The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-10-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
The receipts at the Catholic fair
at Minneapolis last week were 3D.:
600. 3s# 8
William ]. johnson has been ap-
pointed postmaster Of Richmond,
Winona county. s
Saltwater levies a tax of $35, 640
for the current expenses Of the city
the ensuing year. --- ~ ''.,
Some 250 Icelanders arrived at
Duluth last week bound for Manito-
ba, and more are on the way.
The body Of the late Col. John
Bail arrived at Winona Friday from
the East, and the funeral took place
Saturday ss*a5sz2qt"s ~ d, .7@'. s=.5i
80 BY q runaway accident at ST.
Paul Monday, George Seibert, leader
of the Great Western Band, had his
knee-pan broken. ..-5' : ','F.
"A Spring Valley mother has in
stituted a centennial spank" "a spank
that will last a boy a hundred years,
if he lives through it.
IN. w. Kittson has gobbled the
Merchants International Steamboat
Line, paying $40, 900, and has a mo-
nopoly Of the Red: river again.
Owen Murphy, a lad at Manka-
to, had his skull fractured Saturday
by the falling Of some lumber. on, his
head, and died in a few minutes after
ward. ........ ..,....,.,..,. 3
Col. VIM. M. Kimball, of Mime
apolis, has gone to superintend extern
siverepairs upon the custom house and
marine hospital at Key West, Flori-
da.
"A subscription of over 81, 900
has been raised in Faribault for the
benefit Of Mr.. Petit, recently serious
ly injured in the Touring mill at that
place. 80 at =. =. - (:
An eight years old son Of Theo-
dore Moulton, of Oronoco, Olmstead
county received a kick in the stomach
by a horse on the 29th:ult, from
the effects of which he died early next
! morning.
gs.sasia ,<3.... H. -:
-Ons b, ia!eres Mr.. Partridge of
Evansville raised 500 bushels of wheat.
He sold the crop at Herman for SO
cents, all No. l. = Only a small part
of this grain was cut before the wet
weather set in.-Alerandr;a Post.
The Southwestern Hotel at Man.
kato was burned Saturday morning
about five o'clock. Mr.. Welsh, the
proprietor, thinks the fire caught
from the dining-room. The loss is
about $4,000, fully insured.
On Wednesday, at the Mankato
fair, L. S. Getchell, driver Of Belle
was thrown from his sulky by col
lision with the driver of Old Bluff,
and was kicked by the frightened an
imal, breaking his left leg below the
knee.
| "A family Of Mormons started
from Albert Lea last Monday to thu
land Of Brigham and his wives
Utah. There are a number of Swed'
ish families in the same vicinity, who
are Of the same persuasion, that will
soon follow: :.-1.z .........
! On Friday last, Mr.. II. Wood
yard, very aged man, residing nea,
Cleveland, Le.sueur county, suffered
the amputation of an arm in conse
quence Of erysipelas. It is feared he
cannot survive, owing to his feeble
condition.
"A drunken tramp crawled or
top of the boiler in the engine room
of planning mill at Minneapolis the
other night and went to sleep. Had
he not been found, there would have
been by morning a well-roasted, whis
ky-scented carcass" on top of that
boiler.
The elevators along the Main
Line Of the St. Paul & Pacific rail.
road are all full Of wheat, and fifty
cars have been borrowed from the
Northern Pacific for transporting the
surplus wheat to St. Paul. Two: ex.
ira trains will beput on the same
road for the same purpose.
Taxes to the amount of 81, 49,.
68, with $500 more to follow, have
been paid into the Olmsted county
treasury on the Barrey lands, which
had been claimed by the Winona and
St. Peter r. R. as exempt from taxa
ton, but which a suit on the part Of
the State showed to belong to the
Barreys. - ... 49, r.
Charley Cullen attempted to muir:
der Major Culver, Of the Metrdpoli.
ton Hotel, Of St. Paul, Saturday
.evening. He had been elected BY
the Major for abusive conduct, and
Egetting a revolver returned soon after.
Major Culver struck the arm Of hi.
would-be assassin time enough to
send the ball out Of it's intended
course. Cullen, who is a hardened
young scamp, was arrested, and is now
in jail. .s,<s.'r .1..>, 800 -.
Julius sohns, for a long time
travelling salesman forFrederick The.
obald, of St. Paul, committed suicide
in that city Friday morning. He had