Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-02
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Wild geese are occasionally shot in the vi
cinity of Dundas, Rice county.
The woods are full of hunters, says the
Hokah Blade, and they all seem to come
home loaded with game.
The Presbyterian church edifice in LIE Roy,
Mower county, was struck by lightning a
few days since and considerably damaged.
In Benson, Swift county, Ole Thorson, of
Swift Falls, in scuffle in Knudson's saloon
IN Benson, had leg broken just below the
knee.
The Blue Earth county fair is pronounced
to have been complete success financially
and in other respects. The attendance was
large.
The weather was so wet, rainy, and I'M
propititious at Preston Fillmore county, as
to entirely destroy the fair appointed for that
place.
The other night two horses were stolen
from the barn of E. Scanned, two and half
miles east of Owatonna. reward is of
fered.
John Doyle, of Anoka, was hooked in the
right eye by COW, and yet is likely not to
lose the sight of the eye. The injury was
very painful one.
The general complaint throughout por-
ton of the State that the ground was too
dry and hard to pillow, has been ended by the
late copious rains.
/ A valuable OK weighing 1880, belonging
to Loom Berry, of Princeton, was shot and
killed in the PASTURE by some miserable, re-
vengeful scoundrel.
| The Waseca Leader still faunts its local
department under date of ''August 17th."
Would it not be well to modernize little to
get abreast of the times?
A man in Mazeppa, Wabashaw county, fell
into an open cellar, the other night, and
sprained one of his ankles badly. 1t is
wrong to leave open cellars out over night.
From threshing machine accident few
miles south of Lanesborough, Fillmore
county, Owen Mcdonald had leg broken in
several places, and received other injuries
The summer kitchen of James Lees
house, at Owatonna, west of the river, was
destroyed by fire. The fire was extinguished
before any serious damage was done to the
main building.
Two boys in Crookston, Polk county,
were amusing themselves with revolver,
with the usual result-an unexpected ex-
plosion. One of the boys carried home
bullet in his leg.
Beaver Falls (Renville county, Times:
Prairie fires begin to illuminate the horizon
The grass is unusually rank this season, and
every precaution should be taken to guard
against disaster.
BY notices in the local papers it appears
that the heavy wind of Sunday, Sept. 22d,
prevailed all over the State, in some places
rising to gale, doing some damage, but not
extensive or serious.
| Mrs. Haley, of Princeton, Mile Laos
county, fell down stairs, "dslocating the
radius and fracturing the ulna about two
lnchessabove the wrist joint, plainly and alb
solutely she broke her wrist.
| Imperative orders have been received to
remove the land Office from Detroit, Becker
county, to Crookston, Polk county. The
Office will close at Detroit Oct. 18th, and be
opened at Crookston, Nov. 18th.
A cold winter is predicted from the style
of architecture adopted by the muskrats.
| This sign is said never to fail. So let the
doubling Thomases as well as those who are
of the true faith stock up their wood piles.
| Sheriff McCabe, wife and sister, were run
away with by frightened team, the buggy
upset and they thrown out. None were hurt
except his sister, who had a severe bruise in
the side. The horses ran six miles before
they were captured.
August Nelson, of Alexandria, Douglas
county, shot a large grey eagle, IN the woods
skirting Lake Carlos. The eagle measured
six feet six and one-half inches from tip to
tip of the wings. Mr.. Nelson used rifle,
and the distance was about 200 yards.
Andrew Spangenberg, who stole goods
from boarders at the German hotel in Owa-
tonna, was arrested at Pennington last week,
and taken to the first named place, and on
hearing was fined S25, in default of payment
ct which he was sent to jail for sixty days.
| German woman of Mankato ented
at the bank in that place an advertisement of
Centaur liniment in imitation of hundred
dollar greenback, which she wanted changed
When told it was worthless she said her
husband had received it for his harvest
| work.
Sank Rapids Herald: Charlie Weymouth,
in the town of Raymond, had eight stacks of
grain burned a few days ago. supposed to
| have been set on fire by some unprincipled
rascal It is also reported that farmer at
English Grove lost twenty four stacks by fire
on Monday.
Alexandria douglas county, Meas: Mr.. j.
Kelly, of the Parkins 81 McCrory party, met
with serious accident. He was herding
| cattle on the prairie south of Mr.. Thomas
Parks, when his pony struck with his fore
feet in a hole, throwing Kelly, fracturing his
collar bone.
The barn of Dec. Palmer, of Leroy,
Mower county, was struck by lightning in
late storm, and entirely consumed with it's
contents, consisting of eight tons of hay,
top carriage, plows, cutters, sleighs, etc.. etc.,
and, worst of all, three good horses and
COW persisted in the burning building.
| A brave and competent woman is Mrs. l.
&. Hollister, wife of the editor of the Waseca
Leader, who has been dangerously i'll. Mrs.
HOLSTER has done the editorial and
mechanical work on the paper. and done it
well during her husbands sickness, besides
| spending much time IN ministering at her
husbands sick bed.
Anoka county SIN and RepuJzscan:
Bears are again becoming very plenty in the
county. Bert Smith, of Oak Grove, brought
in one last Saturday that weighed 800 lbs,
which he sold to Fairbanks & Wander Felde.
Last Tuesday there were three brought in
from the same neighborhood. Anoka sports
men are preparing for an excursion in search
of the bruins.
Blue Earth City Post: Ed. w. Bird,
deputy sheriff of Martin county, was in town
on Wednesday, with railroad man who had
been bound over till the next term of court,
for an assault with intent to commit rape on
the person of Mrs. FORMER, wife of barber
living in Paramount The prisoner was
lodged in our "frail tenement for safe keep
ing.
Fast riding don't pay. A few days ago
two spirited young men who had been at
tending the fair at Jackson, Jackson county,
at evening started away on their horses at a
rapid rate, when one of the horses stumbled
and fell and instantly expired. Wiseacres