The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

temporary insanity. Deceased VAS :
widower Of about Is years Of age, and
leaves two children, II and is years old.
The new Presbyterian church ct Has
tines, now nearly completed, is said to
far exceed the most sanguine expects-
tions in point of beauty and size, aud to
be . model of architecture, IN ornament
to the city wherein it is situated, and .
credit to the denomination erecting it.
rs. GAuLr, candidate for auditor in
Nicollet county, in card published by
the st. Peter Tribune, offers to perform
the duties of that Office, if elected, ''for
the salary of 81, 200 per year less than
the present salary, including clerk hire,
thus making saving Of $1,000 in one
term Of Office to the Taxpayers Of the
county.
A oooDLY number Of ladies attended
the annual school meeting in st. Charles,
Miss Adaline Williams being elected one
of the two new members of the school
beard. The st. Charles Times says:
'sThe meeting was conducted with the
best of feeling, but the ladies seemed to
have been the best generals in the can
vass.''
THEIRS has been organized in Wor.
thington Young Mems Christian asso.
ciaticn. Oddly enough. the vice presi.
dent is lady, and of the fourteen MEM
bers, exclusive Of the officers, one.half
are ladies. How to reconcile this fact
with the title of the association is tone
of those things fellah can't always find
out, you know"
The Kasson, Dodge county, annual
school meeting is described by the local
correspondent of the Mantorville Erpress
as "a noisy and boisterous one, and some
strange proceedings took place. On the
whole it was . rough introduction to the
ladies, SO they expressed it." Mrs. w.
Wheeler WAS elected on the first ballot,
and Mrs. Anthony -propitious name
was only two votes behind for second
choice.
A NAN named Daniel McNeiu. resi-
dent Of Pennington and . carpenter in
the employ of the Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad was found, on the morning of the
9th, Cd the track At Farming.on, horribly
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sion of It's death being unknown. De.
ceased WAS aged about 30 years, and had
relatives in the Vi .iuities of Austin and
Albert Lea.
On the 9th, in consequence Of the ncg-
ligence of . farmer in leaving down bars,
number Of horses wandered on the
track Of the Winona l. St. Peter railroad,
near Eyota. A wild freight train ran
into the animals, and the engine and four
cars were ditched and the engineer only
escaped serious injury, if not death, from
the escaping steam, by being thrown into
pool Of water.
JOSEPH WHITE, of the town of Florence
Goodhue county, met with painful &C
cident on the 9th, by being caught BY the
tumbling rod Of threshirg machine,
breaking his right arm in two places, dis
locating his elbow and nearly severing
one Of his ears. His whiskers, which
we're very long, we're completely stripped
from his face. His escape from death is
. miracle.
In response to . letter from Major
Strait, Alexander Mitchell, president Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul rail.
road, states that the Hastings & Dakota
railroad is neither owned nor controlled
by the former line, out that he tMitchell)
is aware that an engineer corps is to
survey and permanently locate the latter
line between Glencoe and Granite Falls,
with view to its early construction.
Ar the Warrington annual school
meeting seven ladies were present, and
Mesdames r. F. Humiston and E. Smith
were elected directresses. Much dissat.
isfaction exists in consequence and illegal.
ity in the premises is charged. The Ad.
rance, on locking into the matter, claims
to have discovered 'thas there has not
been legally conducted school meeting
sine the district was Organized. which
makes . pretty kettle Of fish,
WINDOW Reporter, Oct. II: Anton
Leopold, Of Springfield township, lost his
house by prairie fire the Their day. and
in attempting to save IN infant child from
the flames, received terrible roasting Of
his hands and face. He rushed into the
burning house where the child lay, seized
it, and putting it under his coat, eEaerged
from the flames without injury to the
child. bu. nearly perishing himself. The
fra leaves the poor man destit ute, his en-
tire winter supplies with little money
being destroyed. He has several snail
children depending upon him for support,
his wife having died year ago.