Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-07
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.

GRAvE1v1nnE is to have a 500, 900 -four
ing mill, to be built by Gravel & Goulet.
OVER 1000, 900 feet of lumber will be
put into Rum River this winter by Anoka
firms.
SETTLERS on railway lands, relin-
quished by the governor, can now make
final proof.
NUMEROUS villages in all parts of the
state are inaugurating sanitary measures
to prevent the spread Of smallpox.
The new county of Norman is con-
stituted by the favorable vote of Polk
County with Ada for the county seat.
POSTMASTER W1NsH1P, of Winnebago
City, suffered a compound fracture Of
left leg by being thrown from buggy,
his mother receiving severe bruises.
The body found near the Northern
Pacific dock, Duluth, has been identified
as that Of Hugh Gilman, Of Crookston,
where he owned farm and has two sons.
he died from exposure.
AT Atwater, recently, Jake Minnick
was married to Mrs. Ferguson. Minnick
formerly married Mrs. Ferguson's daugh-
ter, but secured divorce and is now his
former wife's step-father.
The governor has issued proclama-
ton directing the removal of the county
seat of Lincoln County from Marshfeld
to Lake Benton. The vote on the ques-
tion Of removal stood 431 for 416 against
majority of only Is.
G.. SoHNsRUD, who was removed from
the postofice at Albert Lea about two
years ago, has been arrested for the en-
bezzlement of $500, which his bonds
men had to pay, and at whose instigation
prosecution has been commenced.
1T is announced that Phi]o Reming-
ton has decided to improve his $50 acres
of land at Lake Harriet SO as to make it
a handsome park. The work is to be
under the direction of an eastern land
scape gardener, who has been already
sent for.
On the 21st ult., the Potsdam House
and barn we're destroyed by fire. One
horse, q COW and twenty pigs perished in
the flames. An unoccupied dwelling
owned by Mrs. Freidt, and standing
near, was consumed. The hotel and
barn were owned by Mr.. Meilke. He
estimates his loss at $4,000; insurance
1900.
SMALLPOX has broken out in Rich
Prairie, Morrison County, where great
CONSERVATION now prevails, and much
apprehension is felt. It seems a party
from Rich Prairie some time ago at
tended wedding at Spring Hill about
the time the malady first broke out.
Hence it's introduction into Morrison
County.
In Granite Falls, on recent night,
Mr.. Norgreen was knocked out of his
wagon, falling senseless. When he re-
covered consciousness he found himself
lying by the roadside and his team gone.
Following along the road he soon came
upon his team, but one OF the horses was
dead, having been hit in the head with
an axe or some such weapon. Mr.. Nor
green mounted the other horse and man
aged to get home.
LAST spring George W. King, of Mos
COW, Freeborn County, lost his hand by
fire. Last July the palm of his right
hand was pierced by a binder needle,
which incapacited him from work for a
long time. Last week he fell from the
scatfOldlng OF the new house which he If
building to replace the one destroyed by
fire, and so badly fractured the knee Of
his right leg as to make amputation
necessary. The leg was taken off about
the knee, and his final recovery is not as
sured.
A RIDE over the Chicago, st. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha road leaves nc
room to doubt that the wood famine
prevalent throughout this region is moi
without good and sufficient cause. The
timber lands along this road have beer
almost inundated, rendering heavy team
ing impossible. For miles along the
Minnesota valley the farming lands art
under water, and the farmers have sus
tanned heavy losses from the destruction
of their hay and corn crops.-Luvern<
Herald.