The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-11-15
Minnesota News.


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At the recent term OF the District Court
at Little Falls, Albert Eustash was convicted
OF menslaughter in the. second degree for kill
ing the Chippewa Indian Nispinig: Eustash
was sentenced to four and q half years in stho
State Prison.
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Jens Christianson accidently shot him.
self while hunting in a boat upon the lake In
Riceland on Sunday, the 21st ult; How the
gun happened to be discharged, or where the
contents entered his body is not known, but
death resulted In five minutes from the time
of the accident. ..
MOBILES ":s
On the 22nd ult., the freight trai 4 90
ing west set fire to the prairie, east Of Hersey
and burned fifteen or twenty tons of fhay 10
E. 8. Mills, and also the farm dwelling former
ly owned by E. .sprague, situated on s.. w.
Quarter section twenty. ...T The greater part Of
fires and It is estimated that 1,Soo tons pf hay
has been destroyed, together with grain
stacks, stables, claim shanties &C., which will
| sum up the losses into the thousands The
most disastrous of these fires originated from
the passing engines on the railroad. ~,
BLUE EARTH.
E. NJ. Pressnall, of lie Roy, marketed
iu Mankato recently, 13 head OF hogs, the
combined weight of which was 1862 pounds
for which he received $l98.13. He has 16
more, averaging about the same as those sold.
These % hogs were raised and fattened with
the corn raised upon 16 acres of grOund-of
which last year he sold 100 bushels, and gave
one-third the crop this year for cultivating.
CARVER.
A man in Camden, by the name of
Michael Redkin, had a leg broken on the ed
ult by falling tree. "a colony of Swecds
have emigrated from this county and taken
adjoining township in Lac qui Parle county,
and a part of town 115, ran &c A. in Yellow
Medicine county.
A son of Judge J. L. Macdonald of
Shakopee died recently of Inflammation
caused by scratch from dogs foot. The
grist and saw mill of Mr. Skinner of Spring
Lake caught fire about midnight on the 3Oth
and burned to the grouud.
CROW WING.
A Green Prairie calf, three months old,
weighed when killed and dressed, four hum
dred and fifty pounds.
STEELE.
Leonard Gaitze, of Havana, while
working around threshing machine one day
recently, attempted to step over the tumbling
rod and was caught, and turned around the
rod ten or twelve times. His head struck the
tongue of the thresher and knocked him
senseless, also cutting, severe cash on the
cultural lands in Steele county remaining un-
sold, are offered for sale at the County Audi
tors Office. The county Jail in Owatonna is
now finished and ready for business. Gus.
Linderqtist, employed by VIM. Patton, four
miles west of Owatonna, met with an acci-
While eating piece of bread he swalloweda
large sized needle which stuck about three
fourths of its length in his throat Riding in
to the city he visited DR.. Hill who extracted
the needle with pair of forceps. Mr.. Ker-
MAJ; man. brakeman s on the G, NJ: q st: +: r: r
train No. Z, fell from the cars while they were
switching at a station between Owatonna
and Austin and was badly injured, his right
arm and left leg broken and his head severely
bruised and cut. BE was brought to Owa-
tOnna and cared for.
A little child OF Adam Schommburg,
aged about two years, fell into iler Of hot
water on Tuesday last, andwas SO badly scald-
ed as to result in its death the following day.
80. The land entries in the New Ulm land Of
| fee are more numerous than at any previous
period for five years. In October 100 home
stead entries, Is precmptions and Is tree claims
were taken, and the demand for land seems to
be on the increase.
wABAsuAw.
A Lake City sportsman recently killed
at two shots, eig hit wild geese, the aggregate
weight of which was, when dressed, ninety
eight pounds
STEARNS.
| The residence of Albert Knudson, sew
en- miles from Sauk Centre, was On the night
of the 31st ult., set on fire by the explosion of
kerosene oil lamp and totally distroyed....
l. Frendenberg, an agent Of New York
I Jewelry house, was arrested at Sauk Centre
last week, charged with breach of trust in not
paying over monies collected by him, belong
ing to the firm. He was released after being
La Flesh were out hunting partridgcs one day
recently, they suddenly came on large bear,
which started straight for them. They had
no other weapons than shot guns loaded with
fine shot, and they thought they were in pret-
ty bad fix. AS the bear was coming close to
| them, both fired in his face and run for their
lives. When they had run some distance they
looked around and found that Mr.. Bruin had
not followed them, but was running away
shaking his head and wiping his face with his
clumsy paws.
| WATONWAN.
! A 1re broke out IN 11aQel1a on the
night of the 3lst ult., and destroyed five build
| ings. Fortunately the buildings destroyed
were not among the most valuable. .. Tim
Larkin had his stable, farming tools, grain and
hay burned by prairie fire recently. Saws
run by wind are used to cut wood in St.
James.
BLUE EARTH.
A single printing Office in Mankato
printed over $4,000 election than
two tickets to every man, woman and
child in the county.
! aooDuCE.
A Cannon Falls dog has developed
remarkable appetite for chewing tobacco. He
chews all he can get.
COTTONWOOD.
Prairie fires have been unusually num-
erous and considerable property destroyed
thereby, including buildings, fencing, hay, etc
In Springfield, since large prairie fire, Mr..
Evans has been unable to find 125 sheep that
either pcrished in the flames or wandered off.
Joseph Goetzel of Murray county, who
was some time ago committed to the jackson
county jail, charged with tho commission Of
an unnatural crime with his own daughter,
escaped from the Jail on the 2Sth, and is still
at large.
| A Welsh Rabbit.
A sturdy, hungry looking individual
steDped into Fulton Street re3taurant.