Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-14

OF pure copper, nearly as large as men egg,
which was found while excavating for the
new road out by Hildrith's. 1t would be
something of surprise If the bluffs back of
town should be found to contain copper ore
in paying quantities.
Hiram Granger, of LIE Sueur Center,
while shingling his barn missed his footing
and fell to the ground, receiving injuries
that caused his death in about three hours,
and before medical assistance could be pro-
cured. Mr.. Granger was widely known and
respected, and his funeral was the largest
ever attended in the county.
The Benton County Press says that the
wolves are making sad havoc with the farm
ers' sheep in Gilmanton; that Eli Griffin
lost twenty five tons of hay by fire last Sun
day, making fifty in all burned by incen-
diaries; and that horse belonging to poor
man, named Florence Conner, was shot last
week by some unknown miscreant.
Faribant Democrat: Typhoid fever and
diphtheria are quite prevalent in this city
and the surrounding country. These dis
eases are greatly stimulated, if not actually
terminated, by filth, and our citizens are
warned by the medical fraternity to see to it
that their cellars, sewers, wells, barns, out
houses, etc., are kept clean and sweet, that
those terrible diseases may have little or NO
excuse for visiting Faribault.
A Bownton correspondent of the Glencoe
(McLeod county, Enterprise, remarks that
ssthe prairie fires have been running wild
from Emmett to Hector. Mr.. Lewis, auditor
for the railroad, informed us few days ago,
that in coming down between these two
places, he counted seven stacks of wheat and
several of hay on fire. The loss of hay from
this cause will be quite heavy, as there is SO
much yet unstacked.'
The house of Joseph Brabec, in the Bo-
hemian settlement in Woodland, Wright
county, was struck by lightning last week,
the lightning passing down the stovepipe,
breaking two legs of the stove and tearing
up and splintering the floor and joists;
thence out at the stills of the house. Mrs.
Brabec and several children were in the
house at the time, all of whom were more or
less injured, but none permanently.
Hastings Gazette: There is great COM
plant among the farmers of this vicinity,
caused by the great disparity between the
price of No. l and No. 3 wheat and the
consequence is that very little IS being sold
Mr.. Underwood, of the Pioneer mills
is making good thing by purchasing
No. 3 wheat on the street, taking it to his
mill, cleaning it thoroughly, and returning
it to the elevator and selling it as No.
thus realizing some fifteen cents per bushe
by the handling of it. Thorough cleaning
pays.
Faribault Democrat The muskrat has
been heard from. and is said to be construct
ing his house with double walls. back plaster
tarred paper and storm doors, which is sup
posed to indicate hard winter. It will also
be remembered that the prophetic little AMI
NAL did the same thing last fall, and we art
therefore led to believe that this is the Min
nesota muskrat's style of architecture uni
versally and annually used to guard agains
accidents. ALI sensible human animals viii
go and do likewise. 1t is cheaper to bank u,
a house than to buy new relay of vege
tables.
Glencoe (McLeod caunty) Enterprise
The prairie fires are doing an immens
amount of damage. This setting fires shoult
be stopped, and there is law against it.
Mr.. 81. E. Day is the loser by thes,
prairie fires. One day last week he saw
fire making towards one of his neighbor'
wheat stacks, and went at once to inform
him of the fact and assist him in plowin,
around his grain, and while doing this th
fire got into his hay and consumed about te,
tons. There has been in the neighberhoot
OF 800 tons burned in this county this fall b,
these prairie fires.
Owatonna Steele County, Peoples Press
On last Monday night, Mr.. Lewis Lewiston
of Havana, while on his way home, wa
quite severely injured by his horses running
away. He was thrown from the wagon ant
his head cut, the wheel passing over him
bruising his side and partially breaking on,
of his ribs. Doctors Blood and Sargen
were called upon to put him in repair, an,
after bandaging and dressing his wound
and doing what could be done for the bruises
Mr.. Lewison felt much better, and stron,
hopes are now entertained of his complet
recovery.
Glencoe Register: The people of stewar
are to have hotel. DR.. Stewart went d,
last week and marked out the ground for tn
! building, and appointed Mr.. Bryant of tha
place to take charge upon its completion
A Bird Island correspondent writes
A terrific prairie fire swept over the north
erna portion of Bird Island. township las
week, destroying hay, grain, etc. N. Hick
ok lost all his grain and hay, stable and bar
ley, but saved his house r. Cammish los
forty acres of grain and stack of hay
s. Z. Salter lost ten tons of hay, and n. "
w. Jones thirty tons. Others escaped b
the skin of their teeth. The fire wav
came very near burning up the railroad ma
terial for turn table, Just unloaded fror
| the cars.
Cannon Falls (Goodhue county, Beacon
Will Deck, aged 16, stepson of Theodor
| Czeskle ba of this village, while hunting Ii
the Big Cannon attempted to pull his GU
| out of boat; the hammer caught on tn
| boat seat and the contents were discharged
They entered the boys right wrist, tearin
| away all the flesh on the inside of the wris
and making a terrible flesh wound; fortu
nately no bones were broken. i
Eddie Crandall, aged IL years, and Twin
with Mr.. r. 81. Knox, of this village, Will
on his way to school, stopped near Gregg
Co.'s mill, where horse power elevator wa
IN operation. He got upon the platform Q
| the power and by some mischance steppe
on the main wheel, when one of the revolv
| ing travellers rolled over his right foot, lac
Grating it terribly.
Wilmar Kandiyohi county, Republican
Gazette: A man dealing in cattle slept in
barn in town last Sunday night in compan
with young man in his employ. In til
morning when he awoke the young man wa
missing, ag was also a silver watch wort
about 800. The man had S., 900 on his PEI
son which the thief did not modest, and b
considers his loss very tame affair unde
the circumstances. Last Sunda-
prairie fire did considerable damage in th
western part of the town of Norway Lake
and towns adjoining. liver /. Dale lost tw
stacks Of wheat, and another man los
his granary, stable, grain and hay. 1t
probable that considerable more damage wa
done. The fire, it is thought, was set b
some one carelessly. Our exchanges are ful
of accounts of prairie fires in different part
of the State, some of the fires doing grea