Daily globe., 1878-12-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
p. u. Alden, of Alexandria, is building !
new sawmill.
The engine house at Redwood Falls was
destroyed BY fire the other day.
The building improvements of alexandria.
Douglas county, for 1878, aggregate $4,000.
At last dates there were $4,000 bushels of
wheat in the elevator at Alexandria awaiting
shipment.
David J. Parkinson, promising young
lawyer of Oshkosh, died Sunday night, De-
cember 22d.
Bishop Whipple, of the diocese of Minne-
| sofa, goes to Florida to spend the remainder
the cold season.
On Christmas day z. Bertrome, of Man
torville, had some of his ribs broken by the
upsetting of sleigh.
In Wlllmar the village council have fixed
the saloon license for 1879 at $125, and the
drug store license at $500.
The Benton County Press hoists the
names of Tilden and Hendricks, for Presi-
| dent and Vice President in 1880.
Mrs. McGlashlin made the Presbyterian
church at Owatonna Christmas present of
handsome silver baptismal font.
| little son of DR.. Flood, of Mantorville,
was severely scalded on Christmas morning
by the upsetting OF cup of hot coffee.
| At the Gauser saloon, in Owatonna, one
night last week, quarrel took place over a
game of billiards. Pistols were drawn and
fired, but no one was hurt.
Hon. Amos Cogeswell, Of Owatonna, was
| married on Christmas day to Mrs. Mary a.
| Allen, at the residence cf the parents Of the
bride in Meriden, Steele county.
P. Souc1e, Frenchman. lost his footing
on slippery platform in Faribault, and fell
into an excavation, breaking some of his ribs
and receiving other severe injuries.
A few nights since some miscreant went
Orlando, Sherburne county, and cut the
throat of beautiful and very valuable
Arabian colt.
woman undertook to walk from st.
Cloud to st. Joseph, q distance of eight
miles, but took the wrong road aud turned
up 1t Little Falls, thirty-fve miles from
where she started.
Many of the local papers of the State say
that Sunday night, Dec. %, was the coIdest
| known in two years, the thermometer indi-
eating fifteen degrees, and at some points
| twenty degrees below
The new school building at St. Charles,
Wlnona county, is completed. It is a fine
structure, and furnished with capital bell.
The winter term of the graded school will be
opened in the new building.
| Olof King, of Alexandria, this season has
| killed 13 deer, 255 ducks, 81 prairie chick
| ems, 81 partridges, 2 jack rabbits, and other
game, and killed great deal of valuable
time in this wholesale slaughter.
The Peter brothers, of Ellsworth Meeker
county, have been on three weeks hunt
| ing trip, during which time they killed
forty five deer and one bear-ten of the
deer in one day, and not much of a day for
game, either.
| An attempt was made some time since by
an incendlary to burn the house of r. Arms
from, in the town Of Washington Lake, Sib-
| leg county. Kerosene Oil was poured over
the shing es on one portion of the roof and
| set on fire. The inmates of the house dis
covered the fire in time to extinguish the
| flames.
| The house of Mrs. Annie johnson, three
miles south of Dodge Center, was burned
with all its contents at 3 A. NJ, Dec. "a, with
the mercury 15 degrees below zero. The
family b. rely escaped with their clothes.
One of the boys had his feet frozen in
getting to the nearest neighbor, half mile
distant. No insurance.
| A few days since at Anoka bottle con-
tanning ssthe regular chalk mixture of the
United States dispensatory" exploded while
standing on shelf in drug store. It was
of flint glass, and the fragments were thrown
| violently. about the room, but luckily hit
| none of the persons present. Will chalk
mixture explode? Let druggists beware.
Miss Hicks, of Alexandria, died at the
Windsor house in st. Paul on the morning
of Dec. 26th. Her recovery was scarcely
looked for, but that she should die so soon
was not expected. A special tram, by Man
ager Farley, was placed at the disposal of the
| stricken mother and sorrowing friends to
bear the remains to their darkened homo in
Alexandria.
| st. James Journal, Dec. %: Hella Olena
Boen, aged years and 2 months, daughter
| of Helge Boen, of Long Lake, died at 12
| O'Clock on Thursday night of diphtheria.
The child was sick several days, the parents
supposing it to be affected with cold. Be-
coming worse, DIR. Bacon was sent for on
Thursday, and pronounced the disease to be
d phtheria, but the child was beyond human
aid.
Litchfeld Ne,os-Ledger:: The members
of Father McDermott's congregation, with
whom he is deservedly popular, gave him a
pleasant surprise on Christmas day in the
shape of handsome Waltham watch, with
heavy gold cases, to which was attached a
magnificent gold chain. On the outside of
the case are the initials, s!F. McD.;' on the
inside is Presented by the members of his
congregation in Meeker and Kandiyohi
counties, Minn.'' Father McDermott has
reason to feel proud Of his beautiful gift,
not for it's intrinsic value, but as reminder
that his efforts are appreciated by his flock.
Twenty. five years ago last February, two
brothers. Mr.. Cyrus NJ Lowry and Mr.. L..
u. Lowry, parted in Fond du Lac. The
former returned to the East, the latter re-
NAMED to pursue tickle fortune in the West.
They have never met since until on the day
before Christmas, when G. M. walked into
u. L.. s place of business here and took a
seat, but was not recognized until, when af-
ter little while, he introduced bimself.
Since they separated, two and half decades
ago, the brothers have had their full expert
ence of the vicissitudes of life covering a ter
ritory all the way from Vermont to British
Columbia. Lutte is the younger of the two,
although gh his hair is white 'sbut not from
years." He returned not long since from a
three years trip SO far west that the sun
didn't set there until next day.
Albert Ed,card,s Ne,o Estate n, Wales.
London World.l
The prince of Wales will create quite SEN
satlon in Bardland on taking possession of his
Breconshire spo1 ting estate. To have real
prince of Wales in Wales itself will be quite an
original experience, and the loyal Weishmen