Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
MiueSnOuQ NeWslI ms.

John King, of Byron, Waseca county
lately lost his house by fire.
A little boy, lS months old, was drowned
in we'll in Martin county, last week.
1t took Just 16 days for cargo of hou
to go from Minneapolis to Liverpool.
The residence of James Norell, of Isant
county, was buried TO the ground last week
| The June settlement in Stearns count,
| shows $4,000 more collections this yea
| than laet.
Father Holton lost 5000 in Hastings
few nights ago, and is wholly unable to &C
count for it: ..: :. -.',.;''s
poor widow woman living in Rochester
Olnlsted county, died the other day from
over work.
! A few days ago laborer in a Winona saw
mill, had his left arm nearly severed by ;
circular saw. (
Thursday night, June 9th, man named
! Bismarck was garroted and robbed in Roch
| ester, Olmsted county.
Martin Noah, of Smithtown, Lake Mime
| tonka. while at work i'll the field was killed
by lightning, last week.
Thieves arc becoming SO numerous il
! Hastings that call Is being made for al
| increase of the police force.
Charles Roach. of Westfeld, Dodge coun
ty, an old and respectable citizen, dropped
dead last week from heart disease.
Pat Kernoi, of Eyota, was thrown from
his wagon and kicked by one of the horses
The team was frightened by the cars.
Nineteen miles of the Hastings & Dakots
railroad extension is completed, and freight
billed for Addie and Stewart, stations beyond
Glencoe.
At Wadena Mrs. Barney Snyder was thrown
from a wagon, one Of the wheels of which
passed over her left leg, breaking it above
the knee.
The Fergus Falls dduoc1,te says Mr.. Kop
sheep killed, or 80 nangled by dogs as to be
worthless.
Two children of Mrs. Mark Holmes, oil
Rochester, were badly scalded last week,
aged respectively five and one year. They
will recover.
Burglars entered the residence of E. Hill
in St: Charles, in the absence Of the family.
Mr.. Hill suddenly returned. and they few
without booty.
Gen. Wagner, of Hastings, lost $50 last
week from between the ticks of his bed, the
burglars having effected an entrance through
the side door.
The Sherburne County Star estimates
from reliable information that not less than
5000 acres of new land will be turned over
for cultivation in Sherburne County this
year.
The teachers and scholars OF the Roches
ter city school, presented their superinten,
dent, Prof. G. II. Roberts, as a surprise gift.
with a massive solid gold watch chain.
The residence Of Mrs. H. G. Anderson, in
Austin, was burglarized in the absence of the
family. Ten dollars in money were taken
and a cluster diamond ring which cost $3.50
In the absence of the family, the resi-
dence of Thomas Hunter, of Owatonna, was
broke into. A member Of the family sud-
denly returning, the burglars fled without
booty:
The residence of John Moran, CT the town
of Lake, Wabashaw county, was destroyed
by fire last week. In addition to much of
his furniture, $500 in greenbacks were con-
sumed.
Fred. Botz, of Rochester, had steer
hitched behind his wagon. The steer gave
d SuO~CA JCIh) LA0 4HdSOu,
throwing Botz out, and breakingsone of his
legs. -
The house of Dwight NJ. shumway
of Castle Rock, was burglarized
one night last week, and notes to the value
of $4,555 taken, together with $50 in money
and gold watch.
A couple of drunken men got into fight
in wagon returning home from Waseca.
They both tumbled out, the wagon passed
over one of them. Each were badly bruised,
and both were fearfully dirty.
The house of Alexander Smith. of Austin,
was entered by burglars the other night,
and jewelry, money, etc., to a considerable
amount taken. The family did not discover
their loss till morning.
A few days since Mrs. Conelly, aged about
GO years, a feshy body weighing about 23O
pounds, fell and fractured her skull. At
latest accounts she was doing very we'll; aud
suffering but little pain.
In Austin, Mower county, Eugene Cox,
aged 10 years, son of Mr.. Cox, the livery
stable keeper, while at play fell violently,
striking his temple on the ground. .He sur3
vived the hurt but a few hours.
In anticipation of strike, all the coopers
belonging to the Coopers' union, employed
in Capt. Eames' cooper shop, at Red Wing,
have been discharged. No union men will
hereafter be employed in the shop. = =,
Eighteen years ago Clay: Willis. Of Lake
City: had a kernel OF corn pass into one of
his ears-and there it has remained, produc-
ing deafness, till few days since, when DR..
Patton successfully removed it-and hearing
has been completely restored.
The Fergus Falls JouranI says, George
Wentworth, of Western, from seven cows
furnished Sherwin''s cheese. factory with193
pounds of milk in one day. Four OF. the
COWS are heifers, and two of them have given
milk continuously for fourteen months
Grass feed is now at its best. and it was
never better.
4 few nights since the house Gf'W. C.
Porter, at Blooming Prairie, was bur
giarized.' Mr.. Porter vas. ,chioro-
formed and 1928 taken - from
under his pillow. ! Sese1ala- other parties in
the place were visited and cash and valu-
ables aggregating nearly Il hundred dollars
taken. Several arrests have been made.
The court house at Glenwood, Pope conn
ty, is in size 22x18 feet and story and a
AsAAA AnO SOlAICy Duo1uCSc
have outpassed this small structure and the
county commissioners have wisely decided
to erect new court house building. It's
size is to be G4x4O feet, two stories, with Gall
and office rooms on first floor, and court and
jury rooms above.
A busy man isi Mr., Tolc9tt. His mind is
On his business. He has "a soul above but
tons''-or an old vest. The St. Cloud JouJ-
n0tPress says: ~. Il. Tolcottwas engaged
in burning brush OH his farm about mile
below town. Taking off his vest, in which
there was a s35 silver watch, lie hung it OH
a small bush, around which he proceeded to
pile lot of brush, After getting pile le
set fire to it, and it blazed up beautifully
He then went to another part of the field tc
work, and coming back after q while to looh
after his vest, discovered that It had contrib.
uted its share toward making, the nice big
fire, and that he was minus watch
ST. PAUL.
Smiths light recruits for frontier posts
arrived in the city Tuesday evening, Jur
9th They NrOcce6ed Immediately IN For