Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-22
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Mr.. GIBBS, Of Caledonia, had one of
his legs badly cut by moving machine
the other day.
Mrs. FRANK HY1AND died at Empire,
Dakota counry on the 10Th from prostra-
ton by the heat.
CocHRoN's Touring mill on Wolf
creek, near Dundas, Rice county, was
destroyed by fire last week.
A SON Of Mr.. Toedley, of Owatonna,
fell from load of hay last week, and
had one of his legs broken.
Mrs. G. s. TRASH, of Caledonia,
Houston county, lately gave birth to
female infant which weighed 184 pounds.
PAT REDMAN, of Lanesboro, was
thrown from wagon last week by his
team running away, and had his collar
bone broken.
AT Granite Falls on late Sunday
evening the mosquitoes we're so thick
that part of the congregation in one Of
the churches went out during service.
A MAN named Kenneth McCutcheon,
died at Anoka, penniless, friendless and
alone, last week, after an illness of sew
eral weeks. Nobody knows his ant ece-
dents.
The other day man was arrested at
Albert Lea and put in the lookup for
drunkenness, and not long after was
found dead from the effects of his de-
bauch.
A LITTLE SOD of G. Berg, living near
Spring Valley, got one of his hands
badly cut by moving machine the other
day. There is hope that the hand may
be saved.
DURING the storm of the 10th the barn
of Jacob Fluckiger. a farmer living three
miles west of Monticello, was struck by
lightning and both of his horses instant
" killed.
AT St. Cloud, last week, Joseph Set
zer and NJ. Duae, of St. Cloud, by the
premature explosion of a blast, had their
eyes filed with particles of powder.
Setter loses one of his eyes.
Mrs. ANDREW BYRNEs, of Warsaw,
Goodhue county, had received back pen
sion amounting to 81, ,52e for the death
of her son in the army. She will get
pension of So month in the future.
ANDREW RITZ, of CRANKY, Nicollet
county, received bad cut on his leg
from moving machine the other day.
He had incautiously stepped in front Of
the machine, when the team started.
RECENTLY John Mercer Howell, en-
ployed on the construction train of
the Northwestern railroad, near Pine
Greek, Winona county, was thrown under
train and crushed, dying soon after.
Jos. BOWLER, of Bird Island, day or
two since, lost his barn, span of
horses and harness, and three-year-old
colt, by fire, set, we understand, by one
of his children. Falls Times.
The city council has accepted the pro-
position of the Cleveland, Ohio, Bridge
company, for the sum of $3,317.6O. The
bridge will be of iron, of two spans of
104 feet each, and in width sixteen feet.
-Ratsht ford Star.
Mrs. KoNzoN, lately from Germany,
was admiring the working of moving
machine in Caledonia, whom, unoautiouo
ly approaching too near, she had one Of
her legs SO seriously cut that it is feared
amputation will be necessary.
ANDREW AUSTIN, living about nine
miles from Forest City, Meeker county,
had his stables destroyed by fire last
week, over seventy bushels of wheat, a
mule, colt, harness, farming implements,
etc. Mr.. Austin was severely burned
trying to save his wheat.
A DAUGHTER of Mr.. Harlan, of Beau
ford township, Blue Earth county, was
riding fast horse with harness on the
| other day, when she fell off, and her
dress being entangled in the harness, she
was dragged some distance. A collar
bone was broken, and she received other
injuries, but will recover.
QUITE an accident occurred on Lily
lake recently. Misses Eta and Clara
Mues and ALA Blakely we're crossing in
row boat, the wind arose, and the boat
was overturned. The young ladies
showed great presence Of mind, each
clung to an oar, and after considerable
effort Mr.. Fleet rescued them.-LoHc
Crystal Public Spirit.
On the 9th inst, at Heidelbeg, Scott
county, Mr.. Mertens was struck by
Lightning and his body torn in eleven
pieces. When the remains we're found
the head, torn from the body, lay six
teen PAGES from the spot where was
struck; the vitals we're torn out, and lay
upon the ground; the body was split
asunder, from the neck downward, and
the limbs were wrenched from their
sockets; the clothing was nearly stripped
off, and the shoes we're torn from the
feet.
| HORACE G1LLErr met with terrible
accident on last Sunday evening. He
was vigorously pounding a nail, when
the hammer slipped and the nail struck
him Just below the ball of his left eye
with all the force Of bullet. The eye
ball was badly cut, and considerable
aqueous humor was lost. The optic
nerve was struck and probably para.
lyZed. He has forever lost his sight III
that eye, and it will take good care te
save the other, which is in danger o1
being effected through sympathy.-Lake
City Leader, July 9Th.
MooRHEAD, Clay county, Advocate.
One day last week, Knute Nelson, Roda
lost his life by drowning in Talti lake,
Just north of Cromwell township, Clay
county. He and his brother, a young
Tati, were breaking when the oxen ra1
away and got into the lake. Nelson tool
his boat and padded to the rescue, while
Tati went for his boat. When Tati re-
turned he found one of the oxen al
right. The other three were drowned
and strangled all in heap. Nelson''
boat was upside down and the poor fel
low nowhere to be seen. The body wa
found next day.