The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-08-05

Minnesota is infested with burg.

Minnesota is infested with burg
lars. @.. & /.
-Hennepin county levies $780,
600 for county expenses the current
year. =
MIR. Rahilly, of Mt. Pleasant,
Wabasha county, has over 1 900 acres
in wheat this year.
Peter Kirwin, of York, was in
some way not known drowned in the
mill pond at Forestville, on the 21st
ult.
-Jeft's jewelry store at Dodge
Center was robbed of $500 worth Of
goods on Friday night. Other. mi
nor robberies wera committed.
w. l.. Mintzer, of St Paul, not
only had his nose nearly chewed of
by Chas. Golfer, but was fined $50
| beside, and Golfer was discharged.
w. R. Champlin, of Minneapo
lis, fell from his wagon while ASLEEP
Monday, the wheels ran over his
forehead and he died in twenty min
utes afterward. J11
The eaves-trough factory OF
Nudd, Ross & Co., East Minneapolis
was burned Sunday. Six buildings
were destroyed. Loss $4,000; in
surance $500.
Friday night burglars affected
an entrance into Dawson & Co.'s
bank, St. Paul, through a back win
dow. but though they made the at
tempt failed to get into the safe.
-G. W. Houghtaling, Hastings
defaulting and absconding Democrat
icMayor, has not yet been heard from
1t is said that his indebtedness to MI
Dudley is nearly $4,000.
He was arrested at Winona yester
day.
Sunday a little deaf and duml
child of ]: Walker, Of Hyde Park
Wabasha county, fell into a kettle Q
hot water which his mother had jus
brought into the ROOM, and was 81
badly scalded. that he lived but few
hours.
Henry Lips, of Wheeling, Ric
County, committed suicide last Wed
nesday by hanging himself to tre'
on his farm. The body was not foun'
until Monday. He leaves a famil,
of motherless as we'll as. fatherles
children.
Lars jacobson, Of the town o
Carlston, Freeborn county, hum
himself on the 23d ult. The break
ing off Of an engagement with youn,
lady whom he had recently brough
from Denmark is given as the reaso,
for the act.
Mrs. Holden, living near Roch
ester, drank water from a cup i
which strychnine and corn had bee
mixed for poisoning gophers;; wa
soon very sick, and was only saved b.
the prompt administration of RENE
dies.
Mr.. Bruno Beaupre, who recent
ly retired from the firm of Beaupre
Kelly, of St. Paul, has taken an in
terest in the firm Of P. F. McQuilla,
& Co., which is to be known as Nc
Quillan, Beaupre & Go. hereafter.
"Wednesday Peter M. Tolbert;,' 0
Rochester, while at his farm, was as
saulted by a tenant, Jerry Malone.
and son, and pounded with stones
his skull was fractured, his face bad
ly cut and his arm and side bruised
His condition is considered danger
Gus. The Mahoneys were arrested.
| Three or four weeks ago a coupl
at Rochester, the groom thirty ant
the bride fifty years of age, were unit
ed in matrimony. Last week. the,
came back to the same Justice to I'm
marry them. Finding that he coult
not do this, they have begun proceed
ings to obtain a divorce.
The house Of Julius Hans, in tn
town Of Norton, Winona county, wa
struck by lightning on SATURDAY
night, and burned to the ground
Loss $4,000; insurance 5000. Mr.
Hans had a house struck by light
ming and burned some two years ago
at which time he lost three ofhis chill
dren in the fire.
| The baggage car on the passen.
ger train of the Northern Pacific ives
yesterday, when near New York
Mills, took fire from a spark from The
engine. Some of the baggage and ex
press was burned. The letter mai
was saved, but the paper mail was
destroyed; AI;' s.
Three counterfeiters were arrest
ed at St. Paul Saturday night by AS
| sistant Chief S. B. Benton and two
assistants Of the US. secret service
and u. S. Marshal McLaren. They
give the names of G. Woolsey,. s. Pei.
zer and Mary Clark, the latter the
wife of Woolsey. They had been
| there two months in the business Of
cabinet makers. There were captur.
| ed one hundred thousand dollars Of
bills in all stages of completion, most.
~ tens on the First National Bank o.
Paducah,, together with press, plates
electrotypes and tools. They came
| to St. Paul from Clear Lake, Ia.
Part of the gang was caught at Bas