Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-04
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Scarlet fever is prevalent at Worthington

deaths, PIP.
Bogus half dollars, dangerous, are in cir
culation at Albert Lea.
The Albert Lea Enterprise warns printers
against Fortescue the Snowman
Mr.. Taisey organized lodge of United
Workmen at Cannon Falls last week.
An effort is being made to raise money for
building Methodist chapel at Elgin, MINI.
Judge Mitchell has postponed the next
term of the District Court at Rochester to
March 18th.
An encampment of Independent Cham
pions of the Red Cross has been organized
at Rushford.
The Granite Falls journal argues that the
best location for secocd State prison is
Granite Falls.
"A vigilance committee of twenty-five has
been organized at Hutchinson, Mcleod coun-
~, for horse thieves.
1t costs five cents to see sblind pig at
Rochester. The exhibitor generously gives
each visitor glass of beer.
A herd of young Durham cattle from the
Lndale herd have been added to the stock of
the Barden farm, at Window.
Revival meetings, conducted by Rev. Mr.,
Smith, Methodist Episcopal minister, are
being held in Clearwater, Wright county.
Red Wing people are talking of having the
Chippeway Valley railroad eau Claire to Pc
pin, Wis., extended from Pepin to Red
Wing.
An editorial item in nearly every last
weeks paper of the first Congressional dis
trict begins: ga postal card from the Hon.
M. Fl. Dunnell''
About 200 persons signed the pledge at
Cannon City during the temperance revival
at that place. conducted by IS. Fertile, who
has gone to Winona.
J.W. Jones, formerly of Brainerd, is the
sole occupant of Fort Ripley, having charge
of the railway tank there, and residing in
one of the officers buildings.
Bismarck I'd, splendid young Berkshire,
bred at the Queens show farm, Windsor,
England, has reached his new home, the
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Ephraim Curtis, grocer, an old citizen of
st. Cloud, formerly member of Company l,
Seventh Minnesota, during the late war,
died suddenly, the 30th ult., from heart dis,
ease.
Rev. a. G. Smith, of st. Cloud, recently
held revival services for ten days at Two Riv-
ers, Morrison county, preaching both in Eng
lish and German. Twelve converts were
gained.
Swindlers lately operating in Southern
counties have passed good many counter
fit twenty dollar bills while pretending to
be looking around for farms and lands they
wanted to buy.
John O'Toole has been held in 800 to
appear for trial on account of having taken
goods from his brothers. grocery in Anoka
while the stock was in possession of the
sheriff on an attachment for debt.
1 Mr.. j. 8. Thompson, of Belvidere, Good
hue county, has for twenty years followed
the theory of selection in endeavoring to
improve common breed of hogs. He has
secured large hogs and good pork, but his
animals are not small eaters.
The new court house at Anoka cost $780,.
600. The foundation walls are st. Paul blue
limestone; the water table, window caps
cornice, chimney caps, &C., are Casota stone
The building is built of Anoka brick, trim
med with bands of Red Wing pressed brick
Mr.. Britton, farmer living two miles
south of GAINESVILLE, Waseca county, trusted
hired man with good horse and saddl,
and sent him with $40 to Waseca to pa,
taxes. The man, money, horse and saddl,
have not since been heard from by Mr.. Brit
ton.
The people of Rochester are to vote tn,
18th inst. on proposition to issue $3O,OOi
of city bonds in aid of the Rochester 4
Northern Minnesota railway. Pine Island i
asked to vote $4,000 on the 18th inst, ant
New Haven to vote 5000 on the 18th inst
1t is also proposed that Oronoco village shall
give $25,OOO on condition of three mil
spur track being laid from the projected roa,
into that village.
The Little Falls Transcript thinks tn
credulous Dispatch, of st. Paul, was foole
, by somebody into writing up sensational
account of fraudulent tax sale in tina
codnty. According to the Transcript abou
all there is to the affair is that the Stat
Auditor and others hold that the sale wa
, illegal and fraudulent, and suits have bee1
} commenced accordingly. Lachance, tn
county auditor, instead of going to Canad
to put on ssthe airs of French Count, "a
5 represented by the Dispatch, went there t
attend the funeral of his sister, and then, il
stead of being the impecunious adventure
! described by the Dispatch, has been fo
Years one of the wealthiest men of Morriso
Q county.
One day last week Mr.. VIM. Pedley We
digging we'll on his sons homestead, 81
miles west of town. He had dug dow
about 81 feet in a bed of hard-pan; and ha
become somewhat discouraged, when ii
point of the pick struck water. The watt
n then rushed in SO rapidly that he had to g
) out of the well as speedily as possible
: avoid getting wet. When the water reache
q depth of eight feet it ceased to flow. Piec,
of pine timber were found 20 feet belo
the surface.-Littte Falls transcript.
The society of Friends converted the
g quarterly meeting at Howard Lake into
Il revival. The Methodists and Presbyterian
assisting in the work. The meetings col
tinued throughout all of last week ar
are still in progress. - Wright Co,tn
: Tones.
n We learn that Messrs. Archibald and w
COX intend building large Touring mill {
~ &ho I if4lo Cannon. near the Oxford mil