Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-12
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th8EDOhfS'
The county pays a bounty of ten cents
each for pocket g9pner Inc
look welt and the grasshoppers have SO far,
dnnh nt damage. The railroad employees at
Austin struck for higher wages on the I'd,
whereupon the village authorities closed the
salooiis. The demand OF the strikers was
promptly acceded to and the men returned to
tpVnrk the same day. An addition is to be
built to the county Jail in Austin'
wINoNA
The wife Of William Baker, residing
near at: Charles. has been sent to the Insane
ASYLUM The barn of Nicholas Blanchard;
two and half miles east Of Utica, was recent
ly strttck by lightning and with it's contents,
Consumed by fire. Loss not known; insured
for 81 700. AT WinOna the other day, far
mer's team was frightened by the blowing Of
a steamboat whistle and jumped intothe river,
carving with them, the wagon with twenty
bushels of wheat and other stuff. One Of the
horses was saved. The printers OF Wlnona
beat the lawyers in a match game OF base ball
by a score of 90 toe.
BLUE EARTH.
Ditching is the best protection against
hoppers Potatoes are scarce in Mankato
and selling at $3.50 to $1.75 per bushel....
Frank Barnard of Mankato has the contract
for building Senator Doran's house at lie
Sueur, which'is to cost $1,000. .Piraty Bros.
building in Mankato, for bailing hay together
with ali the machinery and about 125 bales OF
hay, was destroyed by fire recently: Loss 81 400
ST LOFTS:
The remains of Il man supposed to have
been lost during the construction Of the s.
q Nj. Railroad were unearthed near Fon O.
Lac recently The lower jaw was broken and~S
the skull cracked. The Duluth brass band
is to reorganize "A Duluth little girl recent
" stood in front of her fathers saloon and
handed to passers-by, card bearing these
words: Sure death, for sale here. &C. W
Plummer charged with cutting timber on
government lands near Island Lake. Carlton
couuty, has been held in $500 bail for his APP
pearanee at the next term of the [. s. Dis
| trict Court
WRIGHT.
The contract for carrying the mail be-
| tween Clearwater and Howard Lake has been
awarded to Mr.. Shadduck; OF Clearwater; 81
| $14S per annufn. The house of Rev. MrCrist,of
Corinna, was struck by lightning in the storm
| Of the 30th ult, and the furniture somewhat
| injured but without doing harm to any of the
family The building had been struck by an
! electric bolt two or three years ago.. Joseph
/. Fisher one of the earliest settlers of the
county, died recently of typhoid fever. He
was native of Baltimore, served in the Mex
can war and the war of the rebellion and had
| been a resident of Minnesota for over 20 years
| He was unmarried and at his death owned the
| claim in Silver Greek upon which he original
~ located.
BENTON.
DR.. III. Mcmahon, an old settler and
highly respected physician of Sank Rapids
died suddenly at his residence, of apoplexy on
the morning of the Sd inst. Statistics of
| Sank Rapids show that in 1876 the number Of
tons of hay cut was 457; apple trees growing,
2S2; bearing, 81; number of mich cows u
pounds of butter made, 800; pounds
cheese made, 1900; number of hives of bees,
So; honey, 500 pounds. This year there are
6,267 apple trees growing, So bearing; number
of mich cows, 257; number of hogs, q;
horses, years and over, 50; beef and working
cattle, 80. Six thousand maple, poplar and
elm trees have been planted this season..
The grain crop is in splendid condition and
promises good yield.
| wABASHAw
Preparations are being made for is
suing county map. The prospects for
most abundant potato crop are very promis
| ing. 1t is reported, party from abroad in
tends putting up a grist mill at Elgin, pro-
vided liberal bonus is offered by the citizens
| of that place. Chicken thieves are roughly
handled at Sand Prairie-two having been
captured recently and sent up for 80 days.
| s P Clark of Wabashaw was recently thrown
from buggy and sustained a compound,
comminuted fracture of the right leg which
will result in the shortening of the limb from
| one to two inches.
| STEELE.
On the 30th ult., in the town of Somer-
set, W. R. Knckerbocker and man named
Barker were set upon and both seriously
stabbed in the leg and back by party named
| Herdina two sons and another man, all of
whom were more or less intoxicated. Barke&
| wounds may prove fatal. The offenders
have been arrested and held to bail.
! MOBILES.
An eighteen-months old daughter Of
A. P. Douglas, of Worthington, died recently,
from strangulation, caused by the lodging Of
a bean in the windpipe. On the 30th ult.,
seven year old son of James Thorn, of Olney