The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-30


he kept the field all day covered with
smoke.
The building committee of the Swed-
ish Lutheran conference have decided
to commence their college at St. Peter
with building 50 by 30 feet, four sto-
ries high.
In Spring Valley, Fillmore county,
$3.50 in cash, besides clothing and pro-
visions, have been contributed for re-
lief of the distressed settlers in Martin
county.
KING has leased his lakewood
farm in Meeker county to Mr.. Gibson.
VINO has farmed it for the last two sea-
sons, for ten years. Mr.. Gibson retains
his pick Of the stock.
FRED. WINTER, Of Chester, Waba-
shaw county, is one Of the first to COM
mence the spring wheat harvest, he hav-
having 25 acres of Italian wheat, which
ripened early.
The one saloon at Elk River has been
voted to be nuisance by one temper
ance meeting and now another is to be
held to consider how best to abate the
nuisance.
DURING their fortunately brief rests
in parts Of Otter Tail county, tho To-
Gusts have partially destroyed the
crops on many farms, mostly in the
western towns.
THE races last week brought to Fari-
bault number Of burglars and sneak
thieves. Nevertheless it is proposed tc
have another race meeting there this
fall.
| ~. NJ. HARDING of Faribault, with his
span of Hambletonians,a at Dexter Park,
has been showing Chicago folk what a
brag double team from Minnesota can
do.
TWENTY-FIVE good and true men of
Breckenridge are organized as militia
company and properly armed-to resist
the bloody minded redskins if they in
wade that prosperous town.
An unknown young man, stranger,
whose name is supposed to be James
Mckay but whose former place OF resi-
dence is unknown, has been sent to the
insane asylum from Stearns county.
PaoF. PHELPS. who is going to Detroit
next week to attend the meetings Of
the national educational association,
will make an effort to secure the next
annual session in Winona or st. Paul.
MAIL routes have been established
from Marshall, in Lyons county, to
Dell Rapids, lakewood and Lake Kan
peska, D. T. The latter has been 9
railway terminus for year, but has
not yet had postoffice.
THE first NJ. E. church in Warsaw
Goodhue county, is to be opened for re-
ligious services next Sunday, with Rev
Mr.. Martin Of St. Paul and others pres.
ent to assist the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Bow
dish, on the occasion.
/ Two freight trains day, beside the
regular passenger trains. are all that
are running at present on the Winona
& St. Peter road, and number of train
hands are consequently temporarily out
Of employment.
SAMUEL Dummies house in St. Peter
was fred in three places Monday night
but fortunately the flames were early
discovered and extinguished. Tuesday
night another unsuccessful attempt was
made to burn the same house.
EMORY SMITH, late Of birmingham
Mass, hearing that friend at Chain
Lakes was suffering because Of the des
truction Of his crops by grasshopPers
started from lie Roy, Mower county, t.
take load of provisions to the friend
but died upon the way.
G. KRErzxAx Of Elizabeth City, Otter
Tail county, was chased home, over I
mile, the other day by an old she bear
, His dog saved him from being caught bJ
occasionally worrying the bear. Tn
bear when he met her in the woods wa
accompanied by pair Of cubs, and dit
not wait for him to initiate hostilities
THE county board Of Dakota county
,, came to the conclusion they had n
authority to appropriate money for re
I lief Of the people impoverished b.
| grasshoppers and thereupon passed |
resolution advising the Governor Il
) call an extra session Of the Legislator
: Ito appropriate what il neeeed from til
State Treasury.