Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-04

There is only one prisoner in Freeborn
county Jail.
Ihere IS not saloon or billiard table in
Worthington, Mobiles county.
Henry Steege, of Red Wing, vas fined S25
last week for selling liquor to minors.
Several new cases of diphtheria have oc-
CURED in shakopee during the week past.
DR.. A. G.. Dornberg, one of Mankato's old
est physicians; died on the last Sabbath in
1873
The local papers in several portions of
the State herald decline in the prics of
! -four.
Last year zoe, 900 brick were turned ont
by the Shakopee Brick company, and only
1000 remain on hand unsold.
One forenoon last week, there were forty
seven loads OF wood standing OH Main street,
IN LED wing, waiting for purchasers.
The horse of DR.. Craft, of Worthinpton.
stumbled and fell, throwing the doctor. and
rolling over on to one of his feet, crushing
it badly.
Thomas Williams, of Luverne, a brake
man, had the fingers of one hand crushed
while coupling oars, making amputation
necessary.
~ - DSAtOI LAS SOlu his me residence
property In Preston, Fillmore county, to G..
w. Horton for $1,000. Mr.. Dexter will
make GAINESVILLE, Wis, his future home.
The Wells Faribault county, Adpocate
says: "Our county has five prisoners in Jail,
any one OF whom can cut their way out in
fifteen minutes with dull jack-knife.''
The Wells Aduocate says: 'sNine years
ago, Jan. ?, snow was piled sixteen feet
nigh where the AdUocUte Office now stands.''
ISM that rather steep-or, perhaps, deep?
The benevolence of the farmers of Wells
was made manifest last week. They made
"bee'' and moved Widow Davis house on
to Ter farm-some eight miles east of
Wells.
John Hudson, of Big Spring, Fillmore
county, while skating on Carp creek fell on
the ice, and a number of other bows falling
on INN broke his right leg in two places be-
low the knee.
The dwelling house of Mrs. Ovens, of
Oronoco, widsw lady, was DESTROYED by
ire on the night of Dece 80, with all it's
contents. This is a hard blow, as Mrs.
owens has large family of children to pro-
vide for, and she had no insurance.
destructive fire occurred q few DAYS
since IN brownsville, Houston county. The
ire brokesout in the Scandinavian hotel.
Kept by MIR. Muendt, and as there was a
nigh wind at the time, the fire could not be
checked till three buildings were destroyed.
AT their shops in Shakopee the st. Paul g.
Sioux City Railroad company have the past
year built and repaired cars at an expense of
about $27, 400. On an average for the wear
the company has had in it's employ at these
shops sixty men, whose wages amoant to
$4 900 per month.
Red Wing argus, Jan. 2: A man named
Jack Ienney, working at Hay Creek brew
cry, was overcome with intoxication on last
week tuesday evening, and on Wednesday
morning his lifeless body was found on a
cross road between the Hader and Wana
mingo roads, frozen stiff.
A hotel situated in the south part of the
village of Waterville, LIE Sueur county. called
Our House, was destroyed by fire some
nights since, the work of an incendiary-a
tramp, 1t is supposed, who had been refused
entertainment for the night. Not much was
saved; even the family clothing was lost.
special town meeting was called in
Delano for the purpose of providing means
for the construction of new bridge over
Crow river. By nearly unanimous vote
the supervisors were authorized to issue
town bonds not to exceed $500, to raise
the necessary funds to construct the bridge.
In Albion, Wright county, several men
were attempting to hang up large, heavy
hog, which they had just butchered, when
the chain by which the hog was suspended
broke, letting heavy lever fall on the
shoulder of August Holmberg, bruising him
badly, and striking boys leg, which broke
both bones below the knee.
The Rev. G. 81. Deere. of Rochester.
preached at OWatonna one Sunday evening
recently, and left the pulpit suddenly with
out Waiting to pronounce the benediction.
He was afraid he would miss the train. and
trains don't wait for prayers OF benedictions.
The editor of the Owatonna Journal thinks
that had the preacher waited to pronounce
the benediction the Lord would have held
the train.
st. Cloud Times: A disease has beer
prevalent among horses in this city for some
time past, which somewhat resembles the
epizoot, but yet is different. Some term it
q species of typhoid pneumonia. Mr.. j. r.
has lost two valuable horses from
the disease, and number or others have
been sick. Coates & Freeman's horses have
nearly all had the disease, but are getting
along very we'll now. Sheriff Mickley's step-
pers are also similarly afflicted, but are now
past danger. We have heard of no deaths
but the above,