Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-08-10
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
AN average of twenty bushels of wheat
to the acre is expected in Herman
County.
GEORGE MATTE, of Somerset, Steele
County, committed suicide the Other
day, by shooting himself with shotgun.
EVEN PETERSON, a Norwegian, of the
town Of Holly, was drowned in Buffalo
Lake, last week.
w. n. LYON, of New York, has in.
vested at various times about 800, 00C
in Lake City property.
PROF. DAVIS, formerly superintendent
of schools at Rochester, has been chosen
to the same position at Deadwood, D. T.
JOHN FoLsAND was thrown from a
wagon, near Athens, Isanti county, and
instantly killed. Whisky caused the &C.
cident.
w. N. GARNER, charged with sheep
stealing, and Henry Fruwe escaped from
the Carver county Jail recently by saving
a bar in the window.
GEORGE MOTEL, of Somerset, sllicided
by shooting himself in the breast the
other day. He was disconsolate at a
disagreement with his son.
The Osakis Observer gives an account
Of the swindling of N. P. Erickson out
Of $500, by the transparent confidence
game.
The prisoners in the Stevens county
jail broke out the other day, and are
still at large. They had help from the
outside.
D1PHTHER1A prevails in neighbour
hood east of the town Of Madelia, and
measures are being taken to keep it out
of the town.
Hon. JOHN H. FLANAGAN, of Rose
mount. formerly a member Of the Min
nesota Legislature, died last week of
softenipg Of the brain. Age As years.
The Ortonville Herald says: The
season has been extremely dry in the
Jim River country, and it is reported
that prairie fires are now raging in the
vicinity of Aberdeen.
Mrs. A. H. W1GG1Ns, of Hartland,
Freeborn County, shot herself July ~,
fatally. AS she was dead when found,
it was not known whether the shooting
was accidental or Intentional.
E. PREsToN's jewelry store in Waseca
was robbed the other day, while he was
at dinner, of goods to the value of $500.
The thieves entered by back window
which had been let down from the top.
By the sliding of a gravel bank near
Fountain, recently, three men were
buried. Christian Olson was killed out
right. and James O'Donnell and Mat.
johnson were considerably injured.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad company have already broken
ground for their mammoth elevator in
Minneapolis, which they expect to CON-
plete this fall. It will be the largest
elevator in the city.
A FARMER near Redwood Falls who
had 800 head Of sheep that were greatly
annoyed by wolves, finally hit upon the
plan of having a burning lantern at
night in bis sheep pen, and therefore his
sheep were not disturbed.
NJ. W. COOK, of the Rochester nurse
ries, has been engaged by the WinoDa
and St. Peter Railway Company to make
a collection of the fruit raised along the
line of that road, within Olmstead coun-
ty for exhibition at the state fair.
JOHN GEORGE BARKER, living in Mil
ford, about three miles from New Ulm,
committed suicide recently by hanging.
He leaves wife and ten children, one of
them severely injured in the recent cy-
clone.
WILLIAM J. F1oRER, of the banking
house of A. D. Southworth & Co., of
Wabashaw, died at his residence in that
place, after protracted illness, aged ~
years. He was prominent and highly
respected business man.
GEN. W. B. HAzEN, chief signal Off
Ger of the United States army, has Or
dered J. B. Merrill, sergeant United
States signal service, to visit New Ulm
and Investigate the origin, movement and
effects of the recent cyclone.
LAST week the Blue Earth City post
Office was broken open in the night time
and robbed of postage stamps, notes and
registered packages to the amount of
over 800. Ayoung man is under arrest
charged with the crime.
The Observer says NJ. McCrellis, Of
Osakis, was recently badly maugled by
two-year-oll bull. The horns of the
animal penetrated the breast and abdo-
men Of the unfortunate young man, and
two of his ribs were broken. It is
thought he may recover.
THERE are seven houses in the whole
sale grocery line in Minneapolis. Four
deal in heavy and general stocks, two in
fancy, and one principally in spices, etc.
Their business required, last week, 484
cars. against 312 for the corresponding
week last year.
A YOUNG employee in Red Wing Mills,
named John Monson, lost his right arm
recently by al accident. Hehad crawled
under the lath machine at which he
worked to pull out piece of board and
while there raised his right elbow SO
high that it was caught by the saws.
The Hastings Gazette says: Recently
12-year-old son Of Henry Brummell, of
Marshap, Dakota county, was thrown
into the sickle Of reaper, by the run
ming away Of a team, and his father was
run over by the bull wheel. Neither
were seriously injured.
A YOUNG man living in Pilot Grove,
Faribault County, was struck on the
head about year ago with ball club,
while playing game of base ball, and
now has to submit to a surgical opera
ton to have part Of his jaw bone, which
has become diseased, taken out.
Mrs. GUND1N of Montevideo, saw q
runaway team approaching her little
child who was playing in the street.
She rushed in front of them and caught
them by the bits. The child was saved,
but the wagon pole caught the mother
in the pit Of the stomach and fairly dis
emboweled her. She lived but fev
| hours.
A PRISONER confined in the Walden,
village calaboose on last Monday nigh
built fire in the building on his owl
account, and, after warming himself, lief
the institution, and was next morning
found by the astonished village marsha
trading the paddock Of his cell and tn
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