Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-06-08

at Reeds Landing, the body being dis
covered soon after.
A LITTLE son of Fred. Gluck, of
Brownsville, had his leg crushed under
freight car on the 30th ult., and died
the following day.
IT is reported that a man who was
fishing in the Minnesota river during
the late food, caught six barrels of salt
pork.
THERE has been some trouble at
Marysburg, LIE Sueur county, about the
school in that town, which resulted in
tearing down the building.
TODD county has voted bonds to the
amount of $68, 900 as an inducement to
the Manitoba railroad line to build a
branch north of Sank Center.
LIGHTNING struck the stables on the
Fairview farm, near Herman, last week,
killing twenty-four horses and burning
ing the stable. Loss over $4,000.
The other day, Frank Harmon, of
Brownsville, drove a loaded wagon over
his little boy, four or five years old. The
child survived his injuries but short
| time.
AT the request of Gov. Pillsbury,
architects have examined the remaining
walls of the old capital, and pronounced
them unfit for use in any way in the con-
struction of new building.
FRED. LANE, the son of VIM. Lane, a
prominent member of the English colony,
was struck by lightning recently and
instantly killed, at his home, two and q
half miles from Sioux City.
LIGHTNING struck the new school house
at Preston Lake, RenvilIe county, the
other day, set it on fire, and it was
burned. A cottage organ and school
library was burned. No insurance.
A GUEST at the Sawyer house in Still
water, Mimi, walked out of fourth
story window one night recently, and
then walked into the hotel and was
shown to his room again. He is expect
ed to recover.
A. O. BAILEY, of st. Paul, is now in
Miles City, where he has, ready for
shipment, 10000 buffalo hides, said
to be the finest lot ever seen on the
river. They will arrive soon, and will
be tanned in St. Paul by new process.
JOSEPH LICK, of ST.. Paul, had pur-
chased colt for which he paid $130 in
money and 1000 feet of lumber. Last
Tuesday man drove up to his yard,
hoisted the colt into his wagon and de-
parted, leaving instead an old blind
horse,
The LeSueur Sentinel learns that
wolves have recently been very destruc-
tive to sheep in the upper part of Kasota
township, as we'll as in the lower part of
the country. 1t is believed, however,
that within the past few years dogs have
killed more sheep than wolves.
SEVERAL farmers in this vicinity have
plowed up potatoes that were in the
ground all winter, and have found them
wholly sound. Chas. Delger, on the
opposite side of the river, in Sibley
county, last week plowed up a lot of
potatoes and planted them again on the
same ground.-Le Sueatr Sentinel.
The Hutchinson Leader says parties
were here from Minneapolis the greater
part of the present week ''dickering"
with Mr.. Hayne for his valuable horse
Colonna. He was offered 81 ,206 for him,
but as part of the price was to be paid in
land, which he thinks is located too far
far from the village, the trade will un-
doubtedly fall through.
SECRETARY JuDsoN, of the State His
torical society, has secured in Dane
county, Wis, twelve car loads of fine
stock, trotting and draft horses; short
horn and Jersey cattle; Cotswold and
Shrophshire sheep; Berkshire and Po-
land China hogs. The most Of this
stock are imported and bred from i'm
ported stock.
The storm on the oath ult., was very
severe in the neighborhood of Colenso.
John Eidsmoe, living near ColeHso post
office, was struck by lightning and no
doubt fatally injured. He was sitting
beside window with his wife, viewing
the storm, when the lightning bolt struck
the house, tore off the gable and window
near which they sat, and burnt the mans
face and hands terribly, just as if he had
been roasted on red-hot stove.
LAST week John Burnett, one of the
Oldest settlers in Zumbrota, Goodhue
county, committed suicide by cutting
his throat. He was eccentric, and lived
entirely alone for many years. It is said
he had q wife and several children in
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| with them. He had been heard to say
when he found no better way he would
kill himself. He was 63 years old. He
had lived there since 1854.
ANDREW MANN, son of Jonas Mann,
who lives few miles south of this city,
broke both thigh bones by fall on last
Friday. He has been an invalid for a
number of years. Last June, while
crossing a creek, he fell and broke his
thigh, he recovered from that, and last
winter broke both arms, and now both
legs are broken. It is doubtful if there
is another as badly broken Mann in
the state as this one.-Sy. Peter 1rib-
atne, May Is.
~ THE Red Wing Advance reports the
death of P. Sandford, one of the old set
tiers of Goodhue county. Deceased was
a native of Ontario county, New York,
and he leaves a wife and five children.
His children are Mrs. Sarah M. King
man, Miss frankie Sanford and three
boys, Charles, Edward and George.
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