Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.

the Richland Prairie church scandal, lnVolVlng
the name of Rev. George Williams.
The deaths of children, resulting from eat
ing wild parsnips, are recorded in several OF
the local papers of the State. this spring.
During the last month 474 gophers and %
wolves paid the penalty of violating law at an
expense to Dodge county of 1852. 81.
News from farmers is to the effect that wheat
is coming up finely and thati has healthier
and better look than it has had for several
years.
Charles Lyon, aged IA years, son Of A. Lyon,
of Swede Grove, Meeker county, was run over
by a loaded wagon, and so injured as to cause
his death.
st. Cloud has over thirty saloons, aud all are
kept in full blast on Sundays, and drunken
brawIs are not infrequent on the first day of
the week.
The wheat and oat crops, in LIE Sueur county,
are reported to be coming forward timely;
and what is true of that county is, no doubt,
generally true.
William Schroll, an old settler OF the town of
Ohauhassen. Carver county, had leg badly
broken last week by the antics of a team of
fractions horses.
A Is months old child of Charles Frober of
Hastings, the other evening pulled o coffee
boiler over on its legs, and was SO severely
SCALED as to cause its death.
Hiram Pattijohn, of Hale township. Mcleod
county, receives back pension of 81 400 on
account of the death OF his son. who lost his
life in the union service during the war of the
rebellion.
The Norwegians Of Rochester, Olmsted coun-
ty, are making extensive preparations for cele-
brating the sixty-sixth anniversary of their
national independence, which occurs on the
17th of May inst.
On a late evening the house of E. A. Sar-
gent of Burnside, Goodhue county, was struck
by lightning, and considerably shattered. Mr..
and Mrs. Sargent were shocked but not stunned
by the conclusion.
For damaging and fatal results to property
and life, caused by storms, rains, SHOWS, gales
and cyclones in various sections of the coun-
try, April, 1880, will long be remembered as
the most disastrous on record,
John Churchill, of Galen, Martin county,
lost his house and its entire contents, stables,
hay and grain by fire last week. He and his
friends were absent. Some boys liberated the
animals from the stable in time to save them.
The Red Wing Advance chronicles the follow
ing act of heroic bravery -Four men waged
battle against one man, and he just up from a
sick bed, in our streets one day last week, and
came pretty near getting licked, and did get
arrested, locked up and ined."
Renville Station NetuS: A little girl S years
old, one of Mrs. Hagen Hagenson's children,
was buried yesterday, the 9th Aprill The
father and three of the children have died
within the past year, and one little girl. still
living had her foot cut off by moving m a.
chine, last summer. People in ordinary cir
cumstances should not complain.
A hilarious gang cf citizens" at Howard Lake
launched out On recent Sabbath afternoonl
in sailing boat, on the pellucid waters of the
lake, singing as they sailed. When about six
rods from the shore their dancing craft cap
sized and its nine passengers found a watery
bath, but all struggled safely to the shore,
wetter, if not wiser, for their brief voyage.
Two young men, members of surveying
party were drowned on the 5th inst. in Lake
Dahlgren, Carver county. They were sounding
the lake and thinking their boat, which was
dilapidated, was about to sink, they jumped
overheard and wera drowned. One was Harry
Bartlett, of Eden Prairie, Hennepin county,
aud the other Frank Goodpaster. of Buena
Vista, Indiana.
Henderson, (Sibley county, Independent,
May 7th: The citizens of New Albany held a
railroad meeting on Saturday last, for the pur-
pose of raising funds to aid in making a pre-
liminary survey between st. Cloud and Man
kato. Jacob Koons was elected chairman of
the meeting and W. Vaughan secretary. One
hundred and sixty-fve dollars were raised for
Litchfeld NetuS- Ledger: A gentleman in
Lake City owns a 160-acre farm hear that city,
which he rented for the past eleven years for
one. third of the crop. His total receipts for
the crop during that time were $9.6l3.2S. To
be dedHcted from this are his taxes on the farm
for eleven years. $3.50, leaving a net profit to
him of $8,805. %, or an average of over $500
per year-20 per cent. on the investment. Does
farming pay in Minnesota?
The engineer of the 6 o clock A. M. train dis
covered man lying on the track a mile above
Albany station, Stearns county. The train
was stopped and On examination it was found
that his head was severed from his body. 1t
is not known whether the man had been drunk
and lain down on the track or that he had
taken this way of putting an end to his exist
ence. In either case he was probably killed
by one of the freight trims which passed over
the road during the night. Tha remains of the
unknown man were taken to Albany, where
they were left.
The Jordan, Scott county, AdUocate of May 6.
gives detailed account of the finding of a
dead body of an unknown man in marsh on
A. Plummer's farm, about four miles from
Jordan, in the town of Sand Greek. The coro-
ner's jury decided that the man had been MUIR
dered-the skull having been pierced by gun
shot. The skull also had marks of heavy
blows by some sharp instrument. The jury
judged that the body had lain in the marsh
some six or eight months. He appeared to be
foreigner some 35 years of age. A Catholic
emblem was found in mis- pocket. The remains
were inferred in the Catholic cemetery.