Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-05-24
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.
CHIPPEWA,
CHIPPEWA.
The county has DOpulatiOn of 5000.

The county has population of 5000,
OF which MOntevidco, the county seat, has 30O
49,. Three church organizations, large and
thriving Temperance society, a first-class school
and an empty Jail, "speak volumes for Monte
video." :. The Valley Ventilator is the name of
tab]ishcd at Montivideo by c. W. Wheaton.
LIE sUEUR.
A young man offered span of horses
for sale ut lie Sueur last week under circum-
stances 50 suspicious that it led to his arrest,
whereupOn he confessed that he stole them
from a German near Madclia. The annual
meeting Of the Lc sucur County Soldiers
Ulion will be held in lie Sueur May 3Oth and
3!st. .. The Methodists will erect fine church
edlfice in Le Sucur this summer. =. The "little
red parasite has made his appearance among
the grasshoppers. NJ. j. Severance of Man
kato, has been engaged to deliver the grafton
on Decoration Day.
wABAsHAw
The grocery store of G. F. Frost, in
Lake City, was entered by burglars on Tues,
day night. The safe was broken open and
some sixty dollars in silver and bills, and
iae1ge number u; ;9 Of valuable papers taken Ten
found on the floor near the safe; also q num-
ber of hammers chisels, etc No clue to the
perpetrators. .. The Y. NJ. c. A. of Lake City
has fine reading room, which will hereafter
| be kept open daily -. The new Catholic church
edifce IN Lake City is to be on imposing struc-
basement story will be of stone, the second of
brick. The tower will be IL feet square on
ground, will be built of brick IS feet, and of
| wood 100 feet higher, to the cross by which it
will be surmounted. The corner stone will be
laid July 9TH; the brick work will be com
pleted by September 1st, and the entire struc-
tup by the first Of December.
MOWER.
S. Sweningson has been appointed post
master at Adams. IA Presbyterian church
vas organized atTaopi last week. The pros
poets for grasshOpper crop are not so great
Is has been anticipated.
corroNwooD.
! The Window Reporter says there is evi
IDENTIFY better feeling among the farmers than
We have noticed for long time. They seem
to have comparatively no fear Of damage from
'hoppers that hatch here. Many places where
In the fall the eggs were very numerous
scarcely any hoppers are Matching, and many
of those arc said to be weakly and lacking in
Vitality. In Blue Earth county they ore said
t. be Of "mcasley" character-thick in spots
and in other places scarcely any. So far as
| We can learn the same applies to most Of the
infested region. A better spirit seems to pre-.
vail, and general belief exists that something
can be raised.
A barn belonging to James Keatley, Of
large quantity Of grain, farming utensils
etc. Loss $1,5OO. Insured for $500. On
Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Densmore, one of the
proprietors of the tanning mill and safe man.
ufactory at Hastings, was working at q circu
lar saw which was geared at great speed, when
stick Of considerable size came in contact
with the saw which forced it with the velocity
Of shot into his face, fracturing both jaws
knocking out teeth and splinters of bone, and
lacerating and laying open fearful cash al
the side of his face. His physicians think h<
win recover, but his improvement will be slow
and painful =. Crop prospects are promising
| The county commissioners are hunting
up site for the proposed new jail. The
never looked better. "A lodge of Knights o
Honor has been organized in Owatonna.
Sam Aldrich forged q note in Rochester las
week, sought refuge in Owatonna, his former
residence, and now languishes in Jail in thai
city.
FREEBORN.
On Sunday afternoon last, the stable o1
Ole I. Ellingson, living few miles south o
Albert Lea, took fire, and the wind blowing
even an animal could be released from theil
stalls. Four work horses, together with har
nesses and in fact everything connected will
the stable, was consumed by the dev0uring ele
ment. The District Convention of Gooi
Templars will be held at Albert Lea the 5tl
and 9Th of June. .. John Farrell of Geneva, re
Gently killed nine grey wolves for which h,
drew bounty offered by the State of 81.
RICE.
i The frame of the Methodist Church il
Northfeld was raised on Friday :. On Tues
day Mr.. Gregg, of Northfcld, suffered q 36O(
loss by tho burning Of his barn and contents
Insured for 800. Elias Stacy lost valuable
horse on Saturday. It was valued at 81 900.
OLNSTED. ,a.%a
Jessie, the little daughter of H. A
Eckhaldt Of Rochester, ate parsnips of the sec
ond years growth, which sho found in tn
yard, and died the next day. ;. James Jones
Of Kalmar, lost his house and barn togethe
With COW, calf and pig by fire, few days age
-; ;Rochestervoted ano license'' under th
State law, and now IN agreed case has beol
made to test the constitutionality Of the law.
Driver" said gentleman to hack
man whom he had engaged by the hour
81 IS WhV In II that tho svo0rn ,ur,,, 1>nn% .,,,.