Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.

An incendiary fire lately occurred in Lake
CITY by which an unoccupied house was en-
tirely destroyed.
Christopher Murray, of st. Peter, was
| Obliged to have his vicious and incorrigible
! son sent to the State Reform school.
stack containing about 100 bushels of
wheat was struck by lightning and entirely
consumed in the town of Clifford, Wabashaw
county.
VIM. O'Mally fell from the second story
OF the Union hotel in Hastings and received
severe cut in his under lip, and was other
wise damaged
Sven johnson, Oshawa, was kicked in the
face by horse and a jaw bone broken. His
injuries were at first thought dangerous, but
he will recover.
Before Justice Munger, of Florence, Wa
bashaw county, John Beffort was fined $25
and costs for assaulting Mrs. Peter Hiltgen
in the Catholic church at Belyidere one Sun
day.
Many of the counties of this State are
making active and enterprising arrange
ments for county fairs, and, indeed, it is
likely to be a season of fairs, and fair sea-
son all around.
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A boy, John johnson by name, of ST. Peter.
was fooling with revolver, when it was dis
charged, just missing his head, but the pow
der burned his face.
Hastings Union: Mrs. Colson, of Hast
iags, had the misfortune to break one of
her egs in two places, between tie ankle
and knee. 1t seems she slept up stairs
that night, something she was not in the
habit of doing. and on getting up
to let in a belated member of the faraily, she
forgot she was on the second floor, and there
being no railing around the stairway she
walked off, receiving severe fall. A doctor
could not be procured until the next day, so
she had to wait some time for the swelling
to 60 down before the leg could be SET
Glenwood pope county, Press: During
the very severe rain storm which visited this
section Isaac and Charles Abrahamson and
Ole Rigg, Jr., of White Bear lake, each had
3year-old colt struck by lightning and in
staltly killed.
The Lake Amelia mill in Pope county is
undergoing thorough overhauling.
Black and gray squirrels have not hereto
fore been abundant in Dakota county, but
now they are found everywhere in the door
yards and on the prairies. A grand scheme
of emigration seems to be on foot.
Two Catholic priests Of the order of st.
Dominick have had very successful mis-
sion in Rosemount, Dakota county. At the
close of the mission collection was taken up
which amounted to the handsome sum of $500
The same night four attempts were made to
enter the priests residence and rob them. On
the last attempt one of the fathers saw the
would-be robber and fred at him, for the
purpose of soaring him Off which he effectu-
ally did. There is no clue to the robbers.
Lake City (Wabashaw county Sentinel:
About three years since the Sentinel report
ted the theft of valuable gold watch and
several small articles of jewelry belonging
to Mrs. q. M. Putnam, who then resided in
the town of Clifford. Mrs. P. had long
since abandoned all hope of recovering the
stolen property; but she was greatly sur
prised, last week, when she received a small
package by express from Pana, Ill, which,
upon being opened, was found to contain
the long lost watch. The thief who was
formerly in the employ of Mrs. Putnam as
farm laborer, had become conscience
stricken and could find relief only in the
restitution of his ill-gotten gain.
Winnebago City Press: Another shoot
ing accident occurred few miles west of
thus city, by which a boy OF young man lost
his life. AS we hear it, he was sitting in
boat with the gun between his knees, muzzle
toward him, and fooling with the look with
his toes when the gun was discharged, he
receiving the whole charge of shot, which
killed him instantly. We have been unable
to learn the name Of the unfortunate young
man.