Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-11
MINNESOTA NEWS.

the river closed.
The Glencoe Register reports trade remark
Ably lively in that town.
Coal is reported to have been found in the
immediate neighborhood of Moorhead.
A cooper in Pine City has turned out, this
fall, over three hundred handmade pork bar
rels.
Rev. J. X. Alexander was duly installed pas.
tor of the Presbyterian church in jackson last
week. -
l. Blakely, of Jackson, was thrown from his
horse the other day and had his collar bone
broken. - -.
fuel famine in Morris, Stevens county, is
producing good deal of inconvenience and ex-
element. s*'-~ FL
The brewery of MIR. Ochlschlager of Fergus
fals' Utter Iall county, was destroyed by fire
last week. .--0' = : :
Henry Young, of Chatfeld. reports weld of
l,00O bushels of ruta baga turnips from seven
acres of land. $500.
Fruit and forest trees by the carload have
lately been received at the depot in Jackson,
Jackson county.
The residence of Mr.. Bhigley. of Mankato,
was destroyed by fire the other night. The
furniture was saved.
The military company in Wabashaw having
disbanded the cannon in their possession has
been reclaimed by the State.
On recent night the house of Charles L..
Paul. Of Dodge City, was destroyed by fire.
Most OF tho furniture was saved. ...3
Work on the new school building in Granite
Falls is going forward rapidly. it is a fine
structure, and credit to the town.
David Rand, of lakewood, Wabashaw county,
by the upsetting of a wagon, the other day,
had one of his shoulders dislocated.
BY the falling of scaffold, recently, at
H1nckley, Pine county, a carpenter had his
skull fractured. 1t is thought that he will re.
cover.
A son of Paul Nelson, of Danielson, Meeker
county, shot himself through the heart with a
rine "hlzh had been carelessly left loaded in
his way. fEa~
A. j.. Meyers, station agent at Mazeppa, fell
through an open trap door at the Mazeppa
| mills the other day, and had two ribs broken
| and was also mi ured internally.
Last week Douglass E. Drew, aged 81, son of
Oliver Drew, of Mason, Murray county, was
drowned ia Lake shetek by breaking through
| the ice while out to spear muskrats.
The Litchfeld Independent says the eleva-
tors at that place are nearly full OF wheat and
the freighting on the road is SO large that cars
cannot be had as rapidly as wanted.
The other morning the dwelling house of
Fred Hits, of Chaska, was destroyed by fire.
Lie contents We're saved. For a time large
portion OF the village seemed to be endan-
gered.
The burglary of hardware store was perpe-
ratea IN carver few nights since. The
! burglar was detected, arrested, confessed his
CRIME, restored the property taken, and was
| committed to Jail.
| Last week as Michael Tobin was driving a
lumber wagon from Elizabeth to Fergus, Otter
Tail county. he was thrown out by the break
| ing OF the tongue and received serious injuries
abont the head, but will recover.
| Tx1N
Lanesboro the other day, and quite an excite
ment was caused. The people rallied and
instituted the opposite of a still hunt" and
the lads were found late at night.
Hon. James McHench, of Plainview, Waba-
shaw county, recently met with serions acct
dent from frightened runaway team. He was
| picked up In q helpless condition, and is
thought to be seriously injured internally.
The Lamberton Commercial says J. A. Sim
ing south of that town, has los living descend
ants, including large family of sons and
| daughters, grand children and great grand chill
dren.
Spencer Carr, Of Campbells hotel, Glyndon,
| Clay county, INDUCED in playful scuffle with
one OF the guests the other day in which he
fell, and on the weight of his competitor com.
! diagonally below the knee.
D. l.. Boardman, of Troy, N. Y, unsolicited,
has presented to the Presbyterian society of
Buffalo, Wright county, a bell weighing $50
pounds. for The steeple Of their church edifice,
| Mr. Boardman was a visitor at Buffalo last
summer, and there learned the need of the
| church.
Stephen Williamson, of Liverpool, ENGLAND
has purchased 1900 acres of land in Polk
county, near Euclid station, for colony OF
Scotch and English settlers who are to come
| next spring. About 5000 acres more nea,
Louisa, Marshall county, are held for the same
people.
On recent evening the dead body of Leoni.
das Bennett was found on the farm of c. OAR
rom, IN jamestown, Blue Earth county. He
had committed suicide by shooting himself,
discharged gun was found by his side. he
was 81 years of age. His mother resides in
Brownsville, Mower county, MINI.
There was night of burglaries, recently, a:
Brainerd. Crow Wing county. The billiard sa-
loon OF W. T.. Martin was robbed of over $50
from the till. s. G. Leland's place was cleaned
out. Lebenski's tailor shop was robbed of two
suits of clothes. French's was robbed of mu-
SIC box valued at $50, silver spoons, money,
etc. Mrs. Davis book store WIS robbed of sis
IN pocket cutlery. Pretty active work this, for
one night.
In speaking of the Davenport railroad ex-
tension, the Lanesboro Journal says surveyors
are in the field north of DEBORAH, running a
preliminary line from that place to point on
the Southern Minnesota. They will probably
run to Houston, by the way Of the Riceford
creek. and then run line to Lanesboro. These
are the two experimental lines to be run at
once. The survey to Lanesboro will be made,
very likely, down the valley extending from
the Scotch settlement to Lanesboro, and a
liner route, in the opinion of the Journal, in
or out of the Boot river valley does not exist.