Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-06
MINNESOTA NEWS

The Red Ribbon cluD IS allVe anu az
tive in Glencoe.
Steel rails are now laid on the Winona
s. st. Peter railroad as far west as Sleepy
Eye.
The Little Falls transcript has changed
hands and is now run by Simmons q
Fuller.
Work has been about stopped on the
north wing of the hospital fol. the insane
in st. Peter
Theodore Tilton has engagements Tor
lecturlng at several places in Minnesota
this winter.
Eight tugs, five sailing vessels and
three large propellors are now in winter
quarters at Duluth.
The Tribune states the amount invested
in building improvements in Sauk Center
the current year at $751; $780,.
The projected new hotel company of
Duluth has been legally Incorporated
the new hotel to cost 100000.
The festival of the ladies of the Con-
gregational church in Monticello,
Thanksgiving day, netted s4S.
The bondsmen of the defaulting post
master at Albert Lea have paid the
amount of the detalcation, 5000.
A disciple of Bob Ingersoll disturbed
| the services of the Methodist church in
Mortified on late Sunday evening.
The hardware store of B. B. Pullen, of
Atwater was burglariZed the other night
and some S25 in silver change taken.
Four of the seven prisoners IN the jail
at Red Wing broke out the other night.
One of the three who did not escape is
charged with murder.
Last week two proselyting Mormon ell
ders held forth in the school house at
Kirkhoven, Swift county. They did not
succeed in gathering in any recruits.
During the month of November there
were paid into the village treasury of
Duluth, for fines collected, $50 more than
enough to pay off the entire police force.
The stockholders of the creamery COM
pany of Albert Lea lost between $500 and
800 this year, although their crea merry
turned out over 10000 pounds of butter.
The Ada Alert, says the name Mormon
was given the recently organized new
county, in honor of the large Scandinav-
ion population within the limits of the
court.
On recent Sunday young man in
Burns, Sherburne county, fired off re-
volver into the palm of the hand. After
the shot he knew the pistol had been
loaded.
There have been twenty-three deaths
from smallpox in Stearns county. The
health officer reports that the community
has been put under quarantine, and the
disease is fully under control.
Nearly 100000 copies of the Minnesota
emigration pamphlet have been lately
published in five different languages.
They are to be distributed freely through
foreign countries to stimulate emigration.
Last week little two-year old girl of
MIR. and Mrs. Orrin Brown, of Waba-
shaw, sat down in akettle of hot water
which the mother had carelessly set on
the floor. The child was terribly scald-
ed and lived but short time.
Blue Earth City Journal, Nov. %: 1t
gives us great pleasure to be able an
nounce that Senator johnson, who has
been really dangerously ill since our last
issue, is decidedly better this morning,
and now considered out Of danger.
On the night Of November %, the
posteffice in Pennington, Dakota county,
was burglarized, the safe blown open and
| from 500 to $500 in money taken. Sew
eral hundred dollars worth a, stamps
were overlooked by the burglars. No
clue.
Last week, in the darkness of the even
ing, John Plummer, of Faribault, was
| knocked down on the street by horse
nd foi, <1f
the skull. He was taken up in an uncon-
sclous state and so remained at last dates.
The physicians say his injuries are fatal.
The Cannon Falls Beacon says: Some
time ago John Morell caught an owl in a
trap. He wrote few lines and put them
in small bottle and tied it around the
OWLS neck and let it go. Six weeks after
ward John Anderson shot the owl near
White Rock, about twelve miles from
where it was caught, with the bottle still
on his neck.
Glencoe Enterprise, November 30: The
trial of Charles r. Hayes for the murder
of James E. Chesley was abruptly termi-
mated last week when the prosecution
had their evidence partly in, by one of
the jurors-Edward Mulvancy-becom-
ing sick, when Judge Mcdonald ad-
| journed the case to an extra term to be
held the first week in January.
The wood famine and high price is
bringing about an extensive use of coal.
In Fountain and Fillmore counties, a
large number are using coal, and are
much pleased with the change. The
opinion is expressed that coal will be
pretty universally used in Fountain an
other year, and what is true of Fountain,
Is true in hundreds of other localities.
81. A. Baxter, prominent business
man of Lac qui Parle, died recently of
smallpox. He contracted the disease in
Chicago, where he had gone to dispose of
several carloads of live stock. He re-
| turned home, was taken down with the
dread disease, and died. He leaves wife
and five children. All possible precau-
tions were taken to prevent the spread of
| the disease.
Rochester Record and Union, George
Balhly purchased :. fine cow in Marion,
and hitched her to llis wagon to bring her
kindly to it, butraised a muss. She over
and the only way Mr.. Baihly could get
uCI uCIc WdS W MIL AeI III tuc IOdu duu
load her in the wagon.
Red Wing Republican, Dec. 8; 1t is
reported that a couple of foot-pads pre-
sented revolvers at one Ned. E. White
on the Island road and demanded his
money, when he, reaching into his pock-
ct, as for his purse, grabbed his sling
shot, with which he knocked one on the
head, kicking the other over at the same
time, and then took to his heels, saving
both money and life.
LIE Sueur Neaos; The farmers are slowly
learning the lesson that exclusive wheat
raising will surely impoverish the tiller
of the soil in this country, and we are
glad to notice that they are turning more
attention to corn, oats, amber cane, and
live stock, every year. Cattle, hogs and
all kinds Of poultry find ready market