Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.


The damage, in Mecksr county, by the late
storm is estimated at $50, 900.
In Stearns county the wheat crop will equal
that Of last year in quantity, but is superior in
quality.
Fillmore county has about 10000 mich
cows, 5000 sheep, 10000 horses and cattle of
all ages.
j. G. Easton, of Chatfeld, has 5000 sheep.
Last year they yielded him a net profit Of
$1.Sl head.
Trains loaded with Montana cattle are no.
ticed passing ov.r our railroads bound for
eastern markets.
The Caledonia Journal says great many
farmers are beginning to go into stock rails
ing quite extensively.
The Peoples Advocate, the Greenback or
gan, published in Paramount, Martin county,
has been discontinued.
The house of Louis Remork, of Faribault,
was destroyed by fire last week. The furni-
ture was mostly saved.
Water in the town we'll at Ada, Polk coun-
ty, is believed TO contain valuable medicinal
properties. An analysis is to be made.
A tramp recently entered the house of A. B.
Sexton, of Wolcott, Rice cyunty, in the day
time, and stole Mr.. Sexton's gold watch.
The Litchfield Ne,vs Ledger of August IL,
10
and the yield Of wheat promises to be pretty
good.
The house of A. G. Brewer of Willmar, was
entered by burglars the other night, and his
pants pockets robbed of small amount of
change.
The Verndale Journal denies that dry wealth
er has injured crops in that vicinity. The wheat
crop is excellent throughout the county of
Wadena.
VIM. Colwell, says the Sleepy Eye RepubL-
can, has fifteen acres of about the largest
corn on the Cottonwood river bottoms ever
seen in Minnesota.
Many farmers are arranging to thresh out
of the shock-deterrhined not 10 have stacks
standing through the winter as last year-and
to run no risks by delay.
The Elk River Netcs says the mill has start
ed up after stoppage of ten days for want of
logs. It is now turning out AZ, 900 shingles
and 40, 900 feet OF lumber per day.
The Litchfield Ne,vs Ledger says Ross and
Becker closed their 3O0-acre harvest last week.
1t cost them just $40 to have the grain set up
that was blown down by the storm.
A few days since 6-year-o old boy of j. Nell
son, of Faribault, lost his life by drinking
nearly pint of indicated blackberry brandy.
All efforts to save him were unavailng.
The Shakopee Ne,cs of August 18th says ,on
the prairie belt in Scott county two-thirds of
the grain has been stacked. Some farmers
have just begun, but the majority are about
to finish. l el
John Maher, in attempting to board NOV
ing train, some six miles from Lanesboro, got
one of his hands fastened in brake, and it
was SO badly mangled that three of his fingers
had to be amputated.
Daniel Rogers, 70 years old, had one arm
crushed by fiat car last week about mile
west of Weston. The arm was amputated.
The shock was SO great to the aged man that
he died in about eight hours.
A new town is to be laid out on the railroad
four miles east of Hector, in Renville county,
to be called Buffalo Lake, after small lake in
| that vicinity. The people of Hector are natu-
, rally very much opposed to the enterprise.
The other day Ole j. Peterson was found
beside the road five miles out from Morris, in
an insensible condition, with a large scalp
wound and broken arm. The intelligent,
live journalist does not state how the injuries
| were received.
Wilhelm Meister, of Hampton, Dakota
county, was instantly killed by stroke of
when the bolt struck the house. He was a ma
tive of Prussia, leaving wife and two chill
dren. His age, SO years.
Rev. Mr.. Dyckman preached his farewell
sermon in the Presbyterian church at Lanes
borO, on the first Sabbath evening in August,
| and on the following day departed for his
home in Orange, New Jersey. He is about to
leave for an extended tour in Europe.
| John Farmer, proprietor of a saw mill at
Madison Lake, Blue Earth county, was killed
last week by the fall of limb from tree
during a high wind. His age was A years.
He leaves wife and three children. He was
| q N nd roc cfoh1
| One night last week burglars robbed
the house of William H. Kelly in Owatonna
OF solid silver ware, watch and chain, etc.,
to the amount of $3.50, and also took pack
age of notes of about $4,000 An attempt was
made the same night to enter the dwelling of
Hon. Mark HI. Dunnell.
Faribault Democrat, Aug. IL: Thursday
| night of last week burglar entered the resi-
| dence of the Misses Huutsman, corner of Main
| and Eighth Streets, chloroformed and robbed
| Walter Lambert, who occupied room in the
front part OF the house on the ground floor,
of a gold watch and chain, $37 in money and
two notes amounting to $12.
On recent afternoon, in the absence of the
family, save girl who was left at home, the
house of David Robinson, of Money Creek,
Grant county, was entered by robbers. The
girl was knocked down, and while in an in
! sensible condition, the robbers went through
the house and found about IS in money. On
the following morning the girl was deirious
from her iDjuries.0 IN
Browns Valley Reporter: Some of our citi-
zens witnessed a monstrosity at one of the In
dian camps on the reservation a few evenings
ago. It was little Indian girl who was deaf,
dumb and blind, besides being foolish. Her
mouth was located on the side of her face be-
low the ear, and altogether she presented
frightful appearance. M
Waseca- Herald: A small child of Henry
Herbst, living over Fishers meat market, fell
into tub of cold water yesterday and very
narrowly escaped drowning. It was resuced
from the water and physicians called who did
all that could be done for the little sufferer,
but the shock was too great for its y oung life
and it died during the night.
Waseca. Herald: A 17-year-old daughter
of Ferdinand Holtz, of Wilton, died of diph-
iberia on Wednesday, making three children
taken from that family by the fell destroyer
inside of two weeks. We hear of no further
spread of dipththeria in this place or vicinity.
Prompt and vigorous sanitary measures are
being used by the health officer of this city.
Faribault Democrat: It is only the 10Th day
of August, yet the wheat crop of Rice county
is very nearly secured, being either snugly
stacked or threshed. A considerable amount
of the new wheat is already marketed, bring.
ing IS cents and 81 at the mills. The wheat
is all of good quality, but the yield will be
less than the estimate, the best fields yielding
from sixteen to twenty bushels per acre.