Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-18
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

captured in Fillmore county, costing the
country $s728.
The Moorhead Driving Park associa-
tion will offer 81 900 in purses at their
meeting in June.
ALEXANDER CA1RNcRoss, SR., an old
and respected citizen of Litchfeld, died
at his home in that city on the I'd inst.
The new bridge over the Minnesota
river:.at Browns Valley, Traverse county,
is finished.
The damage to milling interests caused
by high water at Redwood Falls is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The commissioners of Marshall county
have declared Argyle, in the town of
Middle River, the county seat.
JOHN H. BROWN, formerly of Dodge
Center, was drowned in Lake st. Croix,
near Saltwater, not long ago.
RABBITS have destroyed the $50 apple
trees on A. Marlow's farm, west of Viii
mar Mr.. NARROW estimates the loss at
$500.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being
made for the state fair, which will be
held at Rochester, commencing Septem-
Der 5.
JOHN DoNoHUE, of st. Cloud, died of
delirium tremens recently. he had
been one of the hardest drinkers ever
known.
A DAUGHTER of c. Reagan, of LIE
Sueur, aged about II years, recently died
from injuries received from fali 1g from
fence.
SEVERAL cases of glanders have been
found at Belle Prairie, and one horse
has been killed to prevent a spread Of
the disease
MARTIN REssE1, living near Arcadia,
was badly burned while trying to rescue
his horses from his burning barn, which
was destroyed with the horses.
Mrs. MARY WADswoRTH Of Litchfeld
husband, H. L. Wadsworth, now of
Denver, Co.,, on the ground of adultery.
The body of Abner Donham, who
was drowned during the recent flood at
LIE Sueur, was recovered near where he
was last seen alive.
A YOUNG man named Oliver, who lives
north of Cleveland, has eloped with Miss
Emma Miller. She leaves a husband
and three small children.
A THIEF in Minneapolis stole lot Of
tin pans from in front of store door the
other day, and sold them to the proprie-
tor inside.
IT is dangerous to approach within q
hundred yards of Cannon lake, Faribault,
on account of the stencil arising from
the thousands of dead fish.
A MINNEAPOLIS man has skipped out
with prostitute and $400, which he re-
allied from the sale of his home where
his wife and family reside. His family
is left penniless.
JOHN OLSON, living near Hassel lake,
lost six stacks of wheat by fire, contain
ing about 800 bushels. There were ten
stacks in all, but by hard work the other
four we're saved.
JACK WARD was drowned on Hill Bros.
& Lambert's Platte river drive on the 7th.
His body was recovered soon after. His
parents are supposed to live in Allama-
kee county, Ia.
In Willmot, Mobiles county, little
son of Luzi Schneider picked up a
double-barreled gun that was standing
outside of the door, and cooked it, when
it went off, shooting his little six-year-
old sister, who will lose her arm in con-
sequence.
On the Cd inst. the Farmers elevator
at Cokato was burned, with 5000 bush
els Of wheat The building was worth
$4,000, and insured for $4,000. The
wheat was Insured. A new elevator is
to be erected at once, with capacity OF
SAC, 1000 bushels.
ALBERT WEsTMAN, who had been
working at Coon Greek, went to Anoka,
January 2, got drunk, and started to re-
turn to Coon Greek. His body was
found last week, and the coroner's jury
returned verdict that he came to his
death by exposure.
A YOUNG man named Irvine died re-
Gently at Montevideo, Wright county,
from the effect of having tooth drawn.
He bled profusely, and in filing up the
cavity to stanch the flow of food, he
commenced bleeding at the nose and
mouth and so continued till he died.
The Browns Valley (Traverse county,
Reporter says: Smith Shepperd, the
agency interpreter, while riding home
the other day from the agency school
house, was thrown from his horse and had
the thigh bone of his right leg broken and
received such internal injuries that his
life is despaired OF.
The dam of Andrew Friend Of Garden
City was carried away, and the channel
of the river changed to hundred fee t
south of his race, by the flood. His two
warehouses have been destroyed, and
their contents, about 5000 bushels Of
wheat, are total loss. The loss will
aggregate $4,000.
SEVERAL days ago the granary and
stable of MI. Sven Aslakson, at Hader,
we're burned with all their contents.
There was in the buildings from 800 to
1000 bushels of No. l wheat, about 400
bushels of oats, scale, set Of harness,
seven head Of cattle, a number Of tools,
binder, and a great many miscellaneous
articles. Loss about $4,000 with no in
surance.
RECENTLY Mr.. Christopher Mertens,
an old and highly esteemed resident of
Jordan, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with the small blade of
large pocket-knife, severing both jugular
veins and the windpipe. His mind had
/ become unsettled by suffering from
asthma. Deceased was seventy-four
years old, and leaves large family of
|
, Mr.. N. B. LANDoN, the extensive
farmer and stock raiser of the Brookfeld
farm, in Vallers, and one of the best
known men in the state, has entered
suit for divorce from his wife, Elizabeth,
on the ground of cruelty. His attorneys
have filed a complaint with the clerk Of
the District Court. The case will
probably be presented in June. Mr.
Landon was married in St. Paul January
last, and Mrs. Landon arrived few
days after the marriage. There have
since been several occasions for unpleas-
.. antness between the PARTIES Marshall
Ne1Us.
A FRIEND of G. L. Malcolm, of St.
; Peter, recently wrote him from London
to secure, if possible, a refusal Of a tract
Of land comprising 100000 or 100000
acres in Minnesota for the purpose of
locating an English colony upon it.
Mr.. Malcolm found it difficult to find 50