Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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town of Green Lake, Kandiyohi county
The Glenwood Messenger is the name
OF new paper just issued at Glenwood
Pope county.
The citizens of Howard Lake, Washing
ton county, are interesting themselves il
a project to build a farmers elevator.
MIR. Vanstrum has been appointed post
master at St Vincent, Kittson county, il
place OF d. F. Browley, whose term has
expired.
George L. Nelson, of Burbank, Kandi
yohi county, has been pronounced in.
sane and has been sent to the asylum a
ST. Peter
James Wetzien of Donnelly, Steven.
county, was kicked by a horse in the
abdomen the other day, and died the
next day.
Numerous instances of serious damage
to horses, many of them of much value, by
running against barbed wire fences, are
being constantly reported
DR.. Burnett, of Foster, Faribaul
county, had his house broken into last
week, and a gun, valued at $3.50, stolen
The thieves were caught at Ortonville
The iron bridge at Montevideo, went
down the river about a mile during the
late flood. A contract has been made fol
replacing it-cost S550--to move it back
it must be taken to pieces.
The Litchfield Neaos Ledger says, some
five years ago lot of rsalmon were put
into Lake Richardson, and few days
ago one was caught which weighed some
fourteen pounds.
The Lutheran synod at its recent ses-
sion in Houston county, voted to post
pone the consideration of the PROPOSE
tion to establish a college in Willmar, for
one year.
Recently the Indians had dance on
their reservation, three miles from
Browns Valley, Traverse county A
large number of the citizens of the valley
went out to witness the weird perform
anee.
A desperate encounter took place in
Hudson, Douglas county, between man
and a ram. The antagonists "locked
horns," and the ram bit off one of the
ears of the "sheep," when the latter
abandoned the conflict
Seventy-fve girls in Long Prairie,
formed themselves into a charivari gang,
to serenade newly welded pair with
hideous shrieking. They were all arrest
ed the next day, but were let off easy,
thoroughly ashamed of themselves
Caledonia Journal. The young son of
Fred. Gluck, whom we mentioned last
week as having lost a leg by
being run over by the cars, died of his
injuries last Tuesday evening, living
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dent.
Cattle in great numbers are being
bought up in Minnesota and drove to
Iowa. Many notices of large droves are
being given in the local papers Last
week drove of 345 head of young cattle
passed through Winnebago City on the
way to Iowa
New Ulm Reoieac, June s: The re-
mains of twenty-three unknown soldiers
have been exhumed from the Fort
Ridgely cemetery, and were last Monday
shipped from this place to the National
cemetery at Rock Island, ILL.,, for re-
lnterment.
Winnebago City NeaoS: A large amount
of last years wheat crop is being held by
farmers in this vicinity for higher prices.
The most of them say they want 81 per
bushel when they sell. Prospects look
favorable at present, for securing this
price in short space of time.
Duluth Tribune: Two highway rob-
bers stopped couple of policemen down
on Minnesota Point, few nights ago and
demanded their money, at the front end
of revolver. The robbers said after
ward. as we learn, that they thought the
policemen were couple of our Duluth
editors, and expected to make a rich
haul
The Browns Valley Reporter relates
the particulars of an attempt at burglar
izing ]. G. Tood's residence at Browns
Valley. Nobody was at home except Mr..
Todd's nine year old boy. who ran out TO
the barn and united large dog and set
him on to the footpads, who beat hasty
retreat. 1t was very creditable job for
the boy, and showed he has grit.
The Messenger says: John and Thomas
Scott, who were among the early settlers
in the town of Ben Wade, Pope county,
but who became dissatisfied with the
country and returned to Canada some
ten years ago, have again made their ap-
pearance, together with their families
and friends, numbering some twenty-five
in all, and will probably buy new farms
in the vicinity of their old pioneer
cabins.
Pipe Stone County Star: Harlan
Trumbull, of Elmer township, while 60
ing over his farm one day last week,
found Springfield rifle and eighty rounds
of ammunition lying near knoll. The
weapon was badly rusted, and how long
it had lain there it is impossible to tell
1t may have been lost by some emigrants
passing through, but Mr.. Trumbull's
theory Is, that it was at one time in the
hands OF the savages who roamed over
this section not many years ago.
Chaska Herald: We understand that
MIR. Peter Flusemann, of Benton, has
been hired by Messrs Missler and Brink
haus, to bore for coal on the hills back
OF town on land owned by themselves.
1t is claimed that some twenty years ago
over wagon load of coal was taken out
OF these hills by Mr.. Gessert,
now deceased, and that he has since
claimed that there was large deposit of
coal somewhere in these hills, but always
refused to disclose the locality and car
ried the secret to his grave, therefore the
present effort TO untathom the secret.
Red Wing Republican Mr. Paul Mel
son, of Belle Creek, recently sold six
cows, half-breed short horns, to Sam
Deering of st. Paul, for $3.50 Mr.. Deer
ing told him he need never sell any for
less than this average price, which was
the one first named by Nelson. Even at
$40 apiece Mr.. Nelson thinks it pays him
to raise Durham grades, and Mr.. Deering
who will get 20 quarts of milk a day
from the cows for half the time for four
or five years and then sell them, fattened
for $40 apiece, is quite certain that it
pays him to buy them.
Red Wing Argus, June 9: Last even
ing about II O'Clock, John Anderson
stabbed Nels Swanson, the knife enter
ing the thigh uncomfortabiy close to the
body, but glanced backwards inflicting
only a flesh wound The two men had
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