The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-09-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNEsOrA NEWS.
Wheat atMaukato ID 50 cents.
Quite a colony i being collected
in st. Peter for emigration 70 New
Mexico this fall.
An unsuccessful attempt wa
made Wednesday night TO rob the
bank of Howe Bros. at Hastings.
DIR. r. A. Livingstone, Of Still.
water, came to his death yesterday by
an overdose Of morphine, administer
eddy his, own hand, to produce sleep
The total amount Of logs manu-
featured at Minneapolis up to this
date is about 100000 feet; being
only about two-thirds Of the usual
cut. .ys .~.s..4 3 81 srz RIA ,Esz>#a.: 1rr=t
John Lawlor, Of Prairie du Chen,
has the contract for building a bridge
across Lake st. Croix at Saltwater;
price, $4,000. ! 1t is to be com
pleted by the middle of May, 1875.
The saw mill of H. j. Taylor &
Co., at Rush City, was burned Sun.
day morning: Loss, $4,000. The
fire was undoubtedly the work Of an
incendiary, as the mill had not been
operated for several weeks. '.1'.>
Geo. W: Towle, of Company D,
I'd Minnesota Regiment, who was
wounded at the battle Of Chicamauga,
received his documents Saturday from
Washington, that he would receive
his bounty and back pay, amounting
to 1881. go ny =, w., ':' ~ -:
"A young man by the name Of
McDonald, while hunting near
Spring: Valley, had his back filled
with fine shot from a gun in the
hands of careless comrade. The
wound is very ugly if not danger
GUS one. .'.@- =. ~:'- ,.y--.-- a...,--.
: On Tuesday afternoon a tramp
entered the house Of Mrs. Off,. who
lives about four miles east Of Manka,
to, and finding no one at home but
a daughter about Is and boy about
8 years old, outraged the young girl
and then fed. He has not yet beer
found, but when he is he should b@
hung to the nearest tree.
The case of Mr.: A. D. King, 8
freight conductor on the Lake .Supe
rior and Mississippi railroad, charged
with assault with intent to ravish Ma
ry Johns, at Hinckley, has been tried
and Mr.. King honorably discharged
The testimony Of the principal wit
ness for the prosecution, the girl her
self, would not stand sitting.
"A telegraph operator in thu
Winona & St. Peter Depot, at Owa
tonna, was arrested on Sunday last
implicated in breaking open trunk
left at the depot. He had his tria.
before Justice Donaldson on Friday
and was bound over to appear at thu
next term Of court, in the sum O.
5000. His father furnished the re
quired bail.
On the 28th Of August Mrs. j
H. Hyatt, landlady of the Hyatt
House, at Window, gave still-birtl
to child with two perfect heads OF
one body. It:weighed twelve pound
and was without !, >.other deformi
ty. The faces were perfect and re
sembled each other in every detail
the eyes, ears, noses and mouths being
distinct and fully and equally matur
ed on each head.
| The dead body of the wife q
Peter Erickson, of Burns, Brow
county, was found last Wednesday il
the attic Of her husbands house, sus
pended by the neck. Erickson ha
disappeared, and the New Ulm He,
aid says the woman was ''probabl,
poisoned by her husband, and SUI
pended to give the appearance Of hav
ing committed suicide. Re1norse an
fear prevented him from awaiteng tn
result Of his ruse," and as no clu
can be found of his whereabouts
many suppose that he has committe
suicide. '"' i. .
| George Hartung, son of Chris
tian Hartung, who lives by Eagl
Lake, 6 miles from this city, was al
tackled by vicious bull on Wednes
day evening, and gored nearly t.
! death. The skin was torn from on
side of his face, and the cheek bon
broken. A horn penetrated his bod,
an inch from his heart, also his lungs
so that the air escapes from tn
wound. The Aeshy part of his thig1
twas gored through, and the skin an
flesh torn from one finger. Beside
there were many other wounds. Hi
father and brother rescued him b
shooting the enraged beast. Tn
chances of recovery are doubtful
Mankato Union. 49,: -.-.: y. f., :. q
THE WABASHA COUNTY MURDER.
The Lake Citv Lender. savs tha