Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
FILLMORE county paid ont last year for wolf
The steam houring mill at Shakopee, Scott
county is fast approaching completion. -
Four persons were confirmed at st. Cloud,
by Bishop Whippie, on one evening Last
week.
young mar, was robbed by highwaymen
on the road between Sank Rapids and Sc.
Cloud. 80
The Presbyterian church are considering
the matter of establishing a college in Al
bert Lea. - &S@2 80 3
A boy in Winona had one of his arms
caught in the belt of steam thresher, break
ing it IN two places.
"A tramping quack doctor was arrested in
st. Cloud for misbehavior, fined $5, and put
in Jail in default of payment. 2
i Prairie fires are prevailing in Todd county
and other sections of the State, greatly en-
dangering stacks of hay and grain. -. ~@#
Williams e. Cory, of Elk River, while rid
ing in buggy, collided with stump, and
was thrown out and severely injured. =
The people of Albert Lea are clamoring
for Touring mill but as yet have found no
capitalist to invest in such enterprise.
In New Haven, Olmstead county, four
stacks of wheat and threshing machine
were destroyed by fire, the work. of an in
cendiary: - .. So Z.
By frightened runaway team, Mr.. J. E.
Thomas, of Elk Biver, was thrown from q
buggy and was badly bruised, though not
seriously injured. -
Two men in Cannon Falls were throwing
sticks at a squirrel on opposite sides of "a
tree. A stick struck one of the men in one
of his eyes, destroying the sight. III
A man at Little Falls few days ago waded
across the Mississippi ri1ef, and didn't think
it much deeper than a heavy dew. What q
| showing for the Father of Waters!''
Shakopee Argus: Work on the bridge is
progressing finely. The excavation for one
of the abutments is already finished and the
filling in of the rip-rap begun. 80 "
Tne.dwelhag.h house William Ross at
Two Rivers, Stearns county, has been de-
stroyed by fre-caught from a chimney
| most of the household goods were saved.
Loss, $500; insured, $500. Z - J
Thomas Mcclure, of St. Cloud, while
hunting, accidentally discharged the con-
| tents of his gun in his left: arm below the
l elbow, shattering one of the bones. The
surgeon thinks he can save the arm.
| A dog fight in st. Cloud, resulted in a
6sticutf fight among the Polanders. Dur
ing the melee gun was brought in req
| uisition, but not discharged. Arrests were
; made, and enc party was fined $15, and the
other $14.
Iaassyonathan = Greysop, z,of- Austin, Move,
\ county, as he was returning home from the
circus the other night, was seized by two
robbers, who attempted to rifle his pockets,
but were scared away by some persons COM
ing along in the nick of time.
The Long Prairie Todd county, Argus is
informed that another attempt was made to
drive the Indians from the northern part of
/ the county, but the red men could not be
| found.
| Hastings Gazette: The wing dam on the
! west side of the island near Point Douglas
has so far proved a complete failure. Not
enough water has been turned on the other
side to form a channel, while the dam itself
prevents the passage of boats around the
island as heretofore. The: Nellie Kent has
not been able to reach here the past ten
days, although a thousand barrels of flour is
waiting her appearance.
John Griffith, aged % years, of weak mind
and subject to fits, son of P. Griffith, OF
Ayr postofice, Goodhue county, left his
fathers house Monday and wandered in the
vicinity until Friday, when he was found
one-half mile south of Zumbrota, lying by
the side of the road asleep, with his pockets
| fpll of crab apples. The father of the lost
man, assisted by about 100 of his neighbors,
were searching for him until he was
| found.
| D. Valentine, farmer living near Cannon
Falls, went into his pasture on horseback fol
the purpose of driving his cattle to the yard
All of them started in front of the horse, ex
cept the animal named, which refused to
! move. Mr.. V. approached him and attempt
J ed to strike him with stick, when the ami
NAL rushed at him, one horn penetrating the
! calf of his right leg to the depth of two
| inches, making very painful though not
dangerous wound.
| The other day several nice young men
| went into the jewelry store of Mr.. Newell at
Shakopee, and asked to see some watches
Severed were handed out. AS they were pre-
pairing to 60, Mr.. Newell saw that one OF
the watches was missing, and accused them
of stealing it, and proposed to SO far intrench
on their valuable time as to detain and search
them. The search revealed the watch in the
vest pocket of one of the nice young men.
Near Plainview, Wabashaw county, the
granary of George Nelson was struck by
lightning and burned, the fire ,eommunicat-
| ing with his wheat stacks and, barn, also
consuming them. The granary contained
! l5O bushels of old wheat and quantity OF
oats and barley. The wheat in stacks raised
from eighty acres, with sixteen tons of hay
In the barn, reaper, horse-rake, drags and
other farming utensil, all were destroyed.
( A. A. Martin lost seventy-ive bushels of old
wheat which he had stored in Mr.. Nelson's
granary. -
Red Wing Republican,: As Deputy Sheriff
Armstrong was driving in from Cannon
Falls, about II o'clock, he had reached little
valley three and-a-half miles beyond the Sar-
gent schoofhouse, when, in the darkness, he
saw, near the horses, heads, the flash of a re-
volver and the hand that held it. AS the ball
! whistled over. his head the horses Jumped to
| the side opposite the would-be assassin, and
cut Of the whip to bring them back to the
track sent them off at a!'good gait. The
| darkness gave Mr.. Armstrong no opportunity
to successfully return the fire Of the cowardly
wretch, and it maybe presumed that he was
willing TO speedily get away from the unequal
chances.
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