Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Otter Tail county has seven insane people
in the asylum at st. Peter.
Cattle buyers have been picking up all
kinds of stock in jackson county.
Much sickness is reported in Lake City.
Pneumonia is the most prevalent disease.
The Congregational society of Lake City
will build new church ediice next season.
Leap year parties are in vogue all over the
State, and seem to be numerously and Joy
ously attended.
| During the year ending on Jan. "a, Martin
county paid bounty on thirty-two wolves
slaughtered.
One of the churches in Morris is putting
religious newspapers on file in the hotels
and other public places.
The Pipestone County Star says a new
postof1ice has been established at the State
line, called clone Tree"
| A postoffice has been established at
Rothsay, Wilkin county, and Andrew B.
Peterson appointed postmaster.
Grin Prentiss, who was formerly sheriff of
Martin county, persisted recently in q snow
storm in the Black Hills country.
Gen. Fitzpatrick is delivering his popular
lecture, s'Sherman's March to the Sea- in
numerous towns and villages i'll this State.
| Tho other morning fire broke out in
Chase's mill, at Crookston, but was dis
covered in time to prevent serious conha-
grafton.
G. B. Wright will build eighteen houses
for rent in Fergus Falls next spring. Fami-
| lies are being kept out of town for lack of
houses.
Ex-Vice President Schuyler Colfax is de-
| livering his famous lecture on Abraham
Lincoln in several of tho towns of
| Minnesota.
The Norwegian Lutheran church at Fer
gus Falls intend to build a new church edi-
fec next season, their present house being
too small.
| The wind mill ,whioh drives Touring mill,
at Fairmont, has been put in complete re-
pair, and is now driving tn, mill in tip top
order.
Post, Buck & Seely, of Lake City, have
an ice house having 10000 tons oapability,
and it is already nearly illed-a few days
will complete it.
| The stable of V. R. Clifford, of Greenvale,
Dakota county, was destroyed by fire the
| other night. A span of horses persisted and
ten tons of hay and other properly were
consumed.
A young man named Works, laboring in
the Rum river pineries, was so frightened by
his associates, who dressed themselves up as
ghosts, as to cause his death.
| A runaway team the other day threw Miss
Margaret Greyson, sister Of Mathew Grey
son, of Ramsey, Fillmore county, out of
wagon on to the frozen ground, causing her
death.
| A marked evidence of t material growth
and prosperity of the county of Stevens.
says the Morris Tribune, is the large number
of school houses that are building IN all
organized townships.
Martin County Sentinel: A large number
of our citizens have received bounty Of So
per acre from the State auditor for trees
planted. 1t proves qui q windfall to some,
and the best part of it is that it is to be re-
peated at the same rate every year for twenty
years.
Fergus Falls Journal: Capt. Knapp has
removed his government forces to the head
of Boom Island, near Osceola, where he will
put in dam to improve the steamboat
! channel The work just completed, near
Marine, consists of dam 1853 feet long, and
one quarter of mile of riprapping along
the shore.
Two boys of David Cornell, of Rochester,
aged respectively and 2 years old, found
their fathers revolver in bureau drawer,
and. like many older human bipeds, they
"didn't know it was loaded, ''but it went off,
sending bullet into the ceiling, and max
ing an ugly flesh wound in the left thumb
of the 4-year-old. Luckily no other damage
was done.
The business men of Morris, Stevens
county, anticipate an unusually brisk trade
the coming spring and summer months.
The reason for such anticipations is that
| large part of last years crops are yet IN
the hands of the producers, and that large
influx of emigrants is sure-the result of
all which will be On increased amount of
breaking and new business impulse in all
directions.
Wykoff Dollar Weekly: 1t is reported
that because the citizens of Flandreau would
not extend the time allowed the s. M. road
to build into that place for couple of weeks
and thereby entaiIed considerable expense
upon the company, the latter will get even
by extending the road four miles further
southwest to Roscoe, and remove all the
buildings and business pertaining to the ter
minus, thus beating Fiandreau out of con-
siderable business.
| Recently, William P. Tenny, of Quin cy,
Olnsted county, while spending few days
with his brother in Plainview, Wabashaw
county, went to the barn. and his long stay
abroad caused his brother to go to the barn,
where he found him hanging by the neck toia
beam. He Immediately seized him, and
held him up to slacken the rope, and assist
ance being quickly called, the rope was cut,
and the unfortunate man was carried to the
house, where he commenced to breathe. A
| physician was summoned, but when he came
be found the man a raving maniac.
Stone Cutters Strike!
MEMPHIS, Feb. 2.-The stone cutters, sixty
in number, employed on the Memphis Gus
tom house, struck to-day. Cause, disagree
roent "a tn WAGES and discharge of foreman.