Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.


Albert j. Truesdale, of Owatonna, was
thrown from horse and had leg broken.
Harvey Richards, of Anoka, was thrown
from wagon and sustained fracture of
the elbow joint.
Some days ago Frank Busbee, living on
Prairie Island, Goodhue county, lost his val
liable residence by fire.
Alarming mill man who makes his head
quarters at Glencoe, claims to have sold 292
mills this season, and expects to sell more.
The Kasson, Dodge county, Republican
says: considerable sickness has been pre-
vailing in this region during the past few
weeks.''
About $4,000 pounds of butter were
shipped from Hutchinson, Mcleod county,
to Deadwood, D. T., and other points in the
Black Hills.
St. Cloud Times: The supply of black
berries this year is something wonderful.
They have been coming into the city lately
by the wagon load.
A severe rain and wind storm did consid-
cradle damage to wheat stacks in Fergus
Falls and vicinity. The storm was also very
severe in Dane Prairie.
county, and vicinity, moved several buildings
from their foundations. One new store at
Donnelly was moved nearly four feet.
Sank Centre will this year levy special
school tax of 81, 500. OF this amount.
$4,000 is for the support of schools, and
$4,000 for the payment Of bonds and in
terest.
young man named Rice, few miles
north of Rushford, Fillmore county, got his
arm so broke and mangled in threshing
machine, that it had to be amputated close
to the shoulder joint.
Willie Comstock, aged years, son of VIM.
Comstock, of Fergus Falls, was drowned in
the river at that place. He attempted to
cross the river on logs, to carry his father
his dinner, slipped and fell into the river.
His body was found in an hour and half.
One night tramp applied to Mrs. Elliott,
OF Wells, Faribault county, for a bed, and
was shown one. He made rope of the
bed-clothes and hauled two other tramps
into the room. Mrs. Elliott, hearing the
noise, appeared upon the scene and ordered
the tramps away. They refused to do so.
She sent for an officer, who quickly marched
them away.
Wells Adrocate: A stranger came into
our sanctum, who had walked all the way,
from New Richmond, to tell us how a young
school teacher from Minneapolis came down
to Hartland to hunt prairie chickens, and
accidently shot woman by the name of
Mattlce, several shot entering her body and
frightening her SO badly that she has been
confined to her bed ever since.
Worthington Adudnce: The other day
swarm of butterflies covered the town.
They were apparently as thick as grasshop-
pers, and loaded down the branches of trees
where they alighted. The column reached
as far north as Mankato, making about 100
miles of butterflies. Some think they were
Matched soath of us, while others believe
they were native and to the manor, that is,
prairie, born.
Plainview (Wabashaw county, Neus: A
young man by the name of Ellsbury, of Do
yer Centre, met with serious accident.
While assisting in carrying the cylincer of
threshing machine into shop for repairs,
he sprained, or in some way injured his
shoulder, but thought it but slightly hurt.
Presently he tainted away, and falling, his
head struck against one of the cylinder teeth.
DR.. Stinchfeld was in immediate attendance.
The skull was fractured by the blow, and he
is in very critical condition.
Morris, Stevens county, Tribune. A severe
storm of wind and rain swept over this sec
ton and did considerable damage to the
crops not yet stacked. Some of the lumber
in the yards at this place was considerably
mixed and damaged. but a few hours work
soon put it into shape. The wind blew furi-
ously, the thunder crashed and lightning
blazed till the scene was sublimely awful.
Mr.. John Barry had his entire crop o. wheat
burned. It was cut with header and put up
in long ricks, and the fire spread from one
to the other until the entire crop of his
thirty five acres was burned. We were not
able to learn of any insurance, and it will
probably be a total loss.
Howard Lake Wright county, People's
AdUoc0te: One of those terrible accidents
which annually form part of the opera
tons OF harvesting, occurred near Lake
Henry, in the south part of Albion town
ship. resulting in the death of Paul Ander-
son, highly respected citizen of the town
of Vaudeville. Anderson had recently pur-
chased threshing machine, and while OPP
Grating it had occasion to go to the top of
the separator, and in attempting to re-
turn stepped upon the feed table. and his
right foot slipped into the cylinder, nearly
severing the foot. With rare presence of
mind he extricated his right foot but only to
have his left caught in the same way drawing
him into the machine and crushing both
limbs in most shocking manner. He was
removed to the nearest house and Drs.
Knowles q Cressy were Immediately sent
for. Everything possible was done to ale
viate his sufferings, until death relieved him
about three hours after the accident.