Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-13

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Minnesota Notes.
Scarlet fever has appeared at Duluth.
The Anoka Republican IS offered for
sale. go. .-' .... -
The Duluth Tribune has entered it,
sixth volume.
The grangers are talking Of a foundry
at Hutchinson.
The new court room at Faribault is
nearly completed, and is being occupied.
j. S. Brockelhurst Ii as purchased The
Princeton Appeal, and will run it az an
independent paper.
Niuety-ninc teachers certificates were
granted at the recent examinations in d.
kota county-eight Of which were to fe-
males.
Mrs. L. Slade, of Wells, fell down stairs
Wednesday last, breaking both arms at
the wrists, and receiving an ugly cut over
the right eye
On Thursday afternoon couple Of
sportsmen from Winona bagged AIS pig
cons in the woods near kasson, which may
be considered good afternoons work.
VIM. Clotc, of Genoa, Olnlstead county,
last week was quite badly injured by a
staging upon which he was at work CIV
ing way, giving him fall of 10 or IL
feet.
Two brothers, named Ingraham, at
tempted to break Jail at Rochester We'd
nesday. By the aid of an old table leg in
their cell, they had nearly succeeded when
discovered
Special services were held by the Catho-
lie societies at St. Augusta last Monday,
to avert the grasshopper plague. Over
thousand persons were present from St.
Cloud alone.
A party of boys attempted to cllarivari
Fred, Cashky, at Wells, on his marriage
the other day, but after a charge or two OF
shot Lad been sent among them they de-
sisted
St. Cloud Journal: The chap who
came into the Journal Office Monday at:
ternoon and dropped half cigar into our
aquarium, killing % fish, will please re-
ceive our blessing, so to speak.
Rochester Record: Mr.. Albert New
man, while seeding one day last week.
though: he would remove the trash from
the teeth of the seeder without stopping
the team. He is now very reticcnt about
the manner in which he lost the first joint
Of the index finger.
Faribault Democrat: It has been esti-
mated that not less than fifty tons Of dead
fish have been washed ashore at Robcrd's
Lake, since the ice melted. The numbers
were so great that the residents of that
section found it necessary to dig trenches
in the sand on the shore and bury them.
Mrs. Randall, a widow lady residing at
Winona, while carrying pitcher of water
down stairs Thursday evening, fell to the
bottom, smashing the pitcher, a fragment.
of which cut an ugly cash under her
shoulder blade She WAS otherwise badly
injured, and will be confined to her bed
for some days.
AS Mrs. Russell Smith, Of Rochester,
was stepping from buggy last Sunday,
the step iron gave way, causing her to fall
to the ground, badly fracturing the knee.
pan of the left limb. The injury is a very
painful one and a long time must elapse
before Mrs Smith will recover the use OF
the wounded member.
On Tuesday of last week man by the
name of James Carrigan, a resident OF
Saltwater, came to his death by getting
caught in a jam of logs on the st. Croix
near Rush City. He was engaged in
breaking the jam and fel! through, two OF
three logs passing over him killing him
almost instantly. He was about 10 years
Of age, and his relatives lives in Maine.
A boat containing 10 persons was upset
OH Sank lake week ago Sunday last
-Four OF the number were drowned. The
four drowned were Joseph Beach, Of Birch
Dale, who leaves wife and seven children
in poor circumstances Frank Gromberg
Is years old, whose parents live at Evans
vile, Douglass county Gordon and Scver'
Burgess, aged and II years, brig ht and
promising boys, whose parents reside in
this town. The remainder were saved by
a young hero named Frank Yarno, who
ran mile and half before securing q
boat, and reached the drowning parties
within Is minutes after the disaster.
u. w. Dart, Of Moscow, Freedom coun
ty, committed suicide last week by hang
ing. Temporary insanity Of an hereditary
type was the cause. lie concealed the
rope about his person and went into the
woods. After he had gone considerable
distance, lie took the rope, and after fast
ening one end to the limb of small jack
oak that was probably six feet from the
ground, deliberately tied the other end
about his neck and sat down in the moose
for when the body was found it was in Z
sitting posture, with the back against the
tree, and the rope about the neck, as stated
The rope was a lhrce-quartcr inch, and
had cut into the neck considerably. Thu
knucklcs of the left hand rested on til,
ground, and the tips of the fingers of th'
right touching the ground, the legs cross
ed, and the feet lying in an easy position
down the decline.
''Tho Sclloolmastcr's In that Bcd.''
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