Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-23
MINNESOTA NEWS.

900.
Early sowed oats are about ready for the
reaper.
A telephone line has been established in
D1luth.
Good reports of the corn crop continue to
be made.
Chinch bugs are destroying wheat in some
localities.
The diphtheria has entirely disappeared
from Madelia.
Crop reports from Martin county continue
to be encouraging.
A Garfield Dunnel club has been organ
lied at 0 watonna.
The yield of barley, the present harvest,
it is thought will be above the average.
In Lake City, in less than week, wheat
advanced from 80 cents to 81 per bushel.
E.A. Ensign, of Alton, Waseca county,
has recently lost three children by diph-
liberia.
In Burns, Sherburne county, the crops
suffered considerable damage by q late severe
hail storm.
Some farmers predict that harvest wages
will not be over two dollars day the pres
ent season.
William Finke, Manysska, Martin county,
had valuable hoese killed by lightning the
other night.
A sample of Minnesota's new barley bar
vest reached market July Is, ard sold for
SOC bushel
The body of E. Burt Wood, drowned at
Fergus Falls, was found after being in the
water over week.
very large elevator has just been CON
structed, and is now ready for use in Farm
ington, Dakota county.
Uwatonna has an organized Shakespeare
club. The brilliant comedy GAS You Like
IT, is first to be discussed.
A. s. Corning, of OrtonvilIe, died last
week under the effects of chloroform admin
istered to operate on cancer.
The doctors complain of its being "dis-
tressedly healthy" IN Lake City. Business in
their line is ''fearfuily dull
Last week E. Fl. Shenton, q brakeman,
was run over in the railroad cut at Sleepy
Eye, and almost instantly killed.
The demand for harvest hands has COM
menced, and harvest hands seeking employ
ment are arriving st different points.
The Taylors Falls Journal says wheat in
that vicinity looks fine with exception of
rust, which threatens to spoIl ms fields.
| Last week son of A. q. Ward, living
| eight miles from Montevideo, was thrown
from horse, and had his right arm broken.
The Red River had fallen SO much, July
is, that all the railroad track along the
level at st. Vincent was entirely above
water.
In regard to wheat it is believed that the
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and the quality far better than for the last
two years.
The wind mill attached TO the Alliance
Touring mill at Piainview, Wabashaw
county, was blown down and totally demol-
ished, recently.
| Ole T. Wick, of Watson, Chippewa conn
ty, was thrown to the ground by the stum-
bling of a horse ne was rising, and had
collar bone broken.
| Some weeks ago son Of John Murray, OF
Minden, Benton county, had the tines of
table fork thrust into his right eye. The
sight of the eye is lost.
TIE school house in Saratoga village was
struck by lightning the other day and q
quantity of shingles torn from the roof, do
ing bat little other damage.
| Last week the twin babies of MIR. and Mrs.
f. Morlock, of Jordan, sickened and died,
! and were buried, the one on Sunday aud tue
other on Monday, so says the Ad0Ocate.
Madelia Times: There is little doubt but
We shall have good crop in this vicinity,
this season. Small grain is looking finely
and promises good yield in most places.
Chaska Herald: Mrs. Mary Zanger, re-
siding midway between Victoria and ST.
Bonifacius, had three fingers of her right
hand badly larcerated by the cog wheels of
mower last week.
The Chatfeld Democrat says: "Wheat is
filling well-with continuation of the pres
ent favorable weather we think we are safe
in saying that the yield will greatly exceed
that of last year."
1t is reported that wild strawberries are
in great abundance in and about st. Vincent,
Kittson county. They are rather small, but
in point of flavor compare favorably with
the cultivated ores.
Two farmers in Florence. Goodhue county,
commenced cutting their spring wheat July
IL. 1t is plump in berry and good in yield.
The soil is sandy and produces greater
crop than heavier soils.
"Herald" is the name of new paper
just issued at Murdoch, Swift county, D. L.
aOSuc Ouitct Hiiu puOilsueI' IL ID uOu-
psrtisan"-"not neutral, but Independent.
1t makes good appearance.
loaded wagon in New Jim the other dav,
was iuexcusably driven on to sidewalk
where children were playing, and little girl
was severely, but not dangerously injured.
Her escape from greater injury was remark
able.
A fifteen year old son of Theodore Halyer-
son, living six miles from Montevideo, was
thrown from the horse he was riding, the
horse being attacked by bull, and received
kick from the horse, producing bad frsc-
ture of one of his legs.
Daring thunder storm one night last
week Ludwick Mason, of Amiret, Lyon
COUNTY, was killed by stroke of lightning
in the cellar of his house, where he had gone
with his family for safety. His wife and
children were uninjured.
The diph.heria has broke ont in virulent
form in Saratoga, Wirona county. William
Christie and Nathan Cross have both lost
child. They were not aware of the nature of
the disease till too late. There are mum
Der of other cases in the same neighbor-
hood.
One night last week two or three williams
attempted to enter the house Of Abe Isn't,
at Melrose, but the screams of Mrs. Lent,
who was alone, aroused one of the neighbors,
when they ran away. The same evening
Mrs. Borgerding was attacked near her own
door, but her screams brought her husband
aud the scamp ran away.
Sank Rapids Sentinel, July %: crew of
log drivers, about 100 men strong, belonging
to the drives of Leighton & Co, Day & Co
and others of Minneapolis, Ieeched Sank
Rapids on Sunday, and yesterday cleared
the river of all the logs that were hung no
here since the freshet. Several drives sra
still above on their way down the siver