Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Harvest hands are reported to be scarce.
Lincoln county will hold fair this year.
Marshall county has population of over
1000.
The Revere house at Sleepy Eeye was de-
stroyed by fire last week.
The barley harvest is progressing finely
in Tracy, Lyon county.
It has been good season in this State for
the trees set out in the spring.
The population of Redwood Falls has
been raised by revised census to $50.
Horse thieves are reported to be making
extensive depredations throughout the State.
The total acreage in crops this year in
Waseca county is 90,3O4, against S7,OS8 in
1879.
The lazy vagrant tramps in many places
are milking the farmers COWS to gain their
sastenance.
Rev. G. s. PeIton, pastor of the Union
church at Glyndon, Clay county, has tend
cred his resignation.
Crookston Journal: Wheat, oats and bar
ley never boxed better in Polk county than
at the presens time.
There is crop of wheat near Huron,
sown on sod broken last April, and it is said
to be very fine crop.
The population of Lincoln county, by the
late census, is very near 5000; Lyon county,
1924; Redwood, 5,315.
1t is reported that there will be an average
crop of amber cane in the vicinnity of Chat
| field the present season.
The Madeiia Times says "the good pros
pect of an excellent crop is already having
its effect upon the liveliness of the commu-
nifty.
Prairie chickens cannot be legally shot till
August 18th. Yet this law is defantly disre-
garded, and with impunity. Repeal or en-
force it.
On the nightof July 81 the stable of Mr.
Buchanan, seven miles from Lamberton, was
burned, together with four fine horses. The
work of an incendiary.
The Lamberton Journal says, speaking
of the crops: "Reports from all directions
are favorable. The damage by rust and
blight is so far insignificant. Wheat ranges
from good to splendid
The other night thief went aboard the
schooner NJ. j. Winslow, lying at the outer
dock, Duluth, and entered the captains
room and carried off the latter's clothes, and
his gold watch and chain.
There have been RATED out of Beef Slough
during the season 160,000,O00 feet of logs.
There are 120,O00,00O feet remaining there,
aud nearly 1Oo,oO0,Oo0 along the banks of
the Chippewa below Eau Claire.
While John MCCARTHY, of Anthem, Walton.
won county, Was absent the other day his
children went to playing with the harvester.
A little three year old daughter had her
right thumb cleanly amputated by the sickle
between the nail and first joint.
Mrs. @. A. Drew and Mrs. Trussell, of
North6eld, were thrown from carriage
the other day by runaway horse. Mrs,
Trussell's right arm was broken, her elbow
dislocated, wrist spraint, and otherwise
bruised. Mrs. Drew was more fortunate
and escaped with some severe bruises.
Elk River Nelos: DIR. @. 81. Mitchell has
lately performed surgical operation that
reflects credit upon his skill as an operator.
It was nothing less than the removal of
silver from the eye of Henry Dixon, which
entered the eye and projected back of the
pupil. The doctor had to cut through the
sclerotic and cornea until he reached the
larger end of the silver. when, applying his
| tweezers, the enemy was removed and the
| eye saved.
Rush City (Chisago county, Post: A fatal
accident occurred at Mission Greek last week,
whereby Mr.. Albert Davis lost his life. He
was employed by Laird & Thomas in the
lumber yards, and was, on Friday morning,
assisting in coupling cars about the yard,
and in attempting to make a coupling be-
tween two cars loaded with piling, the ends
of two piles extended beyond the end of the
cars and close together, while his head was
between the two. The cars were barely
moving at the time, and the squeeze on the
side of his head could not have been more
than quarter of an inch, but enough to
make rupture in his head, extending out
through the roof of his mouth. He died
soon after.
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