The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-25
MINNESOTA NEWS.

DroWn, OF GlencOe, lost by the late
WIND storm over 500 bushels of wheat.
A stranger was knocked down by high
"ayman near Frontenac, Goodhue county.
and robbed of $40.
IL IS stated that mandatory is to be
started IN Albert Lea for the purpose of
making the Asbestine stone.
An ice chest III the barn of VIM. Ten
brook, at Rice Point, was burglarized. and
the family breakfast gobbled up.
AT school meeting, largely attended in
Lltchfield, it was voted to erect q brick
scnooi mouse, to cost not more than ST. 900
Inc bears are emigrating from Wisconsin.
Three rough black bears were lately seen IN
swim the lake to the Minnesota shore NEAR
Wacouta.
by runaway at Hassan, Hon. Henry
Ghostley was thrown from his buggy. and
had his left shoulder dislocated and was
otherwise injured.
A male child about year old in Ovation
ma was drowned in a tub about half full of
WAFER Inc child was carelessly left to him
self with the above result. ID
'fralrle schooners'' are still seen in vari-
GUS localities vending their way Westward
10 get into winter quarters, preparatory to
iAoA' year farming campaign,
George Baldwin, of Red WING. acc;-
dentally discharged revolver into the naln
o. ms hand, the ball coming out of the back
OF his hand, making painful wound.
gang OF some twenty-five men have
Deen ouslly engaged laying steel rails through
ot. Charles for the Winona & st. Peter rail-
road, IN place of the old worn out rails
"A tramp, who stole several revolvers ont
OF store In st. Cloud, was pursued to Sank
haplds, arrested and put in Jail. He had
sold the revolvers from As cents to So each.
A seven years old boy, a son of J. A.
Barber. of Chester, OImsted county. was
swinging on trapeze bar when he fell.
breaking an arm above and below the elbow.
A Scandinavian was badly injured in Znm-
brota, IN unwisely atten pting to ston nm
away team. He was knocked down. and bic
head and other parts of his BODY had1v
bruised. '"'S
A drunken Norwegian attempted suicide
III hochester, by cutting his throat with
razor he wrought an ugly cash, but
surgeon seWed up the wound, and the man
will recover.
The people of Monticello have voted in
1aVor OF giving the right of way to the Min
heapolls d. st. Cloud railway, provided the
ROAD is built through that village and a depot
is established there.
hev. j. +. Tassel, of Cannon Falls. walked
into an open trap-door on the east side If
FORREST street, and fell into cellar a dis
lance OF some eight feet, and was consider
ably bruised, but fortunately escaped serious
injury. 0>' W. AUG
another attempt was made by the prison.
ers to break Jail in Olmsted county last
week. The Record and Union asks if it
ISL ABOUT time new Jail was built that
cannot be broken open two or three times a
week.
county fairs are now the order of the
Gay continually In very large number of the
counties of the State The fairs are oener-
ally well attended, the displays fine, and are
reported success. This shows ENTERPRISE
and thrift on the part of the farmers.
In Chaska, Martin Dohmann, John Doh
mann and Mary Kirchner were arrested on
charge OF aggravated assault and battery on
Sophia Mas. A jury was empaneled. but
failing to agree, the case was COMPROMISED
and dismissed on the payment of costs by the
defendants.
man working in a cornfeld at Fronte
nae, was confronted by a big black bear,
The man ran, and the bear after him. but
the latter was behind in the race. The in
cident being made known, hunters were
soon in pursuit of bruin. He was found in
cornfield and shot. Though thin in flesh.
he weighed 400 pounds.
Wlnnebago City Press: MIR. E. G. Buck
OF this city, met with quite serious and
painful accident one day last week. He was
working on building for Felix Hill, west of
the river, and when leaning against a cor
nice board it gave way precipitating him to
the ground, distance of about ten feet, and
striking upon the ground on his face and
head, one jaw bone was fractured, besides
other cuts and bruises.
Fergus Falls (Otter Tall county, Adpocate.
Sept. Ii: Charley and Ferdinand Peters
nave thirty bushels wheat to the acre. and
little over seventy bushels of oats. Mat
'heW Wright's wheat turned out twenty-one
bushels to the acre, and his sons County
Attorney Wrlght) yielded seventeen bushels.
Ar. Swift threshed for Mr.. Fabian, of West
I'm, one acre measured choice land, which
'lelded the extraordinary amount of forty
ix bushels per acre.
Another idiot didn't know it was loaded.
n store in St. Michael's, Wright county,
ohm kessler was wounded, probably fatally,
y pistol shot. John Reiling was behind
he counter, carelessly handling the pistol,
lot knowing it was loaded, when the weapon
vas discharged, the ball striking Kessler,
Who was within three feet of him, in the
eft breast, passing through the upper lobe
f the left lung. The surgeon could not
md the ball. The recovery of the wounded
IAN is matter of doubt. 1t is said the
Dol who discharged the pistol feels bad
bout it.
Lake City (Wabashaw county, Sentinel:
IN Saturday, woman living up Rush river
rove into Maiden Rock with span of dogs
nd cart, which attracted the attention of
'veral little children who surrounded the
g, among whom was little Johnny Taylor,
5ed about years, son of Tip Taylor. In
le absence of the driver the little fellow
loughtlessly reached out his hand to pet
le dog, and the miserable cur grabbed him
etween the thumb and finger and inflicted
frlghtful wound, the result of which the
ayslclan is as yet unable to determine.
Lake City Sentinel: D. G. Siam, travel
g agent for Henry Sears & Co., Chicago,
anufacturers of pistols and plated ware,
as passenger on the up freight Monday
ternoon. He left his satchel, containing
veral hundred dollars worth of samples, on
g platform and stepped into the ticket Of
% for moment. When he returned his
tchel was gone. He was just in time, how
er, to see it moving off in the clutches of
able-b bodied tramp, He gave chase over