Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-29
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The frame of the new Methodist church
in Morris is up, and is being enclosed
The heaviest taxpayer III Hastings is
Stephen Gardner, who pays 81, ,52425
The diphtheria in Sauk Center is quite
prevalent, and it is said full fifty per
cent. of the cases are fatal
Mrs. Jane Waters, of Faribault, aged
so years, fell through trap door into the
cellar of her residence the other day, and
was severely injured.
The Catholics, Congregationalists and
Eplscopallans, have each a church edifice
in Morris, and the Methodists will have
church edifice soon in readiness
The population of Mower county is
classified as follows: Males, s,795; Fe-
males, 8,004 total, Is, 799; native, H.
s64; foreign, 1895; colored, Is.
S. W. Leavltt's residence at Lite htield,
was injured by fire the other day to the
amount of $400 or $780, but the building
was saved from complete destruction.
Ortonville Herald: The people of Wa
tertown went in body and demol-
ished a railroad bridge, using it's timbers
for fuel during the wood famine in that
region.
The census of Dodge county shows the
number of inhabitants to be 11,344 Of
this number there are males, 5,947; fe-
males, 5,397; native, S,6S7; foreign, 1851
colored, T.
Mrs. E. L. Reed, of Anoka, was thrown
from her sleigh the other day by her
horse running away, but fortunately was
not seriously injured. The sleigh was
reduced to kindling wood
Anoka City Herald: The hunting low
ing citizens of st. Francis were entertain
ed last week by stray moose. He was
followed for some distance, and fired at
once or twice, but was not stopped He
is said to have been as large as an ordl-
nary OK.
On the night of December 90, Court
House Hall in Crookston was discovered
to be on fire. By great exertion the
building was saved, though considerably
damaged. The court was in session the
day before the fire, and afterwards took
up its quarters in Losey's Hall
Lena, daughter of Andrew johnson,
landlord of the Scandinavian hotel at
Moorhead, Clay county, the other day
playfully snapped pistol at her father
| ''nOt knowing it was loaded" The pis-
tol sent ball into the shoulder of her
father, making an ugly, but not fatal
| wound
Anoka City Herald, Dec "a: After a
lingering sickness, some seven years in
duration, the life of Rev Moses Goodrich
was brought to a close on Saturday morn
ing last, and Anoka mourns the loss of
one of her most upright and honorable
citizens. Mr.. Goodrich was born in New
Y York City in 1917, and was consequently
63 years of age at the time of his death.
| Worthington Advance, Dec. %: On
Saturday night last Mrs Hannah Show
ers died very suddenly at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs Stewart. About mid
night she called her daughter and asked
for glass of water and sent for her son,
A. S. Husselton, who lived next door. A
few minutes after he arrived the old lady
sank bank upon her pillow and died. Her
age was 79 years, 9 months and DAYS,
and her death was doubtless due to old
age.
The diphtheria is reported to be raging
with terrible malignity in the southwest
ern towns of Stearns county In North
Fork there has already been about fifteen
deaths, and the disease has not apparent
ly abated. Fully fifty per cent of those
taken do mot recover Herman Gilbert
son has lost three children, all the little
ones he had, and Sven Swenson has also
lost three. 1t is a fearful epidemic
scourge, and unless vigorous measures
are undertaken to check it, there is nc
predicting when it will end