The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-06-19
Minnesota News items.
1sANT1 COUNTY. !

VI tAo water, uuC1l 10 came near enough to
the boat to be reached, when Mr.. r. seized
and lifted him in. He weighed IL pounds,
and had fish in his throat which weighed
four pounds, that it could neither get up
nor down and was strangling.
oLMsTED cUoNTY.
The grand jury of Olmsted county rec
oolmend the building of new and larger
Jail.
A school house in Rochester, Olmsted
county, was struck by lightning the other
day and the whole structure seemed to be in
q blaze, but the rods conducted the fluid into
the earth.
gANOKA COUNTY $3.50 -s-
w. D. Washburn has bought Stein Bros.
Touring mill at Anoka, and intends to en-
large and improve it.
FAR1BAULT COUNTY
@. II. Payne, of Winnebago, Faribault
county, got his right hand caught in the ma
ehinery of his mill, a few days ago, and had
1T drawn nearly to his wrist and terribly
crushed.
FILLMORE COUNTY.
In Lanesborough, one day last week, q
son of Charles johnson, while playing about
a moving freight train, had his right foot
crushed to atoms. Amputation of it was
necessary.
While Mrs. John Hayes, of Lanesborouph.
was attending the Catholic church exercises,
she was taken suddenly ill. She was re-
moved to nearby house, where she died in
COTTONWOOD COUNTY.
A child was poisoned to death at Window
one day last week by strychnine. The
vuoo
squirrels, and dropped some of the poison
on the floor, which the child eat with the
above result.
KANDIYoHI COUNTY.
In Warner, Kandiyohi county, STAY bruin
produced quite sensation. Mr. G. A.
Warner saw bear near his house. Armed
witha pitchfork he gave chase, and after run
ming some half mile was joined by two men
and three dogs, The bear went np tree.
When 2 gun was procured and his bearship
brought to tho ground,
In Wilmar, Kiyoandhi county, on late
Sunday evening, two villainous men assault
ed three young girls who were on their way
home from church, and attempted to take
improper Liberties with them. The girls final
~ escaped from the brutes, and reached
their homes unframed, though greatly
frightened and exhausted by their struggles
with the scoundrels. This matter of as
saulting females on the streets, and in
thickly populated neighborhoods, is becom-
ing alarming, and villains of this stripe
should be dealt with summarily. The citi-
zens of Wilmar have offered premium for
the repetition of such assaults, by neglect
ing to arrest or punish the well known worth
less, loating tramps, who assaulted these
girls.
STATE AT LRAGE.
An abundant crop of potato bugs through
out the State is reported.
The court house at Vermilion station,
was recently struck by lightning, tearing out
the south end of the building.
The local papers in every part of the State
speak IN the most enthusiastic terms of the
favorable appearance of the wheat crop.
The harvest cannot fail to be immense.
Owing to the cool weather that has pre-
vailed the corn crop is backward. Other
crops are doing well and corn is now more
promising, under the influence of the recent
warm weather.
The mosquito and the striped bug have
put in their appearance in various localities,
and are making the night melodious, and
the days lively with those engaged in horti-
cultural pursuits.
A good many wolves have been killed the
present season in Minnesota, and the bounty
secured. In one rural district boy dug out
Of their holefour young wolves, and obtained
for them a bounty of $12.
The wheat fields throughout the State
present most thrifty and promising appear
ance. They are uniformly covered with a
heavy, dense growth. There may be slight
danger of the straw being injured by cool,
cloudy and wet weather. Bright sunshine
will give heart and vigor to the stalk. If
nothing damaging to the crop happens
the yield will be something beyond all par
allel.
MARTIN COUNTY.
The railroad company has sold 10000
acres of land in Martin county, within the
past month. Nearly half of this land will be
broke up this season.
DAKOTA COUNTY
The Nep Era says the taxes in Hastings
are six mills on the dollar more than in ST.
Paul.
A minister at Hastings, speaking of the
ten virgins, said: Give were male and five
were female.''
sTEARNs COUNTY.
Red Wing is actively moving to secure \
railroad up the Cannon valley to Faribault.
A stabbing ARRAY took place at Cannon
lake ono day last week, which resulted in
MI. Depati, the landlord of the Lake house
and the bartender, Q. Touquay, being quite
badly cut, the former in the face, and the
latter in the bowels. The affray occurred
over dispute about bill.
fa YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. i.
The county commissioners are being ,,eti-
toned to build Jail at Granite Falls. The
Journal says one Is needed there. q
SCOTT COUNTY,
The Shakopee Argus says: SIT is perfect
y wonderful the way the crops are growing.
One can fairly see the corn grow. Wheat
and oats never looked better