Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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tho Mississippi.
threshine machine lols lany has been
organized at Red Wing.
Albert Loa is to build $4,000 school
house tho present season.
A churn manufacturing company has
been organized at Lake City.
1t is reported that great deal of sickness
prevails in Jordon, Scott county.
The Faribault iron works are reported to
be in active operation filing orders.
Many new buildings have boon projected
for tho present season in Hastings.
John Shalin, Scandinavian, committed
suicide in Dassel, Meeker county, last week.
1t has been many years since cs much
water has stood on Minnesota prairies as at
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. OSWALD, of Wabashaw,
lost their seventh and last surviving child,
last week.
A project is reported to be on foot for
building railroad from Big Stone lake to
the Black Hills.
There are three papers at Crookston, and
another reported to be about to be started.
Population 700.
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Litchfield, Meeker county, was destroyed by
fire the other day.
Some of the papers in Southern Minneso-
ia are advocating the holding of the next
State fair at Mankato.
Paul Kluger, of Lake City, lost his team,
for which he paid $2lO, by breaking through
the ice in twenty-five feet of water.
1t is reported that an unusual amount of
building is to be done q mong the farmers III
the vicinity of st. Peter, this Season.
In some portions of Rice county wolves
are reported to be numerous, and are heard
barking and bowling in the woods nightly.
The other day a thirty-fvo pound wild
cat was killed in Milford, Brown county. 1t
measures thirty one inches from tip to tip.
The team of Daniel Weed. of Lake City,
were drowned short time since by breaking
through the ice while crossing Lake Pepin.
The schools have been resumed at Litch-
field, Meeker county, the danger from the
spread of scarlet fever being deemed to have
passed.
The general collection for the suffering
poor of Ireland in Hastings amounted to
$12O. The Catholic church of Hastings col
lected 1885.
few spring buds have put in an appear
| ance in some localities, but the late winter
wave which has passed over the State was
quito damaging to them.
MIR. Smith, of Mulligan, Brown county,
buried five of his children last week, all of
| whom died of diphtheria. Eighteen cases
are reported at Walnut Grove.
Large focks of wild geese that went north
last week met with insupportable March
arctic beezes, and turned their course south
ward, filling the air with their walls as they
flew.
John Anderson had his leg broken just
below the hip by being thrown out of
wagon by runaway team last week. He
was taken to the house of his son in Lake
City.
Ben Whitney, of Hastings, was blown
from the top of coal shed at the depot the
other day and had one of his legs broken.
His wife had an arm broken by fall shor.
time ago.
A well digger at Minnesota, Jackson coun-
ty, found new soil fourteen feet down,
where grass had grown and solid oak limbs
as large as mans arm. The wood turned
black after being exposed to the air.
A travelling woman taking orders for hair
| work in Lakeville, Dakota county, stole a
watch from the house of Bruno Senschel
She was pursued and arrested at Mendoza
and the watch found upon her person.
In Richmond, Benton county, a mining
company has been formed, styled the erich
mond Mining Company" with capital of
| $4,000, to dig for coal. It has long been
| believed that coal can DO found in that
| locality.
The "Western fever" has broken out foar-
fully in Lake City and many other towns,
end is carrying off many of the best citizens.
| $50 West, young man," and middle aged
and old men, too, seems to be the prevailing
maiady.
| 2. w, Currier, a workman on the Sauk
Rapids bridge, fell from that structure last
week, distance of thirty-six feet, onto the
ice, and received in uries from which be died
in about two hours. He lived near Hast
ings, was single man aged about 25 years.
Faribault Republican, March 10: Leander
Dulac, French teamste., in oar city, moved
a French family to East Prairie, on Friday
last, consisting of father, mother and
twenty-four children. He says that he had
to "put on hay rack in order to have room
for the load" The grandfather of the
children is living near here, 104 years old.
Some young bloods, in 81. Charles, Wind
SCR county, played burglars, for "fun," the
other night but got into deeper water than
they anticipated. The "fun" finally got on
tho wrong side of the ledger. Though not
idiots, they were certainly fools for attempt
| ing to play the role of burglars for amuse-
ment. They will probably escape the gal
lows and the penitentiary this time, and
have gal ned a lifetime lesson.
LIGHT FROM a DARK MAN.