Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-09-04
MINNESOTA NEWS.

,e In Faribault, Mrs. Ed. Remmey, killed
It. rattlesnake in her door yard having q
"a rattles.
k DANIEL CAMERON, ESQ.,, of La Ore
Q. cent, one of the fish commissioners
" Minnesota, put 5000 trout into Hi
d creek on Saturday last.
It HENRY ToURTELLoTTE, formerly q
old resident of Mankato, is said to ha,
struck it rich in Colorado. It's q b
silver mine at Leadville.
THERE is an old gray goose up .
j. Dundas, thirty years old, that has lai
about three dozen eggs and Matched OF
fine brood of goslings this season.
Louis BEsAHsoN was upset from
1 skiff into the river, near Wabasha, an
}. was drowned. He was forty-five yea1
!. old and native of Canton de Vau,
Switzerland.
THREE horses were killed by lightnin
s the other morning, in pasture north q
Mankato. A man standing short di'
3 tance from the horses was stunned, bu
-; not seriously injured.
MRS. ELIZABETH golden, with he
son Thomas, were taken from Chatfiel,
township to the insane asylum at ST
Peter. They had come to the count,
from Boston, and both became ranting.
IT is reported that the pontoon bridge
which are to span the Minnesota rive
between Beaver Falls and Redwoo,
Falls are nearly completed, and will b'
ready for travel in the course of a few
days.
| ABOUT three miles above Itasca, val
liable team engaged in hauling logs, wa
hitched to large double-length log; tn,
log swung around, and drew the horses
into the Mississippi river, and befor,
they could be rescued they were drowned
| A LITTLE daughter of Andrew Nc
Cary, living near Beaver, Winon.
county, was bitten by rattlesnake .
few days since. Her arm and hanC
swelled to three times their usual size
but by prompt and effective medical
treatment her life was saved.
The president of the Northwestern
Dairymen's association is to deliver an
address at the fair grounds at Red Wing,
on the 11th of September, on agriculture
other than wheat raising. The associa-
tion is erecting a building 2Sx1OO feet
for the exhibition of farm products.
SINCE the death of Mrs. McMasters of
st. Paul, who was found dead in her bed
by her daughter, it has been discovered
that the front door key and the watch
of Mrs. McMasters are missing. This
has given rise to grave apprehensions
that Mrs. McMasters was robbed and
murdered.
Rev. S. HALL, of Sauk Rapids, while
driving near his home on Tuesday, fell
from his wagon to the ground, striking
on the back part of his head and neck,
and giving his spine such shock that
when assistance came it was found that
his arms and legs were paralyzed. He
is slowly recovering.
Mr.. VAN FLEET says there were piles
of hailstones at Rock Lake when he
left, nearly thirty-six hours after the
storm, and the trees as bare of leaves as
in January, and Mr.. l.. E. Fellows, of
Rock Lake, who is generally reliable,
dssp s Some si2 h6hffse 65hhffe9fh he'll six inches
shaN Messenger.
THOMAS RYAN, of Inver Grove, IL. -
tempting to pass over q threshing ma
chine while in motion, had his foot
caught in the cylinder, tearing it 60
badly that it had to be amputated. DR..
Barton, of that place, had Drs. Murphy
and Hagan summoned, and the sufferer
was duly cared for. Great sympathy is
felt for his family.
WHEN Mr.. w. II. Fisher, assistant
manager since 1873 of the late St. Paul
and Pacific railroad, sat down to his
desk the other day, he found thereon
bullion bag containing 81 900 in bright
gold, and without word of explanation
attached to it. The money. thus 30 del
icately and surprisingly presented, was
the gift of the employees of the entire
road.
LAST week VIM. Bushnell, of Elk, lost
his stable, together with his team and
harness, by fire. He had been burning
some rubbish and supposed the fire was
all out when he returned to the house.
Soon after he heard roaring noise and
looking out saw his stable in flames.
The stable burned SO rapidly that it was
impossible to get the horses out
Worthington Advance.
A USEFUL device for preventing a
class of accidents by which 80 many
people have been killed or crippled for
ife. has been introduced on the Della
ware and Hudson Canal company's rail-
way cars. 1t consists of movable steps
| which at the stations are let down
within one foot of the ground. When
the cars are in motion the steps are
lifted high, 80 that it is impossible to
Jump either on or of.
The Sauk Rapids Sentinel relates a
very narrow escape of Mr.. j. A. Stan
ton, proprietor of the Eagle nills. He
was opening the gate of mill-pond
when he fell into the pond, and was i'm.
mediately drawn to the bottom and
through the opening under the gate.
Fortunately the gate was raised high
enough to allow his body to pass
through, and he emerged from the watel
below the dam with only some severe
bruises.
LAST week Lyman Murdock, a lad o.
IA years, and son of Hiram Murdock
hotel keeper of that place, came to hi
death rs follows: The tather anu twt
sons were I'D tuo uCAO AO0uAAE SAoAA
when one son passed loaded rifle from
the ground to his brother Lyman, on th'
load, who received it safely; but min
ute later in some careless manner dis
charged it, the bullet entering his lef
breast just above the nipple, when will
but a single word he expired.-Fergu
Falls Journal. '"''.*
! MIR. HENRY AsHMAN, living abou
Isix miles south of Delavan, met with {
fatal accident last week. He had 60
his grain about all stacked, and whe1
finishing of his last stack was pressing
stick through the cap sheaves of tn
stack, the stick being little rotten
broke, causing Mr.. Ashman to fall back
: wards to the ground, breaking his spins
column, which caused death, after 81
treme suffering, in twenty-four hour
He leaves a wife and two Children
Winnebago City Sun.
, THE superintendent Of public instruc
ton has arranged state teachers inst
tutes for the coming autumn e follows
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