The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-13
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

"A MAD dOg mas Deen seen III the
neighborhood of Mortified.
S. S. EDWARDS is postmaster at the
new postoffice called Davis, in Randi
yohi county.
A CHURCH called the Church of the
Disciples, - at Pennington, was dedicat-
ed on Sunday last.
The Kasota -four mill is to be ready
to set in motion by the first Of next
month.
THE new Catholic church at Houston,
Houston county, was dedicated on the
26th ult.
IMMENSE clouds of locusts passed over
Detroit, Becker county, Tuesday of last
week, flying high.
A NOVEL elevator is being constructed
at Saltwater. 1t is for lifting wood
from barges in the river TO the vicinity
of a steam saving machine, forty feet
up the bank.
An engineer survey establishes the
fact that an unfailing water power, with
fall of eight feet, may be had on the
Root river at Houston. and company
has been formed for it's improvement.
SECOND Lieutenant John A. Lundeen
of st. Peter, now stationed at San
Francisco, has been promoted to First
Lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment of
Artillery, the promotion to date from
March 7th, 1874.
A LADY Of Sank Rapids while cook
ing the other day, was much astonished
to find inside of an egg she broke,
coiled between the yolk and shell, a
live snake about eight inches long and
about as thick as common lead pen
Gil.
WIN. PETERKEN of Detroit had a
small piece of winter wheat of a choice
variety which he was cultivating for
seed, but some thief came in at night,
cut off every head and carried it away
That was very mean thief.
F. A. FoeG of Sank Rapids, has
found under one Of his'apple trees
III 0iNii dDOuU luIC &c lCCL lOilS duu Dut
3-o inches in circumference at the large
end, which was broken off the tree by
the weight of over seventy apples
growing on it. OF course he took it to
the Sentinel office, which is why we
know of the fact.
The commissioners of Blue Earth
county declined to vote any county
money for the relief of the grasshopper
regions, because of the great losses in
that county by grasshoppers, and that
taking care of its own poor is all that
can reasonably be expected of the coun-
ty at this time.
AN Anoka jury has given a verdict of
''no cause of action" in the case of
Julia B. Nelson VS.. James McGlaufin,
for assault and battery. Mrs. Nelson
was temperance crusader whom Mr..
McGlautlin rudely pushed from his
premises into the street.
The locusts have laid their eggs in
some parts of Mcleod county.
The post Office of Fremont, Freedom
SO0litS IioS UCCIl ulSCOllStAuSQ.
ALL the growing crops in the vicinity
Of Big Stone lake are said to have been
destroyed by locusts.
IT now costs an even 50 bill to ride
from Delano to St. Paul, raise of 20
cents over the old rates.
A LARGE raft of lumber is being made
up at Breckenridge for the Emerson
colony of Manitoba.
THE Herald thinks about one-third
of the wheat crop of Rock county was
destroyed by the 'hoppers.
AN extensive manufactcry of paper
barrels (for four) will be put in opera
ton at Wlnona next month.
Down in Rock county they call them
snipe until the 18th, after which they
will be known as prairie chickens.
THE commissioners of Freeborn coun-
ty have voted $500 for the relief of the
destitute OF the grasshopper region.
PETER SASS, saloon keeper at Lake
City, committed suicide the other day
by poison. Cause, domestic trouble.
THE Hutchinson Enterprise is red
hot after DR.. Pierce, the Buffalo patent
medicine man, and says he is the great
est humbug living.
A RArrLEsNAKE, IL feet long, IL
inches around its body and carrying
nine rattles, was killed near Cannon
Falls last Saturday, by c. L. Smith.
A PETITION for the pardon of Ed. Pitts,
who was sentenced to imprisonmentlast
January for the larceny of key of
beer, is being circulated at Hastings.
FIVE threshing machines are being
made at Wabashaw, the first of which
was successfully tested the other day
and has been sold to go to Durand, Wis.
A. D. KING Of Wisconsin in jackson
county one evening last week ran
against COW lying down when the COW
sprang up so quick as to throw him
= down and dislocate his shoulder. The
dislocation was reduced by his brother