The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-05-28
MINNEsOTA NEWS.

Cattle in the southern part Of the
State are dying Of black leg.:: 4,
-Owatonna is fixing herself for =
city park, with fountains and things.
Austin asks $500 for liquor Ii.
osnses. No takers. And there is a
general dryness there. i
The Duluth Tribune says there is
lively row among the stockholders in
the Blast Furnace Company:
jerome Grove, Of Castle Rock, was
kicked in tho abdomen on Wednesday,
BY . horse, and died soon afterwards.
-W,uona is to vote June 9th, on a
proposition to issue $4,000 IN bonds
to be used in constructing water works
for the city.
-On Saturday tho house Of q. l..
Selnenson, near Worthington, was
struck by lightning, and burned. Mr..
8. was instantly killed, aud his body
burned with the house.
Mr.. Brswis, an English gentleman,
has about decided to build q $4,000
Touring mill At Duluth the citizens Of
that place giving him certain induce.
ments in the way Of q bonus.
"A workman named August John.
son, engaged In removing lumber from
ono Of tho mills at- Minneapolis, was
run over BY train while crossing the
track, on Tuesday, and killed.
"A collision occurred on the Still.
water Branch Of the L. s. & NJ. r. r.,
near White Bear Lake, on Sunday
evening, BY which two locomotives were
wrecked, nine cars loaded with wheat
smashed aud the wheat spilled on the
track, and two men were injured badly.
"a young daughter Of Mr.. Helms,
Of Oshsua, Nisollst Co., was killed by
. pct colt which she was Leading to
water with tho halter strap tied around
hsr waist. The colt became frightened
and ran, killing the girl and mangling
her body until it was almost unreoog-
,.
"A man named Nathan Bentley
living near Rochester, while lying be-
fore IRE in drunken stupor Saturday
night the 10th, was terribly if not ia.
ally burned, tho flesh being cooked to
crisp from the neck down to the ab-
aomen, just how hs received his in
juries, Bently was unable to tell.
"A little daughter of J. Aargraves,
If Minneapolis, was killed Oh Tuesday
afternoon BY the explosion of a can Of
kerosene oil, from which she had been
'ouEing . stream on to fire to make it
'arn better, as she had seen the older
people about the house do. The poor
title thing paid, with her life, the pen.
'lty Of their criminal carelessness.
On Saturday little boy named |
Glover, Eve years old, stabbed . play
nate, a son Of M. g. Norton, four years |
I'D, at Winona, burying the knife in |
he little follows breast, near tho heart. !
t was done Intentionally and With
pocket knife borrowed for that pur-
'ose. He had attempted to stab lit.
10 daughter Of Mr.. Sinolair's, but she
escaped. Tie young desperado's VIC
i'm lies in critical condition.
Some unknown man walked to the
iver, near the steamboat warehouse at
st. Paul. on Monday afternoon, and
aking a belt from bis person, emptied
'at three handfuls of gold and threw
ash handful into tho river. Of course
he fellow was insane.
Later reports give his name as Chas.
Aetzel, just arrived from Pottsville, Pa.
1e was harrassed with the idea that
ONE one was after him to got his
money, 81 500 in gold, which he car
led around in belt, and so he threw
into the river for safe keeping,
ome Of it has since been 6shed out.