Daily globe., 1879-05-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The cheese factory of Winnebago City
gets 5000 pounds of milk a day.
A thief made futile attempt to break in
to the postofice ut Jackson the other night.
Limited portions of the State are reported
to be afflicted with grasshoppers, but not to
80 destructive an extent as formerly.
Rush City Post: The trains go loaded
with lumbermen into the pineries, and as
general rule the lumbermen are loaded with
whisky.
Renville Times, May Is: The wind of
last Friday night blew down and destroyed
new residence belonging to James Barkey.
Fortunately, no one was injured, rs the
building was not occupied. ,aa
Montevideo Ventilator: Lightning struck
the barn of j. G. Mccoy, in the town of
Lourriston, in Chippewa county, on Satur
day evening last, killing a valuable yoke of
struction.
On late afternoon fracas occurred at
Rochester, when one party drew revolver in
self defense. That ended the quarrel, the as
sailant retreated. Though the pistol was not
loaded, and had q defective lock, it answered
all the needful purposes as peacemaker.
st. Louis Journal: A man in Martin
county was arrested last week and fined $40
and costs for setting prairie fires, and in
default of which was committed to the Blue
Earth county Jail for thirty days. A few
such arrests in this county would be ben eff
cial.
Glenwood Press: Long lines of teams
with several yoke of oxen or spans of horses
are continually passing through town. There
fow foroi1ioc will <>f
them are not emigrants but parties going
west to break on their claims taken last
summer.
Fairmont Sentinel: At the rate building
is going on at present, Fairmont will make q
splendid showing in her this years building
statistics. There is quite probability of q
new towns springing up about midway be.
tween Fairmont and Sherburn on Judge
Campbell's land.
The line of railroad from Tracy west il
ter township, and about q mile south o.
Rock lake, passing two or three miles south
of Marshfield and touching Lake Benton
about half way between Marshfeld anG
Lake Benton postof6ce.
Loo qui Parle Independent: A little sor
of Mr.. Arnold, 13 years of age, who re-
sides in township 118, range 46, while
leading horse tied the halter around hif
waist. The horse took fright aud ran
drawing the little fellow after him. Whe1
!, released he was dead, his neck was broken
Mr.. Jos. Bergher, of Blue Earth county
, and member of the Second Minnesot
regiment, has had his pension increased from
$3.50 to $50 per month, dating from the Is
of March, 1875. His back pay under thi
: increase will amount to about $3.50, and b
will also receive about 800 in addition t.
this under the arrears of pension aci
: This places him and his family in comfor
!, table circumstances.
In Christiania, jackson county, during
storm the other night, lightning struck tn
new grout house of MIR. j. H. Ingalls,, whe
t both sides of the house fell outwards, leav
ing the ends standing. The chamber foo
t fell, and though Mr.. and Mrs. Ingalls, wer
t sleeping below and two boys upstairs, n
one was inju.ed. The floor was caught O.
the bed posts or was suspended in some way
and still the whole family mira culously es
, capped.
Winnebago City Sum-; While MI. Fran
v Duncan son was moving his household good
:. to his new house the other day his little DO
s about five years old while walking behind th
wagon with his grandfather, took hold {
i the end board and while swinging on i
9 his foot somehow caught in the hind whee
9 of the wagon and before he could extricat
. it or the wagon could be stopped, his le
e was drawn up against the box, breaking th
thigh bone.
,. Hastings Nep Era, May 20: Many en-
grants have passed through the city the pas
3. week. Last Thursday household passe
v through, and girl, apparently about swe'
y sixteen, with the head of the family dro,
:, some COWS behind the wagon. The gi
coming near the sidewalk, ventured to ste
re upon it, when 4nter fanaSli0s called on
,, > "Jane, get off O. there: they'll fine you
a a Jane Immediately proceeded to the center {
~ the street, exclaiming gleefully to one of th
&c cows, "Go on there, Peggy, you old fool''
Mankato Reoiew: From seventy-fve to
IS hundred emigrant teams, moving westwar
4 daily pass through our streets, often as maj
8; as six, eight and ten in continuous lin
10 10 ladened with families and their goods al
~ ~ farming implements, and followed by drov
of young cattle. Last week the number "
N much the largest since the opening of sprin
" and for the coming two or three weeks ,
vc expect to see the number grow in like pr
y, portions. 1t is pleasing sight and o
ry which indicates the future greatness of o
ng own and neighboring States.