Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The number of farms in Cannon Falls
township is III. az
"Haying has begun, is the report from
several localities. 20
The census shows Fergus Falls to have q
population of 1928. ~
BY the late census the population of Anoba
is put down at 2,7O6.
Haying has already commenced in Rich
Valley, Mcleod county.
A fine Norwegian church edifics is being
built at North Fork, Stearns county.
The continued warm weather is giving
corn and sugarcane very rapid growth.
Rev. F. j. Tassel, rector of the Episcopal
church at Cannon Falls, has rendered his
resignation.
The State census shows a population of q
3O4 within the corporate limits of Austin,
Mower county.
David Shell and wife, of Monticello, were
recently thrown from wagon and each re-
ceived serious injuries.
three year old daughter of j. d. Morris
of Wells, fell from porch the other day
and had an arm broken.
Recently Gerhardt Ellesing, of Grant
township. Stevens county, had thirty acres of
wheat destroyed by hail storm.
Matt. johnson, of Waltham, Mower
county, was killed last week by being thrown
from wagon by runaway team.
The work on the depot we'll at Anoka has
been abandoned after boring $50 feet. A
ledge of rock was unearthed at that depth.
1t is asserted that never before so early in
July was the promise of crops in Blue Earth
county so abundant. Wheat and osts are
splendid.
John Halvorsen, of Waseca, while drunk
the other day attempted suicide by shooting
himself with a pistol. He made bad
wound, but hisrecovery is likely.
In 1870 Mankato township had a popula-
ton of 1922; in 1880, 1885, gain of Is.
Mankato city in 1870, had population of
1882; in 1880, 6,034, a gain in ten years of
1852.
horse, at Lake Crystal, was badly hurt
he other day by running into wire fence.
Numerous like accidents are chronicled,
showing the dangerous character of such
fences.
A party of fourteen arrived in Alexandria,
Douglas county, on the last Saturday in
June, direct from Sweden. They are visit
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cate there.
A gang of tramps entered house three
miles from Litchfeld, recently, and COM
PEELED the family to let them have whatever
in the house they wanted. They fled and
have not been arrested.
1t is reported from Wright county that
in blossom. Wheat is rusted little on the
l., Iyola Int ,Oka To dom
Corn is backward but promising.
George Dreever, of Iosco, Waseca county,
killed wolf on his farm last week, which
measured feet inches in length, and
stood feet 4 inches high. Wolves are
plenty and troublesome in that vicinity.
The destructive hailstorm of last week,
started in on White Rock, Goodhue
county, and mode path about mile in
width and seven miles long, destroying
crops and vegetation in its course. The
storm was very severe and the damage great.
Grove City (Meeker county, Tribune July
9: Stark Larsen shot and killed Squire
Clark Sunday evening, while the young nam
was after his COWS. Stark has been partially
insane for long while, and he ought to
have been an inmate an insane asylum years
ago.
j. S. Haskins, of Northfeld, last week
captured turtle on the bank of the river
near his house. 1t weighed thirty ight
pounds. He made present of it to Prof.
Sperry to go among the curiosities, or a
good specimen for the department of natural
history.
One evening last week hail storm passed
over portion of the southern tier of Sank
~ a
Melrose. The corn was stripped of leaves
ported. One farmer thinks thirty acres Of
his wheat received serious damage.
Last week black oak tree in the front
yard of Mr.. Primroses, In Spencer Hill
Douglas county, was struck by lightning and
split into quarters. One of the large pieces
was thrown against the house with great
force, breaking window and greatly alarm
ing the inmates. No one was hurt.
Duluth Ne,os: One hundred and sixty men
are at work on the new elevator, the most of
them carpenters, and when the days work IS
over they swarm like bees on the ways lead
ing up town. But the elevator will not be
ready for business by the first of September,
that being now a physical impossibility.
Morris Stevens county, Tribune, July 1:
More than one hundred teams have been en-
ployed in transporting provisions and lum-,
Der from this point to Big Stone county for
the Connemara emigrants. Most of these
teams were furnished by citizens of this
county as an offering in aid of most lauda-
BILE and charitable work.
Lottie Lewis, aged 16, daughter of Gideon
Lewis of st Charles, was bitten by rattle.
snake about six miles from st. Charles one
day last week. She was driven rapidly to
the city, but her leg had become swolIen,and
vomiting had commenced. By the applica-
ton of vigorous remedies, the working of
the veins was restored and 1t is believed she
will recover.
Henry Hassing, of Easton, Faribault coun-
ty, who was shot last winter by man
named Ward, died last week from the effects
of the wound. He had so far recovered
as to be able to work, but short time since
went to some physicians to have the ball ex-
tracted. The operation was not successful,
and he suffered relapse from the effects of
again opening the wound, and died as above
stated.
Appleton Recorder, July 1: A boy seven
years old son of Martin Friski, about
seven miles from this place, was killed last
| week at his home. The boy was tieing a
steer in the stable and in his efforts to do so
got the halter twisted around his hand. By
sudden jerks and frantic caperings the steer