Daily globe., 1879-02-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
The liquor license at Rushford is fixed at
800.
Diphtheria prevails to an alarming extent in
| Carver.
The Oldest inhabitant says, ''Look out for an
early spring."
A few ceases Of diphtheria are reported in
Northield and vicinity.
A number of lumber camps in the State are
breaking up on account of the lack Of snow.
The sale of railroad tickets at the depot in
Hastings during the month of january
amounted to $l,503.68.
The dry goods house of A. C. Anderson, of
Kasson, succumbed to the pressure of the
times last week, and was closed.
Numerous deaths are reported among the cat
tie in Rice county. The fatality is believed by
many to be due to wire binding.
81. Schmidt was thrown from his buggy in
Owatonna, the other day, and severely bruised,
one of his arms being disabled.
Large quantities of fish have died this win
ter IN Indian lake, near Mankato. There are
different theories as to the cause.
Ashbury Newman, harness maker of Sauk
Rapids, has been adjudged insane, and has
been taken to the hospital at st. Peter.
Snow is noted by the State papers as having
rallen In different localities recently from one
to eight inches in depth, but it did not stay
long.
81. M. Atkins, of the Sherburne county
Sta,, has sold his interest to his partner Arthur
N. dale, by whom the paper will in future be
conducted.
confidence man in Marston, Dakota
county, spent about a week ''boarding round"
negotiating to buy farm, and finally swindled
farmer out of a twenty dollar bill and de-
camped.
About 100 car loads of stone is to be used bv
the railroad company in riprappiDg the trestle
work opposite Hastings. The stone is pro-
duced at Red Wing,
George Bailey, of Elk River, while logging,
by the slipping of handspike, had the whole
weight of log brought down upon his shoul-
der, crushing it badly.
Malcom Clark, of the town of st. Charles.
Winona county, will be entitled to about
$l,2OO pension arrearages by the new Congress
sional pension bill.
d. b. Dale's store at Fairmont, Martin ceun-
ty, was closed by the sheriff last week. Slow
the storeEeeper.
The small boy, son of Mr. Morlock, of Jor
dan, Scott county, whose eye was injured by
piece OF gun-cap which he placed on q stove
and struck with a hatchet, has lost the sight of
the eye.
The project of building court house in Mar
tin county, is strongly agitated, and there is
growing sentiment in favor Of bonding the
county to the amount of $4,000 or $l2, 900 for
that purpose.
Gould's drug store in Fairmont has been
closed by MIR. Hewett, of Winnebago City,
who held $500 mortgage given by Mr..
Gould to the Bank of Fairmont on the stock of
drugs, etc.
Diphtheria of fatally malignant type, is
still raging in Castle Rock, Dakota county, and
vicinity. Mrs. Wheeler, who attended Mr..
Slocum's children when sick of it, took the
disease and died.
DR.. Gates amputated four fingers from the
hand OF Mr.. Wallace Hemphill, of Winnebago
Valley. Mr.. Hemphill froze his fingers very
badly New Years night, and after futile efforts
to heal them amputation was found necessary.
John McCombc, married man, had an alter
cation the other day with Mrs. D. Jones, Of St.
Charles, an honest, Woodworking woman, whose
daughter he had seduced, and during the con-
troversy he drew revolver, for which he was
arrested and taken before Justice and fined
$50.
Mrs. @. II. Plummer, of Wabasha, while lift
ing some articles the tea table suffered the
fracture of an arm. A year ago her collar bone
was broken by some triling wrench. The doc
tor states that this extreme brittleness of her
bones is due to excess of phosphate of lime
Princeton Union: The brother of Hattie
Stanley informs US thai he saw his sister re-
Gently, and he thought she would gladly return
home it she was not afraid to do so. The fool
lsh girl has had all her romantic ideas about
life in wi gwanl with an Indian lover dispelled
by this time.
The Hokah Blade learns thlt work will be
commenced on the Southern Minnesota rail
way extension as soon spring opens, and the
road pushed on towards the Missouri river
Ia anna ar1hi fho
says: 1T is said the Southern Minnesota will
be extended 14O miles next season.
Fsirmont, Martin county, Sentinel: 1--WE
are unable to give anything definite this week
a. regards the outcome of the Bank of Fair
mont failure. Affairs are iii complicated
condition. The different partnerships and
numerous parties directly and Indirectly con-
nected with the institution, render it a labori-
GUS task to get at the actual condition of af-
fairs.
The Sauk Rapids Press gives an account of a
row that occurred in the town of Maywood
Benton county, instigated mainly by the royal
presence of King Alcohol. The bridegroom
threw stone at one of the party, and missing
his mark, hit his father, an old man, on the
head. Telling him to the ground, and rendering
him unconscious for a time. At last accounts
the old gentleman was in critical condition.
Owatonna Journal: From the list Of births
and deaths in Steele county, compiled by the
clerk of court, we learn that the number of
births was 406, of which 1876 were males and 211
females. There were three pairs of twins, each
pair male and female. The number of deaths
was l56, of which 79 were males and n fe-
males. Seventy-nine of the whole number of
deaths were children years old and under, and
Il were between the ages of 6 and 21. Thirty
died OF dlphtheria, ten of consumption, two
were struck by lightning and four killed by ac-
cidents. In one of the deaths from old age the
deceased was 101 years old.
Worthington Advance: The recent failures in
Worthington are supposed by many to be due
to the fact that our merchants have trusted
their goods out to the farmers and are unable
to collect. We have made considerable inquiry
as to this, and find that it is not the case. No
one of the business houses which recently
failed had any large amount trusted out The
failure in the case of two of the firms was due
to old debts and in the other to the fact that
the house had laid in a large stock of goods in
! anticipation of heavy trade, which, owing to
the failure of the crop, did not follow OF
| course, if there had been brisk fall trade, all
our merchants might have pulled through, but
the point we wish to make. on behalf of the
farmers, is that they are not to blame, as is
generally supposed.
! Weakeasiag.
Hastings Gazette.
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