Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A NAN has been arrested at Monte
veido and put under bonds for refusing
to work out his poll tax.
THEother day John G. Miller, Dane,
on his farm four miles from Rochester,
Minn., was killed by lightning.
Two MEN got into fight in Detroit,
Becker county, the other day, and one
had finger SO badly bitten that ampu-
tation was necessary.
The latest railroad scheme is the pro-
posed building of a road up the north
branch of Root river from Whalan to
Rochester via Chatfield.-Preston Re-
publican.
MRS. JOHN ARNOLD, of Faribault,
Minn., committed suicide the other day
by taking poison. Alleged cause-a
swearing, drinking husband. Her age
was 60 years.
G. GU1MoNT's barn, in Dayton town.
ship, Anoka county, was struck by
lightning recently and entirely consumed
by fire. A valuable horse that was in
the barn was burned up.
OLoF SHoGMoN, of Cambridge City.
Isanti county, a Swede, aged about SO
years, hung himself, recently, to an oak
tree in the woods near his house. Cause:
Long continued ill health.
1T is reported that the Chicago. Mil
waukee and St. Paul railway company
will put in an iron span in place of the
stone culvert at Wacouta, which was
washed out by the late Acod on the river
division.
On the 18th inst, q son of Eberhard
Nagel, promising young man of Is
years, living near Buffalo, was kicked by
a horse, receiving fatal injuries, from
the effects of which he died an hour
afterward.
MEssRs. CARG1LL & VAN, of Winona,
propose to cut and bale about 5000 tons
of hay in Minnesota, which they will
ship by rail to Green Bay and the differ
ent towns on the Green Bay and Mime
sofa railroad.
The grandchild of Alonzo CLARK, now
residing in Summit Lake township, was
playing near a tub of water on the 10th,
when it slipped and fell in, and was
drowned before any of the family were
aware of it. Washington, Noble, county,
Journal.
IT is now said that the shrinkage of
the timbers in the Sauk Rapids bridge,
before its destruction, was so great that
some of the nuts on the iron rods could
be screwed up two inches, and that the
bridge was so shaky as to be almost
unsafe.
PETER CARR, young man who had
been at work on Clough's drive, on the
west bank of the Rum river, was found,
on the goth ult., laying on log in q
jam, dead. He left the drive a day OF
so before to 90 home, ana was discovered
as above.
DURING a late heavy storm in the night
lately, lightning struck the barn OF
Gustaf Stambilit, of Gulford, in
Wabasha county, and killed a span OF
horses: Between the two horses killed
was hitched the third horse, which es
capped, being only slightly stunned.
MR.. F. HEBER: of Bridgewater, a
mile and a half eas4 of Dundee, brought
into Northfeld an animal which he
called wild cat, but which others
called lynx. He killed him with q
poison which took effect early Friday
morning, The animal was three feet
long, twenty-five inches high, and
weighed thirty pounds. 1t was of a
greyish brown color.
GEO. MARTINS wife died very sud-
denly and singular and on the 9th. She
did her work about the house Tuesday,
the day before, and retired that night
in apparent good health; but when Mr..
Martin arose Wednesday morning he
called her, and receiving no answer he
went to the bed and put his hand on her
head and found her lifeless.- Wells
Weekly Advocate.
MRS. MORSE, daughter of Mrs. Mead,
of Hokah, being informed that her child,
whom she was daily expecting, had been
carried away from Sparta by her hus.
band from whom she is separated, became
Immediately insane and ran out to search
for her child along the lake shore. She
was pursued and Overtaken just as she
WAS about to 60 into the lake to search
for her child. She has since recovered
her reason.
DURING a recent thunder storm the
house of MI. Chas. Morrill, was struck
by lightning, and little daughter was
instantly killed. Another little girl,
Maudie Wood, sleeping in the same bed,
was severely shocked and burned; the
other inmates of the house, Mrs. Morrill,,
Mrs. Rodney Wood, Miss Belle and Miss
Mary Bristol, were visibly effected by
the shock, but sustained no serious in.
juries.-Scott County advocate.
A TELEGRAM from Sioux FAILS says
that on the 9TH, while E. K. Lee, of that
place, together with his wife and a babe
and man by the name of Thompson and
his wife, from the vicinity of Red Wing
and young girl, were attempting tc
cross Split Rock creek, about eight miles
east of Sioux Falls, in a covered wagon
the vehicle tipped over and all were
drowned, with the team, except Mr.. Lee
and the girl, who, with much difficulty,
managed to get ashore.
A SCAND1NAv1AN, about 10 years Of
age, committed suicide, on the 10th by
blowing his brains out with a shot gun
We understand he was prompted to per
form the rash act through difficulty
with his father. Before firing the fata
shot he wrote a note and addressed it t<
his father stating his reasons for taking
his own life, and expressing the hop
that the father would be less severe will
the remaining children and that hi
would be more lenient in his dealing
with them.-Detroit Becker county, Rec
| ord.
Unsubstantial Real Estate.
We are informed that a gentleman
residinging Wakulla county, by tn
name Of Cox, who is cultivating small
farm, upon arising one morning recentl,
was surprised to find that during tn
night his residence had been changed
from region where water could not b
seen to the border of q lake. When h,
retired the evening before his house wa
far away from any pond, lake OF river
but on going out next morning, insteas
of his garden, an immense sink, fifty o
sixty yards square, filled with water