The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-04
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

Kasson has organized q board OF trade.
The St Peter Advertiser has suspend
cd, on account Of the poor health Of the
publisher, MIR Condor.
Norman Chance. OF DelanO, has inter
fered with the business operations Of
buzz saw and came away minus big
toe.
Worry httle wheat is being marketed at
present. the farmers being too busy with
their seeding operations to attend to any
thing else.
The Brainard Tribune says freight
traffic and travel On the Northern Pacific
railroad bids fair to be larger this season
than ever before.
Henry Bowen has been appoint mas
ter OF trauspOrta ion tor the Dakota di-
vision OF the Northern Pacific, in addition
to his position as station agent at Moor
head and Fargo.
The Fergus Falls Advance suggests
that the proper way TO deal with Henry
0oOdale, OF Parkcr's Prairie, who do
bsuchetl his own daughter, is to make
an angel oi him. by the aid OF q rope.
Accounts from state papers generally
mdnat. y large Increase of acreage OF
crops the present season, except in the
grasshoppor districts. where tear Of raw
ages 10y the pests induce farmers 10 con-
tract rather than expand their fields
A correspondent writes to the Roches.
tor Post that more than half the dogs
Of Marion have been poisoned within tie
10 tam h., hn
don't bark much, and are afraid 10 tat
anything tGr fear o, some narcotic"
An insane man in Money Creek, las.
week, omascuiated himself HIS excuse
for performing tho operation was thai
the neighbors Were telling stories ahoui
him, and he thought that would 10 an
effectud method Of stopping them. /,
will be.
A number OF covered immigraa, wac,
ons passed through st. Cloud lis, Sun
day. Upon tie canvas were printed tas
words "Red Lake Colony. Red Lak.
Colony il situated norta of Beltratai
county. and the land il that vicinity Is
syet unco.ded.
Mrs. Van Colt, the rcvivalis,, SAYS
that upon beng introduced to Grant 81.
remarked: Il ,eel it pleasure to shake
your hand As the chief magistrate Of on;
county. Int would rather shake hands
with You rs brother in Christ" Gran;
turned away and made no reply.
Carl Schurz, according to sympsthia-
ing papers, has issued his pronuEcis-
mento: "Under no circumstances wiz
he support the republican ticket in tbs
coming presidential campaign Il Blaine,
Conkliug or Morton is nominated. ba,
he will stump the country vigorously
against either OF the three named
The stables and granary of Edgar
White. OF Clear Lake. Sherhurne couu-
~, burned Sunday morning. The fire
caught in the root. it IS supposed from
sparks from the chimney. There wer.
seven COWS, enc taree-year old steer
. calf. harness. thirteen bushels OF yyhea
snd quantity OF corn burned with II.
stables.
A little ;hree-yesr cd son OF \ Gerrnsr
named Stork. living at Beaver Fills
wandered away rom home, last Mon
day, aud wAs not found Until Tuesda,
morning. When be was found living j:
y path II the woods. nearly chilled I.
death. The night WAS cold; ard Tn,
little fellow WAS lareheaied. hsroioctes
and tilinly clad. and the wonder is ,hs
heidi not perish.
b +. Hartley, one Of the proprietor
II the Leland House, 1t Braina1d, TIE,
thas oQ-rspeased expsrimsos Il Pouzin,
kerosene o0 non noAGaEo Tn q