Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-11

ting many. petty depredations in jackson.
A dwelling house in Waseca, owned by
Peter Mills, was recently destroyed by fire.
Insured.
The reports of prairie fires are very nu-
merous, and the damage being done is very
great.
A sneak thief the other. day stole eight
pounds of honey from the residence of
Frank Anoyke, in Dundas.
It is reported that the wheat receipts in
Hastings for the last two weeks have aver
aged 10000 bushels day.
p. Callahan and Michael Lanahan, of
Freedom, Waseca county, had fifty tons of
hay destroyed by fire last week.
There is more building going on in
Princeton at present than at any time dur
| ing the last five years, remarks the Union.
Mason & Earl, of GAINESVILLE, Waseca coun-
ty, have already made $500 gallons of ex-
cellent amber cane syrup and will make
1000 more. a} @.5.
The house of w. s. Weatherston, of War
saw, Goodhue county, was destroyed by fire
the other day with most of its contents. In
sured for $500.
A collection was taken up on the first
Sabbath in October in the Catholic church
| in Wabashaw for the relief of Archbishop
Purcell, of Cincinnati. :
The October settlement statement of Wa
bashaw county shows that $118, 1917 was
paid for taxes the current year, against
129,436. SO for 1873.
Ortonville North Star: Ortonville is grow
ing faster than any town in the State; there
are sixteen buildings under way here at the
present. writing and more to go up soon.
On recent night @. Keleher, of st. Mary,
Waseca county, had four stacks of wheat
and threshing machine horse power burned
up. Cause of the fire unknown. Fully in
sured.
At late session of the county commits
sioners of Big Stone county three towns
were organized, namely, Ortonville, Custer
and Big Stone. Elections will soon be held
for town officers.
The wheat market at Rush City was ex-
ceedingly lively last week. The largest
amount was delivered on Wednesday, reach
| ing the value of $4,000. The prices paid
ranged from 600 to ST.. -rzsef 81, :. =.
William Gale, of Mapleton, had the ends
of his fingers bitten off by mad SOW the
other day. He was putting rings into her
snout to prevent her from roofing, but acct
dentally put his hand in her mouth. -.
It is stated that a town is to be laid out in
the neighborhood of the Southern bend of
the Chicago & Dakota railway, several miles
from Lake Benton, Lincoln county, which
will be named South Bend. At that point
Van Dusen & Co. will erect an elevator.
Napoleon Glue Earth county, Messenger
Oct. 4: Mr.. Bowman was again the victim
of fire last Wednesday. Not more than a
year ago Mr.. Bowman's three children per-
| ished in the flames. This time he lost
eleven stacks of grain and a large amount OF
hay. f5s'a -t.i s*as.i 1852 %=-#
Frank Arborn, Of Decatur, Nebraska
who had been living in the vicinity Of St
James, Watonwan county, since last August,
committed suicide October 4, on the prairie
about one mile east of the village of St
James by shooting himself through the
heart. Domestic trouble and i'll health was
the cause. He, leaves a wife and two chill
dren in Nebraska. 100
Montevideo Ventilator: Wheat is being
brought from much nearer Granite Falls
than this place to this market, because il
brings a better price. By the way. nearly
i all the wheat coming in now is turning Out
No. l, having been in the stack lol G enough
This brings Joy to the farmer, and will prove
a blessing to the whole country.
DeGraff (Swift county, Courier Whea
has just been piling into the elevator thi!
week. The fairness OF the market prices
and the fine weather has had much to d.
with it. Our merchants are reap1ng the cor
responding benefit. The mill, being now il
} operation, will be another mighty attraction
| A@4 Iof 1oo11 nd 10 &
promising and prosperous winter.
At Ortonville the other day Charles
Chamberlain, careless farmer, got badly
! burned. The Big Stone county Herald says
In lighting his pipe by the side OF load O.
hay, the wind blew the match into the ha!
and set it on fire, and in trying to get thu
load off, in order to save the wagon ane
rack, sustained some painful burns. Th'
hay rack was burned up and the wagon bad
| " damaged. ,....
Hastings New Era: Sheriff Newton ant
posse attempted, few evenings since, to
capture the notorious bully and desperate
John Dougherty, of Meisville. The force
proceeded to Dougherty's neighborhood ant
searched fifteen or more houses, in one o,
which he was supposed to be secreted. But
the fellow could not be found, and the PEG
| PIC WOulu give uO AAAOI"dCAOA
Whereabouts, as they dread his vengeance.
ORtonna Review, Oct. 4: Sunday last
, Mr.. Andrew Anderson, who lives in thu
south part of Havana, was told that foul
stacks of wheat on another PLACE about q
mile and half distant had been burned
Investigation showed that. the cause of the
fire was the burning of straw pile in {
neighboring field, from which the fire had
run in the stubble across a forty acre lo
ana ignited his wheat. The grain was mo-
insured. -,. ~
Some fast boys in Wabashaw handled
loaded revolvers rather carelessly on Sunday
Oct. 5. They undertook to practice on ar
innocent Scandinavian named Charles John.
son. To carry out their plans they got into
a quarrel with HIM, and fourished thei1
pistols. One pointed revolver at his head
and ordered him to march to a saloon an6
treat the crowd. This he did. The smart
and fast youths who fourished the potent re-
volvers were arrested. One was fined $2i
and costs or forty-fve days in prison, the
other seventy-fve dollars and costs or sixty
days in prison. Both are in jail.
/ THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.