Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

ing III the SCtllo O1 NluuCSOtG.
THE Saltwater water works were tested
on the 10Th with satisfactory results.
Is. A. WILLIAMS, of GAINESVILLE, lost
his house and portion of it's contents
last week.
ARTHUR BALL, of Hastings was killed
by the caving of we'll near Minneapolis
on the 18th.
PINE COUNTY has been almost Drank
rupted by the Hutchinson murder case,
and must try it again.
The Transcript estimates that 5000
deer have been killed in the vicinity of
Little Falls the present season.
The Cornham house (unoccupied)
near Twin Lakes. was burned on the 18th
inst. So says Saltwater dispatch.
| H. D. CoNANr, for many years a resi-
dent of Lake City, died of inflammation
of the bowels at Lennox, d. T., on
the 18th.
FRANK WrrTE, an old and esteemed
citizen of Hastings, shot himself inten-
tionally and fatally on the Sth inst, at
Fremont, Neb.
A YOUNG lady fell on the street in Roch-
ester, a few days ago, and the shock
paralyzed her 50 that she has no use of
her legs and arms.
DIR. MAYO, Of Rochester, performed a
successful operation on the person of
Mrs. Thomas Streeter, removing an
ovarian tumor weighing eighteen pounds.
FELIX LAMo1NE, a twelve-year-old son
of d. G.. Lamoine, while coasting at
Saltwater on the 10th inst, was run into
Dya pair of hobs and had the right orhital
arch crushed in a dangerous manner.
THE Wabashaw Herald of December
Is says: "Thursday of last week the
river at this point was frozen over and
loaded teams crossed all day with safety.
Friday the steam ferry was running"
The Lake City Leader says wolves
have been seen this season near Lake
City, in greater numbers than usual.
Back # Maiden Rock and round Minnow
lake is where they are most numerous.
IT is reported that several farmers on
LIE Sueur prairie are already out Of feed
for their stock. This is owing to the
shortness Of the corn crop, and the large
number of animals fattencd for the mar
ket.
The sheriff of Stearns county con-
veyed Winslow Malley to state prison on
the 18th. AIalley was convicted for five
years for the crime Of assault, armed
with q dangerous weapon, with intent to
rob and kill.
Mrs. GEORGE MARSHALL, of Hastings,
had her clothes set on fire, the other
night, by the explosion Of lamp. Her
husband saved her from serious injury
by promptly throwing blanket around
her and smothering the flames.
A PRISONER in the jail at Litchfeld,
the other night, burned up nearly three
quarters of cord of wood, and then
came near freezing to death. The jailor
took compassion on him and took him to
his own house. The Jail is as cold as
corn-crip.
JUDGE MITCHELL has called the atten-
ton Of the Olmsted county grand juryto
an alarming fact that within the last two
years, while crimes against property
have decreased, crimes against life and
person have in many parts of the state
greatly increased.
OK Monday, December 6, an ovarian
tumor was removed from the person Of
Mrs. Page, sister of Mrs. G. G. Roberts,
OF Belyidere, Goodhue county, which
weighed sixty-four pounds. The opera
ton occupied two and half hours. On
Friday. December 10, the patient died.
The Lyon county Ne,rs says passen-
ger trains were blockaded between Tracy
and Sleepy Eye, the cuts being filed toa
depth Of seven or eight feet. Owing to
the same cause, Judge Cox was unable
to reach Marshall, and the District Court
at that place was adjourned until the LIST
of March.
A RAILROAD smash-up occurred re-
Gently at CORTLAND station, Nicollet
county, by broken axle. Two passen-
ger cars we're turned over. and another
partly thrown from the track. There
were five coaches aud sleeper, carrying
347 passengers. All were badly shaken
up. but none were hurt.
The Princeton Union states that the
house Of Peter Robideau, of Greenbush,
was completely destroyed by fire ON
the 7th. Most Of what furniture was on
the ground floor was saved, but every
thing upstairs and in the cellar was de-
vourcd by the flames. The loss is esti-
mated at 81 500; no insurance whatever.
The total assessed valuation of Fari-
bault county is 1910, 1898, 123, G02
real estate, and s75l, 7Sl personal. The
Duluth Tribune says the auditors re-
port for St. Louis county shows the val
he Of personal property in the county to
be $142, 1913, real estate 81 ,419, $50. Total
valuation, 81, 563, 532. The rate in vii
lage, 49, mills.
REPORTS Of casualties to travellers dur
ing the late storm are numerous, but
there seem to have been no fatal cases
of freezing. The Swift county Observer
says: Mr.. John Whalen, Of Cashel,
while returning home from De Graft Sat-
urday night last, got misled by the storm
then raging and froze both his hands and
feet. He became blinded after vainly
endeavoring to reach his home. and it
was not until s o'clock Sunday morning
that relief reached him.
IT is now believed that two men found
dead in q field in Lyon county, last
spring, were poisoned by DR.. Prudden,
the insane physician who was recently
burned to death while an inmate of the
st. Peter asylum. He was a resident Of
the vicinity, knew one Of the men, at
tended the inquest over their bodies, and
atterward, while in on irresponsible state
of mind, dictated a letter indicating that
he had been experimenting with strych.
nine to ascertain how much was necessa.
ny to kill man.