The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-08-04
MINNESOTA News

Sl.0OaS2.5O per bushel. "
A $4,000 Presbyterian church is
to be built at Litchfcld this season.
Minnesota has 5000 post Offices,
1904 more than twenty years ago.
Mayor Cook, of Austion, was 'sur-
prisea'' by q wooden wedding last
week.
"A son Of j. D. Griswold, of
Spring Valley, was thrown out of a
wagon and had his arm broken.
The name Of the Swede paper at
St. Paul, the Minnesota gsdnimg, has
been changed to the Svenska Mons-
loren.
Gen. Mcclellan will spend the BAL
ance of the summer in Minnesota, hop
ing that the delicate health of his wife
may thus be restored.
Mrs. Culver. Of jamestown, says
the Mankato Reuiew, was bitten by
rattlesnake last week, but she is now
believed to be out of danger.
The St. Peter Tribune reports
the death Of Martin Sorlic, of that
place, and David Hillstad, of Swan
Lake, both struck by lightning.
The Caledonia Journal says:
During the hard storm of the 18Th inst.
six horses were killed by lightning
in the township of Spring Grove. Four
Of them were killed by the same stroke.
The selling of liquor along the
line Of the N. P. R. r. will not be per-
mitted. The U. s. Deputy Marshal
arrested five persons On Monday at the
Dalles.
The Red Wing Republican says
David Purdy harvested 400 bushels Of
barley from six acres-----A daughter
OF John Hyatt, of Burnside, had her
arm broken------John Webster
caught three pound trout.
The Lake City Leader reports the
drowning of Swede who was working
on the farm OF G. Hagan, in Hyde
Park----N Gould, of Lake City, has
dwarf apple tree, 81 feet high, on ono
limb Of which there arc fifty fuo Astra-
can red apples.
AT Mankato, Saturday night, a
building occupied by Lewis J. Lewis, a
contractor on the Normal School build
ing, as his Office also as a store, house
and stable, took fire and were burned.
Mr.. Lewis in attempting to get his two
horses out Of the burning building,
persisted in the flames.
The Wabasha Herald gives the
particulars Of the shooting of Peter
Ole by John Herman, with whose
wife he had been having improper in
tlmacy. Ozie received four balls in his
body, but is recoveripg----A daughter
of 0. j. Mobiles fell and broke her arm
in two places.
The Union says that St. Johns
church, at Mankato, has extended a
call to Rev. G. Hare, of Pittsburg----
A son Of Mr.. Dun2lng, Of Mankato
fell out of swing aud broke his arm
and p son o: Solomon Nord, of Judson
broke his thigh while playing.
The Rochester Post says that q
young sou OF Mrs. Oatman was thrown
from a buggy at Spring Valley and
killed----Lewis Sawwall, of Greenwood
Prairie, was. killed by being thrown
from his wagon in Rochester----
Rochester, like Winona, has just pur.
chased new steam Silsby f,e engine
cost, $1,000.
The LIE Sueur Courier says two
men, one named Sully, were killed by
ligbtning----A son Of Gilbert Reil, Of
Jesseland, Sibley county, was thrown
from wagon and bad his leg broken
Soon afterwards the father was thrown
from the same wagon and dangerously
injured----Daniel Doyle, of Tyrone
had his leg cut severely by scythe
1.-The population OF Sibley count,
is about 1000.
The Faribault Republican reports
the loss of 20 sheep, belonging t,
futile & Barnard, by dogs----Col. D
H. Buel, a son of Rev. Buel, of Fari
bault, was assassinated at Fl. Leaven
worth. Malone, the soldier who com
mitted the murder, has been captured
----$5,000 are being raised in Fari
bault toward the erection of Bishol
Whipple's residenoe----The editor 0
the Republican has gone East on
trip.
According to the Minnesotian, tn
population of Duluth is 3,300----$20,
900 of city bonds have been sold at 81
csnts----The Northern Pacific ha
agreed to make Duluth the sole termi
nus of that road for six years. Th
Western Land Association and tn
Superior and Mississippi R. R. hav
given the Company oue-half Of thci
property in and around Duluth in con
sideration thereof ----Contracts hav
been made for $4,000 tons of freigh
10 be received before the close Of navj
CATION.
TIE CHINEsE.-Last wesk's Ma
tionaz Standard has an article b
Wendell Phillips on the Chinese, as