Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.

to be brisk in Cannon Falls the present sea q q
son. -a-=a-sse=
Mrs. Danforth, of Red Wing, was badly
bruised the other day by being thrown from
a buggy.
It is reported that Cincinnati, o., COM
pany contemplate erecting sugar refinery in
New Ulm.
There are seven newspapers Published III
Fillmore county, and five townships yet 10
hear from.
The arrival of emigrants in localities
throughout the State are being chronicled by
the State press.
The farmers who have attempted seeding
have found the ground very dry. Rain is
very much needed.
movement is being made to build
steamboat to ply on the lake between Sank
Center and Little Sank.
Nicholas Berry, of West Newton, Brown
county, had his stables and eight tons of hay
burned by prairie fire last week.
The preliminary steps have been taken to
establish joint stock bank at Willmar,
Kandiyohi county, capital $4,000.
Considerable anxiety, not to say alarm,
exists In Albert Lea on account of the al
legged prevalence of diphtherla there.
The other day, at Dodge Centre, Eli
Vertrese, by runaway team, was thrown to
the frozen ground and had one of his thighs
broken.
A tramp at Waseca attempted to board a
moving train to steal ride. He slipped and
fell, and had one of his feet crushed by the
wheels.
March Is George Gilley, of Columbia,
Brown county, cut down tree, which, In
falling, struck his son, aged IL years, and
broke his arm.
The serious illness of Ex-Gov. Miller, at
Washington, is reported. His life was de-
SPARED of last week, but later advices speak
more hopefully.
Andrew Anderson, of Crookston, during
the late cold snap, had the toes of his left
foot so severely frozen that two of them had
to be amputated.
J. G. Backus' residence, in Owatonna,
was destroyed by fire last week, with most
of the valuable furniture. House valued at
| $4,000, insurance 81 500.
One Overland, the keeper of saloon in
Albert Lea, had his jawbcne broken by
blow from drunken, noisy rough whom he
| attempted to eject from his saloon.
Renville Times: Bird Island carried the
"bond" question-$3, 600 for the erection of
county buildings, in case the county seat Is
removed from Beaver Falls to Bird Island.
Two incipient fires in Delano, Wright
county, last week, were extinguished by
prompt action, without doing much damage
One was in the Palace hotel, the other in a
doctors Office
During the high wind one day last week,
the house of Allen Marshall, of Union
Grove, was destroyed by fire. Mr.. Marshall
was absent, but the women folks saved near
| ly all the contents.
| The pair of eagles that have made Graham
| Lake their summer home for several years,
returned punctually in the early days of
March, which is regarded as an indication
that spring has also come to stay.
The other day male infant, judged to be
two weeks old, with q pillow-case for cloth
ing, was left on the door steps at William
Hamilton's, in Utica, Winona county. The
| abandoned babe is being well taken care of.
Red Wing Republicans: Petitions are in
| circulation asking the city council to call
special elections on the questions of voting
| $4,000 bonus to the Minnesota Central
in that company.
The perversity of the mule was fully ex-
emplifed the other day at Jordan, Scott
|
backed over the bluff, wagon and all, in spite
of the frantic efforte of the driver to pre-
vent the catastrophe.
| b. r. Jones, of the town of Getty, Stearns
county, very adroitly set fire to a stubble
| field to burn it over. The fire got away
from him and burned the stables of his
neighbor, B. w. Veeder, and four tons of
hay, farming utensils, etc.
Augustus Werner, of Waseca, publishes
card, in which he forbids all saloon-keepers
IN that place to sell or give him any intoxi-
eating liquors, giving notice that he will in
every case prosecute according to law any
one who furnishes him intoxicating drink.
On Monday afternoon, March 18th, in
Lake City, Charley Brown, colored drunk
en- loafer, attempted to commit q rape on
Mrs. Mary Black, wife of William Black,
barber. Brown was arrested and is in Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Black are respectable white
people.
While two sons of Mr.. Palmer, of Good
Thunder, Blue Earth county, were engaged
in splitting wood on Tuesday last, one of
them accidentally received blow upon the
head from the ak, laying the skull open sew
eral inches in length. Fears are entertained
that the brain was reached, and there is bare
ly possibility of his recovery.
''smart young man." but practical
idiot, was handling revolver that he knew
was not loaded, in Catlin's jewelry store, at
Dodge Centre. The pistol was discharged,
the ball passing close by Catlin's head. 1t
struck the front of an upright glass case,
and rebounding, struck and shattered mir
ror on the other side of the room.
Renville Times: Prairie fires begin to
light up the horizon in all direct ions. Sew
eral of our exchanges note serious loss and
disaster by reason thereof. Look out for
your property. Your only safety lies in q
thorough watchfulness. 1t is not too much
to say that much of the ruin caused by
| prairie fires is due to carelessness.
At Richmond, Stearns county, as Mr..
Burne was walking over one of the lateral
braces of the new bridge being erected
there, the brace broke, and he, falling dis
lance of sixteen feet, striking William Muel-
Ter on the head, fracturing his skull, causing
his death in few hours. The only injury
sustained by Mr.. Burns was the dislocation
of ons of his wrists.
Cambridge Qsanti County, Press, March
13: A party of young people, mostly Ia
dies, from Spencer Brook, started to attend
meeting last Monday in Wyanette, and on
crossing Rum river the ice gave way and the
whole party, wagon and all, went down.
Fortunately the water was not deep enough
to take the wagon under the ice, but the
whole party were completely drenched and
chilled, so much so that when the last ones
were got out they could hardly stand. It
was narrow escape.
Recently two burplars oainad ON oDtroroa