Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-06-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Mr.. WILLIAM GRAHAM has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Olmsted in place
of Sterling Cross, who lately resigned.
The Archibald Touring mill at Dun
das is to be increased to three hundred
barrels per day at an expense of $50, 600.
LAST week J. F. Thompson, of Swan
lake, Nicollet county, was severely, per-
haps fatally kicked by horse.
The wife of Ex-Governor Stephen
Miller died at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
recently, of apoplexy. She had been an
invalid for many years.
A SORT of whirlwind at Enterprise
the other day upset James Taylor and
load of lumber. Mr.. Taylor was seri-
ously injured.
WILLIAM HERRING, one of the Oldest
settlers in Lura, Faribault county, died
a few days ago of what was pronouced to
be the black jauudice."
Mrs. FRANK LYNCH and Miss Alice
Canoe were thrown from a carriage at
Plainview, the former lady having her
arm broken at the wrist.
THERE is great complaint at Wasioja
among bee-keepers. Bees are making no
honey. One man has lost nine swarms
since removing them from the cellar last
spring.
Ed. POWELL, of Shelbyville, Fari-
bault county, in q good natured scutlle
with a companion, was thrown, and re-
ceived such injuries that his life was
despaired of, but he rallied, and will
recover.
The Red Wing Republican says that
parties who were to be visited in behalf
of the Cannon Valley railroad are now
expected to be presentin the state short
ly, where the negotiations for its con-
struction can be better prosecuted.
The parties who dug up the meteor
have been exhibiting it to thin houses at
Fairmount for twenty-five cents a head.
They have had to bond it for s., 600 ow-
ing to an action commenced for its re-
covery by the owner of the land it fell on,
RECENTLY Mr.. John Campion, Of
Marion, offered saddle and bride to the
fastest horse in town. Six horses en-
tered for the race--a running race OF
one hundred yards-and 0. Fl. Bleifus'
mare, "Flora Wood" won the prize.
THERE is man in Wilkin county who
slays wolves with vengeance. Out OF
81 wolves upon which the county paid
the bounty last year, this man secured
ca, receiving therefore the handsome
sum of $l92.-Brcckenridge Free Press.
THE body of man named Cancette,
who in a fit of mental alteration stray
ed from his home at Little Rock lake,
Benton county, was found on the 18TH
in Gilmanton and recognized by his
friends.
A LITTLE daughter of William and
Bridget Blowers, of Waseca, aged two
and half years, died last week, from
the effects of drinking small quantity
of concentrated lye, which had been left
lying within reach.
VIM. MURPHY, a young man at Viola
Center, in attempting to kill cat got
one of his fingers bit by the ferocious
feline, from the effects of which he faint
ed away twice, has been laid up ever
since, and during the time has lost tt-
teen pounds of flesh.
In the town of Kelso, a boy twelve
wears old, son of William Kusche, sud
denly lost his eyesight about two weeks
ago, and is totally blind now. There
has been no pain or Inflammation, anu
no cause is known for this singular ana
sudden blindness.-,T. Peter Tribune.
A LADY passenger on the St. Paul
road, while eating breakfast at kasoto,
LIE Sueur county, eating house, few
mornings ago, was left by the train, and
what is worse still her baby was on the
t1ain. The conductor telegraphcd for
her to come to st. Peter by the freight,
and held his train till she arrived.
Mr.. J. 1. BELL, while plowing near
Sauk Centre, the other day, turned up
stone hammer weighing twelve pounds,
and the Sauk Centre savans have come
to the conclusion that it belonged to the
mound-builders, who, it is supposed, oc-
cupied the land about eight centuries
ago. The discovery has given new i'm
pulse to mound digging.
On the 22d, Mr.. E. f. DeCamp, an old
resident of Jordan township, Scott coun-
ty, made determined attempt at sui
eide. With a revolver he shot himself
in the breast and in the forehead: The
latter shot only penetrated the skin and
glanced upward; the shot in the breast
may prove fatal. He had been partially
insane and melancholy for some time.
For many years economical young
men with the girl of their choice, on
matrimony bent, have found their way
to Wisconsin to be united in wedlock,
thereby avoiding the license fee which
is required in this state. At last Wis
consin retaliates by sending her dogs to
Minnesota to rusticate while the tax
gatherer assesses the taxes WabQsh0
Herald.
JOHN LAroND, of Belle Prairie, Nor
rison county, while pounding cold
ploughshare, the other day, had parti-
Gle Of steel lodge in his left eye. Surg
ical aid was procured, but it was found
| impossible to remove the particle. lie
repaired to St. Paul to get the benefit of
the best skill in the state. He was
there informed that the eye-ball would
have to be removed, which operation
was performed.
The treasurer of Sibley county has
become so intemperate that the condi-
ton of the county affairs in his charge
is closely watched by his friends and the
authorities. An examination OF his
accounts was had some months ago by
the public examiner, to whom he gave
assurances of reform, which have only
been partially kept.-Wnona Repub|'-
can.
The twenty.one life insurance com.
panies doing business in Minnesota, did
less here last year than in any prece2d'
ing year since the state insurance de.
partment was established, but they had
outstanding in Minnesota at the close OF
1879, 7,44S policies amounting to sl2,:
O43, ,204. The cooperative insurance
associations have taken away good dea!
of the business of the stock and mutual
companies, but the latter are now gain
ing.
AN old gentleman, whose name We
could not learn, met sad and sudden
death in the town of Stony Run, yellow
Medicine county, one day last week
He was assisting MIR. K. Knutson in dig
ging a we'll, and with the latter wa