Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02

Mrs. Ole jacobson, of Hawley, Clay county,
had one of his legs broken by being thrown
from carriage few days since.
Mr.. Stark has built and just commenced
running new steam saw mill in Mankato.
The engine if forty hc-se power.
number of persons in Spencer Brook
and vicinity, Mile Laos county, are afflicted
with virulent type of the measles.
The Chatfeld depot is one of the best and
most convenient structures in Southern Min
nesota, so claims the Chatfeld Democrat.
The work on the rebuilding of the White
Nash mill, recently destroyed by fire at
Lanesboro, will be commenced Immediately.
George Oakley, of Howard Lake, Wright
county, has been arrested for threatening to
shoot George Morris, and placed under bonds
to keep the peace.
The Detroit Decker county, Record says
nearly all of the flour manufactured there
will hereafter be shipped west, instead of
east, as heretofore.
Charles Faust, aged - years, son of Gus
tav Faust, of st. Peter, died on Christmas
day of injuries received Thanksgiving day
while skating on the ice.
Reports from all parts of the State are to
the effect that the ice crop is growing rap
idly, and will produce an abundant yield for
next summers consumption.
On the late cold Monday morning man
rode fourteen miles to catch the train at
Chatfeld. He reached the station in time,
but with his ears badly frozen.
After protracted illness, caused by get
ting pine silver in her lungs, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dibbles, of Mar
shall, Lyon county, is slowly recovering.
The school at Red Jacket Mills, Faribault
county, has been closed on account of the
diphtheria, which has Frustrated many of
the scholars. One death has occurred.
The Rush City Post chronicles number
of accidents by teams breaking through the
ice in crossing the lake and river, but fortu-
nately by timely assistance all the teams were
rescued
"The light fantastic toe,'' whatever that
may be, judging from the notices of one or
two hundred local papers, was very numerous
throughout the State of Minnesota on
Christmas Eve.
On Christmas day as O. M. Burnstadt was
driving span of colts in Lake Park they
took fright and ran away, upsetting the sleigh
and hurting Mr.. Brunstadt severely. His
wife, who was with him, was not hurt
Sal. Daniels had stored ISL barrels of
hour IN the depot warehouse at Rochester,
Olmsted county. When marking the bar
rels, preparatory to shipment, he found that
twenty five barrels had been distracted,
Mrs. M. Fink, of Duluth, who was 80
terribly burned by her clothes taking fro as
she lay asleep on lounge near hot stove,
is improving, with prospect of recovery
though she IS yet great sufferer and not
out of danger.
A few nights since Wandersie, of Lime
township, Blue Earth county, was returning
home with his family when his team ran
away, breaking his right leg below the knee.
and his wife's left arm. Others in the We
hlcle at the time were not injured.
The Duluth Tribune of Dec. 9th. saws
"People abroad who suppose that navigation
on Lake Superior is closed, are mistaken
Perky johnson leaves early next week on the
Siskiwit, with cargo of beef, pork, poultry
oysters, &C., for Prince Arthur's Landing
:. A correspondent writing from Vicksburg,
Renyille county, says that town has dimin-
lshed 100 per cent. during the past year.
"Ihere used to be one store, now there is
none." The correspondent pluckily adds
"lf we don't live in a big town, we feel as
big as anybody
couple of nice young mon in Hokah,
Houston county, stole nice, thrifty pine
tree from the graveyard in that place to
decorate as a Christmas tree. The CHASTITY
outrage was discovered and blasted the fruit
OF that tree, and covered the perpetrators OF
the sacreligious act with disgrace and
shame. =
Crookston Journal: MIR. r. Shaw, a
nephew of our townsman b. Fl. Shaw, while
crossing the bridge on Snake river, last week,
missed his footing and fell through the
bridge to the ice about twenty-five feet be-
low, breaking his arm and causing very Sc
rlous internal descriptions which are reported
to be dangerous.
Rush City Post, Dec. 81: Tuesday even
Ing word was received here, to MIR. James
Doyle from his home in Wyoming, that his
little son, about years old, had been yery
badly burned. He had some matches. NAV
ing with them, when be caught his clothes
afire, resulting as aforesaid The accident
fortunately has not terminated fatally.
Mankato ReO5elo: On Christmas day
Louis Wolf, while repairing gun, took it
out to try, and in discharging it the breech
pin was blown out and struck him on the
eye, breaking the ball and filling the other
eye with powder. DIR. Bishop was called,
and removed the PIN, and under his treat
ment the sight in one eye has been partly
restored.
On Christmas day man by the name of
Breton was getting out ties near Hlnckley,
Chisago county, and while thus innocently
employed, thinking no danger near, was shot
by keen-sighted, incautious huntsman
named Alexander Mckenzie, who mistook
Breton for deer! The ball struck the get
ter out of ties just above the elbow and shat
tered the bone.
Taylors Falls Journal. Reports from
the pineries are encouraging. The swamps
are frozen over in good shape, and in some
localities there is snow enough for present
purposes. At some camps they have made
good roads for hauling by flooding them with
water and allowing it to freeze. There is no
doubt but that logs enough will be put in to
supply the demand next summer.
Hokah Blade: We heard Mr.. j. G. Easton
say, while coming on the train from La
Crosse Wednesday, that the Southern Min
nesota Railway company intend before q
great while to build a railroad from Lanes
boro up the north branch of Root river to
Rochester via Chatfeld. This will pass
through splendid country and will make a
paying feeder to the s. M. railway.
Brainerd Tribune: fracas occurred on
the Duluth train on Thursday, between two
breakmen- Branley and Sargent in which
a lantern, a chair and some articles of freight
in the car they occupied were demolished,
when Branley finally drew the stove poker
and struck at Sargent's head. missing him
and striking the conductor, Henry spalding
lwho was endeavoring to stop the ARRAY on
the left arm hatWean the aihou ara s,z.ia4