Daily globe., 1881-01-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Cloud last year.
The project of erecting a city hall in Rec
Wing is being agitated
The Princeton Union has entered upon its
fifth volume. A good paper.
IA movement is being made for the incorpo-
ration of Ortonville, Big Stone county.
An editor has discovered missing link. Il
is 'money between himself and subscribers. y
CT. Hall, late of the Glencoe Register, has
| gone to Moline, ILL.,, to take charge OF news
| paper.
The Sleepy Eye Gazette has been discontin-
ued and the Sleepy Eye Herald has bought the
| office material.
| Recently the school house in district No. 50.
| in Medo, Blue Earth county, was destroyed by
| fire. with all its contents.
A house in Maine Prairie, Stearns county,
occupied by a family named Pope, was de-
| stroyed by fire the other day.
Conrad Zcller, of New Ulm, the other day
slipped upon the ice and broke both bones OF
one of his legs below the knee.
The Glencoe Enterprise says diphtheria is
raging in the towns on all sides OF Glenwood,
and deaths. are reported nearly every day.
The Bohemian killed at La Crosse last week
proved to be the son of David Griffin, living in
Pleasant Valley, but seven miles from Winona,
The $1,000 Congregational church in Lake
City has been accepted from the contractor,
and will henceforth be occupied by the soci-
ETY..
The number of marriage lceD les issued in
Olmsted county in 1880 was 2is. December
scored the largest number of any month, being
twenty-eght
One day last week five children OF Gus
Young, victims of diphtheria, were buried in
one grave in the Catholic cemerery in Austin,
Mower county.
A new postof1ce has been established by the
name of Egley, Wadena county, with Jacob
Egley for postmaster. Egley is about twelve
miles south of Verndale.
Flour is now made Of Amber cane seed,
much resembling buckweat flour, and when
made into griddle cakes, has the appearance
and taste of buckwheat cakes.
By the late canvass the population OF Vino
ma county stands thus: Total 27 ,197; of whom
,973 are males, 13, ,224 females; native Is, 8,S14
foreign born, S,3S3; white, 27,125; colored 6o;
Cinnamon, 4.
Mr.. Baihly, of Rochester, says the Record
and Union, received few days since IRON
Montana q large black bear and three cubs.
The old one weighed $50 pounds and the cubs
about fifty pounds each.
A petition circulated in Wilkin county, ask
ing that S. G. Stordock, who lost his feet by
freezing last winter, be appointed to the vacant
| VI COuuty; Aiou 6OO" iN"NA'o,
and he is now the auditor.
Otter Tail county is asked to bond itself in
the sum of S15O,O00 in aid of the Minnesota
Northern railroad, and if this is done one OF
the contractors of the road promises to spend
$4,000 for ties in that county.
The Sauk Center Herald says: On Jan. 8,
the residence of Mons Anderson, near the
steamboat landing at the head OF the lake, was
totally destroyed, with most OF the contents
and $50 in greenbacks, securely hid away In
the house.
Criminals sentenced to Imprisonment in the
Jail at Anoka, are permitted by the jail keeper
to roam at liberty through the streets OF the
village Indignant citizens are calling upon
the grand Jury to.take cognizance OF this lapse
in official duty.
:: Mrs. Charles Hahn, wife OF prosperous
farmer living about three miles south of New
Auburn, Sibley county, was gored few Gays
since by o vicious steer, and so severely In
iured that her life was at first despared OF, but
she is now slowly recovering.
Scott County Adrocate: According to the
town clerks official report, the births and
deaths occurring in the town OF SaEd Creek,
Scott county, for the year 1880, arc as follows
Total number of births, SO; males, 81, females,
! SO. Total number of deaths, 20; males, IL; fe-
males, 16.
County Commissioner James Mitchell, DR.,
| of Ameret, Lyon county, was attacked by an
enraged boar the other day, which seized him
by the right thigh, and inflicted wound,
crushing nearly the whole length OF the
| thigh A brother of Mr.. Mitchell, with pitch
fork and dogs, rescued Mr.. Mitchell from his
| perilous position.
ST. Peter Times: There is a strong feeling
manifested in favor OF Rardonlng Mary y.
Weishar out of prison. The general talk is to
the effect that if she did not kill Weishar she is
wropgfully incarcerated; and if she did kill
him, She simply put out of existence no
torious thief for doing which she is entitled
to the thanks of all mankind.
On Saturday night, Jan. s, the dwelling
house of Mr.. Augustine, of Zumbrota town.
ship, about six miles from the village, was
destroyed by fire. with all its contents, the fam
lily, consisting of the parents and five children,
barely escaping with their lives, with no cloth
ing except that in which they were sleeping,
and the Thermometer 80 degrees below zero.
Fergus Falls Joarnal: We regret to learn
that Mr. VIM A. Wentworth, just after leav-
ing his Vermont friends on his return to his
home in this country, was seriously injured IN
railroad accident, where the train was thrown
down an embankment and several persons
killed. Mr.. w. got off with bad bruises and
the loss of an ear. He was taken BACK 10 MS
friends, ard we understand has sued the rail-
IOdu COuiP@uy .
The Anoka City Herald of JAM IA, has the
following: zone of the most pitiable acci-
dents that ever occurred in this county, was
that which befell an infant child, scarcely two
wears old, of Mr. Patrick Clark, in the town OF
Ramsey, this county. Last Saturday, while
about her work, the mother sat pail OF hot
water on the floor The child was toddling
about the room, and going near the pail lost
its balance and fell into the scaldlng water,
and before it could be rescued, was SO badly
burned that it died.
Sauk Center Herald. A curious railroad &C.
cident occurred between this station and west
Union, on Tuesday, Jan. IL, resulting in
breaking about hundred rails and ditchlng
two freight cars One of the wheels OF a To-
comotive truck broke, and at every revolution
that broken wheel snapped a rail. In fact 1t
chewed I'D rail after rail in its progress for a
long distance The down freight due here at
11:f5 followed the destructive iron smasher
and two Cars were ditched, blockadlng the
road for hours.
De Witt C. Hurd, chief clerk in the
mill of W. H. Stevens s. Co., Of Fari-
bault. was found unconscious in his bed
one morning last week and died soon
after He had been busy in the store un,
til late hour the previous evening, and
theh retired to his apartments over the
store. Not appearing at the usual hour
in the morning, his roonswas visited and
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