Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Albert j. Truesdale, of Owatonna, was |
thrown from horse and had a 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.
A tanning mill man who makes his head
quarters at Glencoe, claims to have sold 292
mills this season, and expects to sell more.
A. E. Barclay has bought the mill and
grounds belonging to the Morristown Mill
company for $4,000.
A 3-year-old child was run over by car
riage, in Faribault, but no bones were brok-
en-. The child is expected to recover.
Five wheat stacks were burned the other
night on the farm of James McCodden, in
Dundas, destroying about 400 bushels OF
wheat.
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.
A tramp who was put off the train al
Rushford, a few days ago, fired pistol, but
withou. effect, at the conductor as the train
was pulling out.
Another national bank is to be established
in Mortified, Rice county, in place of the
Citizens bank which is to be closed up.
Capital $4,000.
Faribault (Rice county Republican, Aug %:
Most of the farmers in this section have stacked
their wheat and will let it go through the sweat
ing process before threshing.
Fish are said to be abundant in Roberds
lake, Rice county, especially black bass,
which is considered the best fish caught in
any of the Minnesota lakes.
A. A. Misener, of Faribault, came near los
ing his life by having a bank of earth cave
and fall upon him. When rescued he was
insensible, but was soon restored to con-
seriousness.
A fellow that the 'sfool-killer'' left alive,
recently in Rush City, was fooling with
loaded pistol, when he accidentally contrived
to shoot off one of his fingers.
A lot of drunken louis riding in wagon
in Madelia, Watonwan county, the other
day, ran over 3-year-old boy, breaking one
of his thighs, and inhicting other injuries.
Sank Centre will this year levy a special
school tax OF $500. OF this amount,
s., 1000 is for the support of schools, and
81 500 for the payment of bonds and in
terest.
A man named keiste, near Fountain, Fill
more county, recen tly attempted suicide by
swallowing three ounces of laudanum. A
doctor saved his life by prompt and slillful
tres tment.
The daughter of H. NJ. Nelson. of Chat
field, whose hand was injured by a straw
cutter, some time since, has had thumb
and two fingers amputatea, to save the rest
of the hand.
A young man named Rice, few miles
north of Rushford. Fillmore county. got his
arm so broke and maneled in q threshinc
machine, that it had to be amputated close
to the shoulder joint.
A scaffold used by three plasterers in the
new French Catholic church at Faribault.
gave way, precipItat1ng them to the floor a
distance of sixteen feet. One had rib
broken and his spine injured, another was
bruised about his thighs and hips, and the
third escaped with slight injuries.
One night tramp applied to Mrs. Elliott.
| of Wells, Faribault county, for a bed, and
| was 6uOWU OIl0s 110 LndNo d IOp0 vi
| bed-clothes and hauled two other tramps
into the room. Mrs. Elliott, hearing the
noise, appeared upoI. the scene and ordered
the tramps away. They refused to do so.
She sent for an officer, who quickly marched
them away.
Elk River (Sherburne county, Star, Aug.
| 80: People who are supposed to know about
such things, say that the wheat crop in Sher-
! I, 4,
tons be 10000 bushels, about double what
it was last year.
| Rochester (Olmsted county, Record and
Union, Aug. 80: Mr.. DR.. Ryan, of Roches-
ter town, says he has fifty acres of wheat
which will yield from twenty to twenty five
bushels per acre of No. wheat.
st. Cloud Times, Aug. %: From Mr.
John Fershweiler, of the town of LIE Sank
| we learn that the wheat which is now being
threshed out is yielding better than was ex-
pected. The yield SO far runs from sixteen
to twenty bushels to the acre. Accounts
| from other portions of the county are better
still.
Wells AdU0cdte:: A stranger came into
i our sanctum, who had walked all the way
from New Richmond, to tell MS how young
school teacher from Minneapolis came down
to Hartland to hunt prairie chickens, and
accidently shot woman by the name OF
Mattice, 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 a
swarm of butterflies covered the town.
| They we're 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 so1th of us, while others believe
they were native and to the manor, that is,
prairie, born.
Dundas Neacs. On recent Sunday, while
Geo. Moshier, accompanied by his wife, was
driving through the woods between brakes
corners and Dundas, two men suddenly con-
fronted them, and ordered halt. George
| handed the reins to his wife and jumped for
the nearest one, giving him hard one with
his fist which laid him out. The other one
ran into the woods. George then got into
his buggy and drove off. Shortly after, the
cowardly vag came out of the bush and was
last seen assisting his comrade to rise.
Plainview (Wabashaw county, Necs: A
young man by the name of Ellsbury, of Do
yer Centre, met with serious accident.
While assisting in carrying the cylineer of a
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.
DIR. Stinchfeld was in immediate attendance.
The skull was fractured by the blow, and he
is in very critical condition.
Litchfeld (Meeker county, Independent, Aug.
q: Threshers say they can turn out more grain
per day this year than they usually can, which
speaks well for the yield. Hull d Carlton, of
Darwin, have ON several occasions threshed