Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-20
MINNESOTA NEWS,

An organized band OF horse thieves are
operating in Wright county.
MIR. Halstead, of GAINESVILLE, lost dauph-
ter by diphtheria last week.
Ortonville now enjoys daily mail, it
being carried through on the cars.
| In Sterling, Blue Earth county, there have
been ten deaths from diphtheria in the last
| two months.
A number of deaths from typhoid fever
have recently occurred in Rapidan, Blue
Earth county.
A malicious false alarm of fire in Fari-
bault called out the fire department on a re-
cent cold night.
Both of the Touring mills at New Ulm
have stopped for the alleged reason of the
high price of wheat.
D. G. Crory has qualified as superintendent
of schools in Brown county. His postofice
address is Sleepy Eye.
One day last week, a lady reported that
! by actual count there were sixty cases of
diphtheria in Mankato.
One ire insurance agent has paid forty
two losses in Waseca county during the past
three years, and he is only one of many
agents.
| A jewelry store in Rush City was robbed
the other night of watches and iewelrv to
the amount of $500. The thieves have net
been discovered.
A 81 600 money package lately sent from
| the bank in New Uln to Brookings, D. T.,
was stolen from the express Office in Sleepy
Eye. Detectives are looking after tho cash.
The other day the roof of MoGrath Bros.
of Ortonvilie, took fire from stove pipe, but
was speedily extinguished by throwing snow
and water on the burning roof in liberal
quantities.
j. B. Spencer, of Faribault, sold the other
day eighty-seven hogs aggregating $4,000
pounds, live weight, for which he received
81 per hundred weight. They were mostly
of the Berkshire breed.
The postmaster of Blooming Grove.
WaSeca county, has boon deprived of the
office in consequence of his carrying the
mail, as sub contractor, contrary to the
rules of the department..
Too much whisky was the cause of
bloody mill, in Marshall, Lyon county, the
other night, in which several parties were
engaged. Blaskened eyes, bloody noses, and
battered faces in plenty, but no deaths.
"The Mortified Journal was the name
OF paper published In Mortified more than
twenty-one years ago, at which time the
State was in its infancy, and the Democrats
in power, Henry H. Sibley being Governor.
The Lincoln County Tribune Gays that two
big grey wolves, the other day, came up to
the depot just as tho train came in, and uas
sengers went out and fred at them with their
pistols. The wolves Withdrew in good or
der.
The Mankato Review says that few days
since, in the rear of the Flanders house, Ma
della, in less than three hours three hundred
and seventy rats were found, and with the
little fellow numbering two hundred and fifty.
A few days ago young man by the name
of McFarland, in Glasgow, Wabashaw ooun-
ty, wss operated upon by DIS. Lincoln and
Van Dyke for intertwisted or knotted in
testines. The delicate had hazardous
operation OF cutting open the bowels, taking
out the intestines and untying the knot was
skillfully and successfully performed, and
the patient will live. Nothing but the sur
geon's knife can save life in such cases.
Tyler Nincoln county Tribune, Dec. -
Conductor Wiley's train was buried in q
snow bank two miles west of Tyler, Wednes-
day, and remained there until Thursday.
The boys worked all the night and nearly
persisted with cold. Every one of them do
serves gold badge for their faithfulness.
The regular train remained all that hight at
Tyler, then returned to Tracy, leaving the
depot filled with passengers during the day.
At St. Peter, last week, j. Dandy was ar
rested and put in jail on complaint of Anna
Louisa Blombeg, young Swede girl, lately
arrived from Sweden, who charged him
with an attemptat rape at the Northwestern
hotel, where she was employed as chamber
maid. She asserts that he called her into
his room, looked the door, and attempted to
outrage her but she fooled him and finally
escaped. She is said TO be : beautiful and
attractive girl.