The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-28
NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
Maynard-Professor H. L. Priest,
principal of the Maynard schools, saa
been elected principal of the ROBINS
dale schools for next year. He will
be succeeded here by Professor Simon
Sole of Sedan.
Faribault.- Bros. clothing
store was burned. The stock is near
ly complete loss. The building is
also badly damaged. The loss is about
$4,000 on stock and building, partly
covered by insurance.
Red Wing.-Miss Eliza Hanson of
Spring Lake township, Wisconsin, has
been awarded $4,000 by jury in the
district court at Ellsworth against
Andv Johnson of Spring Valley, Wis,
for breach of promise.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are taking a
more active interest in the good roads
question than ever efore. The city
council has had the street commits
every street, but not being content
with that the laborers have gone out
side the city limits and graded the
roads leading into town for miles
around. The Commercial club has
taken the matter up, and will carry
the work still farther. At it's last
meeting it made arrangements for
working twenty-five miles of country
roads, and in the near future hopes
to improve seventy-five miles more.
Dennison.-The merchants of Den
nison, Nerstrand, Stanton and Sogn
held a meeting here and organized a
buyers association. The following Of
ficers were elected: John E. Norsving,
Dennison, president; CLAUS ]. Svien.
Dennison, vice president; Fred Kauff-
mann, Nerstrand, secretary, and L.
F. Kruse, Stanton, treasurer. A COM
mittee on rules and regulations was
elected, consisting Of Henry Nelson of
Stanton, L. H. Lillesve of Sogn and
John Osmondson Of Nerstrand. 1t
was decided to hold meetings every
month at a place and date to be set
by the president and secretary. The
meeting here ended with a supper at
the Wayside Inn.
st. Peter.-Contracts have been
awarded for remodeling the south de-
tached ward at the st. Peter state
hospital for the insane, and for the
erection or the new building in which
to confine the states criminal in
sane. An appropriation of $4,000 is
available for rebuilding the detached
ward, and the work will be done by
Otto Neitge of North Mankato, while
]. B. Nelson & Co., also of North
Mankato, will erect the criminal-in-
sane building, for which there is an
appropriation OF $4,000. Al J. Potts
& Co. of this city were the success
full bidders for installing the heating
and plumbing in both structures. A
site has been chosen for the criminal.
insane building a short distance east
of the administration building.
Red Wing.-Judge Williston has rem.
dered a decision in the case Of the
petition by means of habeas corpus
proceedings of Eva A. Slayton Of st.
Paul, for the release of her daughter,
Genevieve, from the custody of the
state board of control and Superin.
tendent Whittier of the State Train.
ing school. Mrs. Slayton in the petit
ton claimed that she was the girls
guardian and that the commitment
papers were illegal because Of the
fact that she had not been notified
and was not in court at the time the
girl was sent to the school. Smith
and Newman represented Mrs. Slayton
and County Attorney Ericsson the
state. Judge Williston found that the
commitment papers were made out
properly and were legal.
Lindstrom-Frank Dahrs summer
hotel in Chisago City, one Of the most
popular resorts in this part Of the
state, was completely destroyed by
fire, through combustion in room
containing large amount of paints.
The loss is estimated by Mr.. Dahl this
morning at $4,000, with little insur
ance.
Montgomery.-At a meeting of the
city council resolutions were passed
to issue bonds in the sum Of $500
for the purpose of paying off the
city's indebtedness, which on March
81 was $S,530.97.
Brooten-With but AZ miles yet to
build, the 500 line branch road from
Brooten to Duluth will be completed
within the next 60 days, according to
Edmund Pennington, president of the
500 system. Work on the proposed
line across the northern part Of the
state will be begun this summer and
should be completed within two years,
it is said. The cross-state line will
run from Moose lake, short distance
out from Duluth on the Brooten
branch, to the northwest, striking the
Winnipeg line at Thief River Falls or
Plummer, or Whereabouts.