Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-25
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Diphtheria is still ra glng in sherburne.

DlpnLnerla is Stlll raging IN SherOurne.
The wild grape crop gives promise of great
abundance.
Nleollet county has 1870 hogs; estimated
| value, $S,458.
The whooping cough prevails at LeSueur
and the measels at St. Peter.
A large attendance is reported at the Grove
Lake camp meeting, Pope county.
The Martin county bank has been made the
official depository Of the county funds.
The smallpox scare in St. Peter is over All
new cases.
The Tribune says the cost of the new court
house at st. Peter, for the county of Nicollet,
| is S22, $3.50.
The only son of Deacon Geo. H. Fish, of
Sank Center, was drowned last week while
bathing.
John Drill, of CORTLAND, Nicollet county,
had collar bone broken the other day by a
fall from reaper.
Thomas Shannon, of Cannon Falls, was
thrown from wagon the other day and had
an arm broken. %
j. A. Smith is the contractor for building
the Martin county court house and Jail. Con-
tract price, S9,272 10. asses
Ridgeley township, Nicollet county, has
about 1000 sheep, the largest number of any
township IN the county. -i4
According to the assessors returns there is
not an ass or mule in the township of Nicol-
let, in New Sweden, Nicollet county.
The fremont house, in Hastings, was de-
stroyed by fire July Is. Several other build
ings were involved in the fire. Total loss by
the fire 900; insurance 5000.
A runaway team the, other day in Anoka
City, demolished carriage and injured all the
persons in it, a Miss Herbst in particular, 10
whom physician was called. She was re-
moved to her home and will recover.
Hon. G. A. Baker, of Hastings, has been ap-
pointed deputy collector of internal revenue
for this district. He will be mostly in charge
of revenue affairs in Wabashaw and Goodhue
counties and those along the 81. & D. rail-
road. A-
De Tommerdahlen, native of Norway, liv-
ing near Crookston, in attempting to get on
board of moving train. fell under the train,
and eight cars ran over one of his legs. Am
putation was performed, but being an old
man the shock was too great, and he died.
Dphtheria is raging with very fatal effect
in Cottonwood county. In Mountain Lake
fifteen deaths were reported in twelve days.
The scourge is quite prevalent and fatal in
Carson and Selma in the same county, and
some of the schools have been closed on &C
count of its ravages.
:. Mankato Free Press: Jacob Ehrer, = the
man who stabbed Officer Martin recently, had
an examination before Justice Leonard last
Monday and in default of $1,000 bonds, was
committed to the county Jail to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury at the next term of the
district court. lo iti sH
The Marshall, lyon county, Messenger says:
Mr.. Brownell, living near Marshall, went to
town last week with some jars of butter
packed in snow. After taking out the butter
the snow was shoveled out into the street. He
says he has drifts two feet deep yet, left over
from last winter. A load OF straw was thrown
over big drift during the winter, which pre-
served it. t I. as 81.
Wells Advocate, July 10: Mr.. C. Yonka "a well
known farmer of Walnut Lake township, died
very suddenly last night from some unknown
cause. He was in Wells yesterday and after
having returned home went out to attend te
his team, but did not return, and after wait
ing sometime quite anxiously, his wife went
out to look for him, and found him dead,
lying face downward upon the haystack. 4o
The Marshall Messenger reports as follows:
Last week two Norwegians, one being Knut
Erickson, were driving past the inlet Of Lake
Sarah when they were. called to by an ac-
anaintance across the inlet who wanted to go
with them. They therefore took off the wag-
on box and tried to cross over in it as q boat
to get him. Half way over it sank and both
men were drowned. One would have got out
out he returned to help the other out and was
drawn under and thus drowned. '.1' 9aj iei
Montevideo Valley Blossom, July 16: A
child of Hod Chaplin, who lives east of town,
ran needle into her foot last week Tuesday.
Immediately thereafter the child was brought
to town for surgical treatment, but the COM
bined efforts OF .Drs. Daniels and Murphy failed
to reveal the whereabouts OF that needle, al
though the flesh was cut and bones laid bare
in their efforts to find it. Tuesday the child
was again brought to town for treatment, as
the case had assumed an alarming position.
one of her eyes swelling up, and large punches
appearing upon different PORTIONS Of her BODY.
! It is all attributed to that email needle having
poisoned her system, and is withal a curious
case. s-S1~ RS l+s.@ssA ,sds ISL
Cannon Falls (Goodhue county Beacon: a
farmer who lives a few miles from town had
turkey which was sick nigh unto death; he
thought best to kill the fowl and invited his
friends to O feast. The company we're assem-
s bled and the woman Of the house cut niece
from the breast Of the turkey to see II it Was
done. In few moments she was taken VIC A
lently sick and the feast was postponed. A
messenger was sent to town for DR.. Sandberg,
who hurried down and found the woman suf-
fering from the effects of poison by strych-
nine. Upon further investigation it was
found that a dog had been poisoned near BY
and the turkey had been eating the carcass.