Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-29
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Two buildings were burned in sher:
bu1ne last week. Loss $4,000. u
| APPLETON is to have new elevator
with capacity of 80, 600 bushels.
A STEAM saw mill has been put in run
ming order three miles from Madelia.
| Rev. J. G. JOHN, of New Ulm. lost
his four children by diphtheria in week s
time.
GEORGE McCARTY, of Mulligan, Brown
county, whose leg was amputated two
weeks ago, is dead.
MEN congregating at Mankato are 90.
ing in large numbers to the woods to
engage in numbering.
The house of Mr.. Drake, in Canisteo,
Dodge county, was destroyed by fire on
last Wednesday morning.
THE pastors of the churches in Crooks
ton have determined on holding series
OF union temperance meetings.
NE1s OLEsoN, of Currie. fell tile
other day with a butcher knife in his
hand and received fearful wound,
A posToFF1cE has lately been estab-
ished at Edgefeld, a railway station
near Vernon Center, Blue Earth county.
Mrs. EMERSON, laundress at Anoka,
has recently fallen heir to large for
tune by the death of relative in Canada.
THE artesian well in Hastings has been
bored to the depth of 800 feet, and
throws stream of water five or six feet
high.
Mrs. DEWITT SMITH, OF Rochester,
tainted away recently and fell on q hot
stove, burning her face and shoulders
terribly.
A FIRE at Wilmar the other night de-
stroyed the Pacific house and several
other buildings. Loss about $14,O0O;
insurance light.
Two years ago man in Albeit Lea
accidentally shot bullet into the palm
| OF his hand. The other day a surgeon
removed the bullet.
A FOUR pound t,lmor was removed
from the head Of Mrs. Hollberg a few
| weeks ago. She lives near Balsam Lake.
and has nearly recovered.
Two MEN were severely hurt on Hill
man brook, twenty-five miles from Little
Falls, the other day, by falling tree
which had been chopped down.
WALTER HUR1BUT speared at Oronoca,
one day last week, a large fish of the pike
species uskallonge-which weighed
eighteen and one. half pounds.
The New Ulm Review says: John
Casey, living near Morris, was caught
in the late blizzard while coming home
with an OK team and froze to death.
A GREAT deal Of the sickness now pre-
vailing in Freeborn county is attributed
by physicians to the low stage of water |
in the wells throughout the county.
LEON HoUDE, of Little Falls, has |
shipped 10000 pounds of venison this |
season, and expects to ship 10000 |
pounds more before the season closes.
The other day Philip Sharp, a worthy
citizen Of Chatfeld, fell backward from
his sleigh, striking the ground with the
back of his head, and was seriously hurt.
A LARGE wild moose was driven into
Taylors Falls last week. Says the Jour-
nal: "Two men gave it chase, but lost
the game. It crossed the river into Wis
cOnsin."
ABOUT forty buildings have been erect
ed In Alexandria, Douglass county, in
1880. The whole amount expended dur
ing that time in building improvements
is $91, 945.
LAST week the house of Thomas Clip
perton, of Enterprise, Jackson county,
was burned with all its contents. Hay
was used for fuel and this caused the
EMILE WATERS was severely injured
the other day in the Touring mill at
Chaska, by being caught in the belts.
He remained insensible for long time,
but will recover.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GEORGE w. OWENS. of
East Prairieville, Rice county, recently
lost two boys, aged respectively 7 and II
years, by diphtheria. They died within
two days of each other.
LAST week dog broke $25 worth of
glassware in Wi]lsey & Jeferson's store
in Owatonna, and concluded his feat by
aashing Though a plate glass window,
loinf; S75 worth more of damage.
The Independent says: A. Bring
gold, of Zqmbrota, was badly injured, it
is feared fatally, by the running away of
4 span Of mules recently. Last summer
be was almost killed by the same mules.
IT isroported 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 fattened for the
market.
LAST week q Norwegian woman of
Faribault county, while UNITY
ing COW, had one of her thumbs caught
N the knot Of the rope, and the COW pull
ng back, the thumb was torn entirely
rom the hand.
ARCHIBALD MCCURDY's residence in
Llnwood, Anoka county, was recently
entirely destroyed by fire. The fire
caught from shavings in the second
story, where some carpenters work was
being performed.
The residence Of Peter Robinson of
dreenbush, Mile Laos county, was de-
stroyed by fire the other day. Part of
The furniture on the lower floor was
saved. All above was destroyed. Loss
81, 800. No insurance.
JOHN HMFERTY, Of elevator "a" of
Hastings, had a marrow escape one day
last week. He was caught by one of the
shafts, and stripped of portion of his
clothing in a hurry, but by an almost
effort he saved himself from
broken bones, if not death.
Mr.. GEO. WYMAN died on the cars be-
tween Pennington and Mortified, on
the Goth, while on his way to Owatonna
from the pineries. He had beennup
north chopping, and having taken sick,
was put on board at Minneapolis for his
home in Owatonna. Deceased was about
forty years Of age, and unmarried.
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Or, WHITTIER