Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-23
MINNESOTA NEWS,

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Granite Falls is going to build $4,000
school-house.
There were two well defined cases of diph
liberia in Lanesboro, last week.
Lake6eld is to be the name of the new
town near the head Of Heron lake, jackson
county.
A rattlesnake with eight rattles was killed
IN the heart of the village of GAINESVILLE, re-
Gently.
Mrs. Philip Korcher, of Litchfeld, who
was severely injured last week by falling
into a cellar, is dead.
A young scamp in Sleepy Eye, who robbed
watermelon patch in the night, has had to
pay SIS for his enterprise.
The telephone wire between Delano and
Buffalo has been torn down three miles from
Delano and 300 feet of the wire stolen.
: Up to Saturday night, August 10th, 10000
bushels of new wheat had been received at
the railroad elevator at Litchfeld, Meeker
county.
A seven year old daughter of Mr.. Seeker
son, of Sleepy Eye, fell from pony the
other day and broke ono Of her arms near
the wrist.
Native grown apples are becoming quite
plenty in Rice county. Last year over 1000
bushels were raised. This year the amount
will be considerably larger.
Prairie chickens are reported to be scarce
this year, especially on the high lands. Va
rious conjectures are INDUCED in, to account
for this, but the fact remains.
Mrs. Edward johnson, of Lanesboro, re-
Gently visited friends in Faribault, with her
two children, where one of them was taken
down with diphther and died.
Mr.. Kittley, of Bellewood, Wabashaw
county, had three stacks of wheat, averaging
800 bushels each, destroyed by fire, the other
night, set by tramp incendiary.
While Bryon 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.
A son of John Flein, aged ~, of Watopa,
chin by horse the other day. The blow
| nearly broke his neck, but he will recover.
At Plainview, the other day, green and
innocent harvest hand was cheated out of
$l5 of his hard earnings by confidence
man, by the use of the three card monte
| trick.
The dead body of man was found the
other day, three miles west of Potsdam, in
Olmsted county. It was badly decomposed
apparently having been dead about two
| weeks.
A little daughter of R. w. Carpenter, who
lives two and half miles east of Plainview
Wabashaw county, fell, the other day, from
manager and broke one of her arms hall
way between the wrist and elbow.
| The chimney for the steam heating appa
ratus at the Minnesota institute at Faribaul
will be seventy-two feet high, requiring CO.,
coo brick. The three large boilers to be
nsed weigh five tons each.
| A 4 year old son of John Weber, of Wa
| topa, had one of his cars cut nearly off tn,
other day by the sharp edge of the new tir,
OF wagon wheel. He had fallen, SO tina
the wheel Just grazed the side of his heat
! with the above result.
Wykoff (Fillmore county, Dollar Weekly
A new town has been laid out in the south
eastern part of the township Of Newburg
this county, by the narrow gauge company
which is expe cted to absorb Riceford. Hes
per, Bellville, Newburg, etc.
The farmers of the town of Ida, Otter
Tail county, complain of Indian depreda
tons on the cranberry marshes. and of the
injury they do to the best timber trees b,
peeling off the bark, and of the reckless
slaughter of deer in and out of season.
| A tramp entered the house of Henry Sum
ner, near Swan lake in the town of Court
land, Nicollet county, recently, while tn
family were at work in the harvest field,
short distance away, and robbed it. He wa
discovered, but not in time to arrest him
He fled to the woods and escaped.
st. Peter Tribune, Goth: Mr.. Joseph Puf
patf, who lives near Lake Jefferson, had tn
misfortune to have his house and its con
tents burned up Tuesday morning, and th
whole family had a narrow escape Severs
of the children of en- old l1dy, who live
with the family, were more or less burned
Nothing was saved.
/ ST. Cloud Times: Charles Capple, son o
I'D. Capple, had one OF his legs broken be
low the knee, tha other morning, while cut
ting bundles for threshing machine, at T
@. Alden's. He though;lessly stepped nea
the tumbling rod, and his leg was Instant
drawn in, throwing him down and whirlin,
him around several times.
On q late afternoon a man fell in fit o.
8 street in New Ulm. When he recovere
consciousness, he said he was subject to fits
and had walked forty miles that day, was OF
his way to St. Joe, Mo-, where he ha.
friends living. He was properly cared for,
small sum was raised for the pennies
stranger, and in addition he was tickete,
through on the cars for st. Joe.
barn was struck by lightning near Cam
bridge, Isanti county, Last week, and burne,
to the ground. Two boys sleeping on ha
inside&he barn were saved by their father
who got up to ascertain if the Lightning
struck near by, and who saw his barn Of
fire, barely having time to throw the boy
out of the window upon a pile of straw.
Rush City Post: P. H. Flynn, ESQ.,, lost
valuable heifer short time since by light
ming. The heifer was standing near MI
Ramberg's barn in the sire cts of Rush City
when the lightning struck the barn, raj
down and left the barn, jumping and strik
ing the heifer. The same bolt of lightnin,
burned off three or four telephone wires il
town, and stirred things up generally.
In Fountain, Fillmore county, on tn
morning of August Is, man named Jos
Kert was found near Nj. Madden's with hi
skull badly fractured. He was under tn
influence of liquor; he does not know VIII
did it. The wound looks as if done with
heavy piece Of iron or dull Ratchet. I'll,
man says his folks live in Highland, Iowa
they have been telegraphed for. The mar
is in a critical condition and can hardly b,
expected to live.
Two furious runaways occurred at New
Ulm, the other day. The first team wa
driven by Mr.. Baumann, who was thrown
out, striking upon his head. His team col
lided with and started another team on ,
runaway, which ran over Baumenn who wal
lying ipsensible on the street, and also ra,
over Anton Echstein, who escaped with lit
tie injury. Anton Brey, who attempted t.
stop this team, was badly cut and bruised
/ Both WAGONS were comnlatelu urecked