Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-08-12
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

"A bh1ChMAhER O1 DTAlueTu e4peCCS 10
turn out 2, 600, 900 this season.
The state is reported to be swarming
with horse thieves.
A TEN-THoUsAND dollar hotel, very
fine structure, has just been completed
in Big Stone city.
CARLETON college, at Mortified, is to
receive S., 600 from the estate of the late
DIR. Colt of Norwich, Connecticut.
MICHAEL FA11oN, an inmate of the
insane hospital from Blooming Grove,
Steele county, died on Sunday last.
A PosroFF1cE has been established in
Elsborough township, Murray county,
and r. E. McAllister appointed post
master.
The Taylor's Falls Journal says: A
blast was let off in the Dalles, Wednes-
day forenoon, which threw rocks weigh
ing seventeen pounds over quarter OF
mile.
The Hon. Elmer Swan, of Glencoe.
who was stricken with paralysis few
months ago, still suffers from his first
stroke, his left side being entirely life
less.
Q. G. RICHARDSON, of Ramsey, was
kicked by four-year-old colt last week,
and badly hurt. The animal kicked
with such force as to send Richardson
through the side of barn.-Amoko
Union.
PINE and Chisago counties hold their
ninth annual fair at the Ninth Branch
Trotting park on August 81 and Septem-
ber l and 2. Extensive preparations
have been made, and o grand fair is ex-
pected.
RECENTLY William Roy, of Pipestone
county, very inconsiderately built a
smudge fire in his barn and went away
and left it. The barn, three horses, har-
ness and other things were DESTROYED.
He returned in the height of the fire and
was terribly burned in vain attempt to
save his horses.
FORTY young men of Scandia, Stevens
county, organized a gopher club for the
determination of gophers. The hunt
was very successful, as between three
and four thousand gophers were cap
tured, some members securing upwards
of hundred day.
FRANK BANCROFT, of Spring Valley,
Fillmore county, recently attempted to
board a moving railroad train, when he
fell under the train and had his left leg
crushed, and his right foot shattered.
His left leg was amputated, and splinter
ed bones were removed from his right
foot. Recovery doubtful.
TWENTY years ago Lake George, which
lies within the city limits, was beauti-
full sheet of water, with clean shores,
and was one of The attractions of the
place. But the water has been gradu-
ally lowering, and reeds have been grow
ing up around the margin, threatening
in the course of years to leave little more
than marsh.-St. Cloud Journal
A LADY in Waterford, Dakota county,
recently, in searching through her house
for carpet rags, came upon an old vest,
which she appropriated, and in dissect-
ing it, she struck a suspicious piece of
paper, which proved to be a wheat
check issued at Castle Rock, Dakota
county, for about ffty-two bushels of
wheat. The First national bank redeem
ed the check with $4O.88.
GAME laws, what and when to kill:
Woodcock, July 4th to November LIST;
prairie chickens, August 18th to Octo-
Der LIST; quail and partridge, September
LIST to December LIST; ruffied grouse or
pheasants, September LIST to December
1st; aquatic fowl, September LIST to May
18th; elk, deer, etc., November LIST to
December 18th; brook trout, April 1st to
October LIST.
CARLETON COLLEGE, at Mortified, has
recently received from friend in New
England a fine Troy bell weighing over
1000 pounds, which is twice the weight
Of the one destroyed by fire. It is al
ready in the tower OF the new Willis
hall, now nearly completed, and can be
distinctly heard at distance of several
miles.
RECENTLY Henry Harving, of Rich
Prairie, who lives near Reinhart Stumpf' 8
place, accidently stepped on the snath of
a scythe that he had laid in the grass,
and the point of the scythe few
up and cut his abdomen open, so
that his bowels protruded. It was be-
ieved at first that the wound would
prove fatal, but we hear later that there
is fair prospect of his recovery.-Littlc
Falls Transcript.
WILLIS HALL, Carleton college, North
field, rebuilt and greatly improved, rap
idly approaches completion, and will be
ready by the opening of the fall term,
September 9th. A new science hall will
be finished in November. The house
formerly owned by Rev. Chas. Seccombe
and standing on the college campus, is
being fitted up and furnished for q
music hall. The foundations for new
ladies hall, to cost $35, 900, are to be put
in this hall. The plans are furnished
by Mr. Radcliffe.
HENRY PHoEH1ER, NJ. c., in the Sec-
ond district, has given notice that he has
the appointment of a. cadet to West
Point, and states that competitive ex-
animation of all applicants will be held,
by committee appointed for that pur-
purpse, at st. Peter, at 10 o'clock, on
the 9th day of September, 1880, at which
time cadet and alternate will be select
ed. The candidate must be not less
than seventeen years of age nor more
than twenty two years; must pass q sat
isfactory physical examination, and also
in the common branches, including the
history of the United States.
AdE 1aWS ftAOW oS0AS HC1SOA SpAoO GA
xemption from taxation on personal
property, and the Mankato Reuie,r says
that in several towns of Blue Earth
county some families, to take advantage
of this exemption, divide the stock and
other personal property among the diff
ferent members of the family, in one in
stance seven persons sharing in making
the returns for a single family and Sc
curing an exemption Of 800 instead o.
800. The Review calls this sharp prac
tice, but that is no worse than tht
money sharks-those who live on the in
terest of their money without labor, anl
when the assessor comes around have ,
paltry few hundred dollars to list.
The people of Minnesota lake wer
startled recently at the shooting, eithe
accidental or Otherwise, Of two younI
ladies' by hired man working for Alber
Sonnax. The young ladies were Alber
Sonnax and Mrs. Seeger's daughters
and were at the barn of the former whe1
the hired help came in, and going unde
the stairs to the barn, took up gu