Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-11-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Dresbach, Winona county.
CAPT. w. W. MURPHY, of N1adelia, s
has received $4,000 back pension. {
Rev. I. n. Or1s, formerly pastor Of
the Presbyterian Church at Saltwater,
died suddenly on the 2sth ultimo at Val
mont, Col.
On recent night thief robbed the
trunk of A. L. Sealy, of Rushmore.
Mobiles county, OF between five and six
hundred dollars.
THE artesian well at the depot in Has
tings is still being drilled, at the rate Of
100 feet day. The depth Of 500 feet
has already been reached.
DUNCAN FURaUsoN, weu-known far
mer in the town Of Fremont, Winona
county, committed suicide on the Sd in
slant by hanging himself.
The hardware store OF Carlton & Rob-
erts, of Waterville, La Sueur county, was
burgla,ized recently. The robbers blew
open the safe and took about $210.
WITHIN the last three weeks three yoke
of oxen have been stolen from farms III
Lanesburg township, LIE Sueur county.
Only one yoke has been recovered.
LAST week, Col. Howard, Of Litchfeld,
had bee-tree cut down on his Lake
Minnetonka farm, from which he OBJ
tanned 1913 pounds of nice comb honey.
AN illicit still run by Henry Kreitzer,
of Coon Greek, Anoka county, was
recently seized by the United States Off
GERS. It Lad a capacity of ten gallons Of
whisky per day.
In the northern part Of the state
wolves are very numerous. One night
last week, near St. Cloud, gentleman
was attacked by a large pack Of them
and narrowly escaped.
WIN. CARVER, son of DR.. Carver, of
Concord, Dodge county, was so badly
injured in a runaway accident recently
that he has since died. He leaves
wife and two children.
ONE day last week Edward Bills, aged
60 years, living near the village Of
Northfeld, on his way home from that
town, fell dead in the road. He leaves
wife and two children.
Miss EMMA JEwETT, the famous horse
woman, is at home in Litchfeld after an
absence of two months. She is the
daughter of Swedish parents, and the
daughter of T. G. Jewett by adoption
only.
Ar Mantorville, Dodge county, on
Tuesday, election day, William Gorver,
of Dodge Center, was thrown from a
wagon and so severely hurt as to cause
his death. He leaves a wife and two
children.
A GILT cross and ball has been put on
! the steeple of the Catholic church III Blue
Earth City, Faribault county. It is lG
', feet in length and weighs 400 pounds. Its
: extreme point is $50 feet above the base
of the building.
EDWIN H. GILLETTE, of Litchfeld, {
!; farmer, whose wife died of consumption
last spring, eloped the other day Will
:, his niece, girl about 20 years old. HI
e is twice her age and the father Of fou
~ living children.
h MAJOR DOUGHTY, who was taken from
# Lake City some months ago to tn
asylum at St. Peters, was removed from
:, that institution recently to the santa
n rum of DR.. Evarts, in Cincinnati, With
d er he was accompanied by his wife.
COMPLAINT is being made of OUTSIDE
spectators who are Cutting the marke
= with sheep affected with the foot-rot
J. and spreading the disease among til
healthy sheep throughout the country
s, These spectators should be sat upon.
: Mrs. HARRIET FAR1BAULr, who die
"a at Shakopee this week, was the wido'
% Of David Faribault, and was of Siou
origin. They were the earliest settler
= in Shakopee, and were members of th
b. well-known Fairbault family from whic
at the county seat Of Rice takes its name
h A CHEAP clothing pack-peddler j
"a; Il, charged with making criminal assault
= on lady near Lac qui Parle. I'll
in farmer had given his note for $500
st goods, but upon the tramp mercha1
c; surrendering the note, the outraged hu'
III band generously allowed him to escape
ed The Wabashaw Herald states that s
n O. Seymour, of Plainview, was robbie
er the other night, at the Commercial hot
q in Wabashaw, Of $500, half cash and IL
tn balance in notes. He imprudently coun
ed over his money in the sight of sewers
", persons before going to his room. Whe
ne he awoke in the morning his pocket boo
oil and contents we're gone. He alegt
w. that he had been drugged and BEGAN
as unconscious.
tt, The practice of excavating in India
st. mounds for relics is deprecated by tt
, ra Browns Valley Reporter because in tv
en- or three instances lately they had dr
into graves where people had been burie
IN, scarcely year. One case is partic
'es larly noticeable, when few days sim
,oo an Indian found some white men d.
H. ging into the grave Of his wife, who h;
tn. been buried only six months. Such reli
10, are rather fresh to be interesting for
1'1o cabinet.
sic F. SANDBERa, proprietor Of the Mort
ted western hotel at Red Wing, was ava
3g- ened about o'clock on the morning
nd ~, the 9Th inst, by noise in the bar-roo
rn- Of his house. He got up, procured
elf- light, and discovered man secreted
closet adjoining the bar. He call
er' upon him to come out, but he refuse
1[%u s A struggle ensued, in which Sandbe
her discharged revolver three times, ca
es. shot taking effect in the mans head, XII
I'M ing him instantly. The man was fou1
es to be Norwegian named Pete Swanso
nd nd and his object was undoubtedly robbe1
fell A MAN by the name of AL. Woodwa1
Zen who lives in the vicinity of Conco1
'1' Dodge county, accidentally shot hims
aen on Monday last. He in company wi
up his hired man started for the woods
93ey the morning, with team and lumt
aoe wagon. The hired man carried the G
ally as they went. Upon arriving at t
on stopping place, the hired man set
gun down near the front of the wage
a. g., Mr.. Woodward stepped in front of t
. VI VI wagon and behind the horses, and reach
~ for the gun, taking hold of the barre
lar In lifting the gun up the hammer caue
Of on something, and when it came do
the the gun sent it's contents into his ia
e erc which instantly killed him.-Z,snabr(
was Independent.
g a The Shakopee Argus says: A sad
that cident happened at Strait & Co. s n
CON- CON- shortly after l o'clock Monday afterno
ace, A man named Russell Pratt, recen
son. from Minneapolis, but resident Of v
re- consin, was caught in the gearing {
,aad = had his right arm crushed and GROUND
arm, arm a pulp. It appears that in some m
Ii a ner his clothes we're caught in the l
'ged chinery and the hand drawn into
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