Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.


LAST week Mr.. Ole henderson, of
Rich Valley, had twenty.one loads of
fine hay burned.
It: K1MBLE, who was shot by A. J.
Clark at Little Falls, is alive and will |
probably recover.
JOE kendall, of Byron, Dodge coun-
ty, has made an assignment for the ben
eft of his creditors.
The track is ballasted through Osakis,
and the gravel train is working not !
twelve miles from Alexandria.
FRED. ALM1CH, in Tyrone township,
LIE Sueur county, has made 760 gallons
of amber cane syrup the past month.
Mr.. M. KNUTsoN, who lives three
miles east of Wilmar, lost his stables and
fifty or sixty tons of hay by fire few
days since.
A LITTLE boy named Lules, lately
from Pittsburg, was scalded to death
few days ago at Winnebago Prairie,
Stearns county.
JOHANNES NELSON, an old resident
and highly respected farmer of Spring
Garden, south of Cannon Falls, died
very suddenly recently.
A YOUNG man named Leighton, clerk
in bank at Zumbrota, skipped out of
town a few weeks ago, owing about
$500 to various people of that place.
Hon. DILLON O'BRIEN was out in the
Avoca colony, Murray county, last
week, and selected some 5000 acres of
land, mostly in 80-acre pieces, for eastern
parties.
LILLE MOBILES, daughter of Capt.
A. S. Mobiles, was thrown from horse
and quite seriously, though not danger
ously injured. One of her shoulders
was dislocated.-Glencoe Enterprise.
RALPH SToCKMAN, of Elmore, Fari-
bault county, lost by fire, few days
ago, his barn, tmo horses, harness, some
farm implements, several hogs, and
thirty-6ve tons of hay.
! MRS. DAVID HUGHES, of Wolcott,
Rice county, had tumor taken off her
tongue last Sunday. The tumor was
one inch long, three-fourths of an inch
broad, and one-half an inch in thickness.
i LIE SUEUR Sentinel: One of the largest
farmers in Kasota township made ST.,
600 above expenses the first seventeen
years of his farming there, dating from
1857. He made it, too, on a half section
or less of land.
A SON of Isaiah Carlise, of Pleasant
Mound, Blue Earth county, aged ten
years, fell from a wagon loaded with
wheat, jolting over rough road, and
had his neck broken. He died in about
twenty minutes.
SHARE LowREY, boy about II yea IS
of age, was accidentally shot and kill. j
at Wausau, on Monday afternoon, by
Hugh Cook, a boy of the same age. The
boys were at play in a woodshed when
the accident occurred.
AN extensive prairie fire ran over
Jackson county, several days ago, COM
ing from about Heron Lake. At
Round Lake it ran into the stacks of
Ole HolversoD, destroying all his hay,
half his grain, and two stables and six
head of cattle Worthington Advance.
The inhabitants of Ortonville, Big
Stone county, are nearly all related to
each other. It seems that in the county,
earliest days G. K. Orion struck that
section, and finding q good opening for
one or two enterprising relatives, sent
for them come, and help build upa town.
!! WM. Fl. HARRISON, ESQ.,, of Whine
bago Agency, Blue Earth county, died
at the residence of Henry Foster, Esq.
Mr.. Harrison had resided in the county
for over twenty years, was a gentleman
of fine business ability, and enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of large number
of friends all over the state.
A VERY sad and serious case is that of
Mr.. S. B. Halls little boy, at Rochester.
He now lies in a very critical condition
from congestion of the brain, and the
attending physicians say it was occa-
stoned by fright. He was sitting near
by some men who were putting up q
windmill, and the noise and confusion
caused thereby startled him, with the
result noted.
The wife of G. L. Lowe, of Glencoe,
attempted to commit suicide the other
day, by shooting herself with revolver.
The bullet entered her breast, and was
extracted by physicians. When inform.
ed that it would be impossible for her to
recover, sho said she was glad of it, that
she wanted to die and did not regret
what she had done.
A FARMER in Monticello, Wright
county, riding in buggy, seeing cattle
in his field, hastily removed his pipe
from his mouth and placed it in his
coat pocket, and leaving his coat in the
buggy, went after the cattle. On his
return he found the pipe had set fire to
his coat and partially charred his pocket
book. A $40 greenback was cremated
beyond redemption-bills of smaller de.
nominations could be patched up and
saved, and a quantity OF coin went
through the fire unframed.
THERE seems to be conflict between
Mankato and Belgrade in reference tt
the erection of bridge to connect the
two towns, or rather as to its location
whether at the lower or upper ferry
Mankato, it is averred, will never con
sent to the erection Of bridge at thu
upper ferry. Belgrade voted $4,000
tawards the bridge if located at the
upper ferry, or $4,000 if located at the
lower ferry, provided Mankato will
build the approaches. To this Mankatc
is understood to demur. And thus the
matter of building bridge for the pres
ent stands still.
DURING the past week the diphtheris
has broken out with renewed virulenc<
in Blue Earth county. There is quite ,
general belief that the disease is largely
traceable to the impurity of the watel
used for drinking purposes, and in view
of this fact half dozen or more sample
of water taken from the wells in tn,
neighborhood where the most sever,
cases occurred were obtained and for
warded to the state geologist to be anal
yzed. The result of this inquiry il
anxiously looked for, as it may deter
mine the cause of the disease.
THERE is not another county in the
state, of the same size, that is so well
fixed financially, as Sherhurne county
A good court house has been built dur
ing the year, which is all paid for with
out any bonds or extra tax. There ii
not a dollar of debt of any kind, and