The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-10
MINNESOTA ITEMS.

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FEVER is prevalent in Houston coun-
ty.
SPRING VALLEY, Fillmore county, has
a new hotel.
MORTIFIED opens its free reading
room next Wednesday.
WnLxAR, Kandiyohi county, has a
new elevator in operation.
The Nicollet House at St. Peter has
been reopened to the public.
BUILDING is very lively at GAINESVILLE,
Waseca county, at present.
The Sherman House at Lake City
suspended business on Monday.
FARIBAU LT has arrested and fined a
''prize-package" man. Good for Fari-
bault.
CHxs.. SFAAckE of st. Peter. was
thrown from horse last Saturday and
his leg broken.
A HUNTING party Of five Or six gentle
men from Baltimore have arrived in ST..
Peter, and are going to camp in that
vicinity.
ST. PETER boasts an elopement case
which occurred last week. Winona
was not to be out-done, and got up a Sec
ond one on Saturday.
A LAD named Hodges, Is years Of age,
son of Henry Hodges of Kasota, LIE
Suer county, had an arm broken while
working with threshing-1nachine last
Saturday.
THE Cannon Valley Agricultural and
Mechanical Association offer $4,000 in
premiums and purses for the races dur
ing their fair on September 23d, 24th
and 25th.
A DRAYNAN named Schultz, in Fari-
bault, maltreated his wife and finally
turntd her out of doors and locked her
out over night, last Monday. Bad
whisky was the trouble, and Schultz
was sorry the next day while cooling
off in the town refrigerator.
Two sons of VIM. Richards, living
near Minnesota, Wabashaw county, left
home last Monday and have not been
seen since. Yesterday their clothes
were found on the river bank, below the
steamboat landing. They were evident
ly drowned while bathing.
A KEROSENE lamp was knocked down
in Cragin's saloon, in Caledonia, Hous-
ton county, on Tuesday evening, and it
was only by vigorous work that gen.
eral conflagration was prevented. One
of the bystanders pulled off his coat
and endeavored to smother the flames,
but the fire proved too much for the
garment, and N moment he was left
coatlsss. 1t was narrow escape for
the building.
LAKE CITY has frst-class mystery
on hand. A lady washes her hands in
a basin of water, and perfect picture
is formed at the bottom of the basin
from the sediments in the water. What
is still more wonderful one of these pic
lures proved to be an accurate likeness
Of little boy of Mr.. Tibbets, some
years deceased. The lady is Spiritual
ist and Clairvoyant, but the formation
of the pictures is apparently as much
mystery to her as to anyone else.
Lake City is investigating the mystery.
OHAuNcEY McALL1sTER of Kasota, lost
recently, thirty odd head of sheep kill
ed by railroad train. Two excellent
cows belonging to Gen. Matthews of
South Bend, were also killed by trains
on the st. Paul and Sioux City road.
THE Changers of Rice county pic
nicked at Faribault yesterday, and a
large crowd was present. The direct
ors of the mill company met in the
morning and found the business of the
company in a very satisfactory condi-
ton.
THE dead body of man was found
on the railroad track just below Rose
mount, Steele county, yesterday morn
ing, haying been run over on Monday
night. He is Supposed to have been a
farmer of the vicinity, who had been
on spree, as an empty bottle was
found beside him. He has not been
Identified.
PATRICK RYAN, an elderly man. who
lived at Byron and was employed on
the Winona & st. Peter railroad as a
section hand, started, en- Friday, to
walk from there to the farm of John
Conway, in the town of Salem. He is
supposed to have been struck with
paralysis; being found lying in the
road in an insensible state. He was
taken to Mr.. Conway's house. where he
died, and was buried ON Sunday.