Daily globe., 1878-08-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.

DouS1asS county mas DOL nOTSeS-dH III
crease of 137 over last year.
Mumps and whooping cough have put in
an appearance at Melrose, Stearns comfy.
One Kaufman, of Danville, was arrested
for stealing two sacks of oats, and taken to
Mankato for trial.
An II year old child of Michael Fox, of
Hastings, lost his life the other day by his |
clothes taking fire.
Robert Van Dyke, ESQ.,, has been appointed |
attorney for the Midland Division of the G. |
M. and st. P. railroad.
Fred. Williams fell off load of grain the
other day near Pomme de Terre, and both
his jaw bones were broken.
An accomplished Orokis lady, a teacher
and noted belle, drove her fathers harves-
ter team all through the season.
The honey crop in this State, if not an
entire failure, is said to be greatly impaired
by the large amount of rainy weather.
A couple of Chippewa Indians at Fergus
Falls asked $40 a day each for work in the
harvest field, but readily accepted $1.5O.
The other day, a year old daughter of
Hermann Schroeder, of Hastings, fell from
ladder and broke her left leg below the knee
Mrs. Mary Devlin, who occupied room at
was found dead in her bed the other night.
Two men in Mankato were prosecuted
and fined for violating the game law in
shooting prairie chickens before August 10Th.
The Furgus Falls Journal estimates that
over 9O,OOO worth of farm machinery has
been sold in Otter Tail county the past
season.
farm barn belonging to William Shut,
near High Forest village, was destroyed by
fire few days since. The origin of the fire
was accidental.
The Midland narrow guage railroad has
passed into the hands of the Chicago, Mil
| waukee u st. Paul company, and formal
| possession has been taken.
| At ST. Charles a few nights since while a
harvest hand named BENZ. Dougherty was
| sleeping off drunken debauch in a box car,
! his pockets were rifed of $25.
The Duluth Neaos reports that on the 18th
of August, seven car loads of silver ore
reached that town by tho Northern Pacific,
and went out by the st. Louis.
child at Dodge Centre was bitten twice
b. a rattlesnake the other day, on the town
plat hear the Kinney House. The bites came
near proving fatal, but the child was saved.
While Mr.. Pirath, of Mankato, was wait
| ing on customer, some one stole from an
open drawer bag of silver containing some
$2O. A suspected person has been arrested
An incendiary confiagration was nipped at
Clairmont the other day by timely discov-
cry. Combustibles had been placed in the
front part of c. Johreiss' store, and set or
! fire.
Duluth Neps, Aug. Is: Fifteen car loads
of Northern Pacific wheat came in yesterday
from Dalrymple's farm, the first Northern
Pacific wheat of the season, and the earlies
receipts from that section ever known.
tramp visited the residence of Judge
Calklns, of Currie, during the absence of the
judge, and impertinantly demanded of Mrs
G. that she furnish him supper. Through
fear she did so. The william eat his suppe
and left without offering her any further in
dignity.
The lazy tramps who would not work il
the harvest fields are now lying in wait t.
rob those who did. The other day at Hast
ings two harvest hands were robbed b.
tramps, the one of 1875, the other of $3.50
Such robberies are being repeated in ver
many localities.
The other night five young men of Anok
!. went over to Osseo, and getting outside o
too much lager and tanglefoot, got into
row at saloon and smashed things
of these enterprising youths got hurt, an
besides it cost each few dollars to settl
with the marshal of Osseo.
: Two accidents occurred near Norwood, il
Carver county, the other day. Mrs. Heck
man was thrown from wagon, while rashl
, attempting to hold a runaway team. He
! injuries are likely to prove fatal. A son O
Peter Krorls fell from wheat stack and wa
so badly hurt that his recovery is doubtful
Hail storms have been unusually frequen
and severe throughout the late harvest. Th
towns of Ieafi Valley and Ida, Dougla
county, were severely visited a fortnight age
with hail of great size. Mrs. Swenson, VIII
was out milking, was badly bruised by tn
falling hail and on reaching the house sh
tainted.
A man in West Mankato the other da
: attempted to commit suicide in box car
5 taking strychnire He was discovered,
physician called, and may recover with goo
care, though his limbs are paralyzed. Th
reason he gives for the act is, that he wa
sick, had no money, out of employment, an
g had no friends.
p Two boys were fooling with loaded gu
n in Mankato the other day, when Mrs Kelly
g little four years old boy got before the muz
, zle of the gun. His mother seeing hill
snatched him away, and the gun instantl
exploded. By the narrowest possible ma
ing, the mother saved her child.
The Spring Valley Vidette asserts th
sthe poor crop has driven away five or s
y spring bed bottom canvassers and coup
g of tanning mill peddlars, within the la
!, three days. The farmers can console ther
selves with the thought that there is no gre
loss without some small gain. 1t is though
n there will be less of lightning rod men, clot
I peddlars and other humbugs during the ne
year, which will in large measure compe
safe for even small wheat yield.
An industrious German farmer by Il
name of Fred Milbradt, living about twel
ie miles south of Heron lake, met with fat
1e accident at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoo
e He was engaged in cutting his grain, al
le went to the front of his reaper to reno
er some obstruction from the sickle, and VIII
thus engaged his team started, causing t
rake to strike him on the head and t
sickle to cut him so severely that he died
few minutes after the accident.
I'd A few days ago, in Madelia, Samuel A
ro shamelessly exposed his person to two SIN
girls and made infamous proposals to the
a. q One of them was daughter Of Capt. W.
- Murphy. He event in pursuit of the Will
- with loaded gnn, and when he overto
= him shot, the contents passing through
q forearm and into the left side of the ch,
- - above the heart. Ash was just alive at tt
~ last report. Capt. Murphy has been befc
~ !. the justice Oh charge of manslaughter, a
10 10 was put under bail to await the result of t
~ shooting.
ne ne Anoka Union; One day last week abo
70 70 5 p. NJ, Anoka and the Immediate vicin
r. were struck by terrific thunder, hail a
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