operation, to Feb. II, 1905. A
1t that time the franchise Of the so-calIe
u Willard company will expire, and II
e. council Will only extend the 1ranculs
D. of the company making the best si,oN
e.. ing. Both viii be in the field for g
~ extension.
a Fort Snelling-The' old graveyard
now a thing of the past. Mccarthy
:. Sons, the ST. Paul firm Of undertaken
H. who held the contract for removing Il
II bodies from the old graveyard to Il
Or new post cemetery, have finished Il
work.
st. PauI-The capitol commission
~ its monthly meeting yesterday allow
ut vouchers to John La Fargo for $1,000
IT. Rufus Zogbaum $1,000 and the Oh
re- Elevator company SI,sO0. Il was r
al ported that Two of the La Fargo pi
!, lures for the supreme court room ha
~ been shipped from New York and W
~ arrive and be put in place Friday
Saturday this week.
az Minnea polis-For the month Of n
ao vember the gross earnings of the CT
en- cago Great Western increased $51, 50
til 81, as compared with the correspond
eat month of last year. For the fl
ri months the gross earnings increas
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