Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.

:, A large fat deer was shot near Cannon
Falls village the other day.
Thieves broke into a cooper's shop in
Far1bault, and stole nearly all the tools it
contained
Chaska Herald: Farmers all seem to be
borrowing money-Will not sell their wheat
at present prices
Hon. D. L. Buell., of Caledonia, has been
nominated for the State Senate by the Demo-
Gratis of Houston county.
| The house of A. NJ. Case, of Elmira, Wi
mona county, was entirely consumed by fire.
with nearly all its contents. Incendiary.
| Litchfeld Independent: Otto Phillips,
| German, of Danielson. Meeker county, had
nine stacks of wheat burned by prairie fire
recently.
| Henry Hutchins, of Morris, Stevens coun-
| ty, claims to have found genuine peat de-
| poslt upon his farm. 1t burns well, but
gives out but little heat.
The Rochester & Northern Railroad com
pany is building a bridge about three miles
from Iumbrota. Goodhue county, 40 feet
high and over 800 feet long.
fire alarm called out the fire company of
Chaska, and they quickly extinguished the
flames, which were getting well under head
way in the residence of j. W. Gregg.
Albert Lea Enterprise: Scarcely any
Wheat is coming TO market. Farmers don't
| like to sell their wheat at the ruinousiy low
prices offered, and are holding it for better
prices.
One of the sisters belonging to the Catho-
| lie school in Chaska, while attending TO
some duties about the building, fell from a
platform, sustaining fracture and disloca-
ton of an ankle joint.
prairie fire near Kandiyohi station de-
stroyed about nine tons of hay and forty rods
of fence for a. a. Sodren, and sixteen tons
OF hay belonging to G. Garrison. Both of
| these men came near losing their buildings
Jack Morris, of Morris, Stevens county.
lost between thirty and forty tons hay by
a late prairie fire. He had burned around his
stacks, but the furious gale of wind sweet
the flames across the burned strips and into
I his stacks.
A few nights since the barn of Mr.. Mey-
ers, OF Litchfeld, Meeker county, was set on
nre by an lncendlary and entirely destroyed
A span of mules escaped from the barn. A
double harness and other properly were
consumed with the building
Henderson (Sibley county, Iadepezdent.
owen McGran met with an accident while
leading colt to water. He had the halter
wound about his hand, and the colt becom-
ing unmanagable, Owen was thrown in such
manner as to break his collar bone.
NJ. y. Williams, of Dtonnelly, Stevens
county, mad narrow escape from IRE. While
absent from home, fire leaped across mar
row strip, and although Mrs. Williams
fought 1t, she did not master it until assist
ance came. 1t was close call, as the fire
was within few feet of his hay and barn.
When Il. S. Parkins and Kelley, OF Alex
andrla, Douglas county, were near James
River, with a large drove of cattle, Parkins
accidentally discharged double barreled
shot gun into his left arm, making amputa-
ZION necessary. He was taken to For,
Wadsworth, D. T., where the post surgeon
amputated his arm half way between the
hand and the elbow.
Rochester Record and Union: A wheat
stack on the farm of G. G.. Wilson, ESQ,
was burned. It was set on fire by sparks
from steam thresher, and is the loss of the
owner of the thresher. = The
heat from the electricity running down the
telegraph wires into the railroad office was
80 intense that it scorched the side of the
building during the storm.
Hastings Union: The residence of M. Nc
Hugh, on Tyler street, was entered by burg
lars, and property to the amount of abou,
$lOO carried off. The entrance was effected
through back window, and the first knowl-
edge the family had of the occurrence was
the missing Of the articles in the morning
Two watches, some silverwa1e and ieWelr.
constituted the captured swag.
Anoka Union: Mrs. Sarah Bryant, while
attending Sabbath-school at the Concrega.
tlonal church, left her seat and walked out
doors. 1t was noticed she appeared ill, auc
her daughter fastened to her relief. AS
soon as possible ske was carried home, but
she expired in ten minutes after reaching
her residence. The Doctors agree on apo
plexy as the cause Of her death.
Cannon Falls Beacon. The Swedish
Lutheran church recently completed in Can
non river settlement, six miles northeast OF
this village, was struck by lightning during
the storm that occurred on Tuesday of las1
week. The only portion of the building in
Jured was the steeple, which was damaged tc
the amount of about 5000. G. Doner has
taken contract to repair the damage.
Preston Republican: A man working
about a threshing machine on the farm OF
Adam Marks had been in oiling the horse
power and was struck down by one of the
sweeps and carried between two whe, Is
passing through space of about four inch
es, breaking lis collar bone and pressing his
heart over to the right side. The patient
lived until Friday right, when death relieved
him of his snfferings.
Granite Falls Journal: A few weeks ago
Mr.. Jacobs, in making change for man
working on the railroad who had bough,
some corn of him gave 800 bill suppos.
ing 1T to be Isl bill. When he .ound his
mistake he went to the man, who claimed tc
have lost his pocket book and with it the
$lOO bill. Mr.. Jacobs instituted suit against
the man and the day before the trial the
pocket book was found and the bill returned
to Mr.. Jacobs.
There was shooting ARRAY in Eyota the
other night. Two men, Crooks and Luding
had quarreed and fought. Crooks entered
complaint, and Luding was put under bonds
to keep the peace. Meeting afterwards in a
| store Crooks very foolishly commenced to
tease and tantalise Luding, butting him with
! MS head and cutting up other silly antics.
Wnen Ludlng drew revolver and shot
| Crooks twice through the body. The con-
dltlon OF the wounded man is critical.
Herman Won Hadeln, of Perham, Otter
Tail county, was in the woods hunting and
saw two cub bears and were about to fire at
them, when he heard fierce growl behind
him. Turning about, he found himself face
to face with Mrs. Bear, and her ladyship
seemed inclined to form more intimate ac-
quaintance with him. Won Haden was adj
verse to this, and shot her, killing her in
stantly, though his gun was only loaded with
pigeon shot.
Mantorville Express: Horace Russ illus
Buck Mercer was arrested at Wasioia on
Thursday evening of last week, at 8 O'Clock.