Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-29

MN, ana showed him IN way to Fair
field. He gave his name, but Mr..
Kennedy does not remember it. He
was a German and said he resided in
P~ottsviilc, Pa.
The material for the State Soldiers
Orphans Home at Winona is being
placed on the ground and there is good
prospect Of its early completion. Mr..
BONN, who has contracted to build and
lease to the State an cdi6cc designed
to accommodate seventy five orphans,
is pushing the work with his usual en-
ergy. The brick which we're manufac- |
tured at Dresbach are nearly all on the
ground, aud the foundation laid. It is
expected that the Home will be com.
pleted and ready for occupancy by the
first Of December.
The Rochester Post says a disease
unknown to the farmers, is said by the
Plainvicw correspondents of the Waba-
sha Herald, to prevail to some extent
among the horses in that vicinity. The
limbs of the horses swell at first to a
large size and then suppuration takes
place, producing a large sore: This con-
tinues till the limbs literally drop off.
Mr.. s. B. Evans, Of Quincy, is stated to
have lost four horse by hat disease.
DR.. l.. H. Kelly, we'll known to all
as the editor Of the Mortified Enter
prise, is now lying very low, at his home
in Owatonna, with some disease that
seems to battle the skill of the physi-
clans. The Doctor, from a strong TO-
bust man, weighing nearly 300 pounds,
has gradually pined away to almost the
semblance CT IL living skeleton, and lies
in his bed perfectly helpless. His
friends have but little hope of his re-
covery. i;
The Redwood Masays: The Lyon
county horse thieves almost succeeded
in escaping from the New Ulm Jail last
week. The jailcr entered the cell to
make the bed, when he found a brick
among the bedding. Looking around
he found that a hole almost large
enough for a man to crawl through had
been dug in the wall, over which hung
the towel. The prisoners were ironed
and taken to Mankato the next day for
safe-kecpiug.
The Plainvicw correspondent Of the
Wabashaw Herald describes a disease
that has appeared among horses in that
vicinity, and which up to this time is too
much for the skill Of veterinary surgeons
As described the limbs of the horse
swell at first to large size and then sup.
Duration takes place producing a large
sore. This continues, says our infor.
mant, till the limbs literally drop off:
The St. Louis county Herald says a
remarkable case Of resuscitation from
drowning was that ofa child of Mrs,
Culver, who resides on minnesota
Point, who had been in the water so
long that hopes Of restoration were
abandoned. Mr.. Mccormick, who was
called in, restored the child to life by
his scientific treatment of the case.
The bodies Of tho McCarty boys,
drowaed at Hastings on the 18th inst,
have been recovered. James was
picked up, opposite Red Wing on the
10th. and was buried there after hold.
ing an inquest. John was found near
Diamond Bluff, on the 18th, and
brough: back for burial on Sunday.
Farmers in Fillmore county are hav-
ing trouble from the loose labor con.
tracts during harvest. Many agreed to
pay going wages for help and wages
went up as high as five dollars per day
The men think the highest the going
wages and the employers the lowest.
The Jackson Republic hears ola good
many fields Of wheat that has suffered
from blight in that section, in some in
stances to such an extent as to hardly
pay for harvesting.
The house of Peter Kinney, Of Ohm.
sted county was struck by lightning last
week and Mr.. Kinney's brother 50 bad.
ly shocked that he lay insensible for an
hour or more.
Col. Mop hail, of Redwood Falls,
has been awarded a large grading con.
tract on the Winona and St. Peter
Il. Il.
When the Dark Comes.
A little girl sat at twilight in her
sick mothers room thinking. All day
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