Little Falls transcript., 1879-08-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS

STATE NEWS ITEMS
Brown Comfy.
Lon. Gates, farmer of Langola Ben
ton county. died July 22d, at St. Cloud
from the effects Of a kick OF mulew, ich
ne received two days before, that
place. T.
5Faribault County.
Z John McKibben, of Winneba3 City,
had one of5hls hands terribly m1ilated
in self binder the other day, bit will
recover with the loss of a single finger.
Lincoln County.
Diphtheria prevails to considerable
extent In the southu csten part 4 Lin
coin county. Several railroad ma have
1t: MIR. Halpin has had five casesin his
family, and two of his children hay died.
i The house of Mrs. Mayott, at Mashfeld
was struck by lightning few day ago.
The cat and dog, lying under the.stove,
were killed. No other damage done.
There were two persons in the hsnse at
the time.
Stearns County. !
The clerk who sleeps in Weyers store
at Spring Hill, stearns county, ths other
night when about retiring, discosered a
| man in the store. He fred all tie shots
OF his small seven shooter, hut tle man
lodged behind counters, boxes, &C., snd
finally leaped out through Il windelv. The
clerk could only find where two balls
struck, and consequently thin ks tfr other
i've took effect, but owing to ths small
size OF the revolver did not BRING down
the game. The thief had secuted $13
from the money drawer. .,'
St. Cloud Times, July 80: It will he re-
membered that some time since Henry
Waterman, OF st. Augusta, died fpm the
effects of strangulated hernia. H left a
wife and a number of children, ana about
forty acres Of grain. The widow being
poor, was at loss to know how to har-
vest the grain. The priest in at parish,
knowing the circumstances, requested the
men of the congregation to attend early
divine services on Sunday last, and thenn
go into the widows field and cut hc1
grain. This was followed out, and the
entire crop was harvested and put up on
that day. Who will say that this was not
q worthy decd, and becoming. even on
the Sabbath.
Winona County.
The house of Capt. Dawley, st. Charles,
was entered in the day time, one at
ternoon lately, in the absence OF the fam1-
| ly, and robbed Of thirty-fve dollars in
! money.
Wilkin Comfy.
While examining the State salt lands
in Wilkin county, near Breckenridge, the
commissioners came upon large tract of
| quaking bog land. Running in north
| west and southeast direction was line
Of mounds from 600 to 800 feet in diane
ter at the base, and from Is to 80 feet
high, Of conical form, the slope being
! about As degrees. These mounds were a
shaking bog to their SUBMITS, where were
| found circular opening to 8 feet in
| diameter, filled with clear cold water and
OF unknown depth, pole feet long
being their only means Of testing the lat
ter. Most singular Of all, a few feet from
these walls, upon digging from 16 to "a
inches, solid body of ice was found.
Freeborn County.
Many of the farmers in Freedom
county are beginning to stack their Nheat,
which is better than they expected.
One Of the tramps confined in the city
! calaboose at Albert Lea, the other even
ing set it on fire. The fire was discovered
IN time to extinguish it without its doing
much damage. At this the tramp got
mad and tore his clothing into shreds,
| and the fellow remained in confinement
in the calaboose for three or four days in
perfectly nude condition, when he re-
quested one of the policemen to bring
him a needle and some thread to fix his
clothing with.
|. Meeker County,
Seventeen tramps were tished out Of
dark holes in Litchticld the other night.
and put in Jail.
Last Thursday afternoon IL terrible ac-
cident occurred on the farm of Mr.. John
Mol]er, a few miles from Grove CITY.
NJ. Mollcr was engaged in cutting grain,
while his three-year old boy was Playing
in the field The boy went unottserved
into the standing grain and amused him
self with picking up kernels Of grain on
the ground. The place v ere he went in
was covered with tall grain stalks, or
straw, which was densely interviewer
with woodbincs or buckwheat, rendering
it impossible to see the little fellow living
on the ground. Hhe result was that when
the reaper came along to the spot where
the boy lay, he was caught in the sickle
| and almost butchered alive. Several of
HIS fingers were cut off, and his right leg
| almost served from the body, both bones
being snapped of. leaving tile limb con-
nected by narrow strip Of flesh. Strange
to say the little fellow survived his fear
full calamity, and is now doing pretty
we'll under the careful attention of DR.:
Erich son. The doctor entertains strong
hopes OF his speedy recovery
Blue Earth County.
Thirty tramps boarded the train at
Mankato Junction and took free ride to
GAINESVILLE in spite :of all opposition.
Washington County,.
In Washington county over the river
from Hastings, four tramps robbed a
harvest hand of his coat and vest and four
dollars in money.
Several Of the genus tramp have been
hanging around the boom at Saltwater
the past few days. some of whom. in an
apparently unconcerned manner, were
making inquiries as to the time and place
of payment of the employees. This TACT
being made known to the secretary of
corporation, MID. s.. Proctor, that gen.
tleman considered prudence the better
part of valor, and on Sunday, Aug. 2,
~ith large amount of money for the
payment of the men, went up to the
boom in row boat, instead of driving
alone in his buggy, as has been his Gus
tom hitherto. If the suspicious inquir-
ers had any evil object in vie~ they were
completely foiled in their purpose.
..:: Crow Wing County.
Bralnerd: Tribune: Mr.. Kerr, chief
sawyer at Jones Bros, met with severe
accident one day this week, that will Law
him up for some time and probably Grip
Pile him for life. :, He undertook to tight
en a mt near tho 1arra circ1,lor 90 ~ IA,