Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-17
Minnesota NEWS items.


A little child, daughter of John Strick, of
Clairmont township, Fillmore county, fell
out of wagon and broke one of her arms in
two places.
A Lake Washington, Nicollet county
farmer has sold over 5000 worth of water
melons the present season, from one acre
of ground.
II. 1. 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 q wagon, striking
upon her face, inficting painful and dis
figuring injuries.
The New Ulm Reotew reports the grain
market very lively. but adds, ''the prices
paid are not very satisfactory, and the same
complaint is universal"
@. 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 Reoiew: 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 AduocGte::- 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 shed on the farm
of I. B. Tozer, in Marshan, Dakota county,
was struck by lightning and burned with its
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 confagrations, 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 29th to October I'd,
when search was made and he was found
dead in his bed. From all appearances he
died from apoplexy.
Benson Swift county, Times: A terrible
fire ragged at Lakes Traverse and Big Stone
during the past week. One James 81. Flood
barely escaped from the fiery fiend with
child in his arms. His house, hay and
everything were totally destroyed.
Rube Morris and Jim Burk, of Rochester,
got into quarrel at Byron, Olmsted county,
when the former hit the latter on the head
with coupling pin. The deputy sheriff in
terviewed Morris and placed him under ar
rest.
A little boy, 2115 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 a team, in Moorhead, Clay
county, went upon the farm of Mr.. Probst,
field 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 calling,
if not to a 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 a moderately mild form. 1t 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
plant 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 a good thing by purchasing
No. wheat on the street, taking it to his
mill. cleaning it thoroughly, and returning
1t to the elevator and selling it as No. l,
thus realizing some fifteen cents per bushel
by the handling of it. Thorough cleaning
pays.
Owatonna Steele County, Peoples Press:
On last Monday night, Mr.. Lewis Lewiston.
OF Havana, while on his way home, was
quite severely injured by his horses running
away. He was thrown from the wagon and
his head cut, the wheel passing over HIM,
brulslng 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. Lewiston 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 to indicate hard winter 1t will also
be remembered that the prophetic little ami
NAL did the same thing last fall, and we are
therefore led to believe that this is the Min
nesota muskrat's style of architecture uni
versaliy and annually used to guard against
| accidents. All sensible human animals will
go and do likewise. It is cheaper to bank up
house than to buy new relay of vege-
tables.
Cannon Falls (Goodhue county, Beacon.
VIII Deck, aged Is, a stepson of Theodore
Ozeskleba 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 were DISCHARGED.
They entered the boys right wrist, tearing
away all the flesh on the inside of the wrist
and making terrible flesh wound: fortu-
nately no bones were broken. y
Eddie Crandall, aged IL years, and living
with MI. K. q. Knox, of this village, while
on nis way to school. stopped near Gregg &c
Oo.'s mill, where horse power elevator was
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
Wllmar Kandiyohi county, Republican
udset.e:: A man dealing in cattle slept in a
barn in town last Sunday NIGHT IN comnanv
with young man in his emnlov. Tn the
morning when he awoke the younr man was
missing, as was also a silver watch worth
about 900. The man had S., 900 on his per-
son which the thief did not modest. and he
considers his loss very tame affair under
the circumstances. : Last Sunday
prairie fire did considerable damage in the
western part of the town of Norway Lake.
ana towns adjoining. 1yer I. Dale lost two
stacKs OF wheat, and another man lost
ms granary, stable, grain and hay. Il is
probable that considerable more damage was
done. The fire, it is thought. was set by
some one carelessly. Our exchanges are full