Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-09-05

Black Hills.
+ A stramp. who was put off the train at
Rushford, a few days ago, fred pistol, but
-withou: effect, at the conductor rs the train
was pulling out. ~ -
A severe rain and wind storm did consid-
erable damage TO. wheat stacks in Fergus
Falls and vicinity. The storm was also very
severe in Dane Prairie: 49,
s,Faribault CRice 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.
A fellow that the "fool-killer'' left alive,
recently in Rush City, was fooing with a
loaded pistol, when he accidentally contriyed
to shoot off one of his fingers. -
The late severe storm at Morris, Stevens
county, and vicinity, moved several buildings
from their foundations. One new store at
Donnelly was moved nearly four feet.
A lot of drunken louis riding in wagon
in Madelia, Watonwan county, the other
of his thighs, and inficting other INJURIES
Sank Centre will this year levy special
school tax of $4,000. OF this amount,
$4,000 for the payment of bonds and in
terest.
A man named Keiste, near Fountain, Fill
more county, recen tiy attempted suicide by
swallowing three ounces of laudanum. A
doctor saved his life by prompt and skillful
tres tment.
| The daughter of 81. M. Nelson, of Chat
| field, whose hand was injured by straw
cutter, some time since, has had thumb
and two fingers amputated, 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 mangled in threshing
machine, that it had to be amputated close
to the shoulder joint.
Willie Comstock, aged Z years, son of VIM.
Comstock, of Fergus Falls, was drowned in
the river at that place. He attempted to
cross the river on logs, to carry his father
his dinner, slipped and fell into the river.
His body was found in an hour and half.
One night a tramp applied to Mrs. Elliott,
of Wells, Faribault county, for bed, and
was shown one. He made a rope of the
bed-clothes and hauled two other tramps
noise, appeared upon the scene and ordered
the tramps away. They refused to do So
She sent for an officer, who quickly marched
them away.
Wells Adcocate: A stranger came into
our sanctum, who had walked all the way
from New Richmond, to tell us how young
school teacher from Minneapolis came down
to Hartland to hunt prairie chickens, and
accidently shot a woman By the name of
Mattlce, several shot entering her body and
frightening her so badly that she has been
confined to her bed ever since.
Worthington Adrance: The other day a
swarm of butterflies covered the town.
They were apparently as thick as grasshop-
pers, and loaded down the branches of trees
as far north as Mankato, making about 100
miles of butterflies. Some think they were
Matched so1th of US, while others believe
they we're native and to the manor, that is,
prairie, born.
The Morris, Stevens county, Tribune, says
a man employed on the Archibald farm,
while handling a revolver, was shot in the
hand by the accidental discharge of the
weapon. He did not suppose it was loaded,
but is now ready to swear it was. The ball
passed between the second and third fingers
of the right hand, and fortunately did not
injure any bones. The wound is painful but
not dangerous.
Dundas lfelcs: On a 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 q 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 CWabashaw county -Ne,os: A
young man by the name of Ellsbury, of Do
ayer Centre. met with a serious accident.
While assisting in carrying the cylin1er of
threshing machine into a shop for repairs,
he sprained, or, in some way in ured his
shoulder, but thought it but slightly hurt.
Presently he tainted away, and falling, his
head struck against one of the cylinder teeth.
DR.. Stinchfeld was in immediate attendance.
The skull was fractured by the blow, and he
is in a very critical condition.
sLitchfeld Checker county, Independent, Aug.
27:s Threshers say they can turn out more grain
per day this year than they usually can, which
speaks we'll for the yield. Hull Il Carlton, of
Darwin have on several occasions threshed
over 1000 bushels of wheat per day. They say
the average yield SO far as they-have threshed
is between twenty and twenty-five bushels per
acre., The amber cane crop in this county is
so fine that Mr.. Bailey found difficulty in in
ducing owners of small patches to part with an
acre even at a round liberal price, far beyond
anything that an acre of wheat would bring.
Morris, Stevens county, Tribune: A severe
storm of wind and rain swept over this sec
ton and did considerable damage to the
crops not yet stacked. Some of the lumber
in the yards at this place was. considerably
mixed and damaged, but few hours work
soon put it into shape. The wind blew furi
ouslY, the thunder crashed and lightning
blazed till the scene was: isublimely awful.
Mr.. John Barry had his entire crop o. wheat
burned. It was cut with header and put up
in long ricks, and the fire spread from one
to the other until the entire crop of his
thirty-fve acres was burned. We were not
able to learn Of any insurance, and it will
probably be a total loss.
|, Delano Wright county, Eagle Aug. 20:
Twelve farms in Carver county on which wheat
has been threshed, gave an average yield of
twenty-three and third bushels per
great deal, if not the most, of the wheat raised
in the woods this year will grade as No. 1:
Wherever grain has been threshed it is found
that the yield of wheat per acre is better than
| was expected, and notwithstanding the fear of
failure or but half crop entertained short
| time since, careful estimates seem to warrant
that the amount of wheat produced in Wright
county this year will not fall short of 100000
bushels. This is not bad showing for wood
/ ed county with a population of only It, 900 to
5000. The threshers in Greenwood and Rock
ford report an average Of twenty bushels of
wheat per acre, and oats forty bushels per
acre. - gg.w::-4 ..,sf
Howard Lake Wright county Peoples
/ .Adoocate: One of those terrible accidents
which annually form part of the opera
lions of harvesting occurred near Lake
Henry, in the, south part of Albion town.
ship, resulting in the death Of Paul Ander-
son, highly respected citizen of the town
of. Vaudeville. Anderson had recently pur-
chased a threshing machine, and while OPP
erating it had occasion to go to the top Of
the separator, and in attempting to re-
turn stepped upon the feed table, and his
right foot slipped into the cylinder, nearly
severing the foot. With rare presence of
mind he extricatAd his RIGHT foot hnt only to-