Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-07-16
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
TIE census 81 Chisago county shows pop
ulation of about 5000. {s7
railroad eating house Is To- be bulk at
MooFhead opposite the new depot.
IA son Of Nj. Toedley, Of Owatonna, fell
from load Of hay last week, and had one Of
legs broken.
The postofice at Owatonna was robbed
the other night Of small amount in cash
and postage stamps. d. '.?c'-g -. +
The amount Of real and personal proper
y In ppleton, according to the returns of
the assessor, is $99, 602. zsszss.,v,-,..
At Fergus Falls, ON the night of July 5,
Charles Erickson fell from the railroad
bridge and was drowned. He was intoxi-
GATED. 80 -. ~s.! ~
At Granite Falls on late Sunday evening
the mosquitoes were 80 thick that a part of
the congregation in one of the churchs went
out during service.
The other day man was arrested at Albert
Lea and put in the lock up for drunkenness,
and not long after was found dead from the
effects of his debauch.
little son of G. Berg, living near Spring
Valley, got one of his hands badly cut by a
moving machine the other day. There is
hope that the hand may be saved.
The Lutheran church in Young America,
Carver county, was struck by lightning the
| other night and considerably damaged.
Some of the windows were knocked out.
| August Holm, of Carver, shot himself
July 4, by the accidental discharge of a
revolver, which he was carrying in his pock-
ct, intiicting PAINFUL, but not dangerous
wound.
Recently John Mercer Howell, employed
on the construction train of the Northwestern
railroad, near Pine Creek, Winona county,
was thrown under train and crushed dying
soon after.
Andrew Ritz, of CRANKY, Nicollet county,
received bad cut on his leg from a moving
machine the other day. He had incautiously
stepped in frontsot the machine, when the
team started. S's>.
Andrew Austin, living about nine miles
from Forest City, Meeker county, had his
stables destroyed by fire last week, over
seventy bushels of wheat, mule, colt, har-
ness, farming implements, etc. Mr.. Austin
was severely burned trying to save his
wheat.
daughter of Mr.. Harlan, of .Beaaford
township, Blue Earth county, was riding q
fast horse with harness on the other ;lay,
when she fell of, and her dress being entan-
gled in the harness, she was dragged some
distance. A collar bone was broken. and she
received other injuries, but will recover.
Lake Crystal Public SPIRIT Quite an &C.
cident occurred on Lily lake recently. Misses
Eta and Clara Mues aud ALA Blakely were
crossing in row boat, the wind arose, and
the boat was overturned. The young ladies
showed great presence of mine, each clune
to an oar, and after considerable effort Mr..
Fleet rescued them.
Taylors Falls Journal, July s.: Some time
ago Gen. Rosser promised his men if they
would get the rock work in the dalles done
before the first of August he would buy each
of them "a new suit of clothes, q fancy cane
and dog" 1t looks now as though the
boys would get through in time to 90 to Min
neapolis, "get into their new duds,'' and
have several days to spare.
Red Wing Adcance, July Z: Peter Schni-
der, wheat buyer for Diamond 10 at Tren.
ton, was robbed last night, by burglars, of
1856, Gust Pomplin of $4,000. They were
sleeping in the same room and the burglars
entered by means of ladder. They had
their money in their pants, and both pair of
pants were found in skiff this morning on
this side of the river, it being skiff that be-
longs on the other side.
Returns already filed by the census takers
indicate that the population of Stearns
county will reach q, 900.
On Sunday, July 4, seven boys and si1
girls received the first communion at the
Catholic church in Sank Center.
At st. Cloud, last week, Joseph Setter anG
M. Quay, of st. Cloud, by the premature OK
plosion of blast, had their eyes filed with
particles of powder. Setter loses one of hif
eyes.
Tramps are committing such outrageous
depredations in Melrose, Stearns county
that Judge Lynch isfully prepared to sit il
judgement upon any of the rascals who may
be identified.
| A German killed lynx near Hokah one
day last week. His dog ran it up tree, and
a shot gun soon dispatched the wild animal.
Moorhead, Clay county, Ad0ocnte: One day
last week, Knute Nelson Roda, lost his life
BY drowning in Talti lake, just north OF
Cromwell township; Clay comfy. He and
his brother, young Tatli, were breaking
when the oxen ran away and got into the
lake. Nelson took his boat and padded to
the rescue, while Tatli went for his boat.
| When Tatli returned he found one of the
oxen all right. The other three were
drowned and strangled all in heap. Nelson's
boat was upside down and the poor fellow
| nowhere to be seen. The body was found
next day.
George W. Church, clerk of the
district court of Winona county, was
handling revolver the other day. and a
chamber was acoidently discharged sending a
bullet diagonally through his hand, producing
serious and painful wound. The use of the
hand will be saved it is thought
Lake City Leader, July 6: Horace Gil
lett met with terrible accident on last Sun
day evening. He was vigorously pounding
nail, when the hammer slipped and the
nail struck him just below the ball of his
left eye with all the force of bullet. The
eye-ball was badly cut, and considerable
aqueous humor was lost. The optic nerve
was struck and probably paralyzed. He has
forever lost his sight in that eye, and it will
take good care to save the other, which is in
danger of being affected through sympathy.