Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-11
MINNESOTA NEWS

A very large crop of oats in Stevens county
is reported.
A new school building is soon to be erected
in Rushford.
The diphtheria is prevailing at Lakeville.
Dakota county.
Juvenile thieves are robbine orchards in
gardens in Shakopee.
The walls of the new court house at Fergus
Falls are going up rapidly.
The new elevator at Fergus Falls is to have a
capacity of 100000 bushels.
Sickness among children prevails in Albert
Lea to considerable extent.
After the 18th of August the slaughter of
prairie chichens will be Q)awful.
New wheat is beginning to find it's way to
market at various points in the State.
The crop of sugar cane in Plpestone county
IS reported to be large ana doing finely.
It is reported that the corn and potato crops
OF Scott county will be simply enormous.
A. F. Storey has been appointed county at
torney OF Morrison county in place Of Clark,
resigned.
The amount of taxes levied by the commits
| sioners of Goodhue county, at their late SEES
sion, was $4,000.
It is believed that railroad trains will be
running to Preston, Fillmore county, by the
first of next January.
Orchards in Dodge county have suffered
severely this season from fire-blight. caused nv
the hot days of July.
A 5 year old>daughter of John Geiser, of
Shakopee, had an arm broken, the other day.
by the kick of horse.
Two tramps were arrested and locked up in
Willmar the other day, for robbing a man of
$15 at Glarum's hotel.
Quite number of horses have sickened and
died in Morris during the past week, from what
seemed to be lung fever.
Last week Mrs. Hutchins, of Cosmos, Meeker
county, fatally poisoned herself and two chill
dren. Mental alteration the cause.
Racine township, Mower county, had the
largest number of cultivated acres in 1878.
WINDOW, IN the same county, standing second.
Alexandria Post: A large apple tree growing
in the yard of John Simonton bore full CROP
OF blossoms in the spring. Most Of the fruit
blasted On the 1st of August it again BIOS
somed as fresh as May.
The merchants and business men of Morris.
Stevens county, are anticipating great in.
crease in business, and are making correspond
ing preparations to meet the anticipated PROS
porous state of affairs.
The other morning, Charles Armenian, a
worthy German farmer, living near Pine Is
land, Goodhue county, was kicked in the
bowels by sucking colt. producing injuries
resulting in death. he was ~ years old.
In Rushford, Fillmore county, the other day,
rattlesnake with seven rattles was found in
bundle of wheat. Four rattlesnakes and
numerous garter snakes and blueracers have
been killed in the same field the present seas on.
New Ulm Review: We learn by gentleman
from Tracy that the track on the new road is
now laid about eighteen miles and that men
are at work laying iron night and day, He
also Informed US that the company contemplate
extending this line to Jim river this fall.
According to the latest revised game law.
sportsmen cannot enter nor allow their dogs to
enter growing grain, and permission must be
asked of the owner to enter enclosed grounds
at any time. Violations of these provisions
subject the transgressor to penalty of $40.
The other evening the house of John Strom.
who lives about five miles east of Cannon
Falls, was struck by lightning. Mrs. Strom
and her little children were alone in the house
at the time, but were not injured. The build
ing took fire, which Mrs. Strom succeeded in
quenching before it gained much head WAY.
Last week Miss Hattie Harrington, daughter
OF jerome Harrington, residing near the Zum.
bro River, just north of Byron, Waseca corntv
was killed in trying to lump on q passin,
horse at her fathers barn. She lit 8on the
horses back on her knees, the horse iumped
and threw her, the conclusion fracturinc her
skull and causing instant death. She was
81 years OLE. a
Henry Zoller, of Helena, Scott county. Wills
driving team, the other day in a harvest field.
was thrown in front OF the machine and was
cut aud mangled in Z fearful manner. The
bone of the right leg was cut entirely thronoh
and the foot left hanging by the muscles. The
left leg was not so badly cut, the bone not be-