Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-06-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS,
BY the late rains Mr.. Howard, OF the
brick yards, lost O,OOO brlcK.'
Mr.. GUY LANDoN, an old and re-
spected citizen of Elk river, died Mon
day.
The annual reunion of the First Min
nesota Regiment association will be held
at Waseca, June Is and IS, 1879.
THREE HUNDRED Icelande1s are ex-
pected at Winterheim, in the ~eateru
part of Minnesota, in August.
ABOUT one hundred and thirty more
Russian families are soon expected
from Russia to join the Mennonite SET
Elements.
The post office at Princeton was bur-
glarized of fifty or sixty dollars worth
of postage stamps, etc., on the n'gn' :"
the goth.
SIMON DAVIS TAYLOR, son OF Moses
TAYLOR, of Acton, Mass, died at Fergus
Falls on the 26th. His father arrived
two days before his death.
MoNTEV1DEo, the terminus 81 tne
Hastings and Dakota road, Is Iep0!eu
to have increased in two months 1fom
200 to 1000 inhabitants.
CHAs. FORREST, for many years &
business man in the boot and shoe trace
at Lake City, died last week OF lnflau'=
matory rheumatism.
Crows, for the first time in twenty
years, are playing sad havoc with the
field corn in Scott county. One farmer
killed twenty.seven last week, IN the
tact of pulling corn"
The Fergus Falls Advocate is credlbiy
informed by a worthy citizen OF 1rono-
bjem, that Mrs. Gunder sjorlie, OF that
town, recently gave birth to an infant
weighing twenty-four pounds.
A LITTLE child of Mr.. and Mrs.
ARENAS Sykes, of Monticello, crowded:
the foot of small china doll up one OF
its nostrils last week, and the services OF
physician were required to remove 1t.
A DEMAND for amber cane seed is
springing up in all parts Of the world.
Mr.. Miller, of Faribault, filled an order
for 500 pounds from South Carolina last
week, and one for 25 pounds from Italy.
IT seems pretty rough when mon
ument is taken from graveyard Tor
debt contracted in its behalf; but never
theless we understand this has been done
here recently, without much ceremony
-Farmimgton Press.
The Chatfeld Democrat says that.
Miles Lanford, of Fillmore, who was
among the first to apply for pension
under the recent act of congress, re-
ceived check for $575 from the pension
headquarters at Milwaukee.
The Wells Advocate says: "The ma
nure that is annually wasted in this
town would cause a New England farmer
to 90 crazy" The same report might be
made of almost every part of the state,
particularly in the older settlements.
THOMAS BARBER, living in the west
part of Redwood county, was milking Hy
lamp light in his stable, when the lamp
exploded, setting fire to the stable.
} Three horses, harness, COW and calf, In
short everything in the stable was burned.
A sEvEN-YEAR-oLD daughter of Will
lion Brecht, of Hay Greek, Goodhue
county, was almost instantly killed by
the kick of horse. In endeavoring to
snatch a little baby-girl from too great
nearness to horses heels she met her
own death.
ON the 18th day of June the people
of WATERFOWL will determine whether
, they will aid the Minneapolis and North
, western Railroad company with bonus
, of S.. 600, to induce them to come inside
the village limits with the proposed road
: to Hutchinson.
AN explosion occurred at the Fair
bault gas works the other day, doing con.
3 siderable damage to the building and
setting it on fire: The flames Wera
: speedily extinguished by the fire com
: pany. The explosion was caused by
= leak in the pipes, the escaping gas coma
;. ing in contact with test light.
n The curiosity farm of Olmsted coun
q ty is in High Forest township. Thirteen
;, years ago it produced six-legged calf
: and on Friday of last week Mr.. Patricb
n Griffin, living south Of that town
;. brought double-headed calf into the
|. city that was born On his farm and livee
only two days.-Rochester Post.
Hon. A. G. SMITH, of this town, is, w
= believe, the oldest practicing lawyer IL
the state. he was admitted in Wash
, ington in 1888 to practice in the supreme
|. court of the United States. Chief JUS
!. tice fancy was then presiding judge
= His application was presented by Col. I
II. Benton.-Litchfsld Ledger.
). WOLVES have been quite troublesome
>. of late on the premises of Mr.. Judso1
West, near st. Charles, helping them
selves to fat turkeys without the leas
:. reluctance. Knowing that wolves taxi
5 to burrows when leading in the direction
i. they wish to travel, Mr.. West set tray
t in one of them and on Thursday sue
:: ceeded in catching a very large one.
: The Beaver Falls (Renville county,
t Times says: Sowing to recent land decis
d ion quite number Of residents IN THU
+ county find themselves upon RAILROAD
d lands, and not, as they supposed, upo1
l. lands subject to homestead or pre- emp
r ton entries. We understand that thi
p new ruling is likely to result in vas
:. amount Of trouble and hardship"
n Mr.. w. r. CAUSE. of Arlington, Del
n aware, visited Albert Lea, last week
g after an absence of twenty-five years
;, In the spring Of 1875, Mr.. Cause wan
# dered up through Free born county, from
!, Iowa, and pre-, empted quarter section
e of land in the township OF Rich]and. II
;. the fall of the same year he returned tt
l. his home in Delaware, leaving the lane
> to take care of itself.
i BURTON A. LIVINGSTON, highly
r esteemed citizen of Alexandria, Dougla.
i ; county, took his own life by pisto
l. shot. The announcement of the deco
threw the village into state of excite
ment never before known. In a lette
written before he killed himself, h
Il spoke in the most loving and endeariDs
o terms of his wife and three little boys
y whom he leaves to sorrow and desolation
~ A YOUNG son of Peter Beck, brewer
;. near Lake City, was killed last week