Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A wildcat was killed on the farm of Mr..
Green, of GAINESVILLE, the other day.
The Marshall Messenger reports the worst
hail storm ever known in that section.
son of Mrs. Pond, of GAINESVILLE, had his
collar bone broken by falling from swing.
A gang of about 100 Winnebago "noble
red men, have been camping at Rushford,
Fillmore county.
Mr.. Dewitt, of Marshall, Lyon county,
was burned out a short time ago by prairie
fire, losing seventy-fve tons of hay, and the
wheat grown on twenty five acres of land.
MIR. Bogardis, also, lost his house.
GAINESVILLE argus: Mankato is talking of
having city inspector of wheat, disinier-
ested man who is not buyer or seller, there
fore with no interest except to deal fairly.
We think the idea good one if it will work.
At Minnesota Falls Mr.. Dibble lost all his
hay, top buggy, several hogs, harvester,
grain, ETC., w. F. Skinner all his wheat;
Geo. Olds quite an amount of wht at; IL.
Hodgkins his wheat, and VIM. Dodge all his
hay by prairie fires.
Lake City Sentinel: A painful accident
occurred near the stone crusher on the
Rochester road, Monday afternoon. Aaron
Stafford, employed driving one of D. II. Gre
go g teams, slipped and fell under wagon
loaded with stone, which passed over his
leg below the knee, the enormous weight
producing serious fracture.
Litchfeld Checker county, Independent:
Last Sunday afternoon a bold attempt was
made to rob Mrs. Mills jewelry store. The
culprits broke back window, and capturing
boy compelled him to go in and reconnoi-
tire. Mr.. Jones happened to be in, and went
back to see what the noise meant. The
thieves had disappeared, and the boy, half
scared to death, was in the back room. He
is a son of Swan Olseon, of town. No trace
of the burglars as yet. This is getting pref
ty cool.
construction train passed through
Litchfeld, Meeker county, early on late
evening, and collided with another construc-
ton train on the curve near the Larson
crossing, about two and a half miles west of
town. The engineers and fremen jumped
and escaped unhurt. The two engines and
eight or ten cars were demolished and
heaped in pile in the ditch. The accident
happened on the identical curve where three
engines and snow piow were ditched three
OF four years ago, and where in 1870 a train
was thrown from the track.
Marshall MESSENGER: Suits are to be in
stituted against the section men above here
for firing the prairie. They say they acted
under orders, but our people mean to instil
the idea somewhere that to set fire to the
prairie and let it run is a punishable act.
. = : An attempt was made to burn
the Marshall house. Miss Savage discovered
a bed on fire III one of the upper rooms, and
raised the alarm. The fire was put out, and
short time after a fire was found in bed
in another room. Paper had been torn off
from the covering of the wash stand, and
partly burned scraps we're found in the wash
bowl. Foot prints were found, it is said,
where someone had jumped off the roof of
the kitchen. The property is insured.
st. Cloud Times: The first teams crossed
the new bridge last Friday, although at that
time the work was not entirely finished. Dr.
Gilman drove over in his buggy, his being
the first vehicle. Ed Capple's was the third
team and first truck. ED. 50 was also the
first truck which crossed the other bridge
about ten years ago, all of which goes to
show that while bridges fail and go to de-
cay, an Englishman will live and flourish.
The importance Of this bridge to St. Cloud
was illustrated on Saturday afternoon, when
fifty farmers teams crossed to this side for
the purpose Of trade. The good people OF
Sank Rapids also seem to appreciate it, for a
large number came over it Saturday Ito hear
Donnelly) and Sunday afternoon, to visit
the future metropolis of northern Mime
sofa.