Askov American., 1915-10-07
| What's Doing
| in Minnesota

| training course. which runs for nine
months, opened Sept. with Miss
Grace B. Sherwood, instructor.
Hopkins. While awaiting trial on
| charge Of drunkenness, e. M. Carlson,
farmer living near Hopkins, hanged
himself In the Hopkins village Jail. He
removed the strings from his shoes,
made moose and hanged himself to a
cell bar
Windom.-~Characterizing the Billy
Sunday movement as "a mania that is
sweeping over the land" Bishop JOS.
eph Berry, in an address before the
Methodist Episcopal conference here,
severely arreigned the evangelist and
his methods.
Winona.-"Im all right and will be
home In few days." was the inscrip-
tion on postal card received by Mrs.
+. g. Cross, wife of missing produce
dealer. Mr. Cross disappeared Tues
day. His produce store was damaged
by fire Sunday.
st. loud.-~Despite the fact that out
fits were offered and wedding feast
Ptchht5Guy bhS IoAE tHOuHE
that interested itself In an effort to
have the September marriage license
record beat that Of June, fell two short
OF the number necessary to tie.
st. oud.-Exceptionally high prices
were secured for the blooded stock
sold by Leslie Smith OF the Meadow
Lawn farm at his first annual sale. A
6-monthsold bull brought SITS and a
year.old heifer 1926. The total pro-
ceeds from the sale were $3.50. Buy
ers were present from many states.
Rochester. than 200 physi-
clans and surgeons from throughout
the state were registered here to at.
tend the joint meeting of the Mime.
sofa Public Health association and
the Minnesota State Sanitary confer
ence, and 500 were expected to attend
the meetings Of the Minnesota State
Medical association.
Ortonyille.--S. w. Fowler. operator
for the st. Paul road for more than a
year, and T. +. Kent, new employe
OF the company, and Mrs. Fowler left
here suddenly for Aberdeen. Soon
after their departure officials OF the
company say they learned the com.
pany's funds at the station were short
$3.50 and funds of the Wells. Fargo ex-
press company were short $3.50.
Winoaa.--~Chiidren of Peter Speltz.
pioneer OF Winona county, arrived
here to celebrate his nth birthday.
Instead they attended his funeral for
an acute attack of heart disease
caused his death. A family reunion
had been planned and the guests were
met at the stations by Winona rela-
tives, who informed them of Mr.
Spelt,' '.tn,
st. Cioud.~Prizes for nearly $3.50
we're distributed to the "a students In
Stearns county who won premiums at
the Stearns county fair for having
raised the best potatoes. Preliminary
contests were first held at Is points
throughout the county and the best
six In each district competed at the
there were 400 entries or nearly double
the number that competed a year ago
Pelican Rapids. Tail county
has the only church I'm the state erect.
ed and paid for by u society OF women
not allied with any sect or denomina,
tion. This edihce rears Its spire, not
In thriving little city but in the cen.
ter OF a farming community, The
doors OF this church are open to any
denomination desiring TO make use of
II, the only stipulation being that the
immediate English speaking people
shall be entitled to the first choice Of
service.
Duluth,-~Mrs, Andrew Streem. wife
of an lngleside farmer, Is dead with
the top of her head blown OFF by a
charge Of buckshot and Streem Is In
Jail here charged with murder. John
Messner. a neighhor. the only witness.
told the police Streem was drunk and
said he was going to shoot at his wife
to frighten her. Messner left the
doorway where he sad been standing
| and heard the shot fred as he turned
his back Streem says the gun was
accidentally discharged,
| Faribault~--The city council has let
| the contract for the installation OF an
| electrically driven pump at the city
| waterworks. and also for the furnish.
Ing of the current to run the pump
| Councilman pomadt has been lighting
the proposition from the start. and an
/ 3ajunction was served to prevent the
council from letting the contract. The
matter was In court several days, and
| was finally set aside by tho Judge
Fergus Falls.~--ihe county officers
salary case has been decided by Judge
keeser. officers of this county brought
suit to test the constitutionality OF tho
special law which fixes their salaries
at 81 900 year, contending they We're
entitled to come under the general law
which would give them about 1900 q
year. The special law was passed In
1890. but did not take effect until the
beginning of 1891, After Its passage
but before the date ON which 1t was
TO take effect. a constitutional amend
ment was adopted prohibiting specia
legislation.
nrainerd,--Men Of national and stat,
prominence will attend the "cemmun
ity dinner" to be held by The Brainert
Chamber Of Commerce. The speakers
sI will include former Cpngrassman Fret