The St. Cloud journal., 1870-07-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The building Of gas works at Min
neapo]is has been commenced.
The bonded railroad debt of Man
cato is $4,000.
The first load of new winter wheat
vas sold in Winona on the 22d.
Prof. Seccombe has retired from
he Presidency Of Mortified College.
The State Fair will be held this
gear at Winona, from September Goth
to the 23d.
Steps have been taken toward cut
ling a canal across Minnesota Poiut at |
Duluth.
-Minnehaha Falls are to be includ-
ed within the military reservation Of
Fort Smelling.
The average wheat yield Of Hen
nepip, Mecker aud Wright counties is
estimated at Is bushels per acre.
-Wm. Costello, formerly on the St.
Paul police force, committed suicide at
Waltham, Mass, last week.
"A rew steamboat Is being built at
Fort Abercrombie, to run on Red River,
between Georgetown and Winnepeg.
p. G.. Peterson, Of CRANKY, says
the St. Peter Tribune, lost his house
and its contents, by fire last week.
An attempt was made on Saturday
to fire the Milwaukee R. r. depot at
Minneapolis, but was discovered in
time.
Oliver Dalrymple, the great Min
nesota wheat grower, says his crop this
year is as good as any he has ever
had.
Frank Mead, the irrepresslble, has
returned from Omaha, and talks of
going into the newspaper business at
Northfeld.
"A number of St. Paul merchants,
including Fl. Knox Taylor, R. N. Nc.
Laren and G. NJ. Wheat, have gone
into bankruptcy.
Rochester has been selected as the
place for holding the Annual Encamr-
ment Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, in January next.
The Fort Garry New Nation says
that the grasshoppcrs have again set
tied upon that country in incredible
numbers. They leave nothing but de-
vastation behind them.
"A. L. Ward, of Fairmount, has a
peat machine, which is said to work
we'll. 1t will prepare ready for drying:
GO tons daily. Eight horses and as
many men are required to work it.
Major John G. Hamilton, ol
Rochester, has been re elected Grand
Commander of the Grand Army o1
the Republic for this State. Major H
is personally we'll known at this place
The Mankato Review says a little
son Of Mr.. Stark, at West Newton
was kicked in the stomach by colt
and died the following day ----A young
man named Lowman, Of the some town
was killed by sunstroke.
The Rochester Post says tina
George Buss died from Sun stroke, II
the town of Pleasant Grove Durinl
four days last week, one man a
Rochester bought 1904 bushels o
wheat in store in the elevator, for which
he paid $8O,715.70----Rocheste cit,
and town, has population of 4,600.
The Minneapolis Tribune say
that on Saturday a Norwegian name
Andrew Meckelson, while working il
the harvest field of Mr.. Day, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed; Mr.. Day was dangerously paralyz
ed and was brought to with much diff
Guilty; dog was killed, and hors
badly injured.
AT Atwater Station (named afte
Mr.. E. D. Atwater, formerly Of thi
place) on the Main Line of St. P. F
r., 80 miles from St. Paul, a Mr.!
} Peterson was struck by lightning
which came through hole in the roc
Of a shanty, cut for stove pipe. Sh
happened to be under the hole at tn
, time.
I The Red Wing Republican say
. that Philleo's pottery was burned 0
9 Sunday; an old man named Rulz, (
Hay Greek, was killed by the runnin
q away Of his team and the body of a
unknown man was found dead ne:
g town. The Argus says boy name
$ John Hagar, was accidentally browne
J. in Lake Frontenac.
The Mankato Record notices cas-
e in which three children had their leE
/ cut off by. reapers. This is Grimm
+. carelessness --.--The Union gives tt
: vote on a proposition for bonus (
t S25, 900 to the Wiuona, Mankato an
: New Ulm R. R at 229 to l----Re'
) A. Spar has resigned the pastorate
ST. Johns church, to 60 to Rocheste
. The Washington correspondent {
g the New York Times says Mr. Motle