Daily globe., 1878-02-16
MINNESOTA NEWS,

The Brainerd Tribune has entered upon
its seventh year.
The city council of st. Peter has decided
to erect an engine house.
The 'cloth peddlers" are Worrying the
farmers Of Stearns county,
Bogus half dollars are very plentiful
throughout the interior portions of the
State
The tiremcn Of Northfeld will celebrate
Washington's birthday by having grand
dance,
The Winona Ucrald has added new and
complete bindery to its previous replete
establishment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newcomb celebrated their
golden wedding on the 10th. at Rushford.
Fillmore county.
Eggs retail at only fifteen cents dozen.
and table butter at thirteen cents per pound
i'll Rushford, Fillmore county.
In all. $500 persons have donned the blue
ribbon in Rice county since the movement
was inauguratcd therein.
| new run of stone has been added to the
Roberds Lake mill. Rice county. to be-
utilated in grinding buckwheat and corn.
The publication of a new Democratic
paper is to be commenced at WykoH, Fill
more county, by Harry b. Mckenny of
Chatfeld.
Mrs. Braden, widow of the late J. c. Bra
den, formerly of the Litchtield land office.
has received $1,000 from the Masonic Re
| lief association.
The completion of the st. Paul and Pacific
branch line from Melrose to Alexandria, the
coming season, seems now to be an assured
fact.-.St. Cloud Times.
The hotel at Long Prairie, Todd county.
was entered by thieves on the night of the
9th, who abstracted several dollars from the
pants pocket of one of the sleeping boarders.
Mr.. A. B. Rogers left yesterday with his
surveying party for Granite Falls where he
Will Immediately make preparations for the
grading of thirty more miles of the Hastings
and Dakota.-Glencoe Register. 1871.
Mr.. r. II. Wade, of Kimball township,
still continues to raise winter rye successful
ly. He Informed us that his crop had never
been failure and he has raised it every wear
since he has been i'll this country.-Jnchsou
Republic.
The residence of Kingsley Smith. Burn
hamville township, Todd county, was totally
destroyed by fire on the Sth, only portion
OF the contents being saved. Mr. Smith is
an old settler, and in Strengthened circum
stances.
The amendments to the village charter of
Pennington, Dakota county, have been reiec
ted by majority of IS, the feeling prevail
ing that, although the proposed alterations
, possessed some good points. the right of
trial by jury seemed to be denied thereby.
Two BARRIERS, named julius Gabrio and
George Haberl, of Caledonia. Houston coun-
, ty, were arrested on the 18th for the theft
from farmers wagon of four sacks of
wheat and sack containing 100 pounds of
ham, all of which were found in the cellar of
their establishment. In committing the
theft they scattered poison to quiet trouble
some dog, but two cows partook thereof and
have since died.
On the evening of the 11th, the daughter
of T. Donahue, residing near st. Charles.
Winona county, hearing noise in the barn
went to ascertain the cause Having lust
pa ssed the gate, she was feIled senseless by
a blow upon the head, where she was found
about ten minutes afterwards by her
mother An examination of the barn proved
that bold horse thieving attempt had been
frustrated, one of of the horses therein hay
ing been partly harnessed. A horse was also
) found hitched to the fence, and it is probable
another was near, as there was evidence of
two men having been present.