Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-08
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

MINNESOTA, STATE NEWS.
TIMOTHY DESMOND, SR., one of the
pioneer settlers of Wright county, died
recently.
JOHN EHRs1ANTKANT, prominent citi.
zen of Chaska, Carver county, IN old
settler, died last week.
A NEW postoAice has been established
in the town of Odin, Watonwan county,
and P. Newgard appointed postmaster.
FRANK F. HEATING, a former resident
of Brainerd, died at Leadville, on the
morning of the 10th inst, after an illness
of only twelve days.
OSCAR SoLUM, of Alexandria, had
hand terribly crushed recently, while at
tempting to hold in place loose frog
when train was passing over it.
The Hokah Herald says Prof. s. G.
Powers, of Fountain, Minnesota, recent
ly took over 81, 900 out of Trempealeau
county, Wisconsin, for charts and heads.
Mrs. j. w. L1D1cK, of Shakopee, was
taken suddenly i'll last week, and her
malady developed into insanity, and
she had to be taken to the asylum at St.
Peter.
A GREY eagle, which measured seven
feet and one inch from tip to tip of his
wings, was shot recently on the Holmes
CITY road about a ,noilo-s.rr13 hrsa4- ArU1u
Alexandria, by Mr.. John Lampman.
ON Sunday afternoon, March 81, Aug
ust Wetterbaum, of Otisco, was acci-
dently shot and instantly killed by a
young son of Charles johnson, who was
carelessly handling loaded shot gun.
Mrs. MARaAREr SKE11Y,. wife Of
Patrick Skelly, of LIE Sueur, died last
week at the age of IS years. Her hus-
band, who survives her, is 100 years old.
They had lived in married life seventy
years.
W. H. H. DoLMAN, q Norwegian in
Northfeld, accidentally shot himself the
other day while carelessly handling
revolver. The ball entered his head just
under the left eye, penetrating the brain
and killing him instantly.
FRANK GRAVES and some others were
crossing the Beaver Greek, in Martin
county, on Monday, in boat. When
Frank got over he took a gun that was in
the boat by the muzzle. The charge en-
tered his body near the heart. His death
was instantaneous.
The Chatfeld Democrat says that W.
L. Briley drove his herd of 120 steers to
Spring Valley last week, where they were
sold to parties who will drive them to
Schuyler county, Illinois. It was the
finest and largest drove of young cattle
that ever left that section, and brought
the snug sum of S., 500.
LAST week the house of E.. E. Jones,
some three and half miles northeast of
Darwin, Meeker county, took fire from q
stovepipe, and, a heavy wind blowing at
the time, the barn and granary soon
caught fire, and no effort could stay the
flames. House, barn, granafy, and every
thing in them was lost. No insurance.
A MAN at Bird Island concluded that
his COW was going dry, from the fact that
she gave so little milk in the morning,
and he thou ght of fattening her for beef.
But happy thought struck him, and he
locked the stable door at night. He now
gets pailfun of the lacteal fluid both
night and morning.
ONE night last week freight train
loaded with horses and cattle, was
wrecked about half mile west of Good
hue City, Meeker county. Though there
was very miscellaneous mixing up,
strange to say, not one of the animals
was killed or even injured y The roofs
and sides were speedily torn away to lib
crate the animals.
CHARLEY WESTON has recently built a
barn 15x22 feet from timber grown on
his own farm. Mr.. Weston came to this
section seventeen years ago, and at once
saw the necessity of tree planting for
protection against the winds, if nothing
nothing else, and he now not only raises
his own 6rewood, but timber large enough
for purposes asabove. - Wells Advocate.
THE Spring Valley Vidette has an ac-
count of the arrest of one A. e. Eddy, OF
Lime Springs, Iowa, for shooting A. G..
Loughrey through the shoulder, near
Chatfeld, and Of trying to kill Bohe-
mian. Eddy was a temperance man and
is church member, and not over Is
years old, but suddenly became addicted
to whisky.
TIE Waterville Ne Sueur county,
Chronicle complains that parties are vio-
lating the state laws by catching bait and
fish in nets and with spears, for which
there is heavy fine. Last year fine
lot of salmon were placed in these lakes,
and should be cared for. One hundred
grown fish furnish o large amount of
food, and yet parties here often catch and
kill 400 or 500 young bass, pike and perch
in single day for bait.
The other day the house of John
Peterson, in an isolated location near
I 5auk RnptdS, was visited by tr~nn1p
when Mrs. Peterson was alone with q
child in the house. The tramp, with 8
revolver in his hand, demanded $40 OF
her life. She seized hatchet and dealt
the tramp heavy blow with the edge o1
it. He gave yell and fed with hif
hand on his forehead. Though tht
alarm was Immediately gwen and pursuit
made. the villain was not found.
Mr.. A. G. PORTER, first controller o1
the United States treasury, writes from
Washington to Gov. Pillsbury to the ef.
feet that the account has been adjusted
between the United States and the: state
of Minnesota under the acts of congress-
of February 26, 1857, and May II, 1858,
for the five per cent. accruing to the state
from the net proceeds of the sales pub
lie lands with the boundaries of Mime
sofa for the fiscal year ending on tue 30tt
day of June, 1879. The amount foune
to be due the state was 81 121, draf
for which amount accompanied the Motif
cation from the national treasury to Gov
Pillsbury.
Raccoon Oysters.
The banks of the rivers, creeks and
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