Daily globe., 1879-05-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A Republican newspaper is about being
started at LIE Sueur.
The pop1lation of Redwood Falls has more
than doubled since last August.
Long Prairie river is bank full, and the
water is still rising.
A freight train was smashed up at Wa
couta the other night.
The Worthington and Window druggists
have ceased selling liquor entirely.
The only two prisoners 10 the Jail at Hast
ings made their escape the other night.
At the late election in the village of Waseca
the vote for license was 238, against 1873.
"Glorious rains'' are the cheering words
coming up from every portion of the State.
The dead body of German named Heig-
hot, was found in Vermillion slough, Dakota
county, the other night. No marks of vio-
lence we're found upon the body.
The other night three tramps were sleep
ing in school house near Waseca. In the
night some party unknown fired a rifle bull
let through the door. One of the tramps
received the bullet in his leg just above the
knee.
LIE Sueur Sentinel, May 49, On Friday
| night. during the heavy thunder storm,
lightning struck three horses of Fred. Raw
escraft, near New Rome, in Sibley county,
and killed two of them instantly.
Sam Dunning, st. Peter, has just purchased
100 head of two year old heifers which are to
60 to the Cheyenne River agency. He has
also recently purchased 1876 head of stock
for Arthur, to be taken into Iowa and herded
during the summer.
Thieving has been going on for some time
in the "Farmers' Home'' at st. Peter,
watches, money, ETC., disappearing. The
other day young chap named Augustus
Wurstnack was arrested and portion of the
stolen property found on his person. He is
in Jail.
St. James Journal: Unquestionably there
are grasshoppers west of us. A gentleman
Just from Sioux Falls informs us that be-
tween that place and Worthington the hop
pers were thick, but that from some unknown
cause they were dying off at great rate, ane
little damage was being done by them.
: Window Reporter, May Is: J.H. Ingall
met with serious misfortune last Saturda,
morning during thunder shower. Hi
house was struck by lightning or rather tn
electric current seemed to enter the house
and the walls spread outward. Mrs. Ingall
was slightly injured by the falling of an up
per joist.
Lamberton Commercial The stable O
Ole Skein, some nine miles south of town
was struck by lightning, on the 2sth ult., an
f burned, consuming also span of horses,
? seeder, thresher, and a number of farmin
utensils, valued in all at ST. 900. Sometim
. since MIR. Skein, through financial trouble
and religious enthusiasm, become insane an
was taken to the asylum at St. PeteI abo1
two weeks previous to this recent misfo
!, tune.
= = St. Cloud Times, May IA: Sylvester Her
= nenlotter, a German farmer residing ne,
y Royalton Station, on the Brainerd Brane
railroad, has got himself into trouble. F
rs couldn't agree with the railroad company
& to the amount he was to- receive for Il
o. right of way over three acres Of his Ian
al and so he piled up lot Of old trees al
a. rails on the track to prevent the cars fro
H. passing. For this he has been arreste
w. taken to Little Falls and placed under bon
at to await the action of the grand jury.
Ir. Todd county 4Argus: John Drauz, of t
town of Ward, left his home last week al
: has not been seen since. He went out, af,
- dark, ostensibly to feed the horses, but |,
III without even taking his coat, since viii
u time the family has not seen or heard frc
no him. The cause Of his sudden departr
he was the inhuman treatment of the family
his father. He would not interfere beca1
ed it was his father, but rather chose to lea,
nv The cries of the mother, while victim
ng MS prutai treatnent, frequently reacned
IN ears of the neighbors. and yet this was p
lis, n1l'teu 10 20 oh unfes's'eo III ci'lii1eo GO
he munlty.