The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-08-26
MINNEsO TA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Minneapolis has been investing
in street cars.
In Meeker county there are
1921 ceres of,lakes to 38l ,587 Of
land.
"A saw in Thompson's mill at
Hastings relieved John Keyesof three
fingers of one hand. + -. =. r.
An iron bridge is to be built
across the Zumbro, at New Haven,
Olmsted, county. ,..sss.ss.za..sa .,ssas<s3
-Messrs. Bonner; Wheeler and
Talon, Of Winona, have bought the
elevator at Waseca.. >s''''' !
The cornerstone Of the new
swede college at st. Peter was laid
Thursday oflast week. 81 'a7&"< -, -
-Three-card monte men are reap.
ing a1rich harvest at and in the Vi
cinity of Minneapolis.
Flax has been-raised quite large
ly in Washington county. The yield
from 800 acres is 10000 bushels.
Gen. Mead figures up the. total
cost to Mp: Company, by the Brain
erd bridge disaster, to be $4,000.
Houston county claims centen-
arian. His name is Walker, he is
108 years old, and resides at Gale
donia. He is a Scotchman by birth.
John Mockerhern, living near
Delano, Wright county, had. his left
leg almost entirely cut off and the
flesh of the right leg cut to the bone
by a reaper. ="
Charles Clifton, the Minneapolis
forger who escaped from States prison
last August, has been recaptlred at
Springfield, ILL.,, and brought. back to
Saltwater. -: 49,.
Letters have been received from
Mr.. c.. G. Griswold, who is now in
California, stating that he will soon
return to St. Paul to resume his resi-
d 1!e in that city,: I'LL; / J
-Knudt o. solberg, Norwegian
farmer Of Kenyon, Rice county, fell
in front Of a reaper, was run over
and mangled so fearfully that he lived
but few. hours. :
The body of Michael O'Connor,
of Hyde Park, Wabasha county,
was found dead on the morning of
the 22d. Foul play was suspected and
an inquest was to be held. *,
+ --On Sunday afternoon during the
absence of Mr.. Nathan Bennett and
wife, of Tivoli, Blue Earth county,
the house caught fire and was entire
ly consumed with all the contents.
| Burglars broke into the shanty
Of Bridget NcKenney, poor woman
at Hastings, and took 1913 which she
had drawn from the bank the day be-
fore-the slowly-accumulated earn
ings Of many months.
The Duluth Tribune learns that
it is among the probabilities that the
new proprietors Of the Northern Pacific
railroad raj will call on Jay Cook to take
charge Of the financial management
of their road, -:
az "A fire at Minneapolis Thursday
morning destroyed the saw, mill Of
Bray, Richards & Go. It is. sup
posed the fire was caused by a spark
from the engine lodging in, the: fuel
room. Loss $4,000; insurance $12,-
900. "
| A little daughter of A.. M. Do
Ian; Of Leavenworth, Brown county,
was recently badly burned, by her
clothes taking. fire. Her garments
We're literally burned to ashes on her
back. She is not expected to live.
"A call is out for a meeting of
the Democratic Republican State
Central Committee at the Merchants
hotel, St. Paul, on Wednesday,
September LIST, for the purpose of
consultation on matters pertaining to
the fall campaign. ~. ...-
While Alice, a little daughter Of
the Rev. Mr.. Winsor, pastor of the
M: E: church at Red Wing, was left
alone for few minutes, her clothes
caught fire from the stove and before
assistance could be rendered she was
SO badly burned that she died the
same evening u 49,"
| Monday in the suburbs Of Austin
three men attacked, knocked down
and dragged into the brush stran-
ger, and robbed him Of fifty dollars,
leaving him unconscious. The robbers
have all been arrested and are now
in JILL The money was recovered.
AT Rushford, Monday, 4. man
named Milo Bathwick, while Engaged
in putting an iron roof on Valentine
& Tew's large -four mill, fell to: the
ground, distance Of 40 feet, and
was instantly killed. He was Uni:
married, and aged Is. ":
! 81 Saturday morning police officers
at st. Paul had their suspicious arous-
ed by the horrible smell, emanating
from a trunk at the Superior depot.
Feeling satisfied that it contained the
corpse of some murdered wife or hus-
band, they finally opened it, and found
it to be full of-Limburger cheese.