Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-21

various pOl4Is III Lie staUe, are reported 10
be turning out some very fine syrup.
Such is the demand for carpenters work in
Glencoe, that the Register says fifty hands
could at once find full employment.
A man in Martin county claims to have
made seventy-fve gallons of strip from one
fourth of an acre of ground planted in cane.
A genuine case of small pox has appeared
at Red Wing, but such precautions have been
taken that it is believed there is no danger of
| its spreading.
A boy in Elbow Lake township, otter Tail
county, received such injuries from moving
machine as to make the amputation of one OF
his feet necessary.
The Register says farmers are haunted by
the grave suspicion that $4,000 will not
cover the damage done to grain in the stack
by the recent rain storms in Mcleod county.
The Long Prairie Argus says: 1.-THE grass
on the river meadow bottoms is reported as
being green as in July. Though late the hay
will be good as when cut in August in other
years.
be prevailing at Sleepy Eye, almost producing
panic, at any late many residents are suddenly
leaving, temporarily, to visit friends at
distance.
The toy pistol fend is still alive. The Has
| tings Gazette says Albert Weiman, young
lad, was severely shot in the breast by toy
pistol, loaded with stick, in the hands of his
brother, and narrowly escaped serious injury.
| Pipestone City Star: Millions of potato
bugs have blown down upon this locality
from some quarter during the past week or
weeks. Unless they blow away again our far
mers will have lots of picking to do to save
their potato crop next year.
LIE Sueur Sentinel: This years grape crop
| in this vicinity has demonstrated to all doubt
| ers that Minnesota is one of the best of
states for grape culture. Craze culture, at
| least on small scale, should be entered upon
| by all who have land or town lots It is a
very healthy as well as luscious fruit, and a
profitable one to SELL
| -Shakopee Argus, Sept Is: A farmer living
near Jordan lost horse the other night on
account of defective bridge across Sand
creek The animal stepped into hole in the
plank and broke his leg. The owner consulted
lawyer about bringing an action against the
| proper authorities, but was informed there
was no law in this state giving him right of
action.
St. Cloud Times, Sept. ii: On Monday, the
| 5th inst, a young daughter of the late John
| Ambrocic, of the town of ST. Wendell, went
after the cows, and not returning that night,
search was mado for her next day, but with
out success. On WednesdayIthirty or forty
| but no trace of the missing girl could be
| found.
| Sank Center Tribune: Miss Sarah Morris,
who was one of the table walters in Goes
| hotel for some time, has met with genuine
stroke of good fortune. Her uncle recently
died and left her property valued at Sc, 600.
There are restrictions, but Sarah will not have
| to work out for livelihood any more. She
is known as good, faithful and true girl land
is deserving of her changed fortune.
Currie Minnesotiam, Sept. ID: Rev. J. P.
BOdfish, Boston; Rev. W. 81. Fitzgerald, Mil
ton, and Rev. John Flalley, Canton, all of
Massachusetts,, made us very pleasant call
| yesterday. These fathers of the church are on
| a visit to the colonies in this county and at
| Adrian, with view to the location of some
of their people. They are satisfied that here is
room for more, and, as one of them remarked,
we have lots of land to the acre here.
Osakis Observer: Mr.. Fuller, at work in
| Mr.. Knuteson's mill, in attempting to throw
off belt, had his clothing caught in rope,
and was carried around a drum, used for pull
| ing logs into the mill-making three revolu-
| lions before breaking loose, and caused him
to strike directly on his head. Though no
bones were broken, he feels pretty badly broke
| up, and it was miracle he was not killed
| outright.
Hastings Union, Sept. IA: On last Friday
afternoon little son of Mr.. Simpson met
with a very painful, though not serious acct
dent at Libbey & Thompson's mill. It seems
young Simpson stopped down to clean away
some sawdust from under the edging saw,
and when he attempted to rise up his he ad
came in contact with the saw, thereby receiv-
ing terrible cash on the back of his neck.
Stevens County Tribune: Not less than a
dozen farmers with whom we have conversed
l 1o<a 81 IN of fha VIZ hi
| growth made by the amber sugar cane in this
vicinity 1t stands from eight to fifteen feet
| high. The farmers in this locality can do no
better than commence the general cultivation
| of this sugar bearing plant, resting assured
that Sank Centre will provide refinery which
will consume the whole crop as soon as the
| farmers produce it,
| Hastings Gazette, Sept. II: A man by the
name of Chris. Hettinger, late of Freeport,
| ILL.,, who left town Sunday evening with a
party of eight or nine men to work on the
railroad near Alton, was brought back in a
couple of hours by John TorgersOn, having
been stabbed in the left side by one of his COM
rades and left by the roadside. He was taken
| to the Western house, medical assistance was
procured, and the wound, although painful,
is not considered dangerous.
| The Todd County Argus relates that T. N.
Shinnebarger and three children were taken
very sick on the night of the 4th inst. The
| attending physician pronounced it poison, and,
| in the absence of any other explanation of how
they had taken it, gave it as his opinion that
| it found its way into their stomachs through
| their cows milk. 1t is believed that some
unknown enemy had attempted to poison the
animal. Mr.. 8. and children were saved by
| the use of powerful antidotes.
A floor gave way in the Lacy warehouse
| at TaylOrS Falls last week. precipitatipg
several car loads of feed into the base
ment, and doing other damage.
A series of religious, revival meetings
were in progress at Ortonville last week.
Blue Earth City Journal, Sept. IL: Mr..
| Henry Temples folks harvested crop
of wolves last week. They put out some
poison Wednesday evening and on
Thursday morning they found two dead
corpses. Auditor White bought them
for the State and county, paying six dol
lars apiece for them. Better than raising
poor wheat.
Last week, the week of copious rains,
was bad one for the buildings in New
Ulm, not yet under roof, since the cy-
clone.
The Brown County Agricultural So
ciety commences its fair, in New Ulm,
on Saturday, Sept. II, and continues over
Sunday. The vice-president of the So
ciety says that English speaking farmers
do not take any interest IN the fair. Per-
haps this lack of interest is owing to the
disrespect of the Sabbath.
The bridge at Little Sank is out of re-
pair, and travel will have to be changed
to the old road east of the lake.
The Sank Center Tribune says large
number of wheat stacks have been wet
in and are in bad condition.
Engineer Jewett, of the Sank Center
northern survey, has been suffering with
severe attack of rheumatism.
A son of Simeon Roland, of Butternut
Valley was accidentally Shnt the other