The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-01-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

n11NNEsoTA NEWS.
st. Paul has . pow directory for
1874. Population 81 sos.
Water in tho wells and cisterus At
Faribsult is very low.
Hon. A. G. Hudson has been
chosen Superintendent of Schools for
Wabashs county.
"a: Webster Peek, Of St. Paul, has
been arrested on the charge of obtain.
log money on false pretenoes from Mr..
E. F. Warner.
The hardware store of J.. W.
Wood, at Faribault, was burned on
Wednesday night, involving a heavy
loss, with but partial insurance.
Mr.. James Preudergsst, Of the St.
Paul fire dor artment, died on Monday
from the effects of sickness contracted
at fire last winter.
-Aooka had last week its first col.
ored jqrymao, MI. Chapman, whom
Judge Vanderburg complimented as
"digni6ed and very competent"
On Monday night the dwelling
house of Burke O'Brien, of Minneapo-
lis, was burned, with q part of the
furniture. Loss, $4,000; insured tor
$1,000.
On Sunday fires were discovered
10 the Sunbeam photograph gallery
and D. G. Sattler l. Co.'S store, St.
Paul. Loss on the former $1,000;
latter $3.50.
-P. 8. Gardner, Of Lake Washing.
ton, has brought suit against lie sueur
for $1,000 damages for injuries receiv.
ed from falling into . ravine in that
town.
Sherman 4 Hall, dealers IN glass,
Miuoeapolis> have been adjudged bank
rupts and their place of businosu
closed. Their liabilities are given at
$4,000; assets, $4,000.
Fred Aschier, who was shot by
young Sheutou, his step.son, now in
jail here, was sound dead in the woods,
Tuesday Of this week, in such q posi-.
ton that it was supposed he had been
killed by tipping over with . load Of
wood. The Corouer's jury returned q
verdict that he was killed by falling
from bis load Of wood.-Rochester Rec.
ord.
"A young man named VIM. K
Harmon, Of Minneapolis, for some time
. night clerk at the Nieollct House
and more recently . clerk in Greer
Bro'.' stove store, recently came t
grief. He had been discharged from
the NicolIet for stealing, and Green
Bros discovered forged checks that
he had drawn money on. He returned
part of his ill.gotten gains, and was al
lowed to depart.
| "A Duluth dispatch Of Saturday, to
the Minneapolis Tribune say. !: "lndiau
scouts arrived in tho city to-day from
Vermilliou Lake, ninety miles oorth.-
They bring intelligence that the lodi
ans At that place are dying from star.
walton, Two children and one man
have been eaten BY The starving
~retches: About eighty Of these In
dams arc on their way to Duluth. Tb'
failure of the Wild rice crop and scare
.ty Of game il the cause Of this ter
rible distress. The Indians claim thu
the government has failed to send then
tho usu'l supply Of provisions or pa
them their annuity"
! "A young man named Palmer, Q
Cottage Grove, had a tussle with a.
Irishman, when the latter got Palmer
thumb between his teeth and bit it t
the bone, He must have had some
thing like rattlesnake virus 10 bis jaw
for the wound mortified, and amputs
ticn Of PalAer's thumb, and finally Q
part Of tho arm was necessary to saw
life.
! We find in later papers = p.infu
sequel to the foregoing. Dr.. Reine'
Of Saltwater, who assisted in the surgi
cal operation, scratched himself, ant
was iooculated with the poisoned bloo'
Of Palmer, and now lies 10 dying con
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