Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-23
MINNESOTA NEWS,

The new banking house at Ortonville, Bic
Stone county, will go into operation about the
1st of. October. :,
A small boy, son of Mr. Leo of Jackson coun-
ty, had leg SO lacerated by the sickle of
reaplng machine as to rendea ampatatiou nee
essary.
The house of Henry Brown, of St. Cloud
was entered by burglars the other night, and
two jars of butter, some clothing and little
| money were taken.
The store of Hebeisen Petersen T. Co.. Of
Carver, was entered by burglars the other
night and robbed OF goods and money to the
| amount of about $40.
The ether day Frank Blake, of Rsyenn.
| OF Dakota county, while at work on thres,s;nv
machine, had one leg broken and receiver
other severe injuries. a,.-s
county, aged IA years. fell from q STACK on q
rake handle the other day. and received in
Juries from which he died the next dav.
Benson, (swift county, Advocate, Sept. a.
Wheat has been coming in we'll this week. and
good price has been paid for it. We kn, = {
several who received IS cents on Tuesday and
heard of one man who sold 500 bushels a: .h.,
advanced price of 81 per bushel.
The dwelling house of William ApDler,,r If
Princeton, Mile Laos county, was DESTROYED
by fire the other night The roaring of ,no
flames awakened him from sleep. He hsd
lively time in hurryiug his wife and children
down stairs. The origin of the fire ia a mss
terry.
Moorhead tolay oounty)s Advocate: John
Erickson garnered 1874 bushels of No. wheat
from ~ acres sown on the sod-over 80 bushels
t. tho acre. He also received 1878 bushels of
wheat from l65 bushels of seed-a return of
twenty and one half times the quantity sown.
Also he received l, 116 bushels Of oats from 4S
bushels OF seed-a return of twenty-six times
the quantity sown.
Appleton (Swift county, Recorder, Sept. Is:
Saturday, September IS, at about P. M, Miss
Sarah Cook, aged IL years, sister of Ira Cook
while running, fell over grindstone, striking
her chest and shoulders. When discovered aha
was conscious and was able to walk into the
house. but wasimmediasely taken with spasms.
The spasms continued at intervals for sir
| hours. when she died.
Morris (6tevens county, Tribune: A sad 40 i.
cident occurred the other day whereby Daisy,
the infant daughter and only child of Mr. and
Mrs. Harris, lost her life. 1t appears that at
the dinner hour, and while the parents were at
the table, the child crept up, unperceived, and
| pulled over cup of hot coffee, the contents
splitting upon and scalding its face breast and
| stomach 30 severely that the child died in
few hours.
The local papers of the State sre utterine
timely warnings to the farmers to institute
precautionary measures to guard against prairie
fires. Now that the frost is killing the grass it
is becoming very combustible, and fire. will
| soon begin to run. The grass is repu:ed to he
heavier and of greater heighth than It has been
for many years, and hence the fires will be up-
| usually intense and fierce. No farmer should
| neglect 10 pillow around his fields, and especially
round stacks and buildings-snd in case Of
high wind, unless there is broad belt of
plouehing, the fire will skip over.
The Owatonna Review gives somewhat es-
tended account of the advent of two perscns,
into Owatonna, well dressed man and woman
With plenty of money. They secured ouarte1s
at the leading hotel, but something wrong
being suspected they were 'shadowed'' by the
sheriff and marshal In their absence from
their room their trunk was examiu-
ed and several thousand dollars in good monev
found, and valuable jewelry amounting to "A
much more. While the officers DELAYED al.
resting them, probably not having sufficient
proof to hold them, they skipped the town.
just as the officers had got ready to nab them,
and their present whereabouts is unknown. 4
great deal of counterfeit money has recently
got into circulation, and these parties are eun-
posed to belong to gang who are putting il
in circulation. The officers are still in search
OF the handsomely dressed Husband and
wife," and the gang $500 -