The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-14
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief items For
Busy Readers.

Busy Readers.
Willmar. At one of the greatest
hog sales ever held in Kandiyohi coun-
ty 108 Duroc hogs were sold for $16.-
500. Some of the sows brought over
$500 each.
Buhl-The smoker that was to
have been given for the men of Bull
was postponed because of the "fiu."
Several cases of "fu" are now re-
ported here.
Moorhead.-Trialo of the $40 900 dam
age suit brought by Mrs. P. F. SoSen-
son against DR.. d. G. barrow has been
begun in Clay county district court
before Judge Bert Fesler.
Mankato.-Plans are being prepared
for county club house to be built for
the Mankato Golf club on its recently
acquired property, the building to cost
in the neighbour God of $4,000.
International Falls.-Rt. Rev. Bishop
McNicholas of Duluth was here last
week visiting Rev. FIR. Kiley while
calling on the various churches of his
diocese in order to familiariZe himself
more thoroughly with his new duties.
st. Paul.-Dr. K Edward Carlson of
ST. Paul was selected president of the
Minnesota State Dental association at
the annual meeting here. Other Off
GERS elected are DR.. B. Featherston,
Red Wing, vice president; DR.. Max
D. Alternately, Rochester, treasurer.
Brainerd.-D. NJ Wilmer, Minneap-
oils, is in hospital here suffering
from paralysis. He was stricken
while walking to his work at the
Methodist church, where he is en-
ployed by the Minneapolis School and
Heating company. remodeling the
building.
Minneapolis. = Louis Kenyon, IS
years old, farmer of Luverne, Mimi,
dropped dead in restaurant at 9
Washington avenue north here. The
disease. The body was taken to the
county morgue and the police wired
Luverne to notify the dead mans rel
atives.
Eveleth.-Earl Corbin, employed as
brakeman at the Fayal pit since re-
turning from service two months ago,
was injured when his feet slipped as
he was unlocking an ore car and his
hand was crushed beneath the wheel.
He was taken to the More hospital and
It was necessary to amputate his left
arm just below the elbow.
No dol 1hc
pioneer resident of this city. died at
her home at the age of Sc from the
natural causes of old age. She had
made her home in this city for the
| past half century and was highly re-
spected. She was the grandmother of
twenty-seven children and the great
grandmother Of thirty-one.
st. Paul.-Governor Burnquist. who
has gone to Seattle to make an ad-
dress at Lincoln club banquet, was
also invited to attend a proposed cele-
bration in his honor at Camp Lewis,
Washington, but because of other en-
gagements was forced to decline.
There are number of Minnesota men
at Camp Lewis.
Northfield.-The dry goods store of
into, and silks and ready-to-wear gar
ments worth from $4,000 to $4,000
were stolen A Studebaker Six auto
mobile belonging to J. w. Gordon, pro-
| prietor of the Stuart hotel, was also
stolen when the garage of the Sander
| Motor company was broken into.
Grand Rapids.-Judge Stanton hav-
ing affirmed his former decision in
| what is called the Sourdough ditch
| case the carrying on Of the enterprise
| Is now assured. The ditch Is called
Sourdough ditch because it will follow
the creek of that name. 1t is to be
ten miles long, beginning in the town
of Carpenter, running southeast
through part Of the town of Bearville,
and emptying into Bear river.
Minneapolis-The first solid train
Of the twelve necessary to transport
the 100000 bushels Of barley re.
leased by the Federal Grain Corpora.
ton for export left the Twin Cities
Terminals few days ago. A cargo of
$4,000 bushels of barley was loaded
for the 45-car train. Other trains are
following daily. The solid train move.
ment Of export shipments was aban
dened three weeks ago when the sea-
board terminals became congested
this halting of the movement causing
a resultant filling of the Northwest
| terminals.
st. Paul.-Damages of $500 are in.
adequate to compensate Lille Stem
shoel for injuries she suffered Novem
Der 10, 1916, while alighting from a
Great Northern train at GAINESVILLE
the state supreme court held in de
cision, reversing the judgment of the
Polk county district court and grant
ing new trial on the young woman's
appeal Miss Stenshoel injured he1
knee and for several months suffered
severe pain and was obliged to discon
tinue assisting her father in his bust
ness, the court found, and complete
recovery will take four or five years
Minneapolis-Cla Eugene Will
son, 81 years old, son of Frank Will
son and grandson of Abel Wilson
both of whom lived before him on the
Wilson farm at Richfield, where some
of the finest fOcks of pllre bred Shrop