Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.


good deal of trouble with trarnps lately.
A span of horses was stolen from Mr..
Gibson OF Marshall, Lyon county the other
night.
A few nights since the police of Austin,
Mower county, ousted five noisy. drunken
tramps.
Bartlett Clayyine, while attempting to |
swim the Mississippi river at McGee's ferry, |
was drowned.
The Congregational church and society of
Marshall, Lyon county, have commenced the |
erection of a new church edifce.
The Shakopee 4rgus figures up the de-
struction of about a thousand acres of wheat
by the late hail storm.
Joseph Knowles, of Harrington, attempt
ed to commit suicide the other day by tax
ing laudanunl, but failed
1t IS reported that the grasshoppers have
done great damage around Bismarck, and
are now moving eastward.
A son of Oscar Ayers, of Austin, fell from
loaded wagon the other day, and had his
right leg broken above the knee.
The tramps are infesting Todd county and
making great deal of trouble by demand
ing square meals at farm houses.
The Long Prairie argus denies the truth
of the report that the wheat in Todd county
has been seriously injured by a hail storm.
few nights since, during terrific thun-
der-gust, in Alexandria, two houses were
struck by lightning, but no person was hurt.
Three car loads of Icelanders passed west
through New Ulm the other day, bound for
Candy, where large colony is being
formed.
The atmosphere in some localities has of
late been very smoky, like Indian summer
caused by burning fields of ruined, worth
less wheat.
Reports have been frequently made of
horses dropping down dead during the in
tense hot weather, often while at work in
harvest fields.
Deputy Sheriff Richardson, of Wabashaw
county, while pursuing a fugitive prisoner
the other day, thrown from his horse
and severely injured.
IT, Johnson, the other night, going out of
the back door of saloon i'll Sleepy-Eye,
Brown county, made misstep, fell and
broke one of his legs.
night last week in Sank Rapids was
made hideous by the beastly orgies of "a lot
! of drunken ven "Shoot 'em on the spot,
with salt and ginger.
The stars and stripes waved over Turner
hall, at New Ulm, on Sunday Aug H. in
honor of the one-huntireth anniversary of
the irth-day of Jahn
The Fergus Falls papers announce that
twenty miles of the Minnesota Northern rail
road are to be built this fall. The engineers
are now laying out the track.
| couple of tramps were jagged in Rush
| ford, Fillmore Co., a few nights since
Iramps are receiving more attention than
formerly from the public authorities.
Denis Dolan, the other day, attempted to
| break INTO the Rosemount calaboose, to
llberate prlsoner-was detected, arrested
and is now i'll jail under 81 900 bonds.
James Flanagan, postmaster at Dover
| Center, Olmsted county, has resigned His
successor is G. III. Howler. Mrs. ]. q.
Slanker has been appoin ted deputy postmis-
! tress.
Fred. Beinhom, of New Ulm, who brand
ished a loaded pistol to scare George Baar
| has been found guilty of manslaughter in
the fourth degree, and has been bound over
to the November court.
Three tramps robbed Francois Derocker
of S15.70 in money and several articles of
clothing on freight train between Kasson
and Dodge Centre, Dodge county. They
We're subsequently identified and arrested.
The other day Nels Hawkinson, of Litch-
field, Meeker county, working on Junt's
building fe IL from the second floor, and was
| taken up lnsensible. Though no bones were
broken, he was very seriously injured
| The Merchants hotel barn in Austin,
Mower county, was entirely consumed by
fire few nights since Fourteen horses
were removed, but with difficulty, and but
little else was saved. The town has no fir
engine.
The Marshall Gyon Coz Messenger says,
there are nearly $500 acres of new breaking
west of the town, which touches and is al
most one piece though done by different
| parties. How is that for one patch of this
years breaking.
fight occurred the other night in Otto
Neu's saloon, in Glencoe between the said
Neu, and two of his customers. Neu re-
celved several, it may be dangerous wounds,
on his head, inflicted by glass tumbler.
The two desperadoes were put in jail.
1t is reported that Indians wholly disre-
gard the game laws. and kill deer and other
game out of season with impunity The
hunting season for deer is from November
LIST to December 10Th, but the Indians wan
der from their reservations and kill deer at
all times.
During some reckless shooting few days
since IN Long Prairie, charge of shot rat
tied against window, breaking the glass
and putting i'll peril the inmates. The To-
cal paper savagely rebukes the outrageous
carelessness by saying: ''Don't do it again
boys
IN Glencoe, the other day. farmer in a
wagon, with his two sons, came near being
crushed by passing railway train. BY the
loud and frantic cries of by-standers. he
was made aware of his danger, just in time
to back off the track, the cars slightly graz
ing his team.
Work has been commenced on the Chat
field Gilmore county branch railroad. The
Democrat says that the line, as permanently
established, intersects the Winona & ST.
Peter road one mile west of Eyota, forming
a junction at that point with the PIainyiew
branch. The line, which is very direct, is a
trifie over a eleven miles, and the heaviest
grade seventy feet.
The other day at Morrstown, Rice coun-
ty, a son of A. Rollins, aged II years, was
playing on the cars while they were in mo-
ton, and accidentiy got his left foot be-
tween the bumpers, and before the train
could be stopped, it crushed two of his toes
and barely missed serving the foot in the
same way. 1t is thought he will get along
without amputation.
few evenings since at Red Wing, as a
freight train was pulling out one of the
brakesmen discovered several tramps in one
of the cars. He ordered them out. and they
refused to go, when he descended into the
car, and little lively shooting and thump-
ing was IN progress, the brakeman using his
lantern freely, when Mr.. Parker, the conduc-