Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.


Seeding is well advanced in Dakota county.
The building boom is marvelously active at
Sank Centre.
"a he steam feed mill at Princeton has shut
down TIL next fall.
There have been two cases of diphiheria in
Alexandria this spring.
The OwatOnian cornet band have COM
menced outdoor concerts.
Dr.. 0. B Lont has been appointed postmas-
ter at Mazeppa in place of e. l.. Ford.
Mary Zeuka, of the Dakota county poor.
farm, is to he sent TO the insane asylum ut st.
Peter.
Andrew Llndstrom, of Cannon Falls, had
leg broken the other day by the upsettlng Of u
loaded wagon.
The village council of Sleepy Eye have
raised the liquor selling license from $50 to
$500 per annuIn.
Swan Larson, of Cannon Falls, was thrown
Violently tn the ground, the other day, and
had collar bono broken.
Prairie schooners are now nnmerously put
ting in their appear ,nces, steering slowly but
| surely towards the setting sun.
| Diphthera is rapidly disappearing in Waba,
| shaw. The board of health has been untiring
III it's efforts to check its spreai
| The farmers everywhere are very busy get
| ting in their crops, and their absence from the
business houses tf the villages is noted
| Carl Brekke, of Lamberton, I'D of 10 years,
after having the diphtheria, is obliged 10
wear spectacles, so impaired has become his
eye sight.
Seventeen head of cattle belonging to A.
Gooler, of Lamberton, have died. Mr.. Cooler
thinks feeding them oats in the shsaf is what
killed them.
H. G. Stevens offers the Little Falls Daily
transcript printing office for sale for sum
1 equal to the net income of the Office for one
year, for cash.
! Z he jackson Republic, after dillgent en-
quiries OF farmers, does not learn of SINGLE
death of any domestic animal for lack of food
or shelter during the winter.
LIE Sueur Sentinel, April 81: Sugar making
was begun in this county last week, and for a
week past the run of sap has been very good,
indicating fair return of sugar and strip.
The Wabashaw Bulletin says: Capt Her.
man has commenced operations on the Chip
pewa, and will run three boats during the sea-
son, namely, the Minnie Herman, Ida Camp
bell and Iowa City.
The Verndale Journal says that E. A. Smith
& Co. have contract for 1000 Norway pine
railroad ties to be delivered this summer on
the banks of the Grow Wing river, of Inch
81, 0t0 have been banked.
The Beaver Falls Times says: 'sA &
snirit of hOpefulness pervades that
and, we doubt not, the present season / !.
one of unprecedented activity upon the 80, u
all classes of our citizens.
4 The Wabashaw Herald says that Mrs. Me-
Guigan fell in her sons store, ut Millvile, and
had her shoulder. blade broken Father ia
cobs fell IN the same place the day before
and sustained painful injuries.
Tho PonDhI;rnn cove. In foorfpor doxyv &Io
building in Red Wing occupied by Chris
Obrecht, the barber, a human skull was found
in the cellar. Speculation has been lively as
to the origin of the ghosty relic.
o. L. Smith, of Waseca, lost twenty five
4 hives of bees out of forty which he attempted
to csrry through the winter. He attributes
his loss to the attempt to keep the hives out
of doors in the long, severely cold winter.
| Princeton Union: There were only 12s
river drivers quartered at the America House
Tuesday night, April 10. Note this: Luni-
bermen are hiring sober, steady boys on the
drive this spring. Drinking youths are not III
demand.
| z. B. Clarke, of Benson, guardian OF his de-
ceased brothers. children, Mary and ommy
Clarke, has recently received back pension
money for the children amounting to 81 sou,
which will be safely invested for the children
till they are of age.
Fergus Falls Journal. April %: The spring
birds came in great numbers about Saturday
aud Sunday last A few enterprising geese
and ducks has been reported for week or two
previous, but now cime the favorite robin,
sing'y or in pairs, and the black birds in
garillous focks.
sherburne county Star, April 81: The farm
ers of Sherburne county commenced seeding
this week, and few mure days of good weather
will see the job completed. We hear of one
or two who commenced as early as Friday OF
last week. The snow is all of, and the ground
is in good condition:
Owatonna Journal; "The Presbyterian
church ut Wells has subscribed SOLO for Rev.
VIM Peian, and expect to get from the board
of susientation sufficient aid to make his SAL
airy $500. Mr.. Pelan will be installed rs reg.
ullr pastor of the church, and devote his en-
tire ministerial labor to it in the future"
Beaver Falls Times: We understand that
the Minneapolis Mllers' association has pur-
chased tn. water power and large tract of
land ut Minnesota Falls, and that said water
power will be improved during the present
season. 1t is probable that the v. & St. L.
railroad will strike said point, after leaving
this place.
i Msnkato Free Press: Cargill Brothers are
negotiating with The city for land npon which
10 erect a mammoth elevator capable Of hold
| ing lUU,UUO DuSneIS oil wheat. IL VIII De QUILL
either by the above parties or the Milwaukee
railroad company and commenced ut once,
and completed in time for the bountifnl harvest
our anticipations force us to expect this fail.
Litchfeld Independent, April 10: Sunday
evening DR.. Kennedy and his son Milford
were returning from trip to Greenleaf riding
in a buggy. Just before reaching Mr.. Ken.
nedy's house, in turning near DeCoster' S
house, Mr.. Kennedy was thrown from the
buggy, the fall being caused by some lrregu-
larty Of the road. He struck the ground in
such a way as to dislocate his shoulder.
LIE Sueur Sentinel, April 81: There was
some wheat sown during last week, and on
Monday and Tuesday the farmers on the small
prairie near LIE Sueur and Ottawa prairie were
generally engaged in seeding. There has also
been some seeding done on the Slbley county
prairie. In the timber, too, there will be some
seeding done this week With favorable
weather another week will nearly complete the
work Of putting in small grain.
Little Falls Daily Transcript: son aud
daughter of John C. Smith, of the town Of
Parker, killed bear last Thursday. The be..
was in hole, and the boy shot the amin Il,
but the shot did not kill it. Miss Smith then
armed herself with an ak and kept the bear In
the hole by chopping its nose whenever it
| started to come out, until her brother had time
to reload his gun and fire shot that proved
fatal. The boy is fourteen years old and Miss
| Smith is two or three years older.