Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

ana Fine Island.
An iron bridge has been completed over the
Zumbro at Wanamingo.
Nearly all the grain in Cottonwood township
and that vicinity has been threshed.
The receipts at the recently held Catholic
church fair in LIE Sueur netted about $1,000.
Some thirty or forty men were hired In North
field last week to 60 into the Wisconsin pin
cries.
great many horses in the vicinity of Win
nebago City are reported to be affected with
the epizootic.
Last week Mrs. Smalley, of Pleasant Grove,
Fillmore county. by fall on the ice had three
ribs broken.
Carver. Carver county,iz looming up as an i'm
portart pork market. There are several heavy
buyers there.
The Mississippi is so solidly bridged with ice
that farmers are crossing with loads of wood
and farm produce.
Two prisoners in Jail at st. Peter escaped
They are still at large.
The New Ulm Reoieto says the epizootic has
taken hold of the greater number of horses in
that town, but in mild form.
Last week, John Casey, of Spring Lake, lost
his pocketbook containing about $S5, proba-
bly, at the City mills in Jordan.
It is estimated by machine wheat ssthreshers
that at least one-fourth of the wheat crop Of
Nicollet county is yet in the stack.
1tis reported that on the morning of Thanks
giving day, Nov. 25, the thermometer at Sauk
Rapids registered SO degrees below zero.
The burning of the grist and saw mills of
Austin & Worden at Minnesota Falls ia be-
ieved to have been tLe work of an incendiary.
Last week a carpenter by the name of ver-
non fell from the roof of house in Jordan,
Fillmore county, and had one of his hips dis
located.
Miss Rose NJ. Doyle, one of the teachers in
the public school at st. Peter, slipped and fell
on the ice the other day and broke one of her
arms in two places.
The Baptist church in Lake City is swithout
pastor and looking out for a shepherd to lead
them. The church is said to be in healthy
condition and abundantly able to support q
rector.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church in Detroit,
Becker county. are raising funds by subscrip-
tion to purchase an organ for the church. They
have already got nearly enough to accomplish
their object.
The merchants of Lanesboro, Fillmore ooun-
ty, are reported to be doing thriving busi-
ness. The cash receipts of one Of them last
week amounted to $4,000. This indicates that
the farmers and community generally are pros
porous.
In West Newton, Nicollet county, last week,
was found human skeleton. 1t was lying
face downward-no flesh on the hones-but
hickory shirt over the body, we'll preserved
1t is believed to be the body of Billy James,
who has been missing since last June.
Last Thanksgiving day was the coolest ex-
perienced in Minnesota for the last seven years.
John Stearns. of Red Wing, who has kept
record for years. says the mercury reached the
same point, 20 degrees below zero. the late
Thanksgiving, that it did seven years ago.
The Red River Free Press says the drouth of
wood upon the prairie districts along the line
of the st. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba rail-
road, bns been keenly felt during the past
cold seather. but the company came nobly to
the assistance of the people, who are thus
saved from suHering.
The Advocate says: Thanksgiving was not
much of a holiday in Jordan. All of the bust
ness houses were open as usual and trade ap-
peared to be about an average. People came
in from the country and bought their groceries,
is their custom, and the streets did not in
dlcate any particular change in the days pro-
gramme.
The new Congregational church in Lake
City is rapidly advancing to complete finish.
j. O. Doughty put the new furnace into it last
week. The seats and the glass are still behind
time in arriving. There are number of things
yet to be purchased, in addition to these and
it will probably be the middle of January be-
fore the new edlhce is dedicated.
The twenty-ffth annual meeting of the Rice
County Bible society was held il Faribault
Nov. 28. The officers of the ensuing year are.
president. R. A. Mott; vice president, Prof. b.
A. Pratt; secretary, Lyman B. Smith; treasurer,
E. N. Leavens; librarian. T s.. Wilson; execu
tive committee, Rev. r. Forbes, Rev. L. @.
Sanders and Rev. T. O. Northcott.
Lake City Leader, November 80: On Satur-
day last. as Andrew Boss, of Clifford, was going
home from this city, the bolt that couples the
tongue to the wagon came out and the tongue
Mr.. Boss held on to the lines and was dragged
over the dashboard out of the wagon. In the
fall his right shoulder was badly bruised and
his right hip was broken.
The Rush City, Chisago county, Post, an
noupces lively trade in wood, saying "the
wood dealers are the busiest men out just at
present, and the one who gets the wood is the
smartest." They are making all the contracts
possible at 81 per cord, and the Rush City buy
ers all buying at the rate of 500 to 1000 cords
daily. The prospect is, So some Of the buvers
claim, that dry maple will yet be worth 81 so
per cord.
The Winnebago City, Faribault county.
Times of Nov. 27, says: "The cold snap aud
penetrating winds of the week have been hard
on both man and horse. great many per-
sons are laid up with species of epizootic, and
| there is scarcely family but what has some
one afflicted with It. Sore throat is prevalent,
and there are some cases of diphtheria reported,
| but of very light form. It will pay well to be
| extra careful for the present.
New Ulm Review: Henry Mueller, of Lafay.
cite township, Ncollet county, across the river
| from this place, threshed about 5000 bushels
| of wheat and over 500 bushels of oats q few
| days ago. He raised about 1000 bushels o 1
Nam Coth wheat which average about twent y
bushels to the acre. The wheat weighs sixty-
| two pounds per bushel, struck measure, and
| without being cleaned after being taken from
the separator.
The Sank Rapids Sentinel reports that as
Joseph SCHNEIDER. of st. CLOUD, was going out
| to Gilmanton for q load of wood, one of his
horses stepped into rut in the road neaI
Mayhem creek, and in attempting to free itself
| fell and broke O leg. Mr.. Schindler did not
know the extent of the horses injury and
started to drive home. but could get no further
than the st. Cloud bridge, when it was found
! necessary to kill the horse.
| wood fight is reported as having taken
place at Bird Island the other day. Three fla,
| cars loaded with wood arrived at that time, and
the citizens of the village. together with about
fifty farmers from the neighboring country,
| made rush for the wood with their teams
| piling on their sleds and wagons what tn ey
| could get hold of without waiting for the wood
| to be measured. A citizen and farmer came
to blows over one load, but the citizen got
away with the wood.
Jordan (Scott county, Advocate, Dec. 2:
Last Friday evening, Peter Rupert, who lives
near st. Joseph's church, started for home with