Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The walls of the new court house in
Henderson are up.
The new bridge across the Minnesota
river at Big Stone City, is completed.
The other day barn was burned in
Northfield, Rice county, by setting fire to
straw near by.
Burglars visited Chaska the other night,
entered several houses and got awav with
considerable booty. ="
Prairie fires arc beginning to be very
frequently repeated, involving much damage
TO 1arm property.
Many farmers have put safe guards
against prairie fires by blowing around their
houses, barns and stacks
"A steam thresher burned up two stacks
OF wheat the other day belonging to Elias
Moses, OF Herman, Grant county
Jordan (scott County, Advocate Oct. Q:
On Saturday a little Swear old daughter of
John Beckus fell from horse and broke her
right arm. ~
On Sunday evening, while Henry Ware
and family were at church, his house was
entered by some thief, who took from a trunk
pocketbook containing $780,
A prairie fire passed through a portion
OF Cosmos, Mceker county, last week. burning
3 tons of hay owned by Mike Ryan, and 2
tons belonging to Mr.. Hanlan
Mrssrs. Geo. Batemen and Mr.. Casino,
in Lexington, lie sueur county, have already
made over 500 gallons of amber cane svrnn
and will make 1900 gallons by the close Of the the
season.
Glencoe Enterprise, Oct. 1; Last Thurs
day, so we are informed Mr. Lew Foster lost
four stacks OF grain, and Orrin Foster and w.
DE Camp lost their separator by fire. The
facts as we gather are that Mr. Winkleman or
his boys set the oats stubble on fire. and while
the threshing crew were at dinner the fire cot
to the grain stacks and separator and &c.
stroyed them.
Chaska Herald: Chas. Bachman, Jr., and
son of Fred Deltz, Of Young America, were
! out hunting in the vicinity of that place on
a late Sunday, and while resting on tho
ground with their guns lying across their
| legs, Mr.. Bachman's gun was accidentally
discharged the contents OF the gun passinS
through young Delt's leg, inhicting an ugly
| wound ~
While steam thresher on the farm Of
Mr.. schnake, on Rush river, sibley county,
was running the other day chunk of dry rot.
ten wood was blown through the chimney
and alighted in the straw near the separator.
which set everything in blaze almost instan'
~, and burned Mr.. Gishs separator and three
stacks of oats and one of wheat for M
schnake: Mr.. Gish's loss is nearly $500.
Alexandria Post: Several years ago 200
young salmon from the State hatchery were
deposited in Lake Agnes It is not certain
that single one of them has since ever heen
seen, although Chas. Schultz has for a Iona
time had standing offer of two dollars fogS
the first salmon taken out Of that lake. 4 fresh
installment of small fry has been added and
plant has been made of several hundred sal
mon in Lake Darling,an from the State hatch
ing pools.
The City Hotel il LIE sueur was saved
the other night from destruction by fire, by
the timely warning Of dog. The dog was
IN the room with his master. Aroused by the
blaze he commenced to bark He was ciided
by his sleepy master, who again dozed off
into sleep. The blaze becoming brighter.
the dog barked furiously. This caused bis
master to open his eyes, seeing the incipi-
ent confagration gave the alarm and the hotel
was saved. A few minutes delay would have
made it impossible to have saved the building