Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-06-10

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said the man, have not caught up to
that COW yet ?"-'S John (N. b. I6le-
graph.
Minnesota News.
FROM three to five hundred pounds of
butter are shipped from Waseca daily.
BASED on the figures of her new direc-
tory Faribault aspires to population of
1000.
Mrs. JOHANNA LYNCH, an old resident
of st. Cloud, died on Thursday morning
last, aged about 73 years.
Mrs. ALBERT SCHUMACHER, of Hender-
son county, was severely hurt the other
day by being thrown from wagon by a
runaway team.
A HORSE thief in jail at Preston, Fill
more county, got behind the door, and
when the jailor opened it, locked that
functionary in, and "shpped the town. -
MINNIE DAVENPORT, the girl who was
so badly burned by her clothes taking
fire, in the town of Mount Pleasant, is
dead. She died in great agony.
GEORGE BLACK, pupil of Shattuck
school, Faribault, was drowned while in
bathing on the 29th ult. His parents
reside in Springfield, Illinois.
NUMEROUS accidents and fatalities to
horses are recorded on account of wire
fences. A horse costing it's owner 1920
was fatally injured in Morrison county,
recently, by wire fence.
DR.. HARDIN. of Isanti county. fell
down a flight of stairs in the Anoka
house, Anoka, one day last week, and
sustained injuries sufficient to cause his
death last Monday.
j. d. GR1swohD, while digging we'll
at Fairmont, was seized with cram ps
He started up, but had got only half
way when he dropped to the bottom, ex.
piring instantly.
The Old Settlers association of Scott
county will hold their annual meeting
and banquet at Shakopee on July s,
1880, in connection with the Old Settlers
association of Shakopee.
LIGHTNING struck the large new barn
on the farm of A. B. Crlickshank. three
miles north Of Lakeland, Jackson coun-
ty, which was burned with farm machin-
cry and other property, involving loss
of $4,000.
s. N. WRIGHT, of Union Grove, Meek
er county, from couple of two-year-
old twin lambs has this season clipped
twenty-four pounds Of wool, being less
than one years growth. Lon says he
clipped from the same lambs nineteen
pounds of wool.
One of Warren Dunham's horses was
badly injured on wire fence near Foun-
tain, Fillmore county, one night last
week. The road had been changed dur
ing the day and the driver was not aware
of the danger until the horse stuck the
fence, the barbs laroera ted the niml's 8
breast and shoulder in frightful man.
ner.
The wife Of Peter r. Peterson, of
Danielson, Meeker county, disappeared
about a fortnight ago, and, though
! search has been kept up ever since, no
trace of her can be found. She is wo-
man Of about fifty years of age, medium
sized, with dark hair and brown eyes.
and is believed to have worn a dark
ginham dress.
JOE RICHARDSON has put on his place
in Glencoe this spring 100 Norway
spruce and balsam frs, 100 arbor vitoes.
ITO grape vinesr 100 raspberries and Sc
ornamental trees. He has also 1900
currants, besides alarge number of apple
trees and various kinds of shrubbery.-
Gl.,acoe Enterprise.
DRHTHERA is prevalent in the north
ern part of this town to an alarming ex-
tent. John Olin lost two more of his
children since our last, and last Wednes-
day Chas. Soderquist lost three of his
children. We are informed that few
more have died in the same neighbor-
hood, and many more are down with the
fearful disease. st. Peters Tribune.
On Wednesday last, John Rooney,
Sr., of the town of Raymond, Stearns
county, started for the mill with load
of wheat. Several hours after his de.
parture he was found a few miles from
home, lying dead under his load of wheat.
The wagon tipped over, burying him
under it's freight, causing his death.
Cloud Times, May 18th.
Two brothers, Joseph and Tobias
Sherrad, were badly injured on Apple
river last Saturday morning, while at
work on the "drive." A portion of the
river bank caved in, carrying with it
some trees, one of which fell on the
brothers, smashing in Joseph's skull,
and breaking Tobias shoulder and 9TH
erwise injuring him. They were brought
to this place by teams, in the afternoon,
and taken to Saltwater on the Knapp.
Joseph died on Sunday morning, and
Tobias is in a critical condition. -Tay-
lo1''s Fails Journal.
LAST week man by the name of
Curtis, living on the Minnesota river, in
Birch Cooley, Renville county, sent his
family for load of wood down by the
river. After starting they saw him go to
the stable and back to the house. When
they returned they found note stating
that he was tired Of living, and bidding
them goodbye, and that he wanted
them to meet him above. On going to
the stable they found him hanging dead.
He leaves wife and a large family to
mourn his loss. It is supposed that he
was temporarily insane.
An accomplished female swindler has
been victimizing number of St. Paul
ladies. She goes about from house to
house peddling laces. She represents
these as the finest kind Of laces-Mech-
lin and what not. She sells them very
cheap-only two or three dollars per
yard-can afford to undersell the dry
goods merchants, because she brought
her laces from Canada, intimating that
they were smuggled. The victims are
easily caught, and they who are not
judges of laces find that they can pur-
chase any quantity of just such laces at
the stores for twenty-five cents yard
Moral: Buy of your responsible mer-
chants.
That Boy.
fFrom the Boston Transcript
It is hard to believe that that noisy
boy whose hands are on the most init
mate terms with all manner of Crime
and dirt; whose hair is never combed,
except by compulsion; whose clothing