Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-23
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Gathered by the special Reporters of the
Daily Globe.
MANKATO.

Mr.. Thos. Powers family have arrived
safely at Deadwood City.
Hank Crosby is mending slowly from the
effects of his fall, and he is now able to sit
up.
VIM. 0. Smith, of Depue, Bureau county,
ILL.,, is in the city visiting his wife and daugh-
ter and numerous friends.
After few days of refreshing and cool
weather we have had another change, aud
the mercury has made an upward stride.
Blue Earth county has concluded to prose-
cute the st. Paul & Sioux City road for dam
age done the county property in this city.
Hubbard & Co., of the new mill, received
q belt thirty-six inches wide, 119 feet long,
double thickness. weighs 1000 pounds and
cost $1 500.
The estimated number of acres of crops
destroyed in this county are 1850. The
towns of Ceresco and Mido being the heayi-
est losers, 800 acres each.
In town LOG and 1O8 there are fifty I'M
claimed land Office patents, and besides these
the land officers at New Ulm state there are
several hundred in that vicinity.
3. j. Legerstrom has purchased George
Warmers interest IN the drug business, which
will hereafter be run by him, with George in
charge of the prescription case.
The Winona & St. Peter railroad company
have concluded to make some changes in
their yard IN this city. The elevator will be
moved nearer the main track and three more
tracks put in.
Mr.. Henry Hilton was run over by the
tank of steam thresher, on Saturday which
contained ten barrels of water, and received
serious, if not fatal, injuries. The tank when
empty weighs 1000 pounds.
Mr.. George H., son of Il. G. M. Fletcher, q
graduate of the Mankato high school, and
for two years past pupil in the Michigan
university at Ann Arbor, has been appointed
second assistant in the high school at salary
of $50 per month. It is esteemed good
appointment.
MIR. Winchester, employed as derrick tend
or in Maxfeld & Matthew'S quarry, while
| loading stone Saturday, was struck in the
mouth by q crank, had one tooth knocked
out and two loosened, aud his lip badly mu-
tilated. DR.. J. G. Smith dressed his hurts,
and Monday he went to work as usual.
w. u. Grant and Mr.. Ewing leave, to-day,
for Ortonville, on the line of the Hastings &
Dakota railroad, at Big Stone lake, Mr..
Ewing going into the livery business, and
Grant intends to open hotel. This bursts
the Mankato hotel scheme for time. The
$1,000 worth of encouragement was not
Forthcoming this move.
large party left this morning for Lake
Madison, with tents and boats, for the pur-
pose of camping and fishing and have gem
eral good time, the party consisting of Char
ley and Harry Brown and Profs. Stewart and
Gilbert and others, and as matter of course
they were accompanied by ladies. It would
not be party without the ladies, but it is
my impression they will get more mosquito
/ bits than fish.
Two ruEaways occurred yesterday, one
early in the afternoon, without damage, the
other at six o. clock. .Aspirited team belong
ing to M. B. Rasdall, of the Winnebago
Agency, took the running of affairs in their
own way, with Nell in the buggy. When
they started he drew them up very short and
one of the traces unhitched, thus letting the
tongue down. It caught in the ground and
broke off about three feet. The team ran
| south toward Shanlurtz's block, and made
the turn there for home. He succeeded
| in turning them into the sidewalk at the
Washington house barn, where the broken
tongue was caught and Rasdall was thrown
some ten feet into the air and the team broke
Loose and nearly ran over some men in the
barn door. Nell, in falling, struck
on his left foot, and when he was picked up
it was found that the flesh had been torn
open across one ankle. DR.. Warner was
called, and examined and dressed it. He
found that the flesh, muscles, ligaments and
the ankle point had been torn open. As
Rasdall is heavy, full blood man, it can not
be really known what the extent of the dam
age will be.