The Grange advance., 1874-08-12
MINNESOTA NEWS ITFpS.

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The Medford depot IS being rebuilt
Ly .hv n. g st. T. comrarv
a MAD dog has been seen in the
neighborhood of Mortified.
S. S. EDWARDS is postmaster at the
new postoffice called Davis. in Kand:.
yohi count
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 CT the
z6Jn ult.
IMMENSE clouds of locusts passed over
Detroit, Becker county, Tuesday <: last
week, flying bigt.
Down in Rock county they cal!'t tter'
snlpe until the 18th, after which the.
will be known ss Elai1ie chickens.
The commissioners of Freeborn coun.
ty have voted $500 for the relief of the
destitute of the grasshopper region.
PETER Sass, a saloon keeper at Lake
City, committed suicide the other day
by poison. Cause, domestic trouble.
: An engineers 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
Lieutenanl OF the fourtn Regiment OF
Artillery, the promotion to date from
March 7th, 1874.
A LADY of Sauk Rapids while cook
ing the other day, was much astonished
to find inside of an egg she broke,
coiled between the yolk and shell,
live snake about eight inches long and
about as thick as q common lead pen
Gil.
WM. PErERKEN of Detroit had
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 a very mean thief.
F. A. FoGG of Sauk Rapids, has
fonnd under one Of his apple trees q
branch about three feet long and but
l 3-8 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 grasshoppe-
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 t;;zzz.e.
An Anoka jury has given verdict of
"no cause of action in the case. of
Julia B. Nelson VS.. James McGlauflin,
for assault and battery. Mrs. Nelson
was temperance crusader whom Mr..
McGlautlin rudely pcsAa>6 from his
premises into the street, & & r. r. ..
The locusts have laid their eggs in
some parts of Mcleod county.
The post Office of Fremont, Freeborn
county, has been discontinued. "
ALL the growing crops in the vicinity
Of Big Stone lake are SAID to nave 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. 49,
@T A LARGE raft Of lumber is being made
up at Breckenridge 70. the Emerson
colony Of Manitoba.
The Hs,dld thinks about one-third
Of the wheat. crop. of Rock county vas
DESTROYED Dv the :nouters. y.
AN extensive manufactcry 6: paper
barrels (for Aour) viii be put in opera
ton at Winona next month. = 5-.a .az
The distribution Of provisions to the
needy in Watonwan county has been DE-
layed by the lack Of organization Of
local relief committees and the absence