The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-18
MINNEsOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Flour is down to $500 per cwt.
at St. Peter.
There aro 587 post Offices in the
State Of Minnesota and over 10000 in
tho United States.
Our exchanges from all parts Of the
State report the killing Of lynx, which
seem to be unusually plenty this year.
Col. johnson, lately Of tho Inter.
Iational, has bought the Park Place
Hotel at St Paul.
The Albert Lea Standard says
that son Of II. Zero, Of Moscow, was
killed by falling tree.
st. Paul has . velocipcde school,
and velocipede mandatory, and il
going vslocipsde mad.
Minneapolis ditto.
Tho dwelling house Of Ami
Whiting, at Harrington, Was destroyed
by fire on Wednesday. Contents
saved.
p. A. Brant, Ex-Sherif Of Brown
County, committed suicide At New
Ulm on the morning Of the 10th by
taking strychuine. 1t was done cody,
md no cause is known.
The profrietors Of the 1nterna-
tional, propose to erect new hotel,
worth at least S250,0oo, if the city will
agree to exempt it from local taxes for
a term Of years.
Judge Goodrich, Of St. Paul, re-
Gently returned from Europe, has pre-
scented the Minnesota Historical Society
with fac .insile copy of the Dooms-
day book.
The St. Peter Tribune reports
the case of an INSANE man who was
brought to that place, with his hands
so badly frozen that the flesh was drop
ping off. The fingers were all ampu-
tated.
The Forest City Ne,o. says that
NJ. johnson broke his log while run.
ming down hill on now shoes one
Of the shoes coming of, his foot went
through the hard crust, the momentum
breaking his leg above the knee.
County orders in Goodhue County,
one Of tho oldest in the State, are sold
at 4 discount Of from 10 to Is per cent.
The orders of Stcarnu County, one Of
the new counties, are at par, and have
been for several years.
The Minneapolis Tribune say,
that David Malhon, Of Crystal Lake,
was thrown from sleigh and had his
shoulder dislocacted- -----A. P. King,
a shoemaker Of Minneapolis, had hi.
left arm so badly injured by the burst
ing Of gun, that amputation was nee
essary.
The Pennington Telegraph COM
plains because the salary Of the County
Superintendent Of Schools Of Dakot,
county has been raised from $500 t
$1,000 per annum -; while the RED
Wing Republican complains because
the Superintendent salary in Goodhus
County has been reduced from $140(
to $1,000.
AT Nankato the Union reports
wheat As coming in at the Fate Of 12(
loads per day, and selling at from 81
to SO cents according to grade----Th'
total amount of wheat, (iucludiug -four.
shipped during December and Jaouar,
was 1862 bushels----The eoutrae
has been let to Barnard, Lewis 1
Wampler for building = bridge aeros
the Blue Earth river at Mankato----A
boy, George Wilson, was run over by I
team and badly injured.
The Rochester Post Gays thai
John Kroan was arrested while makins
free with the contents Of the bureau
drawers Of Mrs. Lashsr, At Eyota---.
The Office Of the County Treasurer o
Olmstead County was entered on Thurs
day night and the safe blown open
The burglar secured only $40 for hi
trouble. No traee----A donation
party for Rev. McManus, At Cente
Grove, realized $100----Olmstea'
County has a Medical Association
which met at Rochester on Monda,
evening.