Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-06

bushels of wheat, portion being of last
years crop, 800 bushels of oats, 800 bushels
OF corn, ~ tons of bay, 2 reapers and l pair
OF bob-sleds. Some horses were in the barn
when the fire was first noticed, but they
were saved. There was 81 900 insurance on
the building and grain but the loss will ex
coed that by about $4,000.
| Hastings Unson: Two farm hands, who
give their names as Lame and Hail, from
ONO, got aboard the up freight on the river
| road, on Tuesday night, at Etter station.
Some of the brakemen discovered them, and;
after ordering them to pay the fare, knocked
one of them down with the butt Of re-
volver, 1nJuring his eye in serious manner.
While another kicked him in the mouth
He was thrown off the train and his shoulder
dislocated. MIR. I. Lyle, of Ravenna, con
veyed him to town in his wagon. If his
story is correct he has been treated shame
fully.
Wright County Times: Mr.. Bullock, of
Albion, was suddenly undressed short
time ago by tumbling-rod of threshing
machine. 1t took off his overals and pants
in less time than he could have done it him
self, and would have removed the rest of his
clothing or wound him around the shaft, if
fellow workman had not caught the rod
and threw it out of it's support, thus pre-
venting further mischief Mr.. Bullock's
legs were somewhat bruised and barked, and
ne IS still somewhat lame from the injuries
received, but he considers himself lucky to
| nave escaped without moro serious conse-
quences.
Red Wing Argus: Three of the railroad
workmen got on spree at Zumbrota. The
most quarrelsome was locked into bed room
at a hotel for safe keeping until morning,
but by some means he escaped, and meeting
his comrades on tho street, engaged in
fresh quarrel. Finally he drew revolver
and shot both of the others, one escaping
with flesh wound; the other was shot
through the lungs, and will probably die.
Officer Cogggswell brought the desperate to
the city, and Messrs. Mcclure and Arm
strong went out to Zumbrota this morning
to obtain the deposition of the dying victim.
Later accounts would indicate that there is
a woman in the case.
| Mortified (Rice county, Journal: Pro-
fessor Thomas met with severe mishap
yesterday, which cost him his left hand
thumb and injury to the hand besides. The
wire cable which runs his ingenious electri-
cal clock and hell-ringer, to which is attach
ed 700-pound weight got tangled. The
PAoASoooA
weight being loosened descended like shot
with the cable, which took off the thumb
and held the other part of t. 9 hand pressed
against the wall of the tubing till some one
came to his relief. Young Crandall, a stu
dent, was one who first got to him. He
said the professor bore it like hero. DR..
Coon did the surgical part, and thinks the
other part of the hand will come out all
right.
Prior Lake (Scott county, Times: One
of the most remarkable phenomena was no
tlced on the lake few days since. It was
one of those peculiarly soft Indian summer
evenings when party of five of US were
rowing across the lake that we accidentally
discovered that we were in very marked
echo. A loud halo was repeated five times.
A gun was fired a number of times, and
from each report nine distinct echoes were
counted. MIR. Hull, who has visited Echo
canon IN California, says he never heard an
echo half SO marked there. We also noticed
that when the gun was fred the fish for
acres jumped out of the water, and the lake
looked as though shower of fish had fallen
upon it.
| Owatonna Journal: The work of boring
the new aretesian well north of the city park
was begun Monday. Some four years ago a
we'll was bored near the same spot, but after
getting to considerable depth rock was
struck and the work abandoned. By the
present machine the hardest rock can be
drilled through. * !: A few evenings
since as Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Ring were
driving home they were stopped near the
mineral springs by two foot-pads. These
gentry finding they were not whom they
were in search of let them go unmolested.
This sort of business is becoming SO COM
mon as to be somewhat monotonous. It is
perfectly disgraceful that the city cannot
break up the gang, and that citizens are in
danger Of robbery and violence after night
fall.
Currie MURRAY county, Pioneer: Quite
a sensation was created in the vicinity of the
Cresswell postoffice week OF two since, by
Mrs. Joseph Hirt, who shot and killed two of
her husbands COWS. The particulars, as
near as we can ascertain them, are as fol-
lows: A few months since Mr. Hirt pur-
chased span of horses, which, as he claims,
| were warranted to him as sound, giving a
chattel mortgage on the horses and two COWS
to secure balance of the purchase money.
few weeks ago the horses were returned as
they proved unsound and the man who sold
the horses took the COWS and tied them be-
hind his wagon when Mrs n. took them
from him to the stable and shot them and
proceeded Immediately to make beef of them.
She has been arrested and is having her trial
at Worthington.