The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-04-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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MINNESOTA NEWS.
w. B. Nickles, of St. Peter; is
about starting paper at Moorehead.
| -Frank Daggett's new paper is to
be called the Litchfield Ledger.
"A paper.mill in Clearwater is the
talk now, among certain individuals of
that place.
james Maxwell, prominent
citizen of Wright county, died last
week at his residence near Clearwater
The Leading hotel at Beaver Falls
was totally destroyed by fire on Tues.
day.
-On Thursday the dwelling house
Of S. Haylan and L. z. Torrey at Man.
kato were burned.
"A child, two years old, of J.
Richards, of Belgrade, Nicollet county,
fell and broke his leg on Thursday.
The Rev. Seabreeze is the brac-
ing name Of healthy clergyman at
Wabasha.
The boat at the lower ferry at
Monticello crossed the river last Moo.
day the 9Th for tho first time this
spring.
Steam tugs on Lake Alexandria
in Douglas county, is the last project
talked of in that eutcrprising com.
muuity.
On Sunday night Mantorville was
visited by violent thunder storm,
which resulted in the destruction of a
barn at the poor farm by FIRE, and the
killing of a number of horses.
Samuel Armstrong, Willard
French, aud Lewis Low, bavo been
appointed by the Governor, 'Commis
sioners to organize Murray county,
seat at Lake Sbetek.
One half of the Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railroad House, at Austin,
was burned at about 10 o'clock vcs-
terday morning, involving a loss of
$4,000.
"A Norwegian named Olaf Larson.
tell into a we'll at Alexandria, AZ
feet deep, but thanks to the eight or
ten feet Of water at the bottom, he was
drawn out unhurt, though vet and
mad.
The Argus says the temporary re-
pair shops Of the railroad company
have been erected at shakopee, on
the site Of the shops that we're burned
down. The shops are nearly as large
as the old ones, arc better arranged
and will hold more machinery.
The MantorV,lle Expres, says,
"The past winter appears to have been
an unfortunate one for our beekeepers.
We are Informed that upwards of
thirty colonies have been lost in this
village, and others came out Of win.
ter quarters very weak"
Gen. James E. Shields, accom-.
panied by corps of assistants, left St.
PAUL Thursday to survey the line Of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad
from Carver to the Iowa line-and
possibly beyond the latter point. So
the Press says.
! The first train Of cars since the
10th day of January arrived at
Window on the 10th inst, the road
having been suffering from a snow
embargo during the intervening three
months.
On Saturday morning last. Mr..
John G. Officer, farmer and worthy
citizen Of Austin, met with sudden
death in the following singular man.
ner: lie was engaged to assist in
threshirg wheat that day. Before
the machine had commenced runninp
in the morning, Mr.. Officer pulled
some sheaves out Of the stack, and one
Of them Ioosening from the stack rath-
er suddenly caused him to lose his
balance and fall over backward. His
shoulders struck the tongue of the
separator, and being large, heavy
man, weighing over two hundred
pounds, his neck was broken. He
never moved nor spoke after falling,
aud must have died almost instantly.
Morris Powers, a young man lately
working for Mr.. Elan Greeley, in the
piueries, went last Sunday to visit the
wigwams not far from Mr.. Greeley's
camp, when two squaws Immediately
took him and beat his brain. out. He
was then taken and cut into pieces
aud thrown into a lake about four
miles distant, where his body was
found. The rest of MIR. Greeley's
men have joined together, and are
determined to kill any Indian on Pc.
kagema river. 49,
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