Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-27
MINNESOTA A NEWS.

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MINNEsOTA NEWS.
The immediate builiing CT town hall q
WIlmar is under consideration.
Butternuts and walnuts are reported to b
a bad winter.
Two fatal cases of diphtheri havea recently
occurred in Faribauit, causing some uneasl
ness in that city.
The Red Wing Republican says thai
wheat will average fifteen bushels to the acre
in that part of the county.
Burglars robbed o. f. Sperry's store in
New London, Kandiyo obi county, the othe,
night, of quantity of goods.
The sportsmen of Morris, Stevens county
ara successfully bagging wild geese, ducks
brant and an occasional chicken.
Nehemiah Martin, the other day, burned
up barn near Hastings while burning up
surplus straw. Chronic carelesness seems ia
afHict some farmers.
A barn belonging to Mrs. Mary A. Smith,
widow Of Minneapolis, burned Friday
night, Sept. "a, and in it valuable COW.
Loss 1926. Insured for $1O0.
The opening services of the Seabury Di-
vinity school in Faribault, took place on
Friday, Sept 21. The number of students
this year are expected to be large.
While steam thresher was at work at
Clantorf, Swift county, the other day, fire
caught in the stacks, and five of themiwere
destroyed. The wheat belonged to Bishop
Ireland, of st. Paul.
w. A. Calhoun, of Willmar, died last
week. He was one of the first settlers of
the town. He built the Pacific house and
presided over it for several years as landlord.
He leaves wife and three children.
An explosion of ten kegs of giant powder
in stone quarry in Red Wing the other
day caused an "earthquake,' in that enter
prising town; the quaking continued the
time of '.few seconds"
The county papers of tho State generally
are sounding the note of warning and urg-
ing farmers to take decisive precautionary
measures against the spread of prairie fires,
which are beginning to be kindled at numer-
GUS places.
Mrs. Finley McDermid, of Faribault, was
thrown from carriage the other day and
was seriously injured. She had two children
with her, one of whom struck the horse with
q whip, causing tho accident. The child
rem were not much hurt.
Litchfield News Ledger, Sept. %: While
assisting his father in getting wagon out of
q mud hole on Saturday last, Chas. A. Gill
man.. of Cosmos, a lad six or eight years old,
had his leg badly broken by one of the lev
ers used in lifting the wagon falling upon it.
Duluth Neaos, Sept. %: Mr.. Oliver Dal-
rymple has been in Duluth for the past two
days looking after his wheat that ia pouring
into elevator A. On Tuesday he shipped at
his farms for Duluth $4,000 bushels of
wheat, yesterday 10000 bushels, and to-day
he will ship 10000.
A prairie fire started recently south of Pipe
Stone City, Pipe Stone county, during a
heavy gale and for time threatened serious
consequences to several stacks of grain in
the vicinity. Several plows were set in mo.
ton and breaks made around the stacks and
thus they were saved. A large amount OF
hay was consumed before the fire burned
out.
Montevideo Daily Leader, Sept. 23: Bui
one accident has occurred during the fair. just
as heat was being concluded on Thursday
afternoon Johnnie Oakes, ono of the drivers
from Litchfield, was seriously hurt by having
his sulky run into and wrecked by another
driver IN the race. The horse left the track
ran into the crowd, and injured lady whose
name we did not learn.
Red Wing Republican, Sept. 25: 4
drunken soldier was arrested yesterday fol
making some improper advances to some
infants girls four and five years old--and
being threatened with prosecution or lynch
ing he appealed to the military power, say
ing that he was deserter from the United
States army at Fort Smelling, and that the
civil authorities had no control over him,
ana the civilians dare not lynch him. The
post commander has been telegrsphed to
find out if he be really what he claims.
Long Prairie, Todd county, AsVus: Lasi
week Lee Davis and Tom Rambo, of Hart
ford, went bear hunting away northwest Of
the bridge. They struck trail which they
decided was made by bear and pursued it.
After hot chase and hard fight they killed
the animal and dressed and carried it home
it being small one. They congratulated
themselves on their good fortune and re
marked the excellent flavor of the flesh
When they came to offer the hide for sale i
was discovered to be a dog these hunters
had killed for bear, and their glory van
ished.
Albert Lea (Freeborn county, Standard
September %: A narrow escape from {
terrible accident occurred on the Southern
Minnesota, Tuesday morning. The trestle
work near 1s1nour's station got on fire in tn
night and was not discovered by the watch
man. 1t burned so as to weaken the trestle
and when the night accommodation goinf
east reached it the engine fortunately passed
over safely, but seven of the cars brok
through. The train parted, and the rea
end with the coach containing a number O
passengers was stopped before it reached th'
abyss. Nobody was hurt. The passenger
had to be transferred at the break, and th
west bound train On Tuesday was four hour
late.
Morris Tribune, Sept. 23:-Timothy Gil
foil, a resident of Graceville, and one of th
earliest settlers in the Catholic colony, wa
killed yesterday while returning home from
Morris. It appears that the deceased, to
gether with man named Massey, were goinl
to Graceville with load of lumber, draw
by a yoke of oxen, and when near the Half
way house Clifford got down or fell dow
alongside Of his oxen in the road, and as hi
companion says, was taking drink, !" whel
the team started and both wheels of tn
wagon passed over his chest. injuring hin
SO severely that he died in couple of hours
When the stage passed the team Gilfoil wa
dead, and Massey, the passenger, was driv
ing it toward Graceville. The deceased leave
wife but no family.
Prompt Payment of Pensions.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. g., Sept. 26.-The las
quarterly payment of pensions has been th