Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-24
By AID. Cornish
MINNESOTA NEWS.

John Whalen, of Cashel, Swift county,
while returning home from DeGraff, in
the night time, during the cold snap and
severe storm, got lost, and had both hands
and feet severely frozen. He was found
crouching by hay stack, nearly persisted.
A railroad smash-up occurred recently
at CORTLAND station, Nicollet county, by
broken axle. Two passenger cars were
turned over, and another partly thrown
from the track. There were five coaches
and a sleeper carrying 347 passengers.
All were badly shaken up, but none were
hurt.
Worthington Advance: A young man
named Thompson was married the other
day at Window to a young lady named
Webster. The young lady's parents OPP
posed the match, but the young man
stood-a rope ladderup against the window,
and the young lady descended into his
arms and the two hied them away to
Window and were married.
The Lagrange mills of this city at re-
cent meeting of the board of directors,
decided to enlarge the capacity of their
mills to the manufacture of 900 barrels
of flour per day. An additional engine
will be required, thirteen crushers will be
put in and other improved modern ma
chinery, but it will not be necessary to
increase the size of the present building.
So says the Red Wing Republican.
A leap year ball was held in Blairs
hall, Eyota, Olmsted county, last Friday
evening, Dec. II, which afforded some
rare amusement for the young people of
that community About twenty-one
couple were present The young ladies
took charge of the performance and fur
r1ished the music, paid for the supper.
and entertained their partners in the
most courteous manner
The New Ulm Review SAYS Michael
Lynch was knocked off from the red stone
bridge the other night by a snow pillow.
He fell distance of twenty feet into a
snow drift. In his descent he struck tim
bers of the bridge and was so injured he
could not move and lay where he fell all
night. He was discovered and taken care
of in the morning. Had the night been
severely cold he would have persisted
Lanesboro Journal, December II: On
last Sunday night brakeman by the
Fname of Charles Motley, in the employ of
the Southern Minnesota railroad, was SO
badly injured by the cars at Rushforl
eioe iiC ulCu GIC IOI1OWluS morning. Ills
foot became fastened in the guard-rail.
and before he could extricate himself.
the train was upon him. Both legs were
cut off close to the thighs, and although he
had the best of medical assistance. all eff
forts to save his life proved futile, and he
died the following morning at O'Clock.
Marshall Messenger, Dec 10: Last
Friday broken rail was discovered by
the down passenger train near Burns al
what is called the nine mile hill Warming
was given to the up freight train, but
when it reached that locality, thinking
it had passed the dangerous spot, the en-
gineer let on full head Of steam and
rushed into ruin Immediately The en-
CINE and six cars were thrown off the
track. One car was loaded with stock,
and it afterward turned out that three
men stealing a ride were in it. That
particular car was thrown forty feet and
stood on end, killing number of sheep
The rest of the stock was uniniured. and
the three men all escaped.