Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Moerhead driving park il finished,

Bears are reported to be numerous and
bold around Alexandria, Douglas county.
Nine or ten children have died recently in (
White Bear Lake township of scarlet fever.
Whooplng cough prevails to somewhat |
serious extent in Lanesboro, Fillmore county. |
By runaway team, Mrs. Sturdevant, of |
Spring Valley, was thrown out of a carriage
and very seriously injured.
The proposition submitted to vote of the
people to build bridge over Root river at
Rushford, has been defeated.
Rattlesnakes continue to put in an an
pearance about Hokah, Houston county.
big old fellow was killed three or four DAYS
ago.
August Sd, in the town Of Nave, Halvor
Peterson, aged sixteen, while working in the
harvest field was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed.
The elegant new M. E. church which is
approaching completion in Spring Valley,
Fillmore county, will be dedicated on the
18th of August.
The county commissioners of Houston
county refused an appropriation to the
county agricultural society-and this refusal
gave the society it's death blow.
By reaper accident at Grand Lake, five
y
one foot nearly severed. The foot has been
amputated, and hopes are entertained of
her recovery.
John Eberspoche, of the town of Ashley,
met with severe accident the other day
from harvester. At first his injuries were
thought to be fatal, but later hopes are en-
tertalned of his recovery.
| A destructive hail storm is reported to
have passed through the country between
Lake Henry and Paynesville, destroying
large amount of grain. 1t is said the hail
covered tho ground to the depth of six
inches.
Fred Heller, an II year old boy of the
town of Hokah, struck gang of snakes in
the outskirts Of the town. He pluckily
killed thirty-fiye and some got away, and
the Hokahans say it was not very good day
for snakes either.
A scarcity of laborers has been the stand
ing complaint throughout most of the har-
vest fields of the State. Three dollars a day
has been a very common price for labor, but
in some instances $50. so, $500, and even
$500 day have been paid
The night Waterman at Waseca found a
man one rainy night, lately, entirely naked,
crouched close to Kroft's hotel. He could
came where he was found. He was drunk
He was taken to the lookup.
The first Sunday i'll August, farmers put in
their time industriously, the weather being
very fine, and on Sunday night it rained
and thus the damage from that rain was es-
capped, and Monday was another bright and
beautiful day for the haryesters.
| There are various suggestions as to solu.
ton of the tramp problem. The Spring
Valley Vidette has the following: Before
t condemning tramps too hard, wouldn't it be
a well to give them chance. Who knows but
i they'd be glad to get some of the county of
: fees this fall Probably most of them have
had experience in the sheriff S ofIice-behin6
the bars.
, Sank Centre Herald: The railroad wa
:; completed to Sank Centre and regular trains
!, commenced running on Wednesday. A Ca
4 is used for an Office until the depot building
which IS under way, is completed, and sool
4 everything will be in order for the transac
!, his post as depot agent at Melrose and takel
!, his station here to remain until a station i
7 opened further west, when he will move O,
S to the end of the line
2 Preston Republican,: The large farm O.
Oliver and .. A. Jones, his son, situated tw
y miles northeast of the lively little village O
,, Wykof, contains ten hundred and fifty acres
and is all under cultivation except one hun
dred acres of timber. Of this, $50 acres
q in wheat, and 12O acres in corn. MIR. Jone
:, bought portion of his farm of the late T
P. Pineo, of Chatfeld, in the year sc, AM
y has resided upon it since 1862, and ha
9 abundantly reaped a reward for his close az
l. plication to duty.