Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

| The diphtheria has about disappeared
from Window.
| Neither Martin county nor Cottonwood
county have a court house.
Wood at Window is selling for 1926 the
single cord, and for SIS by the quantity.
There is one man in Litchfield, Meeker
county, who has not yet dug his potatoes.
Within period of ten days there were
nine cases of diphtheria in Cedarville, and
one death.
In Cedarville, Cottonwood county, there
are five cases of scarlet fever in the family
of the postmaster.
Between July LIST and December LIST there
were $50 cases of diphtheria in Mankato,
and forty-eight deaths.
Iwenty-three indictments were returned
| by the grand jury of Blue Earth county, at
the late session OF the court.
| Sixty of the citizens of Lanesboro
| signed the covenant at the recent series of
religious meetings held at that place.
Peter NJ. Peterson, of Atwater, Meeker
county, lost two children last week of diph-
liberia. They were girls aged 10 and years.
@. F. Baker, of LIE Sueur, lost valuable
COW by poison. PHOSPHORUS had been
the COW had eaten.
Charles Berry, while crossing the river at
Shakopee the other night, walked into the
channel. Mr.. Bass, who was on the ferry,
went to his rescue and saved him from
drowning.
The local papers throughout the State re-
port the cold to have been intense on Sun
day, Monday, and Tuesday, December 22d,
23d and Oath, the thermometer indicating
in different localities range from 10 to 20
degrees below zero.
s, 0. Rowley, railroad agent at Rockford,
was surprised Christmas morning bv the
presentation of a silver cake basket a set of
silver tea spoons, set of silver forks, and
set of tea knives from the business men at
that place.
The wagon brake swindle is the latest
dodge to rob the farmer, and has been sue
cessfulls played on twenty five husbandmen
in the towns of Zumbrota and Minneola.
Local papers are putting farmers on their
guard against the swindle.
A few days since FIRE broke out in the
basement of the convent at Shakopee, owing
1 to defect in the chimney. The slaves of
a barrel containing kerosene were charred,
but the fire was extinguisned before an ex-
| plosion, or it is likely the building would not
| have been saved.
As Nj. Woodruff, wood merchant of Wells
Faribault county, was eating his supper he
| heard noise in his wood yard. Going out
he saw a team driving off with load of his
wood. He pursued and overhauled the team,
cried a halt, and caused the abductor of his
wood to settle for the same.
The Red Wing Republican tells funny
story of year-old boy who got his head
into stone churn and could not get it out.
The antics of the mother and the other chill
dren to relieve the boy make laughter pro-
voking chapter. The churn was finally
shattered by the blow of dull ak, and the
imprisoned child SIT free.
Mrs. Funk, residing in Duluth, was so Sc
riously burned by her clothing taking fire
as to cause her death. She had lain down
on lounge too near the stove, and was
awakened by her clothing being on fire
Her husband rushed to her rescue, but failed
to smother the flames and tear off her cloth
ing before she was fatally burned.
Worthington: Aduan6 The infant child q
Edward Miner died suddenly on Christmas
morning, it is supposed from some disease O
the bowels. Mrs. Miner rose toward morn
ing and fed the child from bottle, and re
| tired with the child apparently well in he.
arms. When she awoke again the child wa,
dead.
/ Mrs. DR.. E. Paulson and DR.. Otto Lind
Doe have been indicted by the grand jury o
Goodhue county, for alleged malpractice il
performing an operation upon Mrs. Berry
ston, of Vasa, thereby causing her death
The Indictment charges man slaughter il
the fourth degree. It is believed the charge
rests upon weak foundation.
LIE Sueur Sentinel, Dec. 26: The recsipts
of wheat last week were very creditable
averaging until Saturday about 700 bushels
per day, and on Saturday the receipts were
; about 1900 bushels. DAME
Doyle, who had one of his legs broken II
two places about ten days ago and part O.
his lip torn off, remains at Dennis Sheehan'.
hotel yet, unable to be taken home, though
ne is slowly recovering from his injuries. !
4 A petition for building $4,000 Jail at I,
sueur Center, is in circulation, and has al
ready received between four and five hun
dred signatures.