Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-29
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Jacob Oleson was drowned few days ago
at Granite Falls, while bathing.
Chinch bugs are reported very numerous
in the wheat fields in and about Caledonia,
Houston county.
Elisha Nash, of Glencoe, aged 66 years,
hoed nearly two acres of corn in one day
last week-2, Ill hills.
Alexander Noble, of Albert Lea, an indus
trious, hard working drayman, had one of
his legs broken last week.
-Four thousand young brook trout have
been placed in Camp and Willow creeks, in
Preston, Fillmore county.
-Four burglaries were committed in Roches-
ter in four nights since. Net cash proceeds
less than one hundred dollars.
Dell Spencer, young man aged 18 years,
was drowned last week in the reservoir near
Zumbro mills. North Rochester, while bath
ing.
COL Flower is engaged in rapidly laying
the track on the Rochester d Northern Min
nesota, as we'll as on the Plainview rail-
road.
Two horse thieves and their stolen horses
we're trailed from Dakota to jackson, cap
tured and the horses recovered. The
thieves are in Jail.
On Wednesday, June Goth, the residence
of Hon. NJ. II. Dnnnell, in Owatonna, was
thrown open to the friends of the Minnesota
academy, for social reception.
The silver wedding of G.. W. Harlan and
wife was celebrated by surprise party June
25th, numbering over one hundred, at their
home in Canton, Lincoln county.
A vicious hog at Cannon Falls bit little
boy severely. He seized the boy by the back
and shook him as terrier would rat. That
hog can't truthfully say 81 still live.''
The teachers and scholars of the Roches-
ter city school, presented their superinten :
dent, Prof. G. H. Roberts, as surprise gift,
with a massive solid gold watch chain.
In violent wordy alteration in Gale
donia, between Assessor Goeryou and w. D.
Gibbs, the latter drew revolver, which he
did not use, but he was put under arrest.
The residence of Mrs. II. G. Anderson, in
Austin, was burglarized in the absence of the
family. Ten dollars in money were taken
and cluster diamond ring which cost $3.50.
In the absence of the family, the resi-
dence of Thomas Hunter, of Owatonna, was
broke into. A member of the family sud
denly returning, the burglars fed without
booty.
By boulder lying on the railroad track
at Red Wing. two hand cars were thrown
from the track, and the men occupying
them were all badly hurt, but no bones were
broken.
The house of Alexander Smith, of Austin,
was entered by burglars the other night,
and jewelry, money, ETC., toa considerable
amount taken. The family did not discover
their loss till morning.
A few days since Mrs. Conelly, aged about
60 years, feshy body weighing about 23O
pounds, fell and fractured her skull At
latest accounts she was doing very we'll. and
suffering but little pain.
In anticipation Of strike, all the coopers
belonging to the Coopers' union, employed
In Capt Eames' cooper shop, at Red Wing,
have been discharged. No union men will
hereafter be employed in the shop.
In Austin, Mower county, Eugene Cox,
aged 10 years, son of Mr.. Cox, the livery
stable keeper, while at play fell violently,
striking his temple on the ground. He sur
vlved the hurt but few hours
Eugene son of G. P. Dorinne, of Caledo-
MIA, met with serious accident on the race
course, his team from fright running away,
throwing him violently upon tn. ground, in
hicting severe injuries about his head. He
will recover.
The Granite Falls Journal says the
Hastings & Dakota road will certainly be
completed to that place by November
Track laying commenced at Glencoe two
weeks ago, and has been pushed at the rate
of mile day since.
Some parties in the town of Leslie have
been made not little anxious by the dis
overy that their homeseads are decided to
non-residents, although they hold the proper
papers from the land Office. Doubtless the
land-ofice papers will protect the settlers.
The Fergus Falls Journal says, George
Wentworth, of Western, from seven cows
furnished Sherwin's cheese factory with 1893
pounds of milk in one day. -Four of the
cows are heifers, and two of them have given
milk continuously for fourteen months
Grass feed is now at its best, and it was
never better.
few nights since the house of w. G.
Porter, at Blooming Prairie, was bur-
glarized. Mr.. Porter was chloro-
formed and 1925 taken from
under his pillow. Several other parties in
the place were visited and cash and valu-
abies aggregating nearly a hundred dollars
taken. Several arrests have been made.
The court house at Glenwood, Pope coun-
ty, is in size 22x18 feet and story and
half high. The county and it's business
have outpassed this small structure and the
county commissioners have wisely decided
to erect a new court house building. It's
size is to be 64x40 feet, two stories, with hall
and Office rooms on first floor, and court and
jury rooms above.
Monticello paper says: Mrs. Hanaford's
brick house on the prairie was struck by
lightning. One Of the four rods on the
building received the charge, but did not
conduct it directly to the ground. It left
the conductor and entered the roof at one
corner Of tie building, tearing up the shin
giles and badly damaging the wall at the
corner. The persons who were in the house
sustained no injury beyond slight shook.