Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-06-14
Minnesota News Items.
JACKSON.

JACKSON.
Since the recent rains, corn and other
crops are growing finely. The Republics
Heron Lake reporter reports Canada thistlcs
as "hatching out' at that place; he wants
thistle -dozer invented. No hoppcrs in Heron
Lake yet. .Grasshoppers and hopper-dozers
are leading articles of thought and action
throughout the county just now.
STEELE.
The contract for the new Catholic
school building ut Owatonna has been given
to Conrad Bohn of Winona. .. Cyrus Cornell,
merchant of Owatonna, died on the 25th ult.
from injuries received three years ago. "A
son of Henry Hill, of Owatonna fell with his
left arm in kettle OF boiling potash, badly
scalding the member. A few days previous, a
little daughter of the same gentleman fell and
broke her arm while playing. Petty larccn-
les are being committed in the town of Mcri-
dan. :. The team of an ice wagon in Owatonna
consists of large black horse and q diminu-
tive mule, the largest part of which is its ears.
The team recently ran away, and took aswing
around the circle
Dodge Centres colored barber has
"vamosed the ranch" Fourth of July talk
is coming in vogue. :Aprsoncr in the Dodge
Centre lookup smashed the windows and stove
NlU Lucn OullL u uFC III Tic UlOulc OI tIlc uOOF.
1t was discovered in time and the fellow made
to pay $25 for the diversion. The house of
Mr.. Hutton of Clarcmont was recently entered
and q few articles of clothing stolen The po-
tato bug is gorging his voracious appetite in
the gardens of Mantorville: :. Four young men
were recently fined $500 Tor shooting pigeons
contrary to law.
Hereafter wheat from Manitoba for
Canada will pass through Duluth without
other expense than the customs stamp on
the sack. .Jo. Knowlton wears the shinicst
hat in Duluth. s. G. Fulton, late station
agent at the junction, has been appointed pas
sengcr agent at Duluth.
DOUGLAS
VIM. Nelson recently came upon two
young fawns in the woods, which, on being
petted, rose up and followed him home" 49,.
The farmers are waging unrelenting war
against the hoppers. 5000 young salmon
have been placed in Lake Agnes and 1000 in
son, Abraham and John Lampman were fined
$50 and $40 respectively. The latter paid,
while the former refused to fork over and be-
ing committed in consequence, sued out Q
I writ of habeas corpus and was released.
FREEBoRN.
Wheat is looking finely, and that sown
early has stooled out and already covers the
ground. A Mrs. Barnhart, of Moscow, was
attacked recently by a ram which broke her
leg just above the ankle. ...F Fifty barrels of
coal tar and 200 sheets of iron have been the
hopper destruction -. The war upon the hop
pcrs is being generally prosecuted throughout
the county.
Hotels were crowded and every body
happy in Preston during court week. The
wheat crop is looking splendidly -. An anti
bond mass meeting was lately held at WyEON,
at which were adopted resolutions favoring the
defeat Of the proposed constitutional amend
| permit cattle to run at large.
N1CoLLET.
The young German girl, Helena Sem
onds, indicted for barn burning, has been ac.
quilted. .. The Sioux City & st. Paul Railroad
transports coal tar and sheet iron free of charge
80. Henry Loomis of St. Peter has been ar
rested for selling wheat tickets belonging to q
Mankato firm which had been lost in the street
He was held to bail in $1,000. Mosquitoes
came along with the hand-organ man in St.
Peter a New Sweden man caught 21 bush
els Of hoppers in one day. Afarmer Of Bel
grade has lost within a year, ten head of cattle
| by the black leg. Heightened young men in
st. Peter catch cats by the tail and throw
! them over the transom into saloons.
MORRISON.
| A new harness shop has been started at
Little Falls. Little Falls has also town well
%. Bears are numerous in the town OF Cul.
drum: No damage has yet been done 6y
| grasshOppcrs. . "A ten -ycar-0ld boy recently
arrived in Little Falls, all the way from New
jersey He started with fifty cents, and was
IL days in making the journey:
BENTON.
Whooping cough prevails among the
| children at Sauk Rapids. The Pine River
and Hillman Brook log drives, consisting OF
2O,OO0,000 and 100000 feet respectively have
reached Sauk Rapids. j. c. Patten of Sauk
SO badly smashed with slcdgc hammer that
he will lose it,. The hopper war in the
neighborhood of Sauk Centre has been Ut
tended with the most gratifying resulst.
wAsECA.
Martin Krassin, aged 81. who first came
to the county in 1854 and settled the foil lowing
year. died on the 1st inst. .Waseca village
has many attractions in the way of fishing!
boating and driving. The Sunday school
convention held its annual meeting at Waseca
recently, and was we'll attended.
wABAsHAw.
The Mississippi, with the aid of the re-
cent rains rose 42 inches and then'wcnt into a
decline. "A man named Bill Hines has been
arrested and lodged in jail charged with at
tempting to rape Norwegian girl. Peter
Stolf, of Kellogg, was recently kicked by a
stallion and badly injured.
N1CoLLET.
The St. Peter public schools have been
closed for the summer. Fifteen persons were
confirmed by Bishop Whipple in the Church OF
| the Holy Communion at st. Peter, on the 31st
ult. Mrs. Bode, of Swan Lake, was recently
struck by a railroad car, which passed over her
leg, injuring it SO badly that smputation was
necessary.
| Grain never looked better at this season
of the year.. Lewiston boasts Of having the
champion gopher catchers, one boy haying;
gobbled an even hundred I'D &. Woodard
has purchased the bank of st. Charles. .. On
the evening of the 31st ult, awhirlwind struck
eral buildings. Martin johnson, aged II
and Emma Steiby, aged IL years, were recent
" married in the town of Lewiston by justice
Jonah Peterman.
! Some malicious person recently tore
away the gates of the dam Of W. II. Grants
cranberry patch, whereby the water was let
out and twenty acres of his best marsh, catch.
ing from the fire in the woods, was burned
over and utterly ruined. >. "A man named Fish.
er was found one day last week, lying near the
railroad track south of Pine City, bleeding pro-
fusely and almost insensible. bis appearance
indicated brutal treatment, at whose hand he
was unable to state.
| POPE.
One hundred and fifty barrels of tar
and 36 bundles of sheet iron have been ordered
for this county, and will be distributed by the
supervisors of the several districts, Glen
wood is to have steam grist mill driven by an
engine of Is horss power. Large numbers OF
cattle are being collected for shipmentto the
Black Hills The grasshopper report is fay'
| orable.
| YELLOW MEDICINE.
The crops are showing finely and thus
far the hoppers have done but little damage
ent factors in the solution of the grasshoppel
problem. They are destroying the pests by
thousands and hundreds Of thousands. :.
Base ball hourishes here-the Cascades, o1