Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-12-23
GOPHER NEWS NOTES
as,oosso,. Event. Of me Week !

Fergus Falls.-Owing to attempted
raise by the Northwestern Telephone
Company Of local rates business men
Of the city have applied to the city
council for franchise to install anoth-
er exchange.
Fairmont, Dec. 20.-Charies Blindt,
young farmer, had his leg broken
and was otherwise seriously hurt
while taking part in barn dance.
The floor gave way letting the dan
GERS fall 10 feet No one else was
hurt.
Blue Earth.-In the high school de-
bate between Amboy and Blue Earth
at Amboy, Blue Earth won. The Blue
Earth team had the negative side of
the question, Should Minnesota In
augurate the Initiative and Referen-
dumT -
Brainerd-Paul Fourier was &C.
quilted of the murder Of N. o. Dahl,
Fourier was Immediately re-arrested
on a charge of numbering Dahfs
daughter. Aagot He was taken back
to Bemidji to await trial. having been
previously inflicted.
Minneapolis. Anthony z. Lever
ing for over 20 years private secretary
to Thomas Lowry. died after short
illness. Mr.. lowering was So years
old. He came to Minneapolis in the
early '70's and had lived at the family
residence for over rs years.
Minneapolis-The Radisson. Mime
apolis' palatial new million dollar hotel
was formally opened socially by the
Annual Charity ball, which was at
tended by six hundred of the elite of
The Twin Cities. The new hotel, which
is now open for guests. is a marvel of
hotel engineering.
The Offering at the Bijou. Minneapo-
lis, all of New Years week will be
Henry B. Harris production Of
Pierre of the Palms." which had a
considerable run at the Hudson The
atre in New York last year, scoring
one of the most emphatic hits of
he season.
Duluth.-State Auditor S. G.. liver
son sold at public sale mixed timber
in ST. Louis county to the amount Of
$50, 900. Birch brought 81. pine So,
tamarack and cedar ties 10 cents,
cedar poles 10 to so cents and spruce
81 to $3.50 per cord. 1t was the first
county sale under the new state law
governing the sale of state timber.
Mankato.--Louis Larsen. 20 years
Of age, was found partly burn
ed in a shack he occupied across
the Blue Earth river in South Bend
township. Fire had damaged the in
side OF the house. but was extin-
yuished for lack of air. Larson was
presumably reading and tipped the
lamp over He leaves \ son and a
daughter
Duluth.-John Wilson. self-con-
'essed burglar. was sentenced by
Judge Cant to five years in Saltwater
prison. the extreme penalty. He is 81
years of age and was arrested for
It has been learned that Wilson had
previously served three years in the
Auburn, ~ Y, state prison for at
tempted burglary.
Loretta. Opposition to the trans
fer without legal warrant of liq-
lor licenses granted by the county
board, is gaining ground in this vii
ilage. and the matter will be brought
| to the attention of the commissioners
soon. Other villages in Hennepin
county are known to have a strong
element anxious to have the law in
this regard enforced, among them
Robbinsdale and Hamel.
Stillwater.-Governo Eberhart ad-
vised President l.. W. Seymour, of the
Booster Club, that, owing to his pres
ence being needed in St Paul for a
strike conference. he would be unable
to attend the club reception and sup
per The mayor Of st. Paul is also
engaged in strike affairs. At club
board of directors meeting the whole
affair was consequently Indefinitely
posi- pOHeU. otESE iHSllcu GUESTS were
notified.
Rochester - Rev. Geo. H. Gamble,
pastor OF the First Baptist church Of
this city, has been holding series of
meetings in the country districts, and
in order to preach the gospel to the
country folks, has each night walked
eight miles. with the thermometer be-
low the zero point. The Walking
Parson," as he has been called, prefers
to walk than compel his horse to trav-
ell over the poor roads and then stand
unprotected in the cold while he is
conducting his service
Faribault.-The funeral of the late
Capt D. Cavanaugh was held under
the. auspices of the Knights Of Co
lumbus, Archbishop Ireland deliver
ing the funeral sermon. Mr.. Caven.
augh was captain of Company H.
Tenth Minnesota Infantry. Bishop
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