The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-30

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! The people Of Cottonwood prom
ise to aid the Hutchinson railroad
with $4,000 in bonds and $4,000 in
subscriptions. ts
The Duluth Tribune Office mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire on
the night of the goth. A defective
Aue was the cause.
Two horse thieves, named Gates
and Boyle, escaped from Blue Earth
City Jail Christmas evening. They
also stole the j.ilor's horse. on leav-
ing. ~. so -.
IS. G. Jones', Of St. Peter, com.
mittsd suicide ENHANCING himself at
the Ogden House F aribault, Monday
evening. His business was selling
cement. - -
The trial Of August temple, at
Mankato, for granddaughter. resulted
in his acquittal, the fact being estab-
lished that the shooting was done in
self.defense. ~. ~
The large foundry Of Geo. B
Wright at Austin was entirely burn
ed Monday night. Loss about $15,
600 and no insurance. Supposed to
be the worn Of an inoendiary.
"A verdict has been rendered
against Thos. Simpson and: other citi-
zens Of Winona who made subscrip-
tions to the Green Bay road and re-
fused to pay the same. +. The sub.
scriptions amount to $3a, 900.
"A farm house belonging to Mr..
Lavler, living two miles south of
Kandiyohi, WIS, burned Saturday
night . There. was nothing saved:
There was quite. = SUM: Of money
burned; report says 500. Insurance
$3.50. --.,..,e ~ -, ~ ...:
Charles Beaumont, . young news
dealer, was run over by = train on
Saturday evening, At Nashua station,
about thirty miles below Austin, and
80 badly crushed and mangled that
he died in wo>hourss after: the acci,
dent. -
The work Of restoring the Col.
umn Vendome; destroyed. by the
Communists, was Monday completed,
and the statue Of Napoleon: was re
placed on the top Of the column.
No public ceremonies attended the
proceedings.
PROF. Hoods interest in the Red
Wing institute' and adjacent lands
has passed into the hands of S. D.
Greenwood, the price being 1926, 900.
The purchaser assumes certain extern
siYe liabilities and Prof: Hood re-
mains in charge Of the school.
"A. III. Stone of Pleasant Grove
drove into Rochester Friday evening
with a $500 span Of horses, tiee
them back..of Broadway store, and
in an hour afterwards (six o'clock,
discovered that they had been stolen
1t was in one Of the boldest cases o
horse,stealing onrecord.
MIR. Oliver siers, who lives fiv'
miles south Of Rochester, was sur
rounded by wolves one night recent,
while walking through the timber
and had to fight fol- it. Fortunatel!!
for Mr.. Siers: he carried = revolve,
and by shooting, txoz~. of !, the brute
frightened the Others away:
The: residence of Mr.. Thoma
WEIGH, in Webster township, Ric
county, was destroyed by fire a fe,
days ago. While Mrs. WEIGH wa
in the chamber trying to save som
furniture the floor gave way. Tn
lady barely escaped from a terribl
death, with. a broken arm and som
slight bruises.
"A brakeman by the name g
Charles Larson, on jerks freigh
train, while CO upling cars at Lonl
Lake Thursday, fell between the car
and was run over. Both legs wer
badly mangled and he was injure.
internally. He was taken to st
Paul., but died during the night
He was one OF, the Oldest brakeme,
on the road: il.
Some time early Last fall, a sol
of Mr.. David Cundy, of this city,
young man, some eighteen. years Q
age, went to work in the pine woods
near Pokegama Falls. - About Ii
middle Of October~last, hay rent som
eight miles from the camp to = store
where he bought some clothing, AM
started back to the camp, and ha
not since been heard of.-Anoh
Journal :" r.
Donald O. Mitchelps plans for
building to represent Connecticut a
the Centennial have been PARTIAL.
adopted. The house; will b. a quain
old structure, two stories high, wit
portioo in front and = long, slopine
back roof The external walls vii
be Of plaster and single, with tn
! old-fashioned cross-beams. There vii
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