The Worthington advance., 1878-10-17
Minnesota News Items.


little child, daughter of John Strick. Of
Clalrmont township, Fillmore county, fell
out of wagon and broke one of her arms in
two places.
A Lake Washington, Nicollet county
farmer has sold over 5000 worth of water
melons the present season, from one acre
of ground.
II. l. Bicknel, of Warsaw, Rice county,
has manufactured over 1900 gallows Of
amber cane syrup, and will probably make
as much more.
Mrs. Church, of Garden City, Blue Earth
county, was thrown out of wagon, striking
upon her face, inficting painful and dis
figuring INJURIES
The New Ulm RepieU reports the grain
market very lively, but adds, ssthe prices
paid are not very satisfactory, and the same
complaint is UNIVERSAL
CD. Browns store, in Dodge Centre, was
burglarized few nights since, and some 500
IN cash taken from the money drawer.
Nothing else was taken.
New Ulm Reoiew: Prairie fires are rag
ing all along the line of the railroad west of
here, and We hear that five bridges were de-
stroyed last week west of Gary.
Moorhead (Clay county, Aduocate: Harry
Arnell was arrested and brought before s.
Partridge, Esq, j. p, on the charge of sod
omy, and in default of bail was committed
to await the action of the grand jury.
During the late storm shed on the farm
of l. B. Tozer, in Marshan, Dakota county,
was struck by lightning and burned with it's
contents, rye in bundles and headed wheat.
The quantity of grain destroyed was over 400
bushels.
The citizens of Anoka have provided
themselves with new Silsby steam fire en-
glne. Having been comparatively helpless
IN former contiagrations. they are deter
mined to be prepared for all future disasters
of the kind.
Matthias Maenten, of Dahlgreen, Carver
county, aged "a years, living alone, was
missed from September Goth to October 2d,
when search was made and he was found
dead in his bed. From all appearances he
died from apople1y.
Benson (Swlft county, Times: terrible
fire ragged at Lakes Traverse and Big Stone
during the past week. One James d. Flood
barely escaped from the fiery fend with
child in his arms. His house, hay and
everything were totally destroyed.
Rube Morris and Jim Burk, of Rochester,
got into quarrel at Byron, Olmsted county,
when the former hit the latter on the head
with coupling pin. The deputy sheriff in
terViewed Morris and placed him under ar
rest.
A little boy, 215 years old, son of George
Renstow, of Rochester, got hold of bottle
containing preparation of opium, and
drank enough to have put him into his final
sleep. physician was summoned, the
proper antidotes used, and the child was
saved.
| man with team, in Moorhead, Clay
county, went upon the farm of Mr.. Probst,
tleld and stole therefrom a wagon load of
corn in broad daylight. The party was
tracked and is known. A bold thief that.
| Thieving is likely to be reduced to calling,
If not to revenue, bye-and-bye.
Rochester (Olmsted county, Record and
Union: Typhoid fever has prevailed for
several months past, in the vicinity of the
city, of a moderately mild form. It has
been gradually subsiding for the past two
weeks, and our city and vicinity is now quite
free from sickness of any sort.
Hastings Gazette: There is great COM
plant among the farmers of this vicinity,
caused by the great disparity between the
price of No. l and No. wheat, and the
consequence is that very little IS being sold.
MIR. Underwood, of the Pioneer mills,
is making a good thing by purchasing
No. wheat on the street, taking it to his
mill, cleaning it thoroughly, and returning
1t to the elevator and selling it as No. l,
thus realizing some fifteen cents per bushel
by the handling of it. Thorough cleaning
pays.
Owatonna (Steele County, Peoples Press:
On last Monday night, Mr.. Lewis Lewison,
of Havana, while on his way home, was
quite severely injured by his horses running
away. He was thrown from the wagon and
his head cut, the wheel passing over him,
bruising his side and partially breaking one
of his ribs. Doctors Blood and Sargent
were called upon to put him in repair, and
after bandaging and dressing his wounds
and doing what could be done for the bruises,
Mr.. Lewison felt much better, and strong
hopes are now entertained of his complete
recovery.
Faribault Democrat The muskrat has
been heard from and is said to be construct
ing his house with double walls, back plaster,
tarred paper and storm doors, which is sup
posed 10 indicate hard winter. 1t will also
be remembered that the prophetic little ami
NAL did tire same thing last fall, and we are
therefore led to believe that this is the Min
nesota muskrat's style of architecture uni
versally and annually used to guard against
accidents. All sensible human animals will
go and do likewise. It is cheaper to bank up
a house than to buy new relay of vege-
tables.
Cannon Falls (Goodhue county, Bencon::
Will Deck, aged 16, stepson of Theodore
Czeskleba of this village, while hunting IN
the Big Cannon attempted to pull his gun
out of boat: the hammer caught on the
boat seat and the contents were discharged.
They entered the boys right wrist, tearing
away all the flesh on The inside of the wrist
and making a terrible flesh wound; fortu-
nately no bones were broken. =
Eddie Crandal], aged IL years, and living
with Mr.. Il. n. Knox, of this village, while
on his way to school. stopped near Gregg g.
Co.'S II i'll, where horse power elevator was
in operation. He got upon the platform of
the power and by some mischance stepped
on the main wheel, when one of the revolv-
ing travellers rolled over his right foot, lac
Grating it terribly
Wilmar (Kandiyohi county, Republican
Gazette: A man dealing in cattle slept in a
barn In town last Sunday night in company
with young man in his employ. In the
morning when he awoke the young man was
missing, as was also silver watch worth
about 800. The man had $4,000 ON his per-
son which the thief did not molest, and he
considers his loss very tame affair under
the circumstances. y Last Sunday
prairie fire did considerable damage in the
western part of the town of Norway Lake,
and towns adjoining. lver I. Dale lost two
stacks of wheat, and another man lost
his granary, stable, grain and hay: It is
probable that considerable more damage was
done. The fire, it is thought, was set by
some one carelessly. Our exchanges are full
of accounts of prairie ires in different parts
of the State, some of the fires doing great
deal of damage.
Window Cottonwood county, Reporter:
Daniel Cooney, of Mountain Lake, Cotton
wood county, of whom mention was made in
last weeks Reporter, died from the effects of
the shock which he received when he fell.
He climbed up on the roof of the stable to
look for the cattle, and then descended to
within abont four feet of the ground on q