Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Prairie chicken sociables . are now in
order.
There are eight candidates for sheriff in
Clay county.
Mrs. S. S. Smith, of Dundas, Rice county,
died of lock-jaw few days since.
r. w. Dunn, of Benson, has sold the
"Benson house" to Aldrich Bros of Phila-
delphia. Price, $4,000.
A large lynx was seen near Tivoli, Blue
Earth county, few days ago. He did not
leave the road until approached within ten
rods.
A boy in Sank Center, running on the top
of standing train of freight cars, fell be-
tween two to the track and received severe
injuries.
In Sank Center, few days since, Mrs.
Mark Bedell stepped upon piece of soap
which lay upon the floor, slipped and fell
and broke her collar bone.
burglar the other night entered the
house of a German, Amos by name, of
Quinby, Olmsted county, and distracted
1925 from his pantaloons pocket, $11O of
which was in gold.
The other night, in Rochester, drunken
fellow who had laid down to sleep on the
river bank by the stone mill, rolled off into
the river. Marshall Kalh happening along,
dragged him out in time to save his life.
L.. Carlos, of Waseca, was seriously in
jured the other day by the bite of a vicious
horse. The horse seized him by the back,
tore off his clothes, lacerated the flesh, threw
HIM on the ground and bruised him up gen
orally.
But one instance is known of parties vio-
latlng the game law, by shooting prairie
chickens previous to August 18th, being
arrested, and yet immense numbers are
reported to have been killed previous to that
date.
Adolph Schildknecht, of Waseca, suddenly
fell from his chair the other evening in the
Turner hall dining room, and lay in an un-
conscious condition for some time, and it
was thought he was dead. A physician was
summoned and he was so far restored that
in short time he could be taken home.
The supposed cause of the fit or it's charac-
ter is not stated.
While surreptitiously hunting sssnipe'' last
week, prior to the legal 10Th, Mr.. Mccarthy,
OF Luverne, Rock county, was shot in the
back by one of the parties. AS the charge
was composed of prairie chicken shot, no Sc
rlous harm was done, as he was eight rods
away from the gun. his back was pretty
well peppered with shot, but as their en-
entrance was not deep, they were easily
picked out.
The other day, in Shakopee, w. G. Briggs
was preparing to give his brothers children
ride. The children were put in the buggy,
but before Mr.. Briggs could get in the horse
became frightened, and attempted to run
He seized the reins, and was soon pulled off
his feet, and dragged distance of fifty
yards, when the horse, somewhat checked by
Mr.. B., was stopped by some young men.
The frightened, crying children were taken
out unframed, and Mr.. Briggs, though con-
siderably bruised, was not seriously injured.
A heavy storm of wind, rain and hail
passed over the northern portion of Chisago
county few days since, doing great deal
of damage. The path trayersed by the de-
stroying elements was about 800 feet wide
and not over half mile long, in which it
crushed and tore up nearly every tree grow
ing-passed through hay meadow, and
scattered the hay stacks to the four winds of
the heavens. The path of the hurricane lay
through an uninhabited district, consequently
no buildings were injured.