Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-11

land grant forfeited and open for settlement;
and, IN case the required legislation could
not be secured, further determined to retain
ex-Gov. Davis services to seek redress in
the United States courts.
On the 31st ult., Henry Lane, an old resi-
Gent OF Lafayette, Nicollet county, met with
severe accident by falling from straw
stack, having, at the time, a hay knife in his
hand. Although his body was cut half
through, he is in fair way OF recovery.
Movements are on foot to invest the Bur-
hngton, Cedar Rapids and Northern railway
company with such land interest as to in
duce them to extend their line from Grundy,
IN central Iowa, to Sheldon, point north
west on the st. Paul Sioux City road.
The Stevens county Tribune is jubilant
over the indubitable signs of an extensive
immigration in Morris and vicinity during
the coming season, and affirms that many
land hunters and business men have already
bought largely of both town and form prop
| erty.
Fifteen years ago Mrs. John Chambers, of
Kenyon, Goodhue county, when a child,
swallowed a brass medal. About week ago
she began to vomit, and threw up the medal,
which she had swallowed fifteen years be-
fore, and is now doing as well as could be
expected.
Sunday the 9th Mr.. and Mrs. John Mark
of Salem, Olmsted county, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary and also their
birthday, he being that day IS years old and
she II. They occupy the same building
they erected, first in that vicinity, twenty
four years ago and are hale and hearty
couple.
DIR. Mahan having sent the annuity goods
ahead started from Duluth for Vermilion
Lake the 31st ult. to make the annual pay
ment to the Indians there. He was accom-
panied by r. Petrie, Geo. Spencer, Geo
Barnum, Rob. Ray, Ron. Hunter, Vincent
Ray, and others, and expected to be absent
ten or twelve deys.
Phe Alexandria Post tells of Norwegian
and American, trading horses, who hitchec
Americans horse wouldn't work when the
Norwegian took the lines while the Norweg
ian's wouldn't go for the American. Eacl
horse understood only his masters language
and waited for the familiar words.
ten days session of the Martin count,
district court terminated on the LIST. There
were only fonr jury trials, two criminal ant
two civil, only one of the latter being con
tested, which involved the paltry sum o
500. The cost to the county for this luxuri
GUS session is given at $1,39215, and tn
people down there are disguised over til
showing.
: John Gilman, at one time county survey
or of Rice and favorably remembered oil
settler of that shire, was murdered on tn
= Goth ult. near Los Angeles, CAL, to whic
y State he removed in 1874. Plumber j
b presumed to have been the incentive of tn
bloody deed, as the deceased was supposed t
have quite sem of money upon his person
nothing being secured, however, but hi
watch.
Wells, Falibault county, had very mario,
q escape from serious confagration on til
5th. The fire originated in Andrew Pratt
building, to which the flames were confne
by the vigorous operations of the villager
whose praiseworthy efforts were quickene
: by the report that Mr.. Pratt,s child was
: the burning building. A hasty scare
through the binding smoke having failed
reveal the whereabouts of the child, it we
believed to have been already rescued, b,
. when the flames had subsidized the remain
= were discovered upon the blackened foo
death having resulted from suffocation.
. Sheriff Mickly, Stearns county. arreste
n Albert Zarno of Fairfield, this county, la
; Wednesday for forging. Young Zarno,
seems, went to St. Cloud about month ae
and bought set of harness, giving no
and mortgage and signing another man
"a name. Sheriff Mickly has taken the fello
e to st. Cloud for examination Count
Adpocate,;