Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Hon. D. l.. Buell., of Caledonia, has been
nominated for the State Senate by the Demo-
Gratis of Houston county.
The house of A. M. Case, of Elmira, Wi
mona county, was entirely consumed by nre,
with nearly all its contents. Incendiary.
Litchfield Independent: Otto Phillips.
German, of Danielson, Meeker county. had
nine stacks of wheat burned by prairie fire
recently.
The Rochester & Northern Railroad COM
pany is building bridge about three miles
from Zumbrota. Goodhue county, 40 feet
high and over 800 feet long.
A ruffian named Fitzgerald assaulted and
shamefuIly abused German woman IN the
town of Kellogg, Wabashaw county. The
sheriff is in search of the scoundrel.
Albert Lea Enterprise: Scarcely any
wheat is coming to market. Farmers don't
like to sell their wheat at the ruinously low
prices offered, and are holding it for better
prices.
A prairie fire near Kandiyohi station de-
stroyed about nine tons of hay and forty rods
of fence for A. A. Sodren, and sixteen tons
of hay belonging to G. Garrison. Both of
these men came near losing their buildings.
Peter Haggerty, after supper at Smiths
hotel in Wabashaw, stepped outside OF the
door and Immediately fell dead. A post
norton examination disclosed an anemism,
| Producing Q rupture of the main artery of
the heart.
A few nights since the barn of Mr.. Mey-
ers, of Litchfeld, Meeker county, was set on
fire by an incendiary and entirely destroyed.
span of mules escaped from the barn. A
double harness and other properly were
| consumed with the building.
Henderson (Sibley county, Independent:
Owen McGran met with an accident while
leading colt to water. He had the halter
wound about his hand, and the colt becom-
ing unmanagable, Owen was thrown in such
a manner as to break his collar bone.
Brainerd Tribune: Some miscreant, for
cause unknown, displayed wanton and
cowardly disposition on Monday evening
last, between the hours of and O'Clock,
by breaking the glass in all the windows in
five of the Northern Pacific coac-es stand
ing in the yard at this place.
When 81. s. Parkins and Kelley, OF Alex
andria, Douglas county, were near James
River, with a large drove of cattle, Parkins
accidentally DISCHARGED a double barreled
shot gun into his left arm, making ampnta-
ton necessary. He was taken to Fort
Wadsworth, D. T., where the post surgeon
amputated his arm half way between the
hand and the elbow.
Anoka Union: Mrs. Sarah Bryant, while
attending Sabbath-school at the Congrega-
tional church, left her seat and walked out
doors. 1t was noticed she appeared i'll, and
her daughter fastened to her relief As
soon as possible ske was carried home. but
she expired in ten minutes after reaching
her residence. The Doctors agree on apo
plexy as the cause of her death.
Cannon Falls Beacon: The Swedish
Lutheran church recently completed III Can
non river settlement, six miles northeast of
this village, was struck by lightning during
the storm that occurred on Tuesday. of last
week. The only portion of the building in
jured was the steeple, which was damaged to
the amount of about 5000. G. Doner has
taken contract to repair the damage.
Waseca Leader: The two men, giving the
names of WEIGH and Manning, who were ar
rested in this place last week by Marshal
Roddle, charged with being the robbers of
a commercial traveller named Frank Niles, in
Albert Lea, had their examination last Thurs
day at that place. Mr.. Niles was present and
fully identified the parties. They We're com
mitted for trial.
Preston Republican,: A man working
about threshing machine on the farm of
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power and was struck down by one of the
sweeps and carried between two whe Is,
passing through a space of about four inch
es. breaking lis collar bone and pressing his
heart over to the right side. The patient
lived until Friday night, when death relieved
him of his sufferings.
Granite Falls Journal: A few weeks ago,
MIR. Jacobs, in making change for man
working on the railroad who had bought
somecorn of him gave a 800 bill suppos-
ing it to be 81 bill. When he found his
mistake he went to the man, who claimed to
have lost his pocket book and with it the
500 bill. Mr.. Jacobs instituted suit against
the man and the day before the trial the
pocket book was found and the bill returned
to Mr.. Jacobs.
There was shooting ARRAY in Eyota the
other night. Two men, Crooks and Luding,
had quarreled and fought. Crooks entered
complaint, and Luding was put under bonds
to keep the peace. Meeting afterwards in q
store Crooks very foolishly commenced to
tease and tantalise Luding, butting him with
his head and cutting up other silly antics,
when Luding drew revolver and shot
, Crooks twice through the body. The con-
dltlon of the wounded man is critical.
Herman Won Hadeln, of Perham, Otter
saw two cub bears and were about to fire al
them, when he heard fierce growl behind
him. Turhing about, he found himself face
to face with Mrs. Bear, and her ladyship
seemed inclined to form a more intimate &C
qualntance with him. Won Hadeln was ad.
verse to this, and shot her, killing her in
stantly, though his gun was only loaded with
pigeon shot.
Mantorville Express: Horace Russ alias
buck Mercer was arrested at Wasioia on
Thursday evening of last week, at o'clock
on charge of larceny from the store of Mr..
Vlnton, of that place, committed last springs
was brought before the court on the next
day. tried. found gully, and sentenced to two
years IN the States prison, and was on his
way to that place before 8 o'clock on Friday
evening, all being done in less than twenty
four hours after the arrest.
Rochester (Olmsted county, Post. Some
seven or eight weeks since, Mr.. James Stew
art, a farmer residing about six miles south
of the city, while engaged cutting bands at q
threshing machine, stuck the point of his
knife into the wrist, opening, as is supposed
the radial artery. The blood flowed rapidly
from the wound until Mr.. Stewart. applying
his finger to tn inclsion, entirely stopped
the flow of blood and the wound has never
bled any since. Not long after the accident
the wrist and arm commenced swelling, be.
coming much infiamed and very painful, and
now the injured man has q very bad arm and
is under medical treatment. His physician
} has hopes that the arm will be saved.
Wlllmar Republic M Gazette: A prairie
fire burned over large section of country
west of this place. The wind was blowing a
perfect gale from the northwest at the time
and the fire travelled at railroad speed, sweep