Daily globe., 1879-06-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Adventists are holding . camp-me

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The Adventists are holding q camp-meet-
ng in Owatonna. r
Fatal cases Of diphtheria are occurring in
st. james, Watonwon county.
The new M. r. church at Moorhead was
dedicated on Sunday, June 10.
The Wabashaw Herald completed it's |
twenty second volume, Last week. .
The report from Rush City is that the |
cranberry crop will be good this year.
Farmers in different localities in the State
say they can see the wheat grow a-days.
The scarlet fever, which has afflicted many
families in Swan lake, it is reported is dis
A communion for the children was held
in the Catholic church at Waseca on We'd
nesday of last week.
Last week j.. F. Thompson, of Swan
lake, Nicollet county, WAS severely, perhaps
fatally kicked by q horse. ..ls{.g
Last week car load of wool, valued at
$2.5OO, was shipped from Chatfeld, Fillmore
county, to Philadelphia.
The new steam ferry boat at Wabashaw
is finished, and has made successful trial
trip, and works admirably.
DIR. 81. E. Garrett, near the Red Jacket
mills, is building one of the finest brick
houses in Blue Earth county.
Mrs. Frank Lynch, of Plainview, Wabashaw
county, had an arm broken few days sint .
by being thrown from buggy.
{ John Peterson, of Otisco, Waseca county,
had valuable COW killed by lightning dur
ing severe thunder storm the other night.
The building of new bridge across the
Red river between Moorhead and Fargo is
being agitated with encouraging prospects
of success.
A little girl, daughter of William, and
Bridget Blowers, of Waseca, aged two and
a half years, died last week, from the effects
of drinking a small quantity of concentrated
lye, which had been left lying within
reach. s,ss
. During late storm, the house of John
Boyn, of Princeton, was struck by lightning.
Bricks were scattered around freely and the
roof scorched. The inmates were not
harmed, though badly frightened.
Wabashaw Herald, June 18: Up to last
Saturday night the Mississippi River Log
ging company had RATED 90,O00,000 feet of
logs, and had at that time about $4,000, 900
feet in the boom and more coming all the
time.
Charles Zeiger, of New Richmond, Wa
SEGA county, dropsied patient, had over q
gallon of liquid drawn from his left side the
other day. The operation gave him much
relief, but his condition is considered very
critical one.
Detroit Becker county, News, Juno IA
| The wheat throughout the county is looking
better than ever before. John Cromb tells
US that his field of sixty-five acres, in Lake
Park, was twenty-one inches high, on ar
average, last Sunday. Who can beat it2
The other day fire was discovered under
the platform in front of the Office doors o1
the Headquarters hotel in Moorhead. A
stiff wind was blowing at the time, but tht
early discovery of the fire and prompt actor
in extinguishing it prevented a serious con
fagration.
While logs were being sluiced through tn
gateway at the west branch bridge at Prince
ton, the other day, a young boy named Joh1
| Trickey fell in and was carried through til,
sluiceway. He swan down to the confluence
of the east and west branches before b,
could reach terra frma.
There are several severe cases of typhoit
fever in Winnebago City, Faribault county
In the family of j. A. eLatimer there are fou
cases of it, two sons and two daughters
The Sun, the local paper of the village, call
earnestly upon the citizens to rid the street
of filth and garbage, and to pay due atten
ton to cleansing cellars, and cleaning u
resident premises.
Glenwood Pope county, Press: Whll
Messrs. Todd and Kinney, of this place
! were en- route to Sank Centre the other da
their horses became unmanageable and ra
away when near Lake Amelia, and Nj
Todd, in attempting to jump from th
buggy, had his leg very severely spraine
near the knee, so he is obliged to us
crutches. Mr.. Kinney escaped unhurt.
, Montevideo Chippewa county, Ve,atizd
tor An old gentleman, whose name "
could not learn, met sad and sudden deaf
in the town of Stony Run, Yellow Medicin
county, one day last week. He was assistin
Mr.. r. Knutson in digging we'll, and wit
the latter was working the windlass. The
had just raised heavy bucketfull of dirt I
the surface, and as the old gentleman too
hold of the bucket to swing it clear frol
the we'll, Mr.. Knutson lost his hold on th
windlass. The BUCKET started back wit
terrific force, dragging the old man with
MIR. Knutson succeeded in stopping the d.
scent of the bucket, but at the expense (
considerable injury to his face, by the swift
ly whirling crank, but the old man went
the bottom of the we'll and was killed by tt
fall. The man who was filling the buck
at the bottom of the we'll escaped uninjure,
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