Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-07-13
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

The safe of George n. Carr, of
Adrian, Watonwan county, was burglar
lied recently, and $500 in money taken.
The newspapers of Minneapolis pay
more than 81 200 per quarter for post
age.
The Minneapolis millers pay 100000
insurance premiums per annum on -four
shipped to foreign ports.
The recorded transactions in real es-
tate, at Minneapolis, the past month,
amounted to over 1850, 900.
SEVERAL new residences and business
blocks are being built this season in Or
tonville, including Sc, 900 school-house.
A BRIDGE is contracted to be built
across the river at Zumbrota Falls, at
cost of $4,10O.
MINNESOTA grown new potatoes are
now advertised in most of the local mar
kcts of the state.
The Renville County Agricultural So
ciety has decided to hold a county fair at
Bird Island, October 4th and 9Th.
A MAN in Wilton, Waseca County,
while blasting rocks, was injured by a
blast, having one hand badly shattered.
SOME one figures up that the barb
wire monopolists made clean profit OF
$5,OOO,OOO out of Minnesota farmers in
one year.
JOHN D. BEAbn1E, aged 26, who lived
with farmer near Fergus Falls, fell
dead on the Oath inst, while talking with
friend.
Or the $35,OOO required to be sub
scribed for the steam-mill, at Albert Lea,
$21 800 had been subscribed up to
Wednesday evening.
ADJr. GEN. VAN C1EvE, at St. Paul,
received notification, one day last week,
of the allowance Of Is pension claims,
aggregating 500, 1927.
The sale of internal revenue stamps
and licenses in the Second district Of
Minnesota, for the year ending June 80,
amounted to 1929, ,O13.51.
IT cost Adam Forepaugh 1910 to
traverse the distance between st. Paul
and Minneapolis with his trains of men
and beasts and paraphernalia.
The German Methodist Church at Rice
Lake, st. Louis County, was struck by
| lightning last week and damaged to the
amount of some $40O.
The Renville County Union says:
Conductor Curtis and Engineer Smith
we're recently discharged at Stewart for
being drunk and smashing cars.
| LAST week Welch's feed windmill, at
Marshall, Lyon County, was destroyed
by fire, with warehouse attached.
Loss, $500; insurance $4,000.
The other day 13-months' old child
of A. A. Proxel, of Lamberton, fell
from second-story window to the pave
ment, but fortunately was not killed.
ON July 4th, at a. railroad crossing
near Faribault, a lumber wagon in which
were five persons was run down by
train, and all were more or less injured,
but none we're killed.
Two burglars entered the house of
Mrs. Zilla Jackson, of Shakopee, the
other night. She fred pistol at one of
them, who exclaimed 'My God," and
both ran away. It is supposed the one
fired at was wounded:
| Slow progress is made on several
business blocks now in process Of con-
struction at Minneapolis on account of
the difficulty experienced i'll securing
adequate forces of masons and carpen-
ters.
The first genuine Philadelphia pressed
brick used in Minneapolis are now being
placed in the Parker building facing on
Fourth Street, next to Westminster
Church. The brick will cost just $l00
per 1, 900 placed in the wall.
A LITTLE daughter Of Farmer Bloom,
living west of Ada, was accidentally shot
! by 12-year-old brother recently, while
, he was carelessly handling a revolver.
The ball entered her jaw and is I'M
bedded in her gums underneath her
back teeth. She will recover.
D1PHrHER1A is busily at work at
Kasota. -Four of John E. Miles chill
dren have died with the disease, AMI
other cases are reported. All the schools
in that vicinity have been closed and
every effort taken to prevent the disease
from spreading. The people of LIE
Sueur should be on the guard to prevent
visit from the terrible scorrge. --Lc
iSuca.r Ne,us.
A BLOODY fight took place at Litch-
field last week. Three drunken brothers
named Quinlevin were the aggressors.
They brutally assailed Haines and his
assistants and drove them from his store.
One of the Quinlevin's was struck with
a bar of iron and knocked senseless in
the melee. The Quinlevins set upon
one O'Brien, pounded and wounded him
with knife. The drunken brrltes we're
arrested.
The fossil remains of ponderoue
s snake was discovered in a limestone
slab which was being worked by Adams
& Remington into bases for tombstones.
The section of the reptile that was e4-
amined was several feet long and five and
one-half feet in diameter. Although
petrified, the form was perfect, and the
marks of the scales very distinct.
Large reptiles must have tlourished in
this region few hundreds or thousands
of years ago.-Kasson Republican.
LAST Sunday morning son of Mort
Ireland, and an infant about nine months
old we're in bed together, and the boy
had toy pistol playing with it. 1t ex,
ploded unexpectedly, and the powder
filled the baby's eyes and face. The
little one was completely blinded, but
& physicians we're at once called and the
grains of powder were extracted from
the eyes, and it will not lose it's sight
although it was q narrow escape.--Roch'
ester Record and Union, Jtiy l.
On Sunday, the 10Th ult., Mr.: Halvo'
8 Evenson, living with Halvor Hougan
near Elbow Lake, went into small
pond near the house for the purpose Of
g bathing: The inmates of the house
s when starting for church, saw the young
: man sporting in the water. Upon thei1
l.. return it was noticed that his clothes
0 were still banging where he had left
D them. This led to an immediate search
g being made, which resulted in finding
+ the body in five or six feet OF water
+ Herman Herald.
J. Curing Himself.