Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Saturday stock sales are new business
feature OF Cannon Falls, Goodhue county.
The receipts of wheat at Waseca, the Her
aid says, averaged $500 bushels day the
last three days of last week.
Rev. Mr.. Humphrey of Iowa has become
the rector of the Church of the Holy Gross,
Episcopal.) of Dundas.
The proprietor of feed mill at Waseca
complains of a lack of winds this winter.
His mills motive power is wind.
The births in Lake City the last three
years were as follows: 1876, 80; '76, 81;
So. Deaths, 1875, 65;'75, %; TT, %.
The attraction at Moorhead Monday eve
ming of last week was the "Red River Con-
gress, I" burlesque of legislation in tho style
of the 'sThird House," which is occasionally
assembled at st. Paul.
The Lake City Leader remembers that
Joseph Klein, cigar maker who attempted
recently to commit suicide at Winona, is the
man who married the widow of Peter Sass,
who committed suicide at Lake City several
years ago.
The editor of the Lake City Leader, when
in st. Paul few days ago, called at tho
Northern Pacific land Office and examined
the products of the Northern Pacific country
on exhibition there, and says: "They are
prodigious, both as to the product per
acre, and as to the growth and quality Of the
wheat, oats, barley, rye, etc. It is certainly
we'll worth ones while, when in St. Paul to
call and see this display"
This, 1.-THE decision of the Secretary of the
Treasury, that fiat boats on the Red River
will have to pay tonnage dues and come
under the regulations governing common
carriers will undoubtedly very seriously
affect the fat boat business, but it will have
a tendency to build up and strengthen regu-
lar and competing boat lines, and as the time
is now near at had when the up-river price
of freights will be of full as much import
ance as those down stream, the result may
not be Instantaneous to the general public.
l-Mo0rhead Adp0cate.
The surveyors of the S. NJ. r. r. are still
| in the field, and are now at work Oh the
crossing of the Blue Earth River. From the
| amount of that kind of work that has been
put in along the banks of that stream, first
and last, one would suppose that the most
available crossing place could be found. Or,
perhaps it is all in fun, just to keep the sur
veyors out of other and greater mischief
Who knows?-[ Murtin County Sentinel
Wheeling has been fair for the past few
days, and as consequence the farmers have
been coming in with wheat pretty generally.
| On Wednesday there were about four humid
red wagon loads came in, making an aggre-
gate of some ten thousand bushels of wheat
received. Thursday there was probably
| about the same amount received. Lake
| CITY Leader.
Charles Seasons, q son of John Seasons,
who is in the employ of Gardner d Moore,
made last week 1856 -four barrels, which, at
the price paid, fifteen cents each, amounts to
$27.75. This is a good weeks work, and we
would like to hear from the Cooper that can
beat it. [-Cdnnon Falls Beacon.
| The New Presbyterian church will be dedi-
Gated on Sunday, Jan. 9th Rev. D. r.
Breed, of st. Paul, is expected to preach and
assist in the dedicatory services. During
Mr.. Breeds stay in Moorhead he will de-
liver his popular lecture, entitled "Our
Young Women Moor1tead Aduocate,
| We are almost daily in receipt of letters of
inquiry from the Eastern States, as to the
price, location quality of soil, etc., of land in
our county, the writers expressing their in
tention of visiting this county at an early
day, with view of selecting permanent To-
cation.-lN Martin County Neacs.
The outlook for the ice business, this sea-
son, has been pretty discouraging thus far.
Lake Pipin has always been an ice bonanza
for the Southern country, but unless We
have some cold weather ere long, the crop
will be pretty thin. Lake CITY Leader.
Mr.. o. P. Laird, of this place, who receiv-
ed letter yesterday from his brother in
Mankato, informs us that the smallpox has
broken out in that place and is spreading
rapidly. Three deaths occurred on Thurs
day from this disease Waseca Herald.
Geo. F. Hatch and family, who have spent
the past year or so in California, returned to
their old home in Lake City, on Tuesday
last, where they will make permanent resid-
ence hereafter.-[ Lake City Leader.
Mr.. w, P. Cotter, whose wife was recently
killed on the Chicago q Northwestern r. R.,
! in Iowa, has recovered three Thousand dollars
damages from the company.-[O ,oato1,no
Reuieu.
Wilhelm Webshall, of st. Mary's, on Mon
day night took advantage of his knowledge
as to the whereabouts of his fathers pocket
book and decamped with $780, Waseca
| Herald.
The main travelled roads are in good con-
dition for wheeling, and Transfers are busy
hauling off the surplus flour that has accu-
INFLATED in the mills during the bad roads.
| [-Cann0n Falls Beacon.
Mr.. David B. Dole, formerly doing bust
ness in st. Paul and Minneapolis, has
lately spent several weeks here, combining
business with pleasure and recreation
| [Salk Centre Herald.