Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.

of Sherburne county.
Scarlet fever is quite prevalent in Glen
coe, but in q mild form.
DIR. Warner, of Mankato, is suffering with
an attack of diphtheria.
The dead body of a newborn infant was
found on the back steps of house in Roch-
ester the other night.
The scarlet fever is raging in Ramsey,
Anoka county. 1t is thought it will be nee
essary to close the schools.
| Carlas, Douglas county, is to have grist
mill. It is alleged to have the best water
power in the upper country.
| On Saturday, the 7th inst, there were $50
| farm teams in LIE Sueur at one time, and
during the day not less than 200.
A boy in Anoka sliding down hill run
into q fence, and piece of board penetrated
his cheek and entered his mouth.
William Il. Smith, of Orange, Douglas
county, has just been granted pension for
wounds received in the war of the rebellion.
In the vicinity of Long Prairie the cpl
zootic has prevailed among horses for several
weeks past, but in milder form than some
years ago.
Bishop Whipple has pledged $500 towards
the erection of an Episcopal church edifce
in Worthington. and says if possible he will
raise it to $780,
boy at Zumbrota started to go to his
home at 8 o'clock at night. He was chased
by pack of wolves. He ran back to the
village and escaped.
Glencoe Enterprise: B. Fem, of Hutch
inson, who fractured his ankle last spring,
has had to have his leg amputated, the bone
having become diseased.
A valuable span of horses was being
driven across Lake Oscar, in Douglas coun-
ty on the ice. They broke through and one
of the horses was drowned.
On a recent night the store of A. Nelson
81 Co, of Rochester, was burglariously
entered, and some money and considers
BILE amount in goods taken.
The total valuation for taxable purposes
> of personal property and real estate in Red
, Wing is So, 279, 343. The amount raised by
t taxation in Red Wing is O,361.69.
While ]. n. Crockett, of Elk River, was
. sweeping out his store he dislodged shelf
! containing axes, and one of them struck
r him on the instep, inficting an ugly and
r painful cash.
. Red Wing city is negotiating with La
. Grange mill company for supplying by
drants with water on Main street, as is al
) ready done with the Red Wing mills, as a
! protection against fire.
!
Hastings, young man about 20 years Of
: | age, was sent to the insane asylum on
. Wednesday, owing, it is thought to blow
upon the head several years ago.
The citizens of LIE Sueur are rejoicing in q
fine new school edifce, and graded school
was opened on the 9th inst, with about $50
pupils, and large number of citizens were
present to witness the opening exercises.
a Caledonia Courier, Dec. ~: Mr.. Joseph
3 Hall, of this piece surprised us the other day
l. by laying three freshly blown pansies on our
9 table. They were fully developed, and looked
u as rich and fresh as if grown in more
l. southern climate.
% % Joseph Henry, going home from Hastings
! the other evening, was met by two highway
men, One stI uck him on the head, the other
). drew a revolver and demanded his money.
. He passed over his wallet, containing 81,
- which the villains took and fed.
,e A very common way nowadays to steal
1T horses is to hire livery team and decamp.
,e This happened at Phillips livery stable in
IS Shakopee recently. A stranger on plausi-
at BILE pretext hired valuable span of horses
a. and buggy to go twenty miles-and he is still
ID going, with the livery stable keeper In pur-
ut suit.
D. s. The Mile Laos Indians were paid theil
So annuities some five weeks ago, and sincs
is that time about half of what Indians there
&c are in the vicinity of the lake manage to keeI
er eloriously drunk. The Princeton Union
of which makes this statement, also charges
t. that the Indians get their whisky at Little
as Falls and Rich Prairie.
ne Elk River Star: lady was recently mar
IN ried in Elk River, who, runner says, alrea d.
n has a husband living out in the town O.
10 Baldwin. She was married under hel
q 4 1911 hoo
W band had another wife living when she mar
ID ried him. All the parties concerned seen
5y to be satisfied, and we suppose other PEG
rs pie ought to be.
e On Friday, while Valentine Wolk, of thu
us town of st. Wendell, Stearns county, was a
H1o work rolling log on to a sled, the rop
NC which he was using broke, and the log rolle
~ back, knocking him down and crushing hin
~. ~ to death. His two little sons were with him
rs but the log was beyond their strength, ant
:. they were compelled to go to a neghborin
% housa to get help.
bt Freedom County Standard: On a recer
~ evening, while a number of young foil
let were skating on Foun tain Lake, Mr.. Clarl
IF. who clerks in McCord's drug store, and Mis-
nd Nettie Root, who were skating together
70 skated into an air hole where the water We
AR ten or twelve feet deep. Their cries brougl
tie assistance and they were rescued, but it We
M a narrlw escape from fatal accident.
al. G. w. Brant, of Mankato, has already tax
w. en- nearly 1000 muskrats this season, Th
ire skins are worth from five to eight cents each
Mr.. B. is the boss trapper of that section
he makes from 800 to 5000 season trap
ping besides taking care of his stock and h
farm. He uses q spear at present, with whic
\. he takes the rats, and does not resort to trap
M until the ice becomes too thick to use tn
he spear.
en- A reverend gentleman performed the ma
EN- rage ceremony for young couple in Aust
to recently. The bridegro ON pushed into h
re- hand few bright silver quarters. remarkir
a a that dollar and fifty cents was the leg
is fee. The clergyman was evidently disal
Tin pointed at the meager am cunt, but his di
on appoin tment was still greater, when, subs
Ia quently. he found gold eagle among th
ne silver coin.
=, LIE Sueur Chronicle: AS Charles Alvoi
Ms was leading young horse from the stable
Oh the horse started to run, and, as he passes
rm out of the door, caught Avoids right han
ok between his body and the door jam, crushin
his his hand bsdly and taking off the end of on
s, finger, and fearfully lascerated other ones
~ 1t seems that the halter was made of ropt
@ and that Mr.. A. had it wrapped around hi
hand in such manner that he could not Il
re- go of it in time to save his hand.
are Window Reporter, Dec. IL: James Wi
10 liamS, brakeman on Coni1ucfor Wilkin'