Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.

There are no saloons in jackson, jackson
county.
Over one hundred and forty of the people
of Waseca village joined blue ribbon tenn
perance club last week.
The Mankato board of health on the 18th,
the city limits, and these carefully isolated.
A call was issued last week for meeting
at Redwood Falls to consider the propriety
of organizing an "Old Settlers association.
How these young folks do try to make be-
lieve they're old.
Franklin Childs, of Beauford, brought to
Mankato last week the largest porker ever
marketed there. It was a Poland China, es-
timated at 900 pounds live weight, which
weighed, dressed, TIC pounds.
State Auditor Whitcomb has, during the
past week, given assurances that the internal
improvement lands lying in Redwood county
will be appraised and offered for sale in May
next. There are about 81, 900 acres in the
county, lying chiefly in townships no and
Ill, and they are among the choicest Of the
choice lands of southwestern Minnesota
Redaco0d Gazette
The Herald publishes tabulated statements
of shipments and receipts of Duluth as fol-
lows: For 1877, lake shipments, 122,523,-
78O pounds; receipts, 81, 574 ,219 pounds. By
St. Paul & Duluth Railway, shipments, &c.
O78. 25O pounds; receipts, 138, 1854 POP pounds.
By Northern Pacific, shipments, 49,191 1867
pounds; receipts, $685. $50 pounds.
On inquiry at the depot, we learned that
rs cars were billed from this station during
the week, with total tonnage of 1857 600 lbs.
OF this number 10 cars were -four, the
balance wheat and wood, with one car of
stock. With good sleighing, business at this
place would be fairly blooming dnesu5lle
Argus.
Whether the errors are to be accounted
for by bad manuscript or the ''stupid COM
positor," to whom such things are usually
attributed by the writer's, the Mankato Re
vselD does not say, but it explains that when
it said there were 's21 ,2O5 bushels and 7,O43
berths'' in the State last year it was intended
to say "21 ,205 births and 7,043 deaths"
Six cases of smallpox and nine of varia-
| loid have occurred at Mankato since the dis
ease was introduced there few weeks age
by lady who had been exposed to it during
a visit to Milwaukee. Two Of the cases were
fatal. The city board of health has taken
proper precautions to prevent the spread Of
the disease.
j. S. Runge and wife; who were reported
to have set fire to their store after removing
the goods, concluded to skip out, and &C
cordingly left the night of the 10th. VIZ
were informed on Thursday by good author
! ity that they were in Milwaukee begging thei
liying.-lKa71sato Reuielc.
Chief Shortall returned OIL Friday from
Pine City with Frank nlingworth, charged
with the larceny of a revolver, watch ant
chain from George Watson. He waived ex
animation on Saturday, and in default o
$500 bail was committed to jail.-Sti11,cate
Messenger.
The surveyors of the western extension o
the Wisconsin Central have made their wa
from Ashland, on an examination of a line
keeping upon the range, to the N. P. juno
ton, looking to connection with the North
ern Pacific railroad at the latter place.-D,l
1uth Herald.
Samuel J. Tilden, the President de .jur
holds 81 100000 of the bonds of the Chica
go & Northwestern Railroad Company, fall
ing due this year, for the redemption {
Wu4Cu was EJAdCcO LILO u1OIt$5dS0 1OI sptO,OON
r 600, which was last week recorded at Mar
/ kato.
| The Duluth lia1,les0tiu11-Herd suggest
that Duluth and Superior City had bette
quit their rivalry long enough to united]
fight the Ashland railroad project, whic
would leave both off to one side Of IL
$ Northern Pacific lake and railroad line.
Q Commodore Durant, Captains Wheele
: jerks and Burkleo and Smith Ellison lea,
: tomorrow or the day following for a tv
:, months cruise of the lower Mississippi ar
several of its tributaries -StSlzaOdter Messel
:. ger, 18th.
9 Uncle John Altenburg, of Freedom, is tai
d ing care of some of the grasshopper suffere
9 up west by sending hard cash to the1
. That's the kind of assistance fully as acceE
able as old clos 0nesUiIe argus.
A mortgage was fled for record in Il
I Register of Deeds Office on Monday, give
g by the Chicago g. Northwestern railway col
$, pany to the Union Trust company, for 4
# sum of SIG, 599, 5OO.-Kan1;ato Reuieae.
There being no money in the State trea
/. ury to pay the warrants issued for the $4,O
! reward for the capture of the Younger gan
they have been sold to banks at 80 p
y cent. discount.
The new M. E. Church has been broug
= SO near to completion that the congregati
o commenced to occupy it last Saturday eve
n ing.-l 2edaeOOd Gazette.