Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-01
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The granary of Eagle Lake was relieved
| the other night of sixteen bushels of oats by
thief.
The Hastings Nec Era editor says as he
| st Cd on the corner of Second street the
other evening, he counted, within two min
ufes, twenty seven baby carriages on the
street, all occupied by plum little cherubs.
The Minnesota baby crop seems to be a sure
| one, whatever may be said of the cereals.
Reports from all parts of the State show
that the rush for all kinds of grain saving
| machinery has been unprecedented. All the
agents have been at work night and day set
! ting up ma, hines to supply the demand.
Nearly every old machine that in former
| years has been brown aside as useless, has
been repaired and put in operation.
| The Wabashaw Herald remarks: sit
has been stated by different farmers that
| tramps have threatened to destroy their
self-binders if they could get Gil opportu-
nifty to do so. We noticed an invoice of
| collins being brought into town last week.
| therefore the farmers will be prepared to
| give decent burial to all who engage in
such attempts.
While S. Dexter, in Lake View town. was
digging cellar, about four feet below the
earth surface, he discovered an imitati n
OF bear, sitting on the stump of tree;
winch after proper testing, was found to be
composed of pure gold. The image weighed
four ounces, and is now in the possession of
| d. G. Webster. There were other inferior
curiosities, evidently of antique origin. So
says the Detroit, Becker county, Record.
Says the Hastings Ne,o Era: "The other
evening farmer came into the city and
hired two harvest hands. Starting for home,
| he passed saloon, when the two fellows
asked him if he wouldn't go in and buy
them drink" He refused, whereupon
| they jumped from the wagon and started
back for their hotel, saying, "We don't work
for any such stingy old fools!!' We've tried
to think of motto for this, but can't
'sShoot him on the spot" is the appropriate
motto, put into execution in all such cases.
| few days ago tramp called at the res
| idence of Mr.. Sanford, near the Boston ele-
| vator, and finding the house in charge of
his little daughter, he ordered meal of
| victuals, which was furnished under pro-
! test. Mrs. Sanford returned home in time
| to see the miserable scamp, who stood on
the doorsteps licking his chops. People
should protect their children, and not allow
them to go or remain where they are liable
to be insulted by those Migrants. If these
things go unchecked, it will soon be neces-
sary to station an able-booied man with a
gun in every household. The people are
being educated up in the matter of self-pro-
| tecti and self-defence TO the shooting
| point.
The Austin, Mower county, Republican
of July 25th says: The deluging rain storm
of last Friday morning set Dobbins Greek
booming, and swept away the dam to Warner
d Cranes will, the new wood and iron bridge
just below, and demoralized the railroad
bridge so as to stop the running of trains
across it for two days. The loss to Messrs.
Warner d Crane is about $4,000, besides the
loss of business in many weeks required to
replace it. The bridge cost the county about
Isl 600, and was erected within year. For
several hours fears were entertained that the
dam over the Cedar, at Engle & Co.'S mill.
would go out, also that the bridges over said
river would take trip southwark; but they
withstood the storm and flood unframed.