Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-09-07
MINNESOTA BRIEFS
Wssk's History In Gopher stats
Told In Paragraph.


Lake. q village twelve miles from this
city, was broken into and robbed Of
1851. No stamps were taken.
I Elk River.-Just 282 carloads Of po
tatoes have been shipped from here
SO far this season. Most of then
brought better than 81 q bushel.
Red Wing.-A teachers association
IL to be organized for Gooduhue coun
/ tys in Red Wing November 10. Presi
dent Vincent of the State University
will give an address.
La Crosse, Wis. - Members of the
Wisconsin, Minnesota boundary com
mission assembled here preparatory to
trip over the district in dispute and
fixing the disputed boundary ia Lake
Pepin.
Bemidji.-A lemon tree bearing fruit
has been raised by Alva B. Webster
The tree has not less than six per.
fectly formed lemons. The prize big
lemon weighs a pound. It is of the
dollhouse variety.
Glenwood.-J. L. McLaury, of Glen
wood, planted Is acres of land located
near the village limits to potatoes and
is getting little better than 80 bush
els to the acre. He receives 80 cents
bushel for the tubers and has al
ready shipped one carload.
Wyoming.-Artlur Johnson, aged %,
who has been working for the Crex
Grass Carpet company here, tried to
steal ride on Northern Pacific pas.
senger train near here. He fell and
his body was cut in two. The mans
relatives live at Chicago City.
Hallock,-M. Beggs, who owns a
large farm north of town, has this
year harvested a 100000 crop of tim.
othy. Mr.. Beggs came here from Colo.
RADIO two years ago, where he was in
the mercantile business. He has
made fortune in single season.
Alexandria. - The citizens of Alex.
andria rendered Senator Knute Mel
son mplimentary dinner and re,
ception on Wednesday evening, at the
Letson house. This was largely
attended by professional and bust.
ness men of Alexandria and other resi-.
dents of the county.
Alexandria, August q The citi.
zens of Alexandria will tender Senator
Knute Nelson complimentary dinner
and reception on Wednesday evening,
at the Letson house. This will be
largely attended by professional and
business men of Alexandria and other
residents of the county.
President Vincent of the State Uni.
versity received an invitation from
John F. Rosenwald of Lac qui Parle
county to attend and speak at the
sortieth anniversary of the organiza-
lion of the county, to be held at Madi.
son September % to 30. DR.. Vincent
accepted the invitation.
Duluth.-Charles Gonyea, an un-
employed sailor, was beaten by Mitchell
Phelps, in charge of lighter. Phelps
Used tack hammer with telling eff.
:ect on Gonyeas head, but it is learned
hat the skull was not broken.
Phelps ordered Gonyea off the lighter
md he declined to go.
Duluth.-It is announced that the
Cooperative Market association which
was organized more than year ago
through the instrumentality of the
Commercial club to aid Northern Min
nesota farmers to get a market here
will be abandoned. The farmers will
operate direct with Duluth commission
men.
Bemidji.-What is believed to have
been an incendiary fire threatened the
destruction of the Minnesota and In
ternational coal dock at Funkley. near
here, with the destruction of a large
amount of coal. The dock was blaz-
ing before the fire was discovered,
but by the prompt aid of a bucket bri.
gade the property was saved.
Albert Lea. William Jackson,
who has been fugitive from JUS
tice since two years ago, when he
took $1,000 from the safe of the Wells
Fargo Express Company here, is now
in the county JAIL Sheriff Subby
brought him here from New York.
Jackson had Joined the United States
navy under the name of Burke and
he was apprehended at the Brooklyn
navy yard. Jackson admits his guilt
and stands ready to throw himself
upon the mercy of the court. He is
80 years old.
Hibbing. An outrage of the first
degree was perpetrated on George
Woods and family of Alice, Minnesota,
a small station near here. Mr..
Woods is prosperous farmer and his
dwelling, valued at $4,000, with con
tents valued at $4,000, and com
modious barn, were burned by an in.
cendiary, presumably for revenge for
some real or imagined injury. The
barn was first found to be on fire and
Mr.. Woods rushed out to get the stock
out. He found the door was blocked
by dead horse, whose throat had
been cut. To his dismay he then found
that his dwelling was blazing. Some
body fired two shots into the house