Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-09-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.


The new mill at Meriden, Waseca
is now completed, is four stories
high, and is now receiving the machinery.
RAILROAD surveyors have been in and
all around Monticello and the good PEG.
pie begin to think they are really to
have railroad.
A. BRowER, of Kingston, Meeker coun-
ty, had 226 gallons of nice amber syrup
made from one and one-eight acres of
ground.
CHARLES RICE, of St. Charles, Vino
ma county, got his arm caught in a
threshing machine, and it was so mangled
as to make amputation necessary.
SORGHUM-MAKING is about to COM
mence around here. Several frst-class
mills have been purchased, and soon
sorghum molasses will roll in by the
barrel.-Litchfeld Independent.
FIRES have been raging in the woods
for a distance of 100 miles along the
north shore Of Lake Superior. The fire
started back of Duluth, and at last
accounts had extended beyond Silver
Islet.
The engineers have completed the
permanent survey of the Hastings and
Dakota railroad to MoDtevideo. 1t il
expected that the road will be completed
and cars running into that village by
December LIST.
The dead body of John Schroeder was
found in the town of Pennington. He
was possessed of a small sum of money
He was last seen about in company with
Fred Hittman. All the circumstance:
point to Hittman as the murderer. Of.
fcers are in pursuit of him.
MIR. J. R. NILES, of the firm of Refs
Ter & Niles, butchers, of Owatonna, il
saving quarter of beef, recently, in
cluded his left hand in the operation
and was we'll through the bone before he
discovered his mistake. The doctors are
now trying to make that thumb grow OF
the hand again and hope to succeed.
Mr.. MITCHELL VINCENT has contract
ed with the St. Paul and Sioux CITY
railroad company to grade fifteen mile:
of the Blue Earth City branch this fall
beginning at Blue Earth City, crossins
the Southern Minnesota railroad al
Winnebago City, and extending to the
line between Faribault and Blue Earth
counties.
s. l.. STAPLES, ex-county treasurer O.
Isanti county, has effected settlement
of his indebtedness, and the Princeton
Press says the suits instituted agains
him and his bondsmen have been dis
missed. All interested in this matte
appear we'll pleased with the settlement
for had the matter gone into court, :
long and expensive litigation would
undoubtedly, have ensued.
A WHOLE family have been sweep
away by that dire disease, consumption
About two years ago Mr.. Thomas Nc
Grath, of Glendale, died. Afterward
his wife died. Since her death four O
her children have died, all of consump
ton. John, an excellent young man 0
22y ears, is the last victim, whose dealt
occurred a few days ago.-ShaEope
Argus.
ALL the tributaries of the Mississippi
have reached about the lowest stag
known since the settlement of the west
The great falls of St. Anthony ha
shrunk so that not over half the ma
chinery upon it can be run, and waite
still falling. The logs are nearly al
hung up and the mills idle. The tota
number of logs turned out of the boom
to August LIST, including old logs carrie
over, was 1856, Isl logs, scaling 51,4SS
$50 feet. Turned out in August 107, AZ
logs, scaling II, 345, $40 feet. Averag
scale, 1915 feet. Total logs to Sci
TENDER lst. 1851; scaling 6S,sl4, 81
feet.
The other day in Reed & Sherwood
saw mill at Anoka, the saws run on t
seven different pieces of iron and stee
which some miserable and dastardl
william had driven into the logs, in
spirit of revenge. One of the circula
saws had a great number of teeth knocI
ed out, utterly running it for furthe
work, while another was injured consid
ably. Fourteen gang saws also sufere
the loss of teeth, and altogether a pt
cuniary loss of not less than $500 ha
been caused to the proprietors, beside
the life of almost every man who work
in the mill was endangered. Considerin
the danger to human life, nothing lie:
than the spirit of fiend could infuenc
the preparation of such an outrage.