The Worthington advance., 1880-09-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Mrs. A. F. Kingman, Of Northfleld, Rice
county, had collar bone broken the other
day BY being thrown from . carriage.
Christian F. Falk, Of Waoonia, Carver
county, had 200 bushel wheat stack struck
BY lightning last week and consumed. Fully
insured.
Tho Southern Minnesota railroad expects
to carry 5000, 600 bushels Of the new crop
Of wheat out of Minnesota and Dakota
Territory.
George Simar, of Blue Earth City, had
bis left hand badly wounded while out hunt
ing the other day, by the accidental dis
charge Of his gun.
Prof. Hayden, Who died At Eyota, Olm-
sted county, last month, was = member of
the Masonic Relief association and his fam
lily will receive the sum Of $4,000.
Henry Dresser, of Brainerd, Grow Wing
county, was stricken oy paralysis last week,
one side Of his body being completely PAL
sled. His partial recovery is looked for.
The commissioners of Faribault county
are erecting . new Jail building at IN ex-
pense of $3.50. 1t is three stories high,
and in addition to prison cells IL to have
rooms suitable for the various county Offices.
The Browns Valley Reporter gives an &C.
count of the death Of A. W. Chad wick, Who
came to his death few days since by foul
air in we'll which he descended to make
repairs. He was 20 years old and q practi.
cal we'll digger.
Meeker county Tribune: The past rainy
and fogRy days have had bad effect upon
newly built wheat stacks. Que farmer In
this ne'ghborbood had to tear down and
p'sce in shocks eight large stacks, on account
of their having taken water and subsequently
heat.
Mt. Ramsdale, of Waseca, has sunk q we'll
seventy. five fset deep on the bill in front Of
his brewery, and obtained a plentiful sup
ply of pure water. After digging thirty feet
he bored al eighteen.,nch hole the remain
der of the distance. He has reached a
depth considerably below the lake level.
Eagle Oleson, living in the northern part
Of Blooming Grove, wsseca c"unty. has lost
seven Children with diphther,a, aud h,s only
remaining child is kept away from home to
prevent it's having the same disease. It
would seem that there must be some deadly
local cause to produce SUCH frightful NOR
tality in one family.
Renville Times, Sept 2: Another soaking
rain storm last Monday night. 1t is safe to
assert that not tew far@ers in this county
will lose more or less wheat in case the style
ut weather for several days past continues.
Undoubtedly in some INSTANCES, the loss
could not have been avoided, while in
prove to be the thief that caught the farmers
mapping.
A few nights since lot of drunken young
rowdies in Blue Earth City, Fazibauit coun-
ty, made ght hideous by their noisy, drunk
On antics, hooting and dancing and usin e
obscsne language before q number of resi-
denoes. When bowling before H. Ray
mond's house two pistol shots were fired
into the drunken crowd, one of which took
feet In the face of one of the rioters,
knocking out couple of teeth, at which the
young rascals fed.
Rardlng's (Lanesboro) Herald: On . re-
cent night the wife of MIR. Patterson, q horse
doctor who lives about . mile from the vii
lsRe, got up in the night and left the prem
ises. She had been sick during the first palt
Ut the nil 9ht, but not seriously. Her bus.
band missed her In the morning. Up to the
present writing, 10 O'Clock Friday morning,
nothing has been heard of her, though
parties have been searching the neighboring
| woods. 1t is feared that, during fit of tenn
porary insanity, she has drowned herself.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Heisel, of Rochester,
Olmsted county, have been arrested for
stealing valuable clothing, silverware, etc.,
belonging to Rev. G. II. Dere and wife. The
property was stolen when Mr.. Dere and wife
were absent on their summer vacation. Ar
.icles of the stolen property were found in
tho house of Mr.. Heisel. Mrs. H. con-
feesed the theft, and said her husband knew
nothing about it. He was discharged, but
he was committed to Jail in default Of
81 800 bail. They had heretofore borne q
good reputation in the community.