Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-10
MINNESOTA NEWS


pleted at Monticelleo, Wright county.
Girard Mitchell, residing at St. Cloud, q
railroad employe, met with an accident at
Anoka the other day, by which both his legs
were broken.
One day last week huge rattlesnake was
slaughtered on the road between Maiden
Rock and Stockholm, Wright county. It
had twelve rattles.
A tramp in Austin stole school boys
vest recently, and his cousin, M. ]. Wood
son, thrashed the tramp and recovred the
vest, and now comes the tramp and sues
Woodson for damages!
8. Rathbun, at his wagon factory in st.
Cloud, the other day was struck by piece
of timber thrown by circular saw, over the
right eye, cutting 'frightful cash and de-
stroying the sight of the eye.
Reports for Wright county are to the effect
that the late favorable weather has enabled
farmers to thresh most of the wheat in shock,
and it does not prove to be as badly damaged
by the lste rains as had been supposed.
Two wheat stacks the other night, belong
ing to A. Nelson, living three miles from
Montevideo, Chippewa county, were fred by
lightning and destroyed. This is the second
time MIR. Nelson has lost grain by lightning.
In portions of the State complaint is made
of the "canker worm," which is making
serious depredations on the trees; among
them the plum, apple, oak, elm and bass
wood are suffering, the trees being despoiled
of their foliage.
The Hastings New Era says John Miner
had negro arrested last week for an alleged
insult, but the negro was proved blameless,
and he was discharged. The negro then had
Miner arrested for an assault. He plead
guilty and paid $11 for his enterprise.
The st. Peter Tribune of September 8,
says the first frost of the season occurred on
the previous evening, and it was sufficiently
severe to nip all tender vegetation. Corn,
not matured, was slightly injured, but near
ly all Of the crop was "out of the way,''
hence beyond harm.
Many blame the farmers for reckless dila.
toriness in securing their wheat in stacks.
The truth is, many farmers had not teams
and men enough to put the shocks in stacks
before the rains came. Self binders work SO
rapidly that often help Is not always ade.
quate to secure the grain in stacks.
Reports are to the effect that the damage
to the wheat in shocks and stacks by the late
rains will be very considerable, much greater
than was at first anticipated. Stacks have
to be taken down and the bundles scattered
to dry. In some instances the wheat has
grown. The grade will be lowered and the
price, Of course, correspondlngly.
Little Falls Daily Transcript, Sept. /:
Just before We 60 to press, O'Clock this
afternoon, messenger arrived In Little
Falls and informed Sheriff T. j. Hayes that
wagon loaded with wheat had just run
over one of Mr.. Hayes children, johapns,
aged years, on his farm three miles south
Of town, and that the child was probably al
ready dead.
Dan. Quincy, living about three miles
east Of Austin, Mower county, met with q
severe loss by fire recently. The fire caught
in hay stack and consumed from twenty to
thirty ton of hay, ten stacks Of wheat, two
stacks Of oats, two harvesters, two seeders, Q
corn sulky plow, and valuable bull which
was tied In straw shed. The barn also
caught fire, but they succeeded In putting
out the flames. Loss estimated at from
$1,000 to 81 800. :.
They have adopted ANEW mode Of collect
ing debts at Redwood Falls, Redwood
county. A German butcher there owed some
parties $2o, and they hung him up to tree.
Then they took him down, and he offered to
| pay, but ctuldn't find his pocket book, so they
| hung him up the second time. When they
took him down he said if they would go to
his house he would get the money, but when
he got there he said he must have lost his
pocket book where they hung him. They
went back, but falling to find the pocket
book they hung him up the third time
Finally they found the pocket book, got theil
pay, and let him 60, but several Of the par.
ties have siuce been arrested.