Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-28
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Waseca County.

Vlie, recently.
While Byron Kearney, of GAINESVILLE,
was sitting, the other evening, in front of.
his place Of business, some one entered
the rear and robbed his money drawer of
$1l.
Jackson County.
Laketield Is to be the name of the new
town near the head of Heron Lake, Jack
son county,
Pine County.
Rush City Post: P. II. Finn, ESQ.,,
lost valuable heifer, short time since,
by lightning. The heifer was standing
near Mr.. Ramberg's barn, in the streets
Of Rush City, when the lightning struck
the barn, ran down and left the barn,
jumping and striking the heifer. The
same bolt of lightning burned off three
or four telephone wires in town, and STIR
red things up generally.
NicOllet County.
A tramp entered the house OF Henry
SUNNI 9r near Swan lake in the town OF
CORTLAND, Nicollet county, recently while
the family were at work in the harvest
field, short distance away, and robbed
it. He was discovered, but lot in time
to arrest him. He fled to the woods and
escaped.
st. Peter Tribune, Goth: MI. Joseph
Putfpaff, who lives near Lake Jefferson.
had the misfortune to have his house and
its contents burned up Tuesday morning
and the whole family had narrow escape.
Several of the children of an old lady,
who lives with the family, were more or
less burned. Nothing was saved.
Hennepin County.
Capt. Geo. Boyd and Edward Hill
were swept over st. Anthony falls on the
21st inst. Mr.. Boyd attempted to swim to
the shore, but failed in the attempt and
was drowned. Mr.. Hill caught on the
apron below the falls and crawled to tue
shore.
Brown County.
A young scamp in Sleepy Eye, who
robbed watermelon patch in the night,
has had to pay IS for his enterprise.
A seven-year old daughter of Mr.. Seek
erson, of Sleepy Eye, fell from pony the
other day and broke one of her arms near
le wrist.
On a late afternoon man fell in fit
on street in New Ulm. When he re-
covered consciousness, he said he was
subject to fits, and had walked forty miles
that day, was on his way to St. Joe, Mo-,
where he had friends living. He was
properly cared for, a small sum was
raised for the penniless stranger, and in
addition he was tlcketed through on the
cars tor st. Joe.
Two furious runaways occurred at New
Ulm, the other day. The first team was
driven by Mr.. Baumann, who was thrown
out, striking upon his head. His team
collided with and started another team
on runaway, which ran over Baumann
who was lying insensible on the street,
and also ran over Anton Echstein, VINO
escaped with little injury. Anton Brey,
who attempted to stop this team, was
badly cut and bruised. Both wagons
were completely wrecked.
Meeker County.
Mrs. Philip Korcher, Of Litchtield, who
was severely injured last week by falling
into celer, is dead.
Up to Saturday night, August 10th,
10000 bushels of new wheat had been
received at the railroad elevator at Litch-
| field, Meeker county.
Benton County.
Sank Rapids Sentinel: Last week Sam
uel Blunt, while at work with his team on
Griffin Bros farm, had occasion to jump
off his wagon. Soon afterwards he was
taken with commissions, and it was all
! that four men could do to hold him and
| take him to his fathers home in st. Cloud
Bunt has been very low since, and very
little hope is enter tanned of his recovery
1t is believed that when he jumped of
the wagon he sustained some internal in
jury.
Stearns County.
st. Cloud TSmea:. Charles Capple, son
of Ed. Capple, had one of his legs brok en-
below the knee, the other morning, while
cutting bundles for threshing machine
at T. c. Alden's. He thoughtlessly step,
ped near the tumbling rod, and his leg
was instantly drawn in, throwing him
down and whirling him around several
times.
Isanti County.
A barn was struck by lightning near
Cambridge, Isanti county, last week,
and burned to the ground. Two boys
sleeping on hay inside the barn were
saved by their father, who got up to as
certain if the lightning struck near by,
and who saw his barn on fire, barely
having time to throw the boys out of the
window upon pile of straw.
Wabas County.
Kr. Kittley, of Bellewood, Wabashaw
county, had three stacks of heat, averag-
ing 300 bushels each, destroyed by fire
set by tramp incendiary.
At Plainview. the other day, green and
innocent harvest hand was cheated out OF
$15 of his hard earnings, by confidence
man, by the use of the three catd monte
| trick.
A son of John Plein, aged 12, of Wato,
pa, Wabashaw county, was kicked under
the chm by horse the other day. The
blow nearly broke his neck, but he will
recover.
A little daughter of r. w. c arpenter
who lives two and half miles cast of
Plainview, Wabashaw county, fell, the
other day, from manager, and broke one
of her arms half way between the wrist
and elbow.
A four-year old son of John Weber, of
Watopa, had one of his ears cut
nearly off the other day by the sharp
edge of the new tire of wagon wheel.
He had fallen so that the wheel just
grazed the side of his head with the above
result.
The fourth annual fair of the Lake
Pepin Agricultural Union will be
held at the Driving Park on Sep
TENDER 18th, 10th, and Goth. The
following are the officers for the en-
suing year: President, Willis Baker,