Daily globe., 1879-05-19
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Owatonna has failed in her artesian we'll
enterprise.
Iramps are causing some inconvenience
and uneasiness in Dundas.
Herman Herald: The measles are still
very prevalent in Breckenridge.
The semi-weekly mail route between Lake
City and Mazeppa has been resumed.
The late copious rains and warm weather
have sent vegetation forward with bound.
The people of Lake City are making ex-
tensive preparations to observe Decoration
Day.
Over 100 acres of new wood land has
been planted to corn in the vicinity of
Dundas.
Work has been commenced on the new
German Methodist church edifce in Pepper
ton, Stevens county.
Judge A. G. Smith and wife, of Litchfeld,
celebrated the fortieth anniversary of their
marriage few days since.
The Congregational church at Zumbrota
have secured the services of Rev. George
Holden, as pastor for the current year.
The floors in E. Holmes elevator, in Car
yer, gave way the other night Nearly 10000
bushels of wheat were in store at the time.
Last week G. G. Pineo, of Grand Meadow,
had his stable struck by lightniog and lost
four horses, one COW and all his farming i'm
plements.
The hardware store of Blair & Goodwin,
in Anoka, was struck by lightning the other
day. Three persons were severely shocked
| by the concussion.
Carl Anton Simondet, of Redwood Falls,
died few days since of apoplexy. His
death was very sudden. He has been q
resident of Redwood county many years.
"A year old grandson of Ralf Anderson,
of Brownsdale, Mower county, last week,
kindled fire in his grandfather's barn,
which resulted in it's destruction with it's
contents.
II. Burk, of Winnipeg, left st. Cloud last
week with one hundred head Of horses,
bound for the British possessions. He ex-
pected to increase his drove to 200 before he
left the State.
Anoka City Herald: The stream of emil
grafton is pouring through our streets; never
has it been larger in the history of the coun-
try; every body seems to be acting upon the
advice "Go West"
Benson (Swift county, AAvocate: Benson
has been full Of covered wagons this week.
| Many of them are farmers coming up to
break upon their claims. Others are on
their way further west.
Little Falls Transcript: The other day q
squaw carrying sack of flour weighing
ninety eight pounds left Little Falls in com.
pany with her "husband,'' who walked along
smoking his pipe as unconcerned as limo
cence itself.
sensation was caused at Mazeppa las
week by the mysterious disappearance of d
, Woodworth, who has been resident of tina
vicinity from infancy. He was sober ant
industrious young man. and has wife ant
one Child, who live at Mazeppa.
James Phippen, of Dundas, is laying tn
: foundation for his new mill which will nov
be pushed forward to completion. Th
structure will be seventy feet in length ant
= = two stories high. A large engine house vii
be erected near the mill proper.
Morris (Stevens county, Tribune, Ma
| Is: Settlers are yet arriving on every train
t and by team. Car and wagon loads o
household goods, droves of stock, and al
the attending paraphernalia of emigratin
families, fill every inch of available space il
; the depot and other buildings.
|
! freak is that of the two ladies who ar
d welded to each other and who have gone t
y housekeeping in Mrs. Metcalf's second stor.
There is only one thing about the affair ths
d annoys us, and that is how we are to dn
: out which of the two is ''the man of th
house,
Sportsmen should bear in mind that it
- - lawful to kill game in Minnesota only as TO
D lows: Woodcock, July 4 to Nov. ; prair
chicken, Aug. Is to Oct. L quail or par
8 ridge, Sept. to Dec. l !; aquatic fowl, Sep
d to May IS; elk, deer, ETC., Nov. to De
,, Is; brook trout, April to Oct. l.
= Henderson (Sibley county, Independen
= May 10: During the rain storm on Frida
n night last the barn of Frederick Drave
h and two of his horses killed and a thi,
l. badly stunned. If the barn had taken I'll
e the loss would have been greater, as it Col
tanned thirteen head of horses and colts
It the time. ~
81 Mr.. Albert Locke, of Donnelly, met wit
~ quite serious accident last week while q
~ tempting to draw ball from rifle. It al
70 pears that he first worked-as he thought
then took red hot iron and inserted it
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te gun burst and drove large silver into b
er hand, making q serious wound. The acc
dent is the more serious as Mr.. Locke is
n one armed man, and this renders him ter
;;g porarily helpless.
Litchfeld Ne1os-Ledger: During Il
at storm and high wind last Friday night, t
as house of Mr.. Martin Spellacy, in the toy
nd of Greenleaf, was moved some little distan
by the wind. Mr.. Spellacy was somewhat il
on jured.y He was about going down cellar
zee something when the house moved, and
We legs were caught under the sill. He was col
PEELED to remain in that position until
IN, floor could be sawed out sufficiently to
=. Is him loose. Surely that was close call f
ito serious accident.
A terrible rain storm, followed by hea
zen fall of hail, passed over Montevideo and Il
lay section, the latter part of last week. i
ith hail covered the ground, and ranged fre
ht- one to two inches in diameter. The lar
agricultural warehouse of P. 81. Nettlet
asst & Co., was laid fiat on the ground. Ba
@ ,ne Ietts hotel was moved six feet from its four
IN. alton and badly wrenched. The Method
church also suffered considerable dama
wv From reports from the surrounding count
,ii It appears that large amount of wind
ing glass was broken by the hail stones.