Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.


A three story brick hotel is to be erected in
Hastings in the spring.
Nearly all the wells in Worthington, Mobiles
county, are dry. There has been no rain since
harvest.
Charles Ranshammer of Jordan, was recent
ly taken violently insane. He has been taken
to the asylum.
The Independent says the wheat market in
Litchfeld is kept or 5 cents above market
thirty miles around.
There is person living in Big Stone county,
so says common report, whom the physicians
pronounce aleper. A movement is being made
to have him removed from the county.
p. Olson went through Litchfield the other
day, on his way from st. Paul to his now loca-
cation at Swede Grove. He says he has coming
the type and other material for a new paper
The late fall of snow, so far as it extended,
has given decided impetus to business in the
logging camps, and the mill yards of "way-
side'' sawmills are being rapidly filed with
logs.
petition is being circulated in LakeviIle
to have new postmaster appointed to that
place, and the post Office removed to some other
building. rem0nstrance is also being circu-
lated, and both papers are receiving a large
number of signatures.
A car load of nitro-glycerine passed over the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway, a few
days ago, for Manitoba. 1t was shipped from
North Adams, Mass, and is intended for blast
ing purposes on the Canadian Pacific railway.
The Hastings Union speaks thus cheerfulIy
| of itself: The Union office is catching it now
The senior editor is SICK the Junior might as
well be, the foreman has been confined to his
bed for six weeks, and the devil never did
| amount to much.
At the Drake school house, Northfeld, after
| spelling school, the sleigh containing a num-
Der of young girls, was tipped over severely
hurting several. The team ran, and severely
injured two other girls who were walking on
the side of the road
Red Wing AdVdnce: Mr.. Gottleib Ziegler. of
Hay Greek, exhibited in this city specimen of
the very hardest anthracite coal, which he claims
to have discovered in large quantities about
four feet beneath the surface of the ground on
his farm in Hay Creek valley.
Worthington Journal Considerable excite
ment is being manifested at Sioux Falls over
| the reported discovery of gold quartz, in Lake
county, forty live miles distant on the farm
of MIR. Luce, residing on the bank of Herman
lake. Parties from the Falls are now looking
the matter up, and We hope that the reports
may prove correct. IA
Mankato Revie,c, Feb. IL: One evening last
week, young woman who claims to reside at
Waseca arrived here via the Winona road, and
applied at hotel in that vicinity for a room
with fire. She was told that she could not be
accommodated. She crossed the street to a pri-'
vate residence and in few minutes afterwards
was taken sick, and gave birth to child. She
was properly cared for.
Bishop Seidenbusch has authorized commit
tee to remove the Catholic church buildiup.
a short distance below Sank RapiCfs to a ulace
in the town of Minden. The work of taking
down the old church and rebuilding it will he
commenced at once. The new building is to-
be made handsome and spacious structure.
ample for the accommodation of the members
of the parish for years to come.
Some excitement was produced in Farming
ton, Dakota county, by the news that the legis-
lature had passed, and the Governor signed. a
bill, amending the village charter so as to re-
quire majority of all the votes east at an cleo
tion to establish mo license" Not that the
amendment in itself was very serious, but the
opposition was to the change of village charter
without the full and free consent of the resi-
dents of the village.
Hastings Union: While working in the
lower bottoms cutting wood last week, Dennis
McNamara had the misfortune to strike the an
into his leg about midway between the ankle
and knee, completely severiug the main bone. ]
de was standing on a log choppinr it in two
when he lost his balance, and pitching forward
just as the ak descended, struck il into his leo
Il was with difficulty that his attending phy-
stefan, DR.. Fitch, could convince him that. the
bone was in TIVE pieces so clean and PAINLESS
was the wound. 1t will be some month"; before
Denny viii be around