Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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There are eighteen organized townships in
Lac qui Parle county.
There were seventeen divorces granted in
Olmsted county in 1879.
The Chatfield Democrat has entered upon
its twenty-fourth volume.
The Mobiles county bank opened its doors
at Worthington January LIST.
In Owatonna during tho year 1879 there
were 81 births and 43 deaths.
Ex-Gov. Miller, now of Worthington, is
reported to be in feeble health.
Five liquor selling saloons have been IL
censed in Litchfeld for the present year.
Flour is now selling in Faribault at So
barrel. The price in October was but So.
In Rochester in 1879 there were 129 births,
"a males; SIS females. Number of deaths SO.
A brakeman on the st. Paul & Duluth
railroad had three of his fingers jammed off.
In Caledonia during the year 1879, the
births were thirty-seven and the deaths
seven.
One of the students lost over 800 worth
of books by the fire that destroyed Carleton
college edifice.
sheriff of Stearns court7 in place of j. Ell.
Dennis, resigned.
Andrew j. Smith, of Sank Center one day
last week shipped $4,000 in currency to one
of the banks in st. Paul.
Lille Jones, of Mortified, had Gle of her
ankles broken the other day, by jumping out
of a window into snow bank.
The barn of 4. NJ. hanson, of Rushfcrd,
was destroyed by fire the other night.
Cause-depositing hot ashes in a barrel.
One of the institute deaf and dumb boys
at Faribault, the other day, had a leg broken
above the knee by being hit by a coasting
sled.
E. G. Thomas, of Chaska, was thrown
from horse the other day, and had a
shoulder dislocated and was otherwise in
jured.
William Scott, of Rochester, had one of
his fingers frozen the other day while at work
on building. The finger had to be am
putated.
A deaf mute was run over by q
freight train at Rochester the other day.
He was taken from beneath the fire box but
slightly hurt.
The commissioners of Wabashaw county
have fixed the license for selling liquor for
the present year at $100-the beer sellers Ii
cense at $40.
On the morning of January Z, small
house was burned in Faribault on the north
side of the ravine road, caused by the ex-
plosion of lamp.
In the town of Willmar, Kandiyohi coun-
ty, there were, during the year 1879, 40
births and 23 deaths. Of those born, 20
we're males and ID females.
Mrs. Clark Hines, residing three miles
from Anoka, was thrown from her sleigh the
other day, and had both bones of one of her
legs broken below the knee.
COW fell into an open we'll in Anoka, fif-
teen feet deep, and remained there twenty
three hours. When discovered, she was
hoisted out with derrick. No bones were
broken.
In the town and village of st. James, Wa
tonwan county, during the year 1879, there
were 16 deaths, and 81 births. The deaths
were all among the young, none being over
Is years of age.
Recent Mrs. Catharine Myer, Winnie
bago half breed, mother of Mrs. j. L.. Alex
ander, of LIE Roy, Blue Earth county, died
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her age was 1913 years.
A post-office has been established in Long
Lake, Watonwan county, and Bert Larson
has been appointed postmaster. The Office
will be supplied with mail matter three times
q week by the Cedar Lake mail-carrier.
The mother of II. M. Richardson, of
Haverhill, Olmsted county, fell upon the
| floor the other day and fractured the bone
OF one of her thighs. She is eighty-one
years old, and will not be able to recover
from the injury.
Patrick Tunney, of Morris, tho other day,
in the process of cleaning gun barrel that
he knew was not loaded, put the breech in
| the fire, an explosion followed, and the
| charge gave the careless fellow some ugly
but not fatal wounds.
During the year 1879, first papers Of nat
uralization were issued from the Office of the
| clerk Of the district court of Dodge county,
| to eighty persons-thirty- three of whom are
Norwegians, eighteen Danes, nine Germans,
eight English, four Swiss; four Prussians,
two Austrlans, and two Irish.
G.. j. Williams, editor of tho De Graf
Courier, has been sued by A. w. Movins, of
Grant county, D. T., for libel. The plaintiff
ldyS LIB udLuhSoS dt VAo,OoO' LUG dlleR6Q
libel is the publication of an communication
criticizing Movins. The De Graft editor
does not seem to be alarmed to any appre-
| ciable extent.
The official report of the births and deaths
in Mankato for the year 1879 shows the
following: Births, females, 81; males, SO;
total births, 192-thirty- eight more than in
1878. Total number of deaths 1913, nine
more..than in 1878. OF these there were fe-
males, 70; males 55: of this number 60
| were from diththeria, nine more than in
1878.
Last week James E. Bingham, head miller
on the Red Jacket, and Mrs. Troby, another
miller of the same place, went to Mankato
| together and there took the St. Paul & Sioux
City train for the west. Bingham is So
years old and is incorporate, and leaves a
wife and three children 1T the Red Jacket,
in destitute circumstances. Mrs. Tro5y is
80 years old and leaves husband and four
children.
A meeting of the boRro of trustees of the
hospital fcr the insane at st. Peter, took
place January 8. Maj. Strait was elected
president n place of G. L. Brown, deceased.
VIM. Schimmel was reelected secretary and
treasurer. Messrs. Deuel., Brooks and Supt.
DR.. J. E. Bowers were appointed building
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