The Worthington advance., 1879-05-29
MINNESOTA. NEWS.
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There is no resident physician in Ca4,
bridge, 1santi 6ouuty.GH!r1G Ls;>':s !ItV 81
Z A man Is reported to have been Knocked
down and robbed in Window the other night
The St. Cloud Times reports the continal
ualce of daily flow Of emigration through
The farmers. Of Rockford, Wright county
are complaining Of too much ruin fol
farming purposes. - .,4}--.,, ,,;uC, Il
A ten year old daughter of Ole Nelson
living near Grove City, Meeker county, dibd
Of diphtheria last week. '''' II
Recently the nunnery, and barn connected
Herewith, at Rush Lake, Otter. Tail county,
were destroyed by fir; ;the works u ~ aninoep;
TSe residence den Of j. 6. ik.p k.tenan of Anoi,
took fire the other day, but tic es'weet
e1tinguished. Alarge portion of the con.
tents were Carried out somewhat DESTROYED
by the hasty removal. ,t-n>~ Is:
Early on recent morning the roof of tlie
steam elevator eaifice In st.. Charles was dis
covered to be on fire. BY, the timely dis
covery the fire was soon extinguished with
out doing much damage.
Anoka City Herald, May, %: The logs
have been running into the booms at Anoka
ever since last Sunday. There have already
arrived 900 railroad ties. The river is at
= first rate driving pitch.
Thomas Barber, living in the west part of
Redwood county, was milking by lamp light
in his stable, when the lamp exploded, set
ting fire the stable Three -hezses, har-
ness, COW and calf, in short everything in
the stable was burned:
Last week James Tierney, OF Elba, Winona
county, was seriously injured by runaway
team in st. Charles. He had one rib wrench
ed from the backbone and thrust into the
lungs, and was otherwise injured. 1t il
thought he may recover.
A few nights since the barn of l.. .Runk,
of Milford, Brown county, was burned with
nearly all its contents, the horses only being
saved. The fire is supposed to be the work
OF SIX tramps, who were seen loafing about
the vicinity in the evening.
A; seven-year-old daughter of William
Brecht, of Hay Greek, Goodhne county, was
almost instantly killed by the kick of a
horse. In endeavoring to snatch a little
baby-girl from too great nearness to horses
heels she met her own death.
Owatonna Journal: The reports that We
hear in regard to the growing wheat are very
favorable. Farmers tell us that though It
came up thinly, it is stooling out splendidly.
The cool weather that followed the rain
seems to have been Just what was needed
Jordan Adoocote, May %: On Tuesday
the walls of the mill were completed and the
framework of the roof was put in position.
j. H. Breidert, of St. Paul, arrived with the
iron for the roof and crew of workmen, on
Tuesday night, and is at work laying the
roof.
An explosion occurred at the Faribault
gas works, the other day, doing considerable
damage to the building, setting it on fire.
The flames were speedily extinguished by
the fre company. The explosion was caus-
ed by q leak in the pipes, the escaping gas
coming in contact with a test light.
St. Cloud Journal-Press:: The young
man Irwin, whose attempt at suicide at Avon
We noticed last week, has concluded to live a
little longer. DR.. Waite and about quart
of mustard tea took all tie love and desire
to make cold corpse of himself out of him.
He left Avon on Friday to ego on the drive. -
George B. Winship, publisher of the Gale
donia Courier, in Houston county, an
nounces the discontinuance of his paper, for
business reasons. Other places, he says, af-
ford greater business advantages, and he has
selected another, as yet unannounced, loca-
tion where he will engage in the printing
business.
New. Ulm Reyieao: Sharpers are practic-
ing new swiudle among the agriculturists,
and which is, proving very auccessful IN
some portions of the State. They approach
their victims under the pretense Of pur-
chasir egg, poultry ETC., and if a bargain is
concluded, the purchaser pays one dollar to
seoqre the bargain.
J. A fisherman fell into the water at Little
Falls, MINI, and on getting ont hung all
his clothes over a fire to dry. They were
ignited and entirely consumed, leaving
their owner naked aud three miles from
home. Seeing woman approaching, he
submerged himself to the neck in the stream
and bargained with her to lend him some of
her skirts.
Burton A. Livingston, highly esteemed
citizen of Alexandria, Douglas county, took
his own life by a pistol shot. The announce
ment Of the deed threw the village into a
state of excitement never before known, lin
letter written before he killed himself, he
spoke in the most loving and endearine
terms of his wife and three little boys, whom
be leaves in sorrow and desolation.
LIE Sueur Sentinel, May %: A narrow
escape from death by lightning was made on
Monday of last week, while MI. Goodman, a
resident of Sibley county, about fourteen
miles from LIE Sueur, was sowing timothy
seed in his field. Lightning struck his wire
fence, then jumped from the fence to tin
pan in which be was carrying the5grass seed,
close to his side, and then followed down
his side and leg to the ground, leaving red
streak one inch wide, which was visible for
several days.
Red Wing Free Press: During one. of
the recent storms Mr.. Robert and family, of
McCanterville, Wilkin county, were sitting
in one room while their little baby was lying
asleep IN the cradle in An adjoining room,
and near an open window; when Mrs. Rob-
erts went to look at the baby she found it in
sensible and black in the face. lightning
had entered through the window and struck
the child. It remained insenslble several
hours, and sevefal11ays passed before it re-
COVERED from the shock, and its natural COL
or has not yet returned.
During the rain nstorm of recent date q
deluge of water fell, as if from a bursting
cloud, on the farm of p; Murray, ,'uear the vii:
lage of Saratoga in5 Winona county, which
tore up and totally destroying thirty acres OF
his corn: Tho water found its way to the
creek where the element went rushing on,
damaging the Hampton mill dam somewhat
and making clean sweep, of tue ono at
Pekin. NJ. Daimler, proprietor Of, the Troy
mills, discovered the water in time to raise
four of his waste gstes, thus saving his dam
A son of MI. Joseph Wbeelock saw the rain
fall, who IL reported Is saying that the waite,
rolled oyer the ground carrying, 2, front OF