Daily globe., 1879-01-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
A thief stole $3.50 from the shakopee mill
the other day.
A series of revival meetings are in prog
ress in Mankato.
Granite Falls is happy in the possession
OF candy factory.
Number or births in Stearns county. in
1878, 639; number of deaths, 166.
The store of G. J. Brown, of Douglas Cen
ter, was burglarized the other night.
The diphtheria still turks around Mankato,
and IS quite fatal in the country round about.
On Thursday, Jan. 18th, broken rail
near Lake Crystal threw twelve freight
cars off the track.
small boy of Buril Adams, of Irving,
Kandiyohi county, had leg broken recently
by the kick of horse.
The commissioners of Wright county have
decided to grant no license to
sell liquor in that county.
A span of horses and a double harness
were stolen from Robertson's barn, in Ro-
chester, few nights since.
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grist mill on Turtle creek, in the town of
Moscow, Free born county.
A $125 horse, belonging to H. Picket, of
alexandria, was found one morning recently
IN his stall with one leg broke.
Tom Finn, of Rochester, was arrested for
threatening to take the life of citizen, and
compelled to give bail to keep the peace.
A poor man in Wabashaw was badly
frozen the other day. He was taken to the
poor house and cared for, but soon died.
The village council of Alexandria, Doug.
las county, have passed an ordinance re-
quiring 5000 for a license to sell liquors.
A light feecy snow fell on the dirt roads
IN st. Paul and vicinity last week, and now
the sleighing is excellent-in the Eastern
States.
On Saturday, Jan. 11th, a German family
living just out of Mankato buried one child
ana two more on the Sunday following OF
diphtheria.
A young attorney of Zumbrota went tc
Red Wing the other day with an order on
August Bucholz for $500. He obtained the
money and is missing.
The county commissioners of Chippewa
county, at their late session, granted licences
to all applicants to sell liquor, fixing the
sum of $500 for each license.
Il. u. Parsons, of Hastings, had his house
broken open the other night, and money
and household articles stolen. The burglar
was pursued to Prescott, arrested and taken
back.
An intoxicated man named Maeske. in
Lake Crystal, Wabashaw county, fell upon a
circular saw in motion and was Instantly
Killed. de was a single man, aged about 50
years.
s. Tyler's broom factory, in Burnside,
Goodhue county, was recently destroyed by
fire. 1t is supposed to have originated from
corn taking fire which was set too near a
stove for drying.
A fire was discovered recently in Henry
Goebels office in Glencoe, but was speedily
extlnguished by the night watchman. The
ire was started from a burning cigar thrown
IN box of sawdust.
John Lawrence, of Hale, Mcleod county,
accidentally shot off revolver into one of
his hands while carelessly handling it. Like
the great army of innocents, he "didn't
know it was loaded p
The Scott county commissioners have
levied no road or bridge tax for 1879. be.
cause it requires all the taxes that can he
levied, under the existing law, for the GEN
eral revenue of the county and for the SUP
port of the poor.
The Wabashaw Ferry company have de.
clded to establish a steam ferry boat. A
contract has been made for building a steam
terry boat at cost of from So, 500 to 1000.
The boat is to be finished and ready for use
by the 10th of April next.
Wortbington Adv0nce: D. w. Chute took
load of wheat to SINNERS mill. above
jackson, and got, in return, thirty-four
pounds of flour to the bushel-about 81 cents
per bushel for No. wheat. This is nearly
double the price paid by buyers.
Number of births in Red Wing during the
year 1878: Males, 115 females, ia: total,
229. Number of deaths Males, 81;
females, 45; total, 80. During a period of
eight years, from 1871 to 1878, inclusive;
there were 1850 births, and CAB deaths in
Red Wing.
The erection of county buildings in Cot.
tonwood county is being agitated. There is
no court house. The sessions of court are
held In school house-the school dis
missed to give room to the court. All the
county offices are on the second floor of g
mill building 1926.
Andrew Harrison, of Red Wing, the othe1
day slipped from the roof of barn. in
Belle Creek, with bundle of shingles, fall
ing eighteen feet on to the frozen ground
striking upon his side, the bundle of shingles
following, struck him, bruising one of his
legs badly. He will recover.
Wells Advocate: neighbor of ours was
nearly eaten out of house and home by q
superhuity of rats. He conceived an in.
genuous plan of getting rid of them, by
catching one and covering it with turpentine
then setting it on fire. He did so. but ii
took dozen pals of water to save his house
Glencoe Register: Steps having been taken
by the county commissioners to procure the
passage of bill through the legislature au-
thorlzlng the board to issue bonds of the
county for the building of jail, it is fair to
presume that respectable building will
eventually be substituted for the untenable
old rookery that is now used as a receptacle
for law-breakers. It has long been dis
grace to the county, being unfit even to re-
ceive the lowest sot.
On the LIST of January, Peter Jensen, of
Colfax, kandiyohi county, took load of
wheat to Willmar. While at the East End
elevator, train came along and frightened
his horses. He sprang in front of them,
and in attempting to hold them by the bits,
was thrown down and run over. One of the
front wheels of the wagon passed over his
body and broke two or three of his ribs and
otherwise seriously injured him. He died
at II A. M. the next day.
Little Falls Transcript: William Sloan
IS dangerously ill. DR.. Simmons on visit
ing him found Mrs. Sloan moving briskly
about the house attending to the wants Of
her afflicted spouse, although her baby was
not quite twenty y-four hours old and was
quietly sleeping in a basket in one corner of
the room. Mrs. Sloan seemed to be in her
usual health, and such remarkable vigor can
be accounted for only by the fact that sha