The Worthington advance., 1878-10-17
Minnesota News Items.

little child, daughter of John Strick. of
Clairmont township, Fillmore county. fell
out of wagon and broke one of her arms in
two places.
Lake Washington, Nicollet county
farmer has sold over 5000 worth of water
melons the present season, from one acre
of ground.
II. I. Bicknel, of Warsaw, Rice county.
has manufactured over 1900 gallows Of
amber cane syrup, and will probably make
as much more.
Mrs. Church, of Garden City, Blue Earth
county, was thrown out of wagon, striking
upon her face, inficting painful and dis
figuring INJURIES
Ihe New Ulm ReDaelo reports the grain
market very lively, but adds, @sthe prices
paid are not very satisfactory, and the same
complaint is UNIVERSAL
G. j. Browns store, in Dodge Centre, was
burglarized few nights since, and some 500
in cash taken from the money drawer.
Nothing else was taken.
New Ulm Reuieoo: Prairie fires are rag
ing all along the line of the railroad west of
here, and We hear that five bridges were de-
stroyed last week west of Gary.
Moorhead (Clay county, Aduocate: Harry
Arnell was arrested and brought before s.
Partridge, ESQ.,, J. P, on the charge of sod
omy, and in default of bail was committed
to await the action of the grand jury.
During the late storm a shed on the farm
of l. B. Tozer, in Marshan, Dakota county,
was struck by lightning and burned with it's
contents, rye in bundles and headed wheat.
The quantity of grain destroyed was over 400
bushels.
The citizens of Anoka have provided
themselves with new Silsby steam fire en-
CINE. Having been comparatively helpless
in former conf1agrations, they are deter
mined to be prepared for all future disasters
of the kind.
Matthias Maenten, of Dahlgreen, Carver
county, aged "A years, living alone, was
missed from September Goth to October 2d,
when search was made and he was found
dead in his bed. From all appearances he
died from apople1y.
Benson (Swlft county, Times: terrible
fire ragged at Lakes Traverse and Big Stone
during the past week. One James Il. Flood
barely escaped from the fiery fend with
child in his arms. His house, hay and
everything we're totally destroyed.
Rube Morris and Jim Burk, of Rochester,
got into quarrel at Byron, Olmsted county,
with coupling pin. The deputy sheriff in
terviewed Morris and placed him under ar
rest.
A little boy, 212 years old, son of. George
Renstow, of Rochester, got hold of a bottle
containing preparation of opium, and
drank enough to have put him into his final
sleep. physician was summoned, the
proper antidotes used, and the child was
saved.
A man with team, in Moorhead, Clay
county, went upon the farm of Mr.. Probst,
teld and stole therefrom a wagon load OF
corn in broad daylight. The party was
tracked and is known. A bold thief that.
Thieving is likely to be reduced to a calling,
If not to revenue, bye-and-bye.
Rochester (Olmsted county, Record and
Union: Typhoid fever has prevailed for
several months past, in the vicinity of the
; city, of moderately mild form. It has
been gradually subsiding for the past two
weeks, and our city and vicinity is now quite
free from sickness of any sort.
Hastings Gazette: There is great COM
} plaint among the farmers of this vicinity,
caused by the great disparity between the
: price of No. l and No. wheat, and the
consequence is that very little IS being sold.
!; Mr.. Underwood, of the Pioneer mills,
is making good thing by purchasing
> No. 3 wheat on the street, taking it to his
r mill, cleaning it thoroughly, and returning
,, it to the elevator and selling it as No. l,
thus realizing some fifteen cents per bushel
r by the handling of it. Thorough cleaning
pays.
Owatonna (Steele County Peoples Press:
On last Monday night, Mr.. Lewis Lewison,
of Havana, while on his way home, was
+ quite severely injured by his horses running
l away. He was thrown from the wagon and
his head cut, the wheel passing over HIM,
. bruising his side and partially breaking one
of his ribs. Doctors Blood and Sargent
were called upon to put him in repair, and
! after bandaging and dressing his wounds
and doing what could be done for the bruises,
Mr.. Lewison felt much better, and strong
hopes are now entertained of his complete
recovery.
. Faribault Democrat The muskrat has
been heard from and is said to be construct
. ing his house with double walls, back plaster,
. tarred paper and storm doors, which is sup
posed 70 indicate hard winter. 1t will also
!, be remembered that the prophetic little ami
NAL did tire same thing last fall, and we are
} therefore led to believe that this is the Min
nesota muskrat's style of architecture uni
versally and annually used to guard against
=, accidents. All sensible human animals will
go and do likewise. 1t is cheaper to bank up
house than to buy a new relay of vege-
, tables.
: Cannon Falls Qioodhue county, Beacon:
! Will Deck, aged 16, stepson of Theodore
8 Czeskleba of this village, while hunting IN
the Big Cannon attempted to pull his gun
out of boat; the hammer caught on the
: boat seat and the contents we're discharged.
9 They entered the boys right wrist, tearing
away all the flesh on the inside of the wrist
: and making terrible flesh wound; fortu-
j; nately no bones were broken. ::
! Eddie Ccandall aged II years, and living
a with Mr.. Il. H. Knox, of this village, while
D on his way to school, stopped near Gregg
Co.'s n i'll, where horse power elevator was
i in operation. He got upon the platform Of
the power and by some mischance stepped
on the main Wheel when one of the revolv
ing travellers rolled over his right foot, lac
:, Grating it terribly
n Wilmar (Kandiyohi county, Republican
. . Gazette: A man dealing in cattle Slept in
barn In town last Sunday night in company
+ with young man in his employ. In thu
: morning when he awoke the young man wal
It missing, as was also a silver watch wortl
= about 500. The man had 1000 on his per
!; son which the thief did not molest, and hl
d considers his loss very tame affair unde
the circumstances. = X X Last Sunday
q a prairie fire did considerable damage in thu
v western part of the town of Norway Lake
+ and towns adjoining. 1ver l. Dale lost two
n stacks of wheat, and another man los
r his granary, stable, grain and hay. 1t ii
/, probable that considerable more damage was
; done. The fire, it is thought, was set by
y some one carelessly. Our exchanges are full
h of accounts of prairie fires in different part.
d of the State, some of the fires Going grea
r deal of damage.
T. Il Window Cottonwood county, Reporter
Daniel Cooney, of Mountain Lake, Cotton
It wood county, of whom mention was made ir
9 last weeks Reporter, died from the effects o.
b the shock which he received when he fell
I: He climbed up on the roof of the stable t.
4 look for the cattle, and then descended t.
# within abont four feet of the ground on ,
! board which was leaning up against the sta
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