The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-17
MINNESOTA ITEMS.

The average wages of harvest hands
this season is 81 to $3.50.
"Cusshoppers is what The Litchfield
News Ledger calls them.
The Duluth Tribune favors WINDOWS
re election as United States senator.
At Rushford, the other day New
foundland dog was killed by the bite of
a rattlesnake.
The Pennington Press says much OF
the harvest is cut ia that vicinity, and
the report is .'tair to middling..'
Miss Lizzie Scott is the first woman
who has ever held office in Douglas
county. She is treasurer OF school dis
trict No. 10.
Dnring storm Saturday the Congre-
gational church at Sank Rapids was
struck by lightning and considerably
damaged.
j. M. Miles, Esq, a gratitude OF the
WinOna state normal school, has been
engaged to succeed Professor Hyde, AS
assistant in the normal school at Man
kato.
The fine new Touring mill at Peterson
station, Fillmore county, will soon be
completed 1t will be one OF the best
mills in southern Minnesota.
Charles Byers, of West Newton, Mic
ellet county, has been arrested tor the
attempted murder OF Andrew Maths, in
shooting at him with a1gun loaded with
No. 4 shot, No particular damage was
done.
Frontier Business is the name of a
new paper at Morris, owned and edited
byJ. G. (ShanghaD Chandler and j. r
Cooper. it supports Hayes and.Whecle,
and DR.. Stewart ahd is spicy al
through.
A little son OF b. w Dawson, Of Mon.
1iecllo, while playing with a pistol, sue
ceeded in lodging a ball in the lett Imk
Of his sister. iust below the knee. For.
1unately the ball did notinjure the bone
The New Ulm Herald says: "Chestel
Greene, OF Golden Gate, attempted tC
commit suicide last week by cutting his
throat with a razor. He cut three gashes
in his neck ,bnt failed to intliet q morta
wound and is now in Il fair way to re
cover. Insanity caused by disease
is the reported cause.
St. Peter Tribune: A gentleman wht
came through from Sioux City yesterday
SAYS he found 'hoppers along the roae
the entire distance until he reached ka
sofa. The hopper district extends from
Sioux City to the Northern Pacific road
:4hd we think in width it will average
aundrcd miles.
On Saturday afternoon, says the WI
mona Republican, 4 young lady OF La
Crescent was standing near the sWltcl
track OF the transfer ut the old depot
waiting to take passage on the 'Annl'
Johnson" had her clothing fired by
spark from the engine. X brisk wine
was blowing at the time, and almost IN
stantly she was enyeloped in flames
Some of the boats crew rushed to he
assistance, and threw her into the river
which put out the tire, and not until
had burned her terribly from the ches
To tho knees.
The Lake City Sentinel says til
heaviest sufferers by the gale in Yves
Albany are James Wheelan,J. Il. Thoml
son and dawes Benze, who lose their en-
tire crop VIM. Adams and Richar
Hammond save only their oats, by cut
ting before the storm, Robert Finn los
80 acres OF wheat; Thos. Harvey abou
so acres of wheat. and a few others iror
5to 20 acres of wheat. The Sentint
saws The nail stones were about a
large rs walnuts, and fell as thick a
hair on Il mans mead. The corn field
and orchards look as il a battery or al
tillery had swept them with craps an
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