Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-12-07
GOPHER ? ! NEWS NOTES. !,
Minnssota ENentsact the Week In
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two men and twenty horses when the
! DOnerg livery barn burned.
Faribault. - Fire in the plant Of
the Faribault Engine Works did dam.
age amounting to over $4,000.
Staples. - William Winters, hunt,
ing near Staples, was accidentally
shot through the back His recovery
is expected.
Mountain Lake.-Matthew Caroon,
OF this village, won a bet of SIS by
husking q bushels of corn in / hour
and 80 minutes.
! Owatonna.- There was large at,
tendance at the farmers meeting held
| here. Among the lecturers were N. q.
Chapman of the state dairy and food
| department
Fergus Falls - The trial jury in
the case against Richard M. Hayes,
the Minneapolis attorney charged with
the forgery of the Peter Prinzl will
here, returned verdict of not guilty,
! Anoka.-A score card poultry show
will be held here Dec 27-31. 1t is
to be open to chickens, ducks, geese.
cats and dogs. There will be special
premiums. George D. Holden will b
judge.
Princeton. jury in the w. II,
Terrell & Co. VS.. Great Northern rail,
way case, after being out IL hours.
allowed Terrell $6,072.90 damages on
account Of a shortage of cars for potato
shipments.
Staples. - The knights of Pythias
mi tho 10
ence the operahouse here ever held,
The proceeds go to furnishing the
clubrooms which the members of the
society have established.
Neutrality-suspicious., a fve-year-old
son Of H. H. Lovejoy. residing in Ra.
VIENNA, three miles south of this city,
was killed while coasting, being run
over by his fathers team. Mr.. Love.
Joy came around curve as the boy
darted down the hill.
Minneapolis. - The customs col
lections in Minneapolis for the month
of November were over $4,000 more
than those for November in 1910 The
collections last month we're $70..
s4701, while those for November Of
last year were $40,345.72.
Wabasha.-Captain John T. Smith
Of Reeds Landing was stricken with
apoplexy. He was in charge of the
steamboat Ben Hur, the past summer.
and is one of the old captains of the
upper Mississippi Very little hope ia
entertained of his recovery.
Duluth.-The M. T. sawmill, owned
by Adolph Carlson, in the Silver creek
district, near Two Harbors, burned to
the ground. Considerable lumber was
also destroyed The total loss is given
at 100000, and there is no insurance.
The fire started in the engine room.
J Bemidji.- Attorney E. E. Mcdonald,
attorney for the state in the Dumas
arson case, scouts the idea that the
state is not prepared to go ahead with
the affair when the case is called at
Brainerd December 6. He says the
state has ample evidence and desires
no delay. The trip Of Fire Marshal
Keller to Brainerd had no connection
with any proposed delay of the case
SO far as he knows. Keller did not
come to this city. It is understood
that Dumas is ready for trial and wants
the matter settled as quickly as pos
sible.
II st. Cloud.-Former Representative
H. c. Block of this city returned from
q hunting trip In Beltrami county and
ii brought home the biggest moose evel
shipped to st. Cloud. The animal
which weighed $50 pounds dressed
stood seven feet high when standing
The bull moose was one of a herd ol
fourteen which had taken up wints1
quarters in a cedar thicket, and Mr.
Block and his guide each secured one
the maximum allowed by law. Til
herd was tame until it had bseom.
scattered.
Duluth. - The grain receipts q
the Head Of the Lakes for the peyiot
between August / and November 81
this year. amounted to $685. 1885,
bushels, which is a gain Of 7,476.s7l
bushels as compared with The r.
ceipts for the same period in 1910
The shipments for the period de
scribed this year were 29,130. 23l
bushels. q gain Of 1,s27,137 bushels
as compared with the shipments ,
year ago. The last days shipment
amounted to 3,3s7,0oo bushels, .whtol
van one Of the largest days busisissl
Of the port In any year.
Duluth.-Ths hunting season In Min
nesota for deer and moose has beel
unusually productive to hunters. Til,
game and fish commission sent on
10000 blank licenses to county audi
tors. most Of which were sold. Whik
few returns have been made to tn,
executive officers, It 10 estimated tina
10000 deer have been slaughtered dur
ing the twenty days Of the open seq
Don.. A number Of moose. too, hav,
fallen. Reports from the Sucker i've
!. country indicate that wolves Inv,
made great inroads on thetdser. G6dtg
4. Croft, who lives near Sucker rivei
reports finding thirty-six deer shell
tons, all having been killed BY th
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