The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-09-26
sTATN NEWS.

about l,OO0,OO0 feet for St. Louis on
Tuesday morning. lid
4 Last Monday Mr.. Fred Buessing,
aresident Of Sibley, Sibley county, was
! seriously, if not fatally injured while
endeayoring to repair some portion Of a
threshing maobine.-i&. Peter Zsib-
Nne.
We are informed that farmer liv-
ing on the Cottonwood River, fell from
his seat on a reapiug machine a few
days ago, and was so terribly mangled
by the knives that he died instantly.
His name was John Holm.-lbia.
i Prof. O. w. Washburn, grad.
uate Of the University of Michigan, and
late Superintendent y of 1 Schools at
Adrian, has been elected President of
the University of Minnesota at Saint
| Anthony. s~. :.~s- yasr ~:
r. AT the Conference of the Motho-
dist Episcopal Church at Rochester, j.
F. Chatfee, of Minneapolis, and Cyrus
! d. Brooks, OF Red Wing, were elected
delegates to the General Conference, to
be held in Chicago in May next.
A fire, originating in the millinery
establishment of Mrs. Salter, Chaska,
occurred last Saturday. evening, but
was speedily extinguished, injuring the
goods and establishment to the amount
of three hundred dollars. .. -.
"A man by the name Of Mr.. G. Z.
Cline, of Ellington, while moving some
wheat, wounded himself very severely
with a scythe, on the inside of the left
leg just below the knee, cutting cash
some five inches in length and to the
bone. He is doing as we'll as could be
expected, though fears are entertained
that it will injure the use of his foot.
"A young German named Hoes
teen, residing in Saltwater, while Gu
gagged in tearing down an old shed, saw
a pile Of rocks about to give way near
him, and becoming alarmed endeayor-
ed to leap upon stairway near by, but
tell short, and tumbled directly under
the rocks. He fell on his back and a
rock weighing about half ton came
crashing on him. He was taken to
his uncle's aud physician summoned
but he died in few hours.
| As Mrs. Wilbershiet, who resides
on Rondo street, was returning from a
funeral on Tuesday, she was thrown
from the buggy and had her arm and
wrist broken. The accident happened
at the Lake Como Crossing. DR.. Yer
vais was promptly On hand and had the
lady conveyed into town where her in
jurics were attended to, and at last &C.
counts she was as comfortable as could
be expected under the circumstances.
Pioneer.
This morning while Mr.. William
Finholt, of Hayward, was running a
sorghum mill, he attempted to. remove
a piece Of cane from the cog wheels,
when the cogs caught his hand, which
was soon reduced to a mere pumice {;
the bones, muscles and tendons being
literally ground to pieces.
Dr. Wedge, assisted by F. A. Black
-mer, amputated the hand by disarticu-
lating the wrist joint Free6orn STAN
dard..
| "A man, residing in Saltwater.
whose name we did not learn, in the
employ Of Mr.. Isaac Staples, engaged
in the erection of barn, accidently fell
distance of twenty feet, striking head
foremost on hard floor. His hands and
arms were badly broken.
An employee in Days mill named
A. Carrick, was quite badly injured,
yesterday, by piece of edging thrown
from circular saw. It struck his shout
der, telling him to the floor in sense
less condition. He soon recovered suf1i-
GENTLY to be taken home, and it is
believed that his injuries are confined
to severe bruise. Fortunately no bones
were broken.-Ainneapozis Tribune.
During the severe rain.storm which
visited this vicinity on Wednesday last,
the brick dwelling Of Mr.. Tho. Quinn,
in this village, was struck by lightning,
the fluid entering the chimney, passing
out at one of the Aues, and thence down
the wall to the window easement. Pieces
Of the window frame were scattered
about the room, and the wall was some
what damaged. None Of the family were
injured.-Preston Republican,.
The wife Of Adam Zimmerman.
living in the town of Carrolton, this
county, died very suddenly on Wednes-
day Of this week.. She had been i'll for
! several days, and was recovering, when
she went into the cornfield for the pur-
pose Of driving some cattle out. Having
been gone longer than was necessary, a
little girl started in search of her, and
found her in the field dying. The girl
fastened back to the house for help and
restoratives, but when they arrived she
was dead.-lbid.
! We are informed that a party is to
be formed at Red Wood, for the pur-
pose OF general buffalo hunt, to take
place as soon as the party is concentrated
at that. place. 1t is said that there arc
large herds of these animals within
seventy-five miles OF Red Wood. and
} the party anticipate q lively time. Mr.
, j. Il. Smith, father Of Mai. E, H
Smith, j: Hollenbeck and Mr.. Rich
Eof this place, and perhaps some others
will join in the chase, and expect te
!, leave here IN time to arrive at Rec
WOOD bY TIE 25th inst, at which time
they x'D/start for the prairies.-Man
! kato Union. ..s5 t., = ....-
u I'VE gave in Sundays Pioneer an
J! account of the accidental shooting Of
}. Mrs. Tucker, near White Bear Lake
Since then we have learned some furthe,
n particulars of the sad occurrence. Mr.
K Tucker was sitting down in the house
!, cleaning his gun, when one barrel wen
Il of, the whole charge entering Mrs
e fuckers knee, shattering it dreadfully
c Drs. Murphy & Wharton visited the
!, lady on Sunday and amputated the
: limb. Mrs. Tucker has several children
y and the accident is very unfortunate
D one.-Pioneer OF tie 24th. .-.
-Woare informed by Maj. Kittredgt
a that MIR. Chas. A. DeGraff, on Tuesday
$ Of last week, discovered large Pelican
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