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

notices were issued In May.
Potato bugs are reported to be unusually
numerous in Dodge county.
A new fire engine house is about to be
built in Glencoe, Mcleod county.
Nearly a'thousand feet of sidewalk is being
built in Lake Crystal, on Main street.
Not grasshopper, not grasshopper egg
has been seen in the State of Minnesota this
season.
VIM. Stewart, of Anoka, was thrown out
of wagon the other night, and his head was
very badly injured.
Pat. Garner, brakeman, was killed at
Morris, Stevens county, June while working
about railroad train.
The Lutheran congregation in Benton,
Carver county, are building new church
edifce to cost $184,100.
The Beaver Falls and Olivia Stage COM
pany are now receiving daily line between
Redwood Falls and Olivia.
Fifteen farmers in one neighborhood in
Renville county, were victimized by lightning
rod men in their late raid.
The Little Falls Transcript proposes to
publish daily edition-a four-column folio
commencing in August next.
certain saloon on st. Peter is re-
ported to have dispensed to its customers one
day last week $50 bottles of champagne.
woman, stranger in the place, at
tempted to steal little girl in Faribault,
Decoration Day, but was luckily foiled in
her purpose.
DR.. Peter Hadin, of Isanti, aged 60. while
stopping at hotel in Anoka, fell down
stairs and received injuries from which he
soon after died.
The Wesleyan Methodist seminary at
Wesioga will graduate class from its col
lege preparatory class at the close of the
present term June 16.
Wolves are reported to be numerous in
the vicinity of Holmes City, and farmers are
obliged to shut up their sheep nights to
save them from slaughter.
Worthington, Mobiles county, is now with
out minister. The Presbyterian and Con-
gregational churches are without supply,
and the Methodist minister is absent.
Prof. A. L. Beckdoldt, superintendent of
the High school in Mankato, has resigned
his position. and has accepted the professor
ship of natural sciences in the Normal
school.
Hon. Henry Poehler, member of Congress
for the Second Minnesota district, has writ
ten letter announcing that his private bust
ness compels him to decline being again a
candidate for Congress-.
Mary Anderson, of Anoka. Swede girl,
attempted to put an end to her life the other
day by taking opium. Her condition was
discovered in time to save her life. Cause:
She says she "just took notion to do it."
The local papers generally contain accounts
of Decoration Day proceedings All were
decorous, some exceptionally touching. ALI the
cemeteries throughout the broad land oon-
tain tender memories of the death dealing
results of the late great rebellion.
The other day, about five miles from
Preston, Mrs. Owen Devlin fell from hand
car, which ran over her, fracturing her
skull, besides tearing her scalp and bruising
her limbs badly. Medical aid was summoned
and she is likely to recover, though badly in
jured.
The other day while Joseph, an eleven
year old son of Mr.. M. Becker, of st. Cloud,
was playing with a young colt, he was at
tackled by the mother of the colt, which
nearly bit the boys left ear off. 1t is bad
wound, the ear being almost severed from
the head.
Morris Tribune: Reports of the swind
lings, open robbery and rascality of the
lightning rod pirates continue to be heard on
all sides. In one county west of this, the
VILLAINS drew their revolvers, and compelled
q farmer to sign note for four times the
contract sum.
About two miles east of Prior Lake Sta
ton, the Hastings & Dakato road bed, for
several rods, has been for some time past
slowly sinking. The place will be filled with
earth during the day, but by morning will
again need reflling. Every train passing
over it sinks the road bed several inches.
On the last Sunday afternoon In May, an
eight-year-old son of Joseph Zigan, of Hart
ford, Todd county, was sent after the COWS
and got lost in the woods. The neighbor-
hood rallied for his rescue, and Monday
morning he was found, nearly persisted,
being thinly clad, from hunger, wet and
cold
Madelia Times. One day last week,
Peter Jorem, of Lake Hanska, Brown coun-
ty, was thrown from his wagon and killed.
He was on his way to the woods, sitting on
the reach of his wagon, when team coming
up behing him frightened his team and run
ming, threw him off, with the above sad re-
suit.
Morris Tribune, June 3: A freight train
bound west, Tuesday, ditohed couple of
cars near Moose Lake, on the side of Her.
man. The cause of the accident was neg
lect to pack hot box, the journal burnt
dry, cut through and let the wheels and
truck go under the train. The conductor
handed in his resignation.
Litchfeld News-Ledger. A little son of
Burt Toms, who lives in the town of Swan
Lake, had his eye put out a few days since.
He and his little brother were playing,
throwing piece of iron tied to a string,
when by accident the brother so threw the
piece of iron as to hit the little fellow in the
eye, destroying the sight Immediately.
Mrs. Peter r. Peterson, living in Daniel
son, Meeker county, has been mentally de-
ranged, but in mild form, since last fall.
She disappeared from her home some days
since and no trace of her can be found, ex-
cept that woman answering her description
was seen about four miles west of Mr.. Peter
sons place going across the fields. Her age
is about so years.
There was great excitement on Broadway,
in Owatonna, the other day, when it was
known a horse had fallen into we'll. He
was found sitting on his launches, with his
head yard below the top of the well. A
gang of men went to work with will, and
soon dug trench of sufficient length and
depth to get the horse out. He was rescued
with little damage.
A. A. Loveland, of Owatonna, had Fanny
Woodward arrested for giving him black
eye on show day. City Justice Cornell in
vestigated the matter on Wednesday and
placed the damages at $40. The woman
couldn't pay and wept bitterly when told she
must go to Jail. Sympathizers paid the fine
-$5.00-and those entitled to costs did not
press their claims. The woman hit the man,
because, she said, he slandered her.
Albert Lee Standard: 1t has become a
vsry common thing for lot of sneaks be-
tween Kilkenny and Montgomery, on the