The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-11-26
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
AIlOka County.


A rich vein of silver ore was rccentl
struck about five miles cast of Moose Lake
The General Manager of the Northern Pacifi
Railroad pronounccS the ore to be good, and
if this opinion is confirmed by an assavst
the next season will undoubtedly witncs
considerable immigration to this section
The discovery is creating considerable ex
element already.
\ $1,000 court house is to be built a
Thompson. on the site of the Litchfeld Hotel
DESTROYED by fire some months ago.
Clay County.
A leading industry at Moorhcad is thu
building OF tlat-boats.
The Sheriff had in his possession, lately
nine horses stolen by the wholesale horse
thief. Martin.
Dakota County.
The Hastings Ini"h offers reward of So
for the apprehension OF the mi>crcant who
entered the office few days before election
and knocked 4 lot of clcctionccrng matte,
into "pi''
Douglas County.
COY. Davis has appointed Wm McAvoy
Jud- re of Probate for this county, to fill the
vacancy occa>ioned by the death of Smith
Bloomfield.
Faribault County.
Mrs. Whitmarsh, of Blue Earth City, fell
down stairs the other day and broke her arm
in three places.
Fillmore County.
The Touring mill and grain warehouse OF
Valentino X Trew, of Ru>hford. was burned
Ia the ground on the night Of the Sth. Loss
$4,000.
Freedom County.
George Chamberlain. Of Geneva, recently
slipped on the doorstep as he was going out
bunting. The gun was discharged and he
N1> instantly killed.
G"nsihuc County.
The Rcd Wing irg"S has libel suit for
Sl,uRn OF It's hands. The editor rhuckles
over it in the shape Of two-column local
>griih.
Fly Bertrand, an Iowa horse-thief, passing
under the name of Smith. was recognized and
arrested on the Sth in the Congregational
tlurrh At Cannon Falls. at the close of the
service, upon which he had been apparently
dcvuut attendant.
Rid Wing has >ixtv-Six voter, bearing the
u.lrur Of Johnson.
An Italian drck-hand, name unknown, re-
equity walked Oft the Charlie Chccycr at Red
Wing and was drowned.
Flz>immons, recently arrested in Red Wing
for a murder committed in Canada, has been
ideutiticd by Canadian officers.
The gale on the night of the 9TH demol.
islicd the frame Of the Collegiate Institute at
Rcd Wing, which had been gotready for cover
ing.
Hennrpin County.
On the afternoon of the Sd two little boys,
one of them son of y. F. Grswold, of Min
neap"i>. aged six wears. were playing at the
residence of Mr.. Griswold, and, becoming
tired OF other sport, little Griswold asked his
friend if he didn't want to 60 upstairs and see
his pala'> pistol. OF course the little fellow
was anxious To see the weapon, and the boys
went up to Mr. Griswolds room. Going to
the bureau drawer he opened it and took out
a loaded revolver. Putting the muzzle d.
rcrtly against his breast, he said: "Sec me
shoot myself, ut the same time drawing back
the hammer. The cartridge at once exploded
and the ball entered the left breast just above
the heart, passed around to the left, following
Tie ribs, and out at the side.
o'i~. which will he $500 feet deep and will re-
qar" six months to finish
The suspension bridge at Minneapolis is TO
h. replaced by an improved structure. The
lr'.~r't bridge has been in use for twenty
years and Is looked upon as insecure.
\ watch factory is to be established at Mir.
ncaI'li-.
gI.n..~ Snunpr
The murraiu has appeared among the cattle
in thu county.
Jackson County.
Mrs. Miles Lindsey lost fine two year-old
steer few days since by backlog. Several
cases Of death from this disease have oc-
Cured in the county during the summer.
LYON County.
Thomas lIe.trron, who shot his wife at
Fort Ripley year ago, has been sentenced to
State Prison for life.
Martin County.
1t is said that the bean crop in the county
is It total failure this year.
NiroIIet County.
Minis. the divinity student who lately at
tempted to assassinatc Bishop Whipple, re-
Gently escaped from the asylum at st. Peter
NV "'1 consequently itN"FtulSu.
OIn,>tead County.
The editor of the Eyota advertiser has a
beet in his office which weighs sixteen
pounds.
Mr. BENZ. Peck, Of High Forest, put her
twin hov,, three months old and apparently
in good health, to bed the other night, and
woke up at one o'clock in the morning to find
them both dead.
Otter Tail County.
\ man went into store at Pcrham the
otter day and filled his pine from the public
barrel Of tobacco. A small pistol cartridge
had been accidentally dropped into the barrel,
and tie m..n got it in his pipe. In a few min
utcs that pipe was annihlated and the man
laid up for repairs.
Ramsey County.
During the severe thunderstorm on the
night Of the 9TH, two-story hotel, belonging
TO Martin Dclany, "a by IS feet, with large
l., nearly inclosed, was blown down. Scarce
ly timber was left standing. The storm was
one Of the most severe that has visited this
section this year, and large amount of mis-
celaneous damage was done in blowing
down fences, prostrating trees, etc.
y son of Mr. Salmon, living on Canada
street, St Paul, was shot in the knee the
other day. The young hopeful is fourteen
years old. and carried the loaded pistol in his
pocket. Anxious mothers can use this para
graph as text for discourse.
Charles Huntington, of the firm Of Hunting
ton d Winnie, Of st. Paul, has been arrested
for forgery.
The steamer Aunt Betsey was burned at
the upper levee, st. Paul, on the afternoon of
the 9th. Loss 5000.
a man named Patrick O'Connor, the boss of
an excavating job on Fourth street, at St.
Paul, was shot the other evening with a
double barrelcd shotgun by John II. Ross,
who had been discharged by O'Connor. He
died next morning.
A St Paul dog showed his affection for his
master by going through plate glass window