Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.

work on tnc new elevator az hastings Is pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
local exchange counsels the pepperlng of
orchard thieves with buck shot.
The "Bank of Sank Centre is a new insti-
tuition just going into operation.
A man in Westport, Pope county, has had
twenty-five young hogs carried off by wolves.
Chinch bugs are reported to be doing much
damage to the corntields in Wabashaw county.
A gentlemen riding into st. Cloud, dis
lance of twenty miles, counted S97 stacks of
grain.
Last week, Mrs. Mary Murphy, living north
east of Zumbrota, had COW killed by sLroke
of lightning.
The Wesleyan Methodist services, of WASH
oil, Dodge county, commenced its fall term
early in September.
On Friday night, August 20, a light frost was
experienced in low localities in Elk River town
ship, Sherburne county.
The house of D. Lowe, near Kasson, Dodge
county, was destroyed by fire the other even
ing, caused by defective chimney.
A. Bjelkengren, of Willmar, in quarrel, hit
his brother on the head with bar of iron, in
flicting serious and it may prove fatal wound.
The house of Daniel Morrow, about four
miles from Rushford, Fillmore county, was
damaged by lightning recently to the amount
of $25.
George Royhe, aged IL years, was run over
the other day by loaded wagon, near Man
kato, aud received serious injuries, which will
affect him for life.
The Fergus Falls Journal of August 81, gives
an account of a brutal outrage perpetrated on
young girl in that village. The villain fled
and escaped arrest.
1t is said that the yield of wheat in Mcleod
and Renville counties will average twenty bush
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twenty-five bushels.
A new town called "Jericho," six miles west
of Glencoe, in Mcleod county, has been staked
out and opened up to the world, as rival of
Glencoe or any other city.
Rush City Star, Aug. q: A large black bear
was seen inside the village last Monday. He
was roaming around looking for stray pigs.
Bears are quite numerous in these parts this
fall.
report comes from St. Cloud that party
of careless chicken shooters sent some of the
shot Into man and his horses too. The dis
lance was so great that the wounds were not
serious.
According to the census returns, Morrison
county had just one more "pOpulation' than
Pope county, but the Glenwood Press records
couple of births, and thinks Pope county
now slightly ahead.
At Grand Meadow, Mower county, drunken
man fell from wagon and broke his neck. At
the same place. a lot of drunken men got into
row. One was stabbed in several places and
another disembowled.
Glencoe Register: The Eastwood trees in
our forests are being perfectly denuded of
their leaves by some kind Of worm. In
some places the trees present the appearance
of having been killed by fire.
The neighbors of William Mcpherson, of
(trO0katOO n q rpc md
harvested his entire wheat crop. Sickness in
the family of Mr.. Mcpherson made it impos-
sible for him to attend to the crop himself.
Owatonna Reuie,o, Aug. %: Sam Lindsey
got drunk on Wednesday and pounded his
wife. Marshal Tiffany arrested him and put
him in the lookup. The next day he and his
wife, by mutual consent, separated and dividE-
ed the property.
At recent Sabbath service in the Swedish
Lutheran church in Red Wing, a common grass
snake was seen crawling inside the chancel
rail. The intruder caused some commotion
among the ladies, but being speedily killed,
quiet was restored.
Two years ago, A. W. Swenson, of Alexan-
andria set out $50 apple trees and 90 grape
vines, and all are doing we'll and are in a fine
condition. Not one was killed last winter and
it ia considered that the last was the hardest
winter on trees since the winters of 1928
al OouSC CouuGy tuo CIOp5 VI WuOdV tudb
have been threshed have yielded from six
to twenty bushels an acre, reaching, in most
cases, the expectation of producers. The oat
crop appears to be disappointing, the yield not
being as good as expected, and the grain rath-
er light
Wells (Faribault county, Advocate, Aug. 49,
1t is estimated that there has been shipped
from this station each day, for the past ten
days. two hundred and fifty prairie chickens.
The chickens are being killed off with remark
able rapidity, and the wonder is how long will
it be when they will be all exterminated.
Zumbrota Independent, Aug. 26: The little
8 year old son of Mr.. Fred Kopplin met with a
serious accident on Tuesday morning last, that
came near proving fatal in its results, but we
are happy to state that the child is rapidly re-
covering and now out of danger. The child
pulled wash pan of scalding watar from a
table, and its contents went pretty we'll over
the little fellow.
Glencoe Register, Aug. 26: While going
home from Glencoe last Tuesday night, Mr..
Geo. Hill, when within eighty rods of his
house, was shot at by some one concealed in
the grass by the side of the road. The ball
passed through the frontispiece of his cap, and
but for sudden movement of his horse, which
brought his head out of its line, would have
passed through his head. The would be as
sassin, seeing that his first shot had failed
fired again, but fortunately with no better
effect. The horse took fright and ian with bis
rider to his stable.