Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Inc W1nOna ure department paradeS May
9Th.
The Herald is the official paper of winona
city.
Bishop Whipple arrived at home (Fari-
bault) from Florida, Monday.
Sank Rapids is afflicted with tramps, and
pronounces them a nuisance.
A barge was loaded with wheat at Taylors
Falls, the shipment being the first, in bulk,
from that place.
Ellison's hotel, at Minnesota, was burned
last Saturday morning. Loss, $4, 900; in
surance, ST. 500.
A stock company recently organized at ST.
Cloud is erecting buildings for general
foundry business.
The house of Charles A. Sheridan, near
Hazel Lake, Swift county, was robbed last
week and then burned.
Patrick Byrnes, of Faribault, formerly
sheriff of Rice county, died Tuesday morn
ing from an appolectic fit.
There were 481 entries of public lands at
the Detroit land Office in the quarter ending
March 31st, embracing SO, $40 acres of land.
Maj. Dixie, of Faribault, has returned
from the Hot Springs, Arkansas, benefited
in health by two months sojourn at the
springs.
One of the numerous passages in Burn
hams cave, at Plainview, has been foil owed
five hundred feet, without reaching it's ter
mination.
Miss Eva Jones, school teacher in Lanes
boro, had narrow escape from drowning
last week. She fell from bridge, and when
rescued, was already insensible.
Judge Crosby has concluded to serve out
his term as judge of the first district, in
stead of resigning, as he recently intended,
and will also accept q reelection.
Three boys, with horse fddles, stationing
themselves half mile apart, and saving
their we'll rosined fddles, have given Ra-
VIENNA, Dakota county, ghost scare.
"Dutch Frank leaving Detroit to become
a healty, happy Deutsche granger down in
Becker county, extended his hands to his
friends and said, s'Vell, off; dvn'd come
pack; hullo."
The annual graduating exercises of the
Normal School, at Winona, will take place
May 9Th. The address to the class will be
delivered by President Folwel, of the State
University.
The Winona police are as yet unable to
discover enough evidence to justify an
Arrest of John Housed, late policeman of that
city, who is accused by his wife of murder
ing an unknown person last October.
The liquor dealers or Winona being re-
quired to take out licenses from the city at
$500 each, have employed counsel and pro-
pose to test the legality of the special act
under which the new license is demanded.
George M. G. Bracket died at Pennington,
Sunday. He was the Oldest brother of E. L..
Bracket, of Pennington, and w. M. Brack-
EFT, of Minneapolis, was some years ago q
contractor on the Northern Pacific, and has
since been engaged in business at Chicago.
The next monthly fair day at many mar
ket towns will be May 4th. Towns in the
same neighborhood, for the convenience of
stock dealers, should choose different weeks
in the month for their fair days. They
would thus draw more buyers and make
their fairs more popular.
Hans Hanson, farmer, of Homer, Win
ona county, committed suicide by hanging
last week. He came to America from Nor
way twenty three years ago, and had lived in
Homer thirteen years. He threatened to
hang himself three or four years ago, but
the immediate cause was hard drinking.
The spring term of the Normal school at
Mankato closed Friday last. The gradual
ing class numbers 26 persons-19 ladies and
gentlemen. In the course of his address
at closing, Prof. John stated that only about
eight per cent. of those attending the school
continue their studies long enough to grad
date.
The county treasurer of Winona is alleged
to have received in reply to one of his
notices to delinquent personal tax payers, a
postal, reading as follows; ssMr. Bastford:
no can out make mein anglish talk for
sprachen, so we'll vot on German can NIT.
Dot CARD vot jost voz got vot gay monisch
you wants, no ca give dat, gelt is speelt
GUS. By jerks many dimes votes NIT yon
on lection and many dimes thinks de Bier
NIT you, and mein gott on himel I no
monisch haben.''