The Grange advance., 1874-09-09
minnesota NEWS ITEMS.

minnesota NEWS ITEMS.
SAuK RAPIDS wants q free reading
room.
POLK county is troubled by horse
thieves.
W1NoSA had small fire Saturday af.
ternoon. Loss $500.
e3SAuK CENTRE, Todd county, had a
slight frost Thursday night.
F. r. MoRroN's residence in Roches-
ter was burned on Friday. Loss SO, 900.
A SATURDAY night spree in Saltwater
added about 800 to the city s revenue.
Preston is desirous of having the CAL
edonia railroad extended to that place.
PATRICK CoNLoS beat his wife twenty.
five dollars worth in Austin on Tues
day.
w. X. YouSG Of Mankato fell from a
wagon, Monday, and fractured his left
elbow.
The Fillmore County Fair opens at
Lanesboro on the 23d of September
and continues four days.
The Lutherans of Fergus Falls are
making arrangements to build church
at that place the coming fall.
FRANK BROWN of Monticello, Wright
county, broke his arm last Saturday
while praeticing gymnastics on hori-
zontal bar.
A HORSE committed suicide in Roch.
ester last Wednesday, by twisting
around his neck halter. he left no
letter.
GHAs. J. JoHxsoN's house at High
Forest, Olmsted county, was totally de-
stroyed by fire last Thurday; it was
insured for $500.
WILLIE GAY Of Elk River, Sherburne
county, while playing with stave cut
ter, yesterday, lost the ends of three
Of his fingers.
THREE stacks Of wheat, containing
about three hundred bushels, belonging
to John Adams of Rochester, were de-
stroyed by fire last week.
W1NoNA county has two promising
cases Of crime to record this week.
Sam. Tomlinson was arrested for biga-
my in Winona, and Martin Donnelly for
incest in Pleasant Hill.
A NAN in Olmsted county, the
other day, yawned his lower jaw out of
joint, and was obliged to 60 to Roches-
ter, six miles, for surgical aid before he
could shut lis mouth.
A BOY named George Squire at Fer
gus Falls, Ottertail county, fell upon
the sharp stub of an artichoke stalk
last Sunday, which pierced his cheek,
inflicting a ragged and painful wound.
ROCHESTER people saw a peculiar
meteor last week Msnday evening. It
appeared about three or four feet in
length by one or two feet in breadth,
was Of a bright reddish tint, and
Rochester wants to know ''what was it p
MADEL1A, Watonwan county. had two
promising items last week. A boy
named Nicholson was thrown from a
colts back and had his head badly cut
up; and Mrs. j. r. Andrews fell down
stairs, spraining both of her ankles se-
verely and otherwise injuring herself.
DWIGHT HILL, boy Of seven years,
residing in Saint Charles, fell into we'll
twenty-four feet deep and containing
twenty inches of water, last Monday
evening, and was pulled out alive and
kicking, with only a few bruises.
THERE is very unpleasant rumor
afoat in the papers to the effect that
the wife of Fred. Cochrane of Albert
Lea, abandoned her husband some two
or three weeks since and eloped with a
young man whose cage seemed about
49, It is also said that she took with
her what little spare money Fred. had
on hand-about $1,000.
The Owatonna Journal complains
that rowdyism is allowed to run rampant
in that city, and the authorities make
no effort to prevent the evil. Last
Tuesday witnessed disgraceful assault
upon a stranger, and few days since
four vagabonds engaged in row upon
one of the principal streets, in which
knives were used, but none Of the party
were arrested.
LIE RoT R. HERR1cK, young man
who acts as Engineer at Buttles l. Her.
rick's Furniture Factory, Rochester,
was considerably burned, one day last
week. He had raked some fire out
from under the engine, replaced it, and
without opening the draft, threw in an
armful Of shavings, when the flames.
blazing in the wrong direction, flashed
up in his face, scorching it thoroughly.