The Grange advance., 1874-08-26
MINNESOTA news ITEMS,

A SwEDE named Ole Oleson, in Still
water, had his leg broken in two places
Monday.
The air was full of grasshoppers fly
ing over St. Cloud last Monday in a
southerly direction.
NEARLY fifty buildings have already
been or are in course Of construction
the present year in Litchfeld.
OwAToNNA has cleared away its bond
ed debt for railroads, all but $40O, and
owes besides only for it's school house.
A YOUNG son of Henry Keepers of
Lanesboro, accidentally fell into the
river Thursday evening and was drown
ed.
Mr.. CAuGHRAS, of the Sauk valley,
in Stearns county, harvested and mar.
keted 33 acres of oats, yielding so BUSH
els to the acre, in 90 days from seeding.
SEVERAL buildings at St. Ch::::..cc.,
Winona county, were burglariously en-.
tered Wednesday night of last week.
The thieves obtained but little booty.
CATHERINE THoRToS, Henry Clay P.
O., Delaware, wants to know the where
abouts of her husband, Patrick Thorn
ton, who left Delaware last April for
Brainerd, MINI.
RUDOLPH PRA1L, of Mankato, about
ten years of age, while playing with the
stave;jointer in the mill of Albert Volk,
of Lake Emily, had the fingers of one
hand cut off.
OVER Alexandria, Monday, locusts
were observed high up in the air, flying
in soatheasterly direction. Flying
swarms of them we're also observed at
Big Lake and Kandiyohi.
WEDNESDAY night burglars visited
two hotels in Shakopee with success.
From the Farmers Home they abstract
ed three pocket-books containing about
$36; from the Northwestern Hotel
about the same.
ANDREW Roos, held for the murder of
L. Wilson, saloon keeper at St. Johns,
hac preliminary. examination Wed
nesday and was committed to await the
action of the grand jury at the Septem-
Der court.
THURSDAY morning last, Friedrich
Jacotshagen, an old settler of Mankato
township, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with pistol. lie has been
sick for many years, and his suicide
was result of loss Of hope that he
would ever recover.
SENATOR RAMSEY has been engaged to
deliver an address at the Southern Min
nesots Agricultural and Mechanical
FAN. to be held q, Nank;,tn ~ the lCth
of September. and Sam. Dcnan vii! de.
liver the address Of the Blue Earth
County Fair at Garden Ci:,,-.
Mn. NJ. Haas Of Chimney Rock. lost
three stacks Of wheat by fire the other
day. The fire is Supposed to have orig
mated from sparks escaping from Jilc
smoke stack Of d steam threshcr Of
Fred. SchickIing. Estimated loss Of
wheat, three hundred bushels.
ALFRED D,ssioP, an cml.loye Of Miller
l. Steffen in Hastings was kicked by a
horse on Friday Of last week, receiving
the blow in the forehead, and iniuring
one Of his eyes. He will recover the
use of his eye. and is able to be around.
THE fourth annual fair of the Nicol-
let County Agricultural Soc iety is to
be held at Nicollet station on the 18th
and 10th Of September. A good exhi-
bition and large attendance is ex.
pected. The stock fair and sale on the
second day will undoubtedly attract
many.
Vocr & HILL have just finished build
ing a Touring mill on Wells creek two
miles above Frontenac, for Kroll &
Keye. The building is SO feet square.
and four stories high; it is built for
four runs of stone, but only three are
now in. With the machinery it will
cost about $4,000. The water.power
has 25-feet head.
GRAssHoPPERs are said to be very
numerous near GAINESVILLE, and appear
to be depositing their eggs. Every
clear day when the wind is in the west
or northwest, quantities of grasshop-
pers can be seen passing over Waseca,
and from present appearances it is
feared that these pests will afflict Wa
SEGA county next season.
D. R. MACDONALD Of Faribault was
throHn from wagon near Waseca
week before last. and falling upon the
stump Of an amputated arm. fractured
it above the elbow. The limb was set,
and was doing well till last Saturday
evening, when, in going home between
ten and eleven clock, he fell over a
scantling that lay across the sidewalk,