Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-23
MINNESOTA NEWS.

McKisson's favor to the extent OF $5,29
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Winona folks are moving for the con-
struction of a street railway.
Miss Ella Russell has been appointed
postmisiress at Mantorviile.
The public schools in Albert Lea are closed
on account of the prevalence of scarlet
fever.
Subscriptions to the stock for building O
mill at Glyndon, Clay county, has reached
the amount of $4,000.
Honnepin county has 81, Winona "a,
Ramsey 90, Wabashaw II, and Freeborn ID
convicts in the State prison.
There will be lively contest at the ap-
proach;..g election il Anoka, between the ad-
vocates of license and no license.
Mr.. j. F. Norrish, of Hastings, slipped
and fell on the ice few days since and
broke his right arm near the wrist.
George Stevenson, of the town of May
wood, Benton county, fell from his sleigh
bone.
c. S. Boyd, of Monticello, Wright county,
was killed the other day by falling tree.
He had lived on the farm where he was kill
ed since 1855.
Wolves howl about Mantorville nightly.
The other night the wolves entered stable
and attacked a COW, decorating her ears ard
neck in their hungry ferocity.
w. j. Jennison lost $95 horse last week.
He had just purchased the animal of Mr..
Groin, and while the horse WAS being led
home, he slipped and broke Leg
Thomas Ryan, of Waseca, had his nose
broken the other day by cold chisel, which
few up and hit him while at work. A sur
geon fixed up the damaged member.
Last summer Miss Hattie Van Camper, of
Cannon Falls, stepped on needle IN the
carpet, which broke off IN her foot. A few
days ago IL made its appearance on the top
of the foot and was taken out.
Henry Mass, of Pickerel Lake township,
Freeborn county, while feeding his horses
the other evening, in some way got under
their feet and received in uries which caused
his death in few hours. He was "a years
old.
The hotel and store belonging to John E..
Hammer, Utica, Winona county, were en-
tlrely destroyed by fire, early one morning
last week. Origin of the fire not known.
But small portion of the contents were
saved.
! In the case of the State of Minnesota vs..
| Ed. Soper, charged with having handled
| rather severely his mother-in-law, the grand
| jury of Sherburne county brought in an in
d,ctment for assault with an intent to do
bodily harm.
The Mankato brick company sold last
week 100000 to Duluth, for the Iron Smelt-
ing company, to Winona 100000 for the
| Chicago q Northwestern Railroad company,
| and 100000 moro to different individuals,
making in all 100000.
The statement is reiterated that Anthony
Cowlng, whose elopement from Fergus Falls
short time ago with his sister-in-iaw will
be remembered, is now in Washington Ter-
ritory, and it is even said that letters have
been received from him by his wife.
Mrs. Matte 4. Bridge, the popular lee
turer who lately lectured in st. Paul and
in many towns and villages of the State this
winter, is reported to BIZ lying very i'll with
erysipelas at town OF tho Green Bay road
in Wisconsin. She is not expected to re-
cover.
The Hart land, Freeborn county, tailor who
got drunk last winter and was SO badly
frozen is now q town charge and has already
cost the town about 81 600. Although con-
fined to his bed and helpless, he manages
somehow to get drunk with neatness and
dispatch.
Henry Whidman, resident of Pickerel
Lake, will leave Bremen, Germany, on the
7th of March, with about twenty-five per-
sons, of different ages, tor settlement IN
Alder: Lea, among them brother of Henry
Schneider, also the father and two sisters OF
Mrs. VIM. Bailey, all from Weildeick, a
small German State.
Caledonia Houston county, Argus, Feb.
| 10: We learn that Neil Gavin, of Mayviile
| township, experienced the misfortune of hav-
ing his leg broken below the knee on Monday
| last. He was riding horseback, and his
horse, being smooth shod, slipped and fell,
| throwing his rider against stump, with the
lamentabe result above noted.
Worthineton Advance: We learn that the
| contract to build 80 houses in the Bishop
Ireland colony has been let to John Tim
| mons, of Adrian. The houses are to be
built by about the middle of March and are
to cost about 5000 each. About fifty fami-
lies are expected by tbs middle of March or
first of April. Eleven of these will build
| their own houses, making fifty in all. The
settlers, We learn, are mostly from New
York and vicinity.
| The Alder. Lea Enterprise says the young
misses of the city hired double team and q
buss, and took their young gentlemen friends
out riding in regular Lesp-Year fashion. Is
it very modest, even in leap year, for young
lady to shire buss"' The editors orthog-
rapby may, however, do the leap-year ladies
slight injustice, involving, possibly, some
confusion in apparent idea, or act, as there
is, perhaps, an appreciable distinction be-
tween iabial-buss and an omnibus!
A mortgage of unusual proportions has
Just been recorded in the register of deeds
Office in Faribault county. It is given by
the Southern Minnesota railway company to
A, P. Man, H. II. Cameron and the Farmers
Loan and Trust company of New York. TIE
total consideration is 80 sub divided that it
is difficult to arrive at the exact amount OF
the mortgage, but its purpose ia to take up
all the outstanding bonds of the company,
amounting to nearly five million dollars, and
to issue new bonds therefor, giving a first
mortgage on the entire road as security.
! This document contains twenty-five thou
sand words and covers thirty-four closely
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