Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.

dam at Big Rock creek was washed out
last week, running the trout pond.
The Red Wing colony, near Heron
Lake, Jackson county, has lost from 700
to 1000 acres Of grain by the grasshop-
pers.
AND now the farmers are grumbling,
say the Morristown Messenger, because
their potatoes commence to show plain
signs of rot.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD son of Mr.. George
Andrus, of Chatfield, was badly scalded
by the upsetting of kettle of jelly on
the stove hearth.
EDWARD STRICKLAND, an old and
esteemed resident of the town of Zum-
bro, died suddenly of heart disease, on
the goth, aged IS years.
THERE is family of sixteen persons
living in the town Of Aldrich, Wadena
county, two parents and fourteen chill
dren all at home, and happy.
The brother of Ole J. Moeslet, of
Wanamingo, Goodhue county, injured
by the cyclone, was fatally sunstruck
on Ole's farm, several days since.
Mr.. PALMER, the owner of the trot-
ting horse which died suddenly at Still
water, naturally feels very badly over
his loss. He valued the animal at $lO,-
600.
PETER HORNER, of the town of Ward,
Todd county, committed suicide recently
by stabbing himself with a butcher
knife. He was single man and not in
his light mind.
The eastern part of Clay county and
neighboring sections of Becker county
have suffered visitation of diphtheria
the past month, attended with fatal re-
suits in some of the severe cases.
A BRUTE named liver Thompson, fifty
four years of age, was tried at jackson
last week for the crime of outraging his
daughter, aged seventeen. He was
found guilty and sentenced to fifteen
years in state prison.
GEO. LINDNER, a young man some
eighteen years OF age, was accidentally
drowned in Simons Lake, some three
miles from Waconia, Carver county, re.
Gently. His brother, John Lindner,
lives on the border of the lake.
+; A YOUNG man by the name of Peter
Sand, residing near St. 10, Stearns coun-
ty, was struck by lightning and instantly
killed recently. 1t is said that the bolt
struck apparently the top of his head,
splitting both his head and body com.
pletely open.
CATTLE buyers, purporting to be from
Iowa, are in Rice county buying cattle,
for which they pay forged checks
Farmers should insist upon the ready
money down" when they sell their cat
tie, and not accept checks from stran
gers.
WE learn that a young man nance
August Durhem, aged Is years, who re
sided on section II, town of Riverdale
was drowned in the north branch of tn,
Watonwan river, near John Doolittle'
house, on the 13th.-Modelia Watonava,
county, Times.
The late Col. Hewitt, of st. Paul
left no will, and Mrs. Allie Hewitt, hi
wife, has filed a petition in the prohat
court setting forth that the real estat
left is valued at ST., 900, and the person
al at 81 900, while the debts amount
J about $4,000.
Mr.. Lou GATES, farmer living i
the town of Langola, died at st. ClouC
from the effects of kick from a mul
which he sustained while in that city
} The mule kicked him in the pit of tb
: stomach. Mr.. Gates was one of tn
leading farmers in Langola.
FosrEN OsTENsoN, one of the earl
! settlers of Nicollet county, died la
week at Scandian Grove, Lake Prairie
On Saturday last another old residen
Ole 7. Strand, of Lake Prairie, died, age
eighty-two years. He came to Lab
Prairie twenty-five years ago.
: J. T. LOCKWOOD, of Big Stone Centr
!, built a smudge to drive away mosqu
. toes, and supposing everything safe an
: Aecure went to the house for some di1
ner, but during his absence the fire con
e municated to the barn, and before g
u sistance could be procured the buildir
> and three horses we're burned.
- A MAN named Burton or Barton, Ii,
: ing in the eastern part of Big Stor
= county, left home recently to procure
harvester he had ordered. Shortly aft
q he left home shower of hail destroye
y % his crop of fifty acres, and his wife sci
. a boy on horseback to tell him not
bring machine, as there would be not]
: ing to harvest.
. Mr.. STEPHEN LAWRENCE, who Owl
e a farm in Haverhill township, four an
one-half miles from town, brought I'M
e this Office last week sample of peat di
q covered on his farm. 1t is of good qua
i ity and when sufficiently dried burns
/. we'll as wood. Mr.. Lawrence has larl
q bed of it, and promises to work the sam
-Rochester Post.
e THE territory under the jurisdictic
n of Mr.. G. T. Flint, deputy collector {
4 internal revenue, has lately been enlar
1 ed, and now embraces the counties
q Winona, Houston, Fillmore, Move
o Freedom, Faribault and Martin. Fo
9 merly his duties extended only to Il
d counties Of Winona and Houston al
the eastern part of Fillmore.
IS On the 10th inst. Peter Carroll W
= found dead on log on the West Branc
e just above Princeton. What caused h
g death it is hard to conjecture. He W
+ badly bruised about the head and shou
e ders when found, and it is supposed tn
!, he was either injured in the jam al
o and died from the effects or that fo1
9 play was the cause.-Cambridge CT
d Press.
&c A LARGE number of Jewish INN
grants, according to the Hetreeo Leode
have teen received at Castle Garde
. Most of the men were mechanics, al
every one had little money to beg
IS life with here. Some were going ives
- and small number were bound for Il
& Pacific coast. They all rejoiccd in beir
. removed from the oppressive sway
. the Russian government.
y The Marshall, Lyons county, Messe
E ger has history of Marshall, from whi<
- it appears that in 1872 the land on viii,
! Marshall now stands was bought of Il
-. =. government by Mr.. Milo B. Morse, wi
N sold it in October of that year to Messl
= Blake, Ward, jenkins and Steward, wi
=. plated town, naming it Marshall, aft
- the lake, which was named after Cove
y, nor Marshall; and that it now contai
= one thousand inhabitants.
q The remains of Judge Fl. Thompso
j of Osakis, who died on the 18th, ga