The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-07-16
MINNESOTA NEWS.

otearns county IS claimed to have q pOpu-
latlon of over 10000.
The measles have been making thorough
work with the youthful population of Dodge
county.
The other day John G. Miller, Dane, on
his farm four miles from Rochester, MINI,
was killed by lightning.
Mr.. ID. Dean and wife, who had such q
narrow escape from death at lake Mime
tonka, by steamboat explosion, have finally
reached their home.
Farmers think that the late heavy rains
have drowned immense numbers of the
chinch- bug, and that the grain crop has re-
ceived great benefit.
Lightning struck the new house of Mr..
Boland of Lexington, Dakota county, the
other night, passed down the chimney, but
did no serious damage.
Mrs. John Arnold, of Faribault, Mimi,
committed suicide the other day by taking
poison. Alleged count swearing, drinking
husband. Her age was 60 years.
The people of Dakota county rejoice in
the fact that in all the late storms neither
rain, hail nor wind did them any essential
damage, while neighboring counties suffered
more or less severely.
Nearly all the State papers have full &C.
counts OF the late heavy rain and wind
storms. In some localities the crops suf-
tered severely, but as general average the
damage has not been very distressing.
During late heavy storm in the night
lately, lightning struck the barn Of Gustaf
Stambllit, of Guilford, IN Wabashaw county,
and killed span of horses. Between the two
horses killed, was hitched the third horse,
which escaped, being only slightly stunned.
During the storm of last week the cupola
OF the public school building in Mortified
was struck by lightning. The bolt followed
the frame work of the eqpola, shattering it
somewhat, down to tie roof Of the main
building, by which the electric fluid was dis
sipated. Damage about 800.
New Ulm Brown County, Reoieao, July g.;
We understand that blast of hot air passed
from south to north through portions of
this and Renville COMMITTEES last Monday even
ing. 1t lasted only minute or two but so
intense was the heat that people rushed out
of their houses believing them to be on fire.
Faribault Republican, July 9: Dnring the
storm of Wednesday night last the lightning
entered bedroom in Hon. Andrew Thomp-
sons house, in Wheatland, and struck q bed
stead, on which two boys were sleeping,
breaking loose the iron fastenings on the
posts and side rails. One of the boys slept
through it all, not knowing what had hap
pened.
Wells Weekly Advocote, Aug. 10: Geo.
Martins wife died very suddenly and singu-
larly last Wednesday morning. She did her
work about the house Tuesday, the day be-
fore, and retired that night in apparent good
health but when Mr.. Martin arose Wednes-
day morning he called her, and receiving no
answer went to the bed and put his had on
her head and found her lifeless.
Some miserable scamp mixed tartar emet-
ic, or something worse, in the lemonade pre-
pared for picnic party, at Lanesboro, Fill
more county, July 4th. The whole party
were very sick, vomiting violently through
out the night, and required the most active
medical aid to save life. One fellow alone
wss not sick, and he is expected of knowing
more than any body else about the "impe-
diencies."
Little Falls (Morrison county, TRANSCRIPT,
July love are informed that one of Mr..
Stanislaus Kulick's children, aged four years,
was killed in the town of Swan River on tho
Sd inst. by the fall of a tree which was
chopped down by Mr.. Gribnoaw. The child
was not seen by Mr.. Gribnoaw until after the
tree had fallen. Another child narrowly es.
capped death at the same time, and was
bruised somewhat by the limbs of the tree.
Alexandria, Douglas county Post, July IL:
w. A. Close of Parker's Prairie left Wadena
Wednesday morning and Parker's Prairie
Thursday morning, arriving here during the
forenoon. He learned from what seemed re-
liph lL. c0nranc that ~, Sofnr1ou nioht nivo
teen men encamped on Inman prairie, Otter
Tail county, were all killed by lightning and
that not one escaped to tell the tale. Their
bodies were found drenched with rain and
beaten by hail.
Chaska Herald: Quite serious stabbing
affair occurred here on the night of the
Fourth, at the residence of Michael Schu-
scitzke, in which Mr.. julius Caesar Wagner,
one of the oldest settlers in Carver county,
was very badly if not fatally stabbed by
Michael Schuscitzke. The latter is SON. !
in-law of Wagner, and the stabbing was the
result of family quarrel. Wagner is "a
years old, and it is thought he may recover.
A telegram from Sioux Falls says that ON
the 9TH, while E. X. Lee, of that place, to-
gether with his wife and babe and a man by
the name of Thompson and his wife, from
the vicinity of Red Wing, and young girl,
we're attempting to cross Split Rock creek,
about eight miles east of Sioux Falls. in
covered wagon, the vehicle tipped over and
all were drowned, with the team, except Mr..
Lee and the girl, who, with much difficulty,
to get ashore. i
Winnebago City Sun: Diphtheria is raging
at fearful rate in this party of the county.
Colborn Nelson has six children down with
it, and three of them have since died, and
the Others are not expected to recover, while
he, himself, cannot speak a.