Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.


A heavy frost Sunday night, Sept. 7th, was
reported In large portion of the State.
A harmless cyclone visited Currie, tho other
day, but it made things lively for few min
utes.
E. 81. Thompson, of Zumbrota, had his arm
caught and badly broken in threshing ma
chine.
During the season last year of wheat buying,
the elevator in Grove City took in over 106 900
bushels of wheat,
man named Smith, of Buchanan. Morrison
county, accidentally shot one of his toes off
while carrying rifle.
The Rushford (Fillmore county, wagon fac
tory was burned last week. Loss $4,000; in
surance about $8,OO0
Frank Eggleston was thrown from horse in
st. James, the other day, and was rendered in
sensible for three hours.
An incendiary fend, the other night, set fire
to the grain stacks of Peter Kennedy in May
vile township, Houston county.
girl IL years old, daughter Of Geo. Schaup,
of Rushford, was burned to death by her
clothes taking fire at an open outdoor fire.
81. B. Walton, head miller in the Pinney
mill at Granite Falls, has been detected in
basely dishonest pursuits, and has skipped the
town.
Last week span of horses were drowned at
Albert Lea, in Fountain lake, having been in
cautiously driven, undoubtedly, into deep
water.
The village of Austin, Mower county, has an
Indebtedness Of SIS, 900; in the school district,
Oh, indebtedness of CITY and district,
$4,000.
Fri Evans of Garden City, was thrown from
wagon by runaway team, the other day,
and had q collar bone broken, and was other
wise bruised.
d crew of fifty tracklayers are camped near
Anoka City. They are engaged in laying new
steel rails on the st. Paul, Minneapolis l. Man:
itoba railroad.
Two drunken tramps at Morris made insult
ing remarks to a lady the other day, and she
had the filthy rascals promptly arrested. They
were deposited in the cooler for three days.
There was not drop of kerosene to be had in
week, lately. The Star, published in that city,
| says, 'This is not very enterprising, sure
| At Granite Falls, recently, fire broke out in
the Teachout house stable, and for q time
greatly endangered the business portion of the
village. The energetic action of three or four
| hundred citizens held the fire IN check.
The dwelling house of b. Brayton, Of Mil
ton. was destroyed by fire, with nearly all its
contents, last week. The flmily were absent
from the house when the fire was discovered,
and it was too late to arrest the flames or save
| much furniture.
Recently as John Jestin was taking load
of wheat to the elevator in Moorhead his horses
became frightened and ran away, pitching him
off the load between the horses and wagon,
both of which passed over him. He was severe
" bruised, but luckily no bones were broken.
Two women in TODD county INDUCED in a
mill the other day, and one knocked the other
| down with club, knocking out two of her
teeth. The user of the club was arrested and
| fined $1l, and her husband paid the injured
| woman's friends 1926 to save suit for DANA
ges.
-, Henderson (sibley. county, Independent:
The wheat crop in this county is not turning
out we'll, judging from the reports of those
who have already threshed. The crop varies
all the way from six to eighteen bushels per
acre. and the average will not be above twelve
bushels, probably less.
| A drove of IS ponies arrived at Redwood
Falls the other day. They belonged to Will
was left Of drove of ZOO ponies which started
from Washington Territory on the 5th of last
April, and have been on the road ever since.
The prices asked for the animals varied from
$l5 to $40.
Grove City (Meeker county, Tribune: An
accident occurred o few miles south of town,
the other day, which might have proved. fatal
to at least one man. The Eidam brothers were
engaged in threshing, when son of P. Eidam
| was caught in the tumbling rod and whirled
about, Fortunately he received no further in
juries than q bruised arm.
st. Cloud Times, Sept. 10: On Saturday af-
ternoon last. during rain shower, man
named John johnson, who was working near
the railroad depot, took shelter under car. A
box car standing near was put in motion by
the wind and running down struck the car un-
der which johnson was sheltered, and started
that also. As q result, his right hip was dis
located and his face scratched. He was for
tunate in not losing his life.
Crookston (Polk county, Journal, Sept IL:
Samuel Honeywell has threshed his wheat and
oats and reports yield of thirty bushels per
acre on old ground from thirty acres, and
eighteen bushels per acre on bis new ground.
That piece of oats that our readers have heard
Of before yielded 100 bushels per acre, ma
chine measure, which he says will overrun
that when weighed. His wheat grades No. !,
62 pounds to the bushel.
Little Falls Transcript, Sept. IL: Last FRI
| day evening, Leon Houde attempted to come
home from the st. Paul and Minneapolis fairs
but was sound asleep when the train reached
/ Little Falls, and went on as far a. Brainerd.
The next morning he took the fraiRht train for
train reached Little Falls, and he went as far
as Royaltnn before waking. He then got off
tho train thoroughly Disguised, and came home
by private conveyance.
Beaver Falls (Renville County, Times: A
little Swear old child of Chas. Nelson's, in the
day last week. 1t seems the father was now
ing grass with a yoke of cattle attached to the
i mower, and the little fellow suddenly ran mp
on the off side, and in front of the sickle, and
before the machine could be stopped the right
arm, between the wrist and the elbow, was SOW
cred, and the right leg between the foot and
knee, 80 badly cut that it is thought amputa-
tion will he necessary