Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-11-03
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS,

saw mills shut down for want OF water
recently.
CHARLES VE1zEY, of Greeley, Iowa, was
terribly injured by train at Anoka on
the 23d ult.
L. QUAcKENBAcH, of LIE Sueur, lately
sold a yearling Jersey heifer to H. G.
Smith for 500.
The shops and general Offices of the
Fargo Northern and Fargo Southern
railroads are to be located in Fargo.
MAPLEsoN is to have a circulating
library. The books will be ready for
distribution by the LIST of November.
MARY McCABE, of Greenvale, Dakota
county, has been ad]udged insane and
taken to the insane asylum at St. Peters.
A DEVILS deed is what the LIE Sueur
county Neavs forcibly but fitly character
ICES the poisoning of a fine horse belong
ing to DR.. Swayne.
Mrs. G. W. BATTLES residence, at
Saltwater, was consumed by fire on the
25th. Her son Jennie, five years of
age, perished in the flames.
The Elk River Ne,us says lumbermen
are already commencing to leave for the
woods, and preparations are being made
for extensive logging operations.
TIE Cambridge City Press gives the
details of runaway near that town.
which resulted in the death of Mrs. Hans
Erickson, and very severe injury to
her son.
M. STEWART, Esq, wealthy stock
and real estate dealer of Nashua, Iowa,
has just opened a banking house at
Verndale, Wadena county, with capital
of $25, 900.
MIR. QU1RK, of New Richland, Waseca
county, recently had six stacks. con-
tanning 800 bushels of wheat, DESTROYED
by fire, caused by the carlessness Of a
neighbor in burning straw.
"UNc1E ED. BROWN" of Henderson.
who has been acting strangely lately.
threatening to kill himself or somebody
else, has been adjudged insane and
taken to the insane asylum at St. Peters.
IT is reported that diphtheria. men,
branous Group and whooping cough are
spreading rapidly in Spring Valley, Fill
more county, and the Vidette says
" fresh-made graves are multiplying
around us, with every indication that the
end is not yet.
The lines of Chris Sorensen, of Brain
erd, could hardly have been cast in a
more pleasant country. His house
burned on Friday, but before the glow
ing enters had emitted their last spark
the generous citizens had subscribed
enough money to build another house,
a 4 committee will be appointed, says the
Tribune. to supervise the building and
make a full accounting to the donors.
The farmers are complaining about
the ravages of prairie wolves, which the
Dodge County Republican says burrow
in the ground like gopher. The coun-
ty and state offer bounties for the de-
etruction of all kinds of wolves, yet this
species seem to thrive and increase.
They have become so bold that they
come to the very threshold of houses and
break their fast on the favorite brood.
Mrs. JAMES Hnsop, of Pipestone
county, and her child were nearly frozen
to death in the recent snow storm, hav-
ing been left in a drift by Mr.. Hiescp
while he went in search Of assistance.
The mother and child were not found
until next day in the afternoon, as Mr..
ID. could not remember where he had
left them. When found. the mother
was almost exhausted, having, true to
her motherly instincts, nourished and
warmed her babe at the expense of he1
own vitality.
A SAD accident happened in Derry
name one day last week which resulted
in the death of Theodore Starkey, an es-
timable citizen of that town. He was
stacking hay or straw, and after finish
ing the stack threw his fork to the
ground, and his son picked it up and
set it against the side Of the stack, tines
upward. Mr.. Starkey not knowing of
this slipped down the side of the stack,
striking sgainst the tines of the fork,
which were thrust in his abdomen. caus-
ing death in a few hours.-Le Sueu,'
Nevs.
"a HORRIBLE ACCIDENT" is recorded
by the Lake City Leader: Nicholas
Sampson, a threshing hand employed by
Jack and Nick Frank, in sliding down
from the butt of stack landed upon the
butt end of a fork, which entered his
rectum, rupturing the same and entering
his body some twelve inches or more.
The victim, who is quiet, industrious
German laborer, about twenty-five years
old, and who, during harvest and slack
ing, worked for Mat Poncelet, and whose
parents reside eight miles from Port
Washington, Wis.,, is not expected to re-
cover, but was doing as we'll as could be
hoped for at last accounts.
A FATAL accident through the careless
use of firearms occurred mile from
Avon, Stearns county, last Saturday
afternoon. The following are the partic-
ulars, as given by Coroner B. Overlook,
who held an inquest on the body of de-
ceased yesterday: A boy named Samuel
Killian, aged fourteen years, during the
absence of his parents took gun to the
outside of the house, with the intention
of shooting bird that was perched upon
a tree near by. In preparing to shoot,
and when the muzzfe of the gun pointed
directly at a window, inside of which
stood Eva Killian, eleven years old, and
sister of Samuel, it was accidentally dis
charged, the ball striking her in the
forehead and causing instant death.
The grand jury at the present term Of
the Dist1ic Court of Kandiyohi county,
found an Indictment against Stark Lar
son, for having on the 9th day of June
last shot and killed Squire Clark, in the
town of Irving, in said county. The de-
fendant was produced in court and con-
fronted with the charge, and secured a
continuance OH the ground that he is in
sane at present and not liable to trial. A
jury, after hearing the testimony, agreed
that there was cause for a continuance,
and the case was so continued. The
Western Minnesota Press says that
"the question as to his guilt or inno-
cence Of the crime charged has not been
heard yet, and probably will not be un-
til he is so that he can answer guilty or
not guilty to the indictment" The case
is novel one in criminal practice.
We learn from Mr.. VIM. Cooper, of
Fair Haven, Stearns county, that about
two weeks ago man named L. Stevens,
living about five miles from that place,
was working around a homemade sorg-
hum mill, when he was caught by the
"sweep," to which a yoke of cattle was
attached, and had his head crushed