Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A bridge is contracted to be built across
the river at Zumbrota Falls, at cost of
81. 100.
Minnesota grown new potatoes are now
advertised in most of the local markets
Of the State.
The Renville County Agricultural 80
ciety has decided to hold county fair at
Bird Island, October 4th and 5th.
1t is reported that $4,000 acres of
wheat were destroyed by storm in Red
wood and Brown counties last week.
A. man in Wilton. Waseca county,
while blasting rocks, was injured by
blast, having one hand badly shattered
The German Methodist Church at Rice
Lake, St. Louis county, was struck by
lightning last week, and damaged to the
amount of some $400,
The Renville county Union says: Con-
ductor Curtis and Engineer Smith were
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.
Austin Transcript: Crops of ell kinds
are looking splendidly in Mower county.
Barley harvest will begin next week.
The wheat crop is full of promise. Corn
also looking finely.
The LIE Sueur Neps learns from parties
who know what they are talking about,
that the crops IN Renville county look
very poor. The late heavy rains that
they have had up there has done much
damage to the crops and it is not likely
they will get half crop.
A bloody fight took place at Litchfield
last week. Three drunken brothers
named Quinlevin were the agressors.
They brutally assailed Haines and his as
sistants and drove them from his store.
One of the Quinlev1n's was struck with q
bar of iron and knocked senseless' in the
melee. The Quinlevins set upon O'Bri
en-, pounded and wounded him with a
knife. The drunken brutes were arrest
ed.
Herman Herald, July 1: On Sunday
the 18th ult., Mr.. Halvor Evenson, living
with Halvor Hougan, near Elbow lake,
went into small pond near the house
for the purpose of bathing. The in
mates of the house, when starting for
CduiCA, o0W ouC yOuuS lldu SpOILluK Ill
the water Upon their return it was no.
ticed that his clothes were still hanging
where he had left them. This led to an
immediate search being made, which re-
suited in finding the body IN five or six
feet of water.
Kasson, dodge County, Republican,:
The fossil remains of a ponderous snake
was discovered in limestone slab which
was being worked by Adams & Reming-
ton into bases for toomstones. The Sec
tion of the reptile that was examined was
several feet long, and - inches in diam
eter. Although petrifed, the form was
perfect, and the marks of the scales was
very distinct. Large reptiles must have
flourished in this region few hundreds
or thousands of years ago.
Rochester Revord and Uuio,,, July l.:
Last Sunday morning son of Mort Ire
land and an infant about nine
months old were in bed together, and the
boy had a toy pistol playing with it. 1t
exploded Unexpectedly, and the powder
filled the baby's eyes and face. The little
one was completely blinded, but physi-
clans were at once called and the grains
of powder were extracted from the eyes,
and it will not lose its sight although it
was narrow escape.