The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-09
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

, NEARLY all the wells of Elk river arc
frozen up.
TIE building improvements in Spring
Valley the past year aggrega, cd $3l, $50.
TIE cityof Winona furnished four
well-developed cases of twins last year.
THERE are but three places in Lincoln
and Lyon counties where liquors are sold
even for medicine.
FREQUENT explosions of kerosere lamps
and narrow escapes Of fire in consequece
are reported.
STONE is being hauled for the Jesuit
college building to be erected at Markato
the coming season.
. The artesian we'll at Mankato is down
upwards of 700 feet, and the water is
within 100 feet of the top of the bore.
WE1sER Posi- G. A. R. Of Shakopee, are
giving minstrel entertainments and social
hops for the benefit of the grasshopper
sufferers.
Bill ROGERS, q Homer fisherman,
speared one hundred and two fish in one
day.
TIE late John Hollingworth Of Winona,
had life insurance policies aggregating
$4,000.
The Winona Republican IS becoming
alarmed at the frequent occurrence of
petty thefts in that city.
THOMAS HoBsoN of LIE Sueur county
lost his house and contents by fire Satur-
day, the Goth ult.
THE LIE Sucur Sentinel claims that
grasshoppers have been Matched in that
vicinity in fower-pets.
sold Probability" CT St. Peter owns
up, and says he could not by any posi-
bility have guessed wilder.
The Perham News rejoices in some
choice bits of scandal which it says will
rival the B. and T. business.
Ed. CHAPMAN, grocer of Minnesota
City, has made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors. Liabilities,
$4,000.
FHE Owatonna lyceum is wrestling
with the tariff question, and so far with
out being able to decide the vexed ques-
ton.
DURING the storm Of Wednesday the
dwelling house of Mr.. Hoyrz. five miles
north of Willmar, with all the contents,
was burned.
The residence of DR.. j. F. Tourtelotte,
Winona, burned Thursday forenoon.
Most of the furniture was saved. Loss
on house $4,000; insurance $1,000.
JOHN O'DosALD of Faribault was kicked
in the groin by horse Tuesday evening
last, rupturing blood vessel, causing his
death.
The project Of sinking an artesian
well at Owatonna will at once be proceed.
ed with, the necessary funds having been
subscribed.
GEO. Dyson, umberman, while at
work in the woods near Hinckley, Wed
nesday, was stricken down by falling
tree and instantly killed.
THERE were only fourteen marriage
licenses issued in Winona county during
the month of January, which is very
poor showing for so populous a county.
ROCHESTER Post The indications
now are that there will be more buildings
erected and Improvements made in our
city next summer than in any season for
three years past.
THERE is not Touring mill in Meeker
county doing any merchant work at the
present time. the low price of -four en-
failing a loss on all manufactured.
Mr.. A. BALDWIN, proprietor of the
North Star Iron Works, Winona, proposes
to extend his business by the erection of
large brick foundry and machine shop.
The new buildings will cost about $4,000.
DURING the month of January three
women, residents Of St. Cloud, who had
lived their threescore years and ten,
went to their rest. Mrs. F. D. McIntire,
aged u; Mrs. Chloe Bonham, aged IT,
and Mrs. Mary Fawcett, aged 70.
Tim Mankato Union gives currency to
the rumor that Gen. Jams II. Baker, U.
5. Commissioner of Pensions, will soon
lead to the altar young and fair daugh-
ter OF that county, who snaps her fingers
at the old crones warning:
eff you change the name but not the letter
lou change Tor the worse and not the better"
TIE Rochester Post understands that
parties connected with certain Iowa rail-
roads are willing to undertak the con.
structlon OF that portion Of the Lake Pc
pin & Omaha railroad, between Waba-
shaw and Rochester. the present year,
provided the people along the line renew
their bonuses.
ACCORDING to the Glencoe Register all
the noses up that way look as if they had
been stubbed against the sharp edge of