Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-08-11
In Minnesota.
Important Happenings Of the
Week Briefly Told.

f>drlStaQ.-JOSepn ElS1nrlch, q Kilt.
son county farmer, died from pneu.
mo1ia at the age of so years. He made
fortune farming.
Moorhead.-Mrs Julia P. Flaten il
IN serious condition as the result Of
accidentally swallowing a quantity OF
bedbug poison which was largely com.
posed OF bichlorids of mercury.
Red Wing.-Mayor A. S. Erb of Fari.
bault and ten other city officials mo.
tored to Red Wing to investigate mum.
cipal improvements. Faribault plans
to electrify its water supply station
and wants to profit by Red Wings
modern pumping stations. Mayor Erb
and party were entertained by Mayor
A. T. Pierce and other officials.
Stillwater.-The city council has
approved the report OF the city equal.
ization board. The reduction in per.
sonal property this year is $4,000.
The total valuation of personal prop.
erty, money and credits with increase
IN real estate improvements, amounts
to S2,313, 526. The money and credits
Pipestone.-Mr. and Mrs. William
Elkmeier celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary. They were married
in Westphalen, Germany, in 1865, and
the day following their wedding start
ed tor America. They first settled on
farm in Dane county, Wis, but re-
moved to Pipestone county in 1882
and have since been residents here.
st. Cloud.--That the school board
will not be unable to get a superinten.
dent because of the rapid approach of
the opening Of the school year was
apparent when half dozen applica-
tons from men with splendid qualif.
cations We're received. n Supt. c.. H,
Barnes will accept the state position
to which he was appointed by August
31st.
Wnona.-James A. Tawney, who il
nome from a conference at Washing.
ton with Chairman Gardner of the In.
ternational Joint Commission. reports
that an executive conference of the
commission will be held at ST. Paul
september 4, preceding the public
hearings on levels of the Lake Of the
Woods, to begin at Warroad Septem.
Der T.
Winona--The body of Ben McAllis
ter, who was drowned when skiff in
which he was riding with two Other
companions capsized, was recovered
1t was floating just below the Burling
ton railway bridge at the east end OF
this city, mile and a half below
where the drowning occurred. The
dead man was IS years of age and
single.
Brainerd.-Thinking his pal behind
him ready to take the purse, John
Mack, an alleged pickpocket, extracted
it from the pocket of farmer at the
Lum park picnic, extended it behind
him and loosed his hold A little girl
instead of his alleged confederate, Joe
Durich, picked it up and the farmers
attention was attracted. Mack and
Durich we're arrested.
Winona.-The Northwestern Rail
way company, according to a state.
ment at the general Offices of the di.
vision, expects to handle as many az
$4,000 carloads of grain on the Mime.
| sofa and Dakota divisions. It is said
that only sweeping storm of wide.
spread area could now damage the
crop. Many of the cars to be EN-.
ployed in moving crops are new.
st. Cloud-Ludwig Robbers, SO years
old, the last surviving member of St
Clouds original city council, is dead
at his home in Sank Rapids He was
born in Germany and came to this
country in 1874, and to St. Cloud in
1855. During the Indian war Robbers
carried dispatches by order of the gov.
ernor to Paynesville and Forest City
and for this service was awarded 4
state pension.
Fergus Falls.-Ffre destroyed the
horse barn at the state insane hospital
In this city. Nine horses were burned
to death and there was a considerable
loss of hay, harnesses and rigs. The
fire broke out shortly before midnight
in the haymow. One theory is that
tramps crawled in to sleep there, and
another is that the fire was due to
spontaneous combustion, from heating
of new mown hay.
Brainerd.-Fears entertained at riv.
er towns farther south that reservoirs
of the upper Mississippi river are full
to bursting and due to cause as. much
damage to the Twin Cities as last
year, are without foundation Dam
caretakers say there is absolutely no
danger. Due to small cloud bursts, the
rainfall in June last year was 1919
inches. This year it is 1888 inches;
July last year, 2.b4 inches; this year,
4.24 inches.