Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.


interrupted railroad travel.
The village council of Worthington are
about establishing clock up"
A Allen is buying potatoes in Grookston
and vicinity TO ship to Michigan.
They are boasting of delightful Indian sum-
mer weather In the Red River valley.
Rev. Samuel j. Roger has closed his pas
torate with the Congregational church IN
Marshall.
Wheat is being received at Ada, Polk coun-
| ty, at the rate OF from three 10 four thousand
| bushels daily.
Two hotels in Crookston were robbed by
thieves of several hundred dollars. They went
through the rooms of guests
The house of John Letter, of Elmira,
| Olmsted county, Was destroyed by fire last
week. Loss $500; insured Tor 81 go.
John Thorsgaard, treasurer of Clay county,
is reported 10 Oe deiauiter To the amount OF
$1,000. His bondsnen are being looked up.
August Friday, a German living in Hast
ings, aged 20 years, accidentally shot and
Killed himself the other day while handling a
gun.
A son of John Dendun, of Winnebago, who
was carrying ii loaded gun the other day, &C.
cidentally shot himself. His death was i'm
mediate.
Worthington offers $4,000 or right Of way
to the Burlington, Cedar Rapids u Northern
railroad, provided it is established in that
| place 10 1882.
John Lotus, a young man, resident of
| Becker county, is in the pest house at Hast
Jugs going through siege OF the smallpox.
| lie will recover.
The Hastings Daily Neus has just issued a
weekly made up from The daily, entitled "The
4 NJ D t.. l.
| lie, interest and vim.
A S25O horse was stolen in Mankato the
other night. The thief was canght and is III
| jail, ana the horse recovered, and not much
The worse Tor being run off.
The Fergus Falls Journal of October says
during the past week the stage OF water III
the st. CroiX river was two feet higher than
at any previous time this year.
The Fergus Falls Journal says David Cow,
Of Dora, recently backed his horses and wagon
| into Star lake, and the team was drowned, he
and his mule boy narrowly escaping.
The Willmar Republican Gazette says
"Hunters are doing land office business kill
ing ducks and geese. One hunter says he has
Slain sixteen, and the end is not yet"
The Long Praire Argus says a new bridge
across the river at Moran Is under contract
and will soon be completed. The old bridge
|
A fire occurred the other night in one of
the upper rooms of the LIE Sueur house, in LIE
oueur. The tiHely discovery, by hard and
active work saved the building. Damage
$3.50.
The Lanesboro Journal says the jury last
week in the case of Edward A Keller, a mail
robDer, brought in a verdict of guilty, and he
was sentenced to the penitenGiary for four
years.
An S-year-old son of Mr.. Horn, of Mankato,
recently fell over the side of a stone quarry, a
distance of twenty five or thirty feet, on to
| the stones below, and received serious injuries,
| but will recover.
Herman Herald, Oct. Z: W. Z. Morris,
missionary to the SissetOn Indians, passed
through town Wednesday, returning to the
| reservation from visit IN the east. Mr.. Nor
ris has been among the Indians of this tribe
fJr len years.
jeff. McGeareY, mentally unsound, but con-
sidered harmless, became excited the other
| day. cleared out school house of teacher and
| pupils, and threw a stone at lady and hurt
her severely. He Was adjudged insane and
sent To the asylum.
The other day lightning struck a stack of
oats containing $50 bushels, belonging to
| William IL. Holmes, of Madelia, and set it
on fire. 1t was rainiug heavily at the time,
| anu by vigorous WOrh Jnc lire was put OuL
and the stack and nearby granary saved
Lanesboro Journal, October T. Mr.. John
Lynch, who lives about two miles west of
town, finished threshing last week, and his
yield is perhaps the largest and best in the
county. He had an average of twenty nine
| and quarter bushels of No. winter wheat
per acre, which is certainly a very satisfac-
| tory showing.
| Crookston Journal, Oct. &: The big price
of wheat makes the granger smile all over his
| countenance as he brings in his wheat by the
wagon load and receives therefor his spot
cash. The streets are filled with wagon loads
of wheat waiting to be unloaded and the end
is not yet Wheat has reached Sl.23 and is
still rising. At Ada tits Sl.25.
RenvlIe Times: The present outlook indi-
Gates that the Minneapolis & st. Louis rail-
road will cross the Minnesota river east of
this place and run to Redwood Falls, III which
| event look for "boom" in Birch Cooley.
Several prominent business men have their eyes
"sot" on that town, and will, in case the rail-
| road runs where present appearances indicate,
| locate there.
| Rochester POSI-, Oct Z: Mr.. L. L. Mueller,
a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of
| New Haven, Olmsted county, died few days
ago. few days previous Mr.. Mueller,
while working at his trade, carpenter, hurt
| one Oh HIS unSeTS SO seriously blldL III udQ 10
| be amput 4ted. The wound did not heal well
and fever set in of which he died as above
stated.
Benson Times, Oct. 5: A IL year old son
of Mr.. Fogsrthy living five miles east of town
was quite badly burned by powder explosion
on Sunday last. He had got hold of the
| powder while his parents were at church, and
| thinking to have little Fourth of July of
| his own, touched off about half pound of it
in his hands, resulting in badly burned face.
Albert Lea Enterprise, October 6: Two
| COWS belonging TO B. B. Fixen, and G. A.
| Hauge were drawn into the race course at
| the mill last Saturday morning. They both
went over the dam. One coming out "right
| side up with care'' while the other animal
was so unfortunate as to be drowned. Mr..
Hauge owned the losing cow in the race, we
| believe.
Owatouna Press, October z: Rev. W. s.
Holt and family arrived at San francisco
| September 26, AID are expected in Owatonna
on Friday or Saturday of this week. He has
been in China as 2 missionary under the Pres
pyterian Board for the past eight years, aud
for the last five years at Shanghai as superin-
tendent of the mission presses. He comes
home ia hopes of improving his health which
is very poor.
Carver Free Press, Oct. 6: Jacob, the
youngest son of Jacob Beyhoffer, of Chaska,
was recently badly hurt by railroad accident
in Dakota. He was thrown under the train,