Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Existing cases of diphtherla are reported in
Ortonyille.
The improvements in Little Falls in 1880
| amounted to S31 ,000
An effort is being made to fund the indebted
ness of Martin county.
Diphtheria is reported to be alarmingly prey
| alent in portions of Stevens county.
The number of births in the county of
Stevens in 1880, was 1888; deaths. POI.
A movement is being made for the eonsol-
idation of Stevens and Benton counties.
Postmaster Hall, of Glencoe, lost valuable
horse the other day with the epizootic.
Recently eighty acres of improved land in
| Ida, Douglas county, was sold for 5000.
| Mrs. We DDS, of Anoka, fell down stairs the
other day, receiving injuries causing her
| death. y
It is rumored that railroad and wagon
| bridge is to be built over the Mississippi at
| Anoka.
school house at Lake Crystal, Blue Earth
county.
| The Jackson Republic says corn at twenty
cents bushel is the cheapest fuel in that
section.
| DR.. Powell, of Lanesboro, has been appoint
ed examining surgeon for pensions for / ILL.,
| more county.
| A. s. Long killed large wolf the other day
| near his house, in the town of Freeman, Free
born county.
| Mrs. Henry Moulin, of st. Cloud, was
| thrown out of sleigh the other day, and had
| an arm broken,
| 1t is estimated that $50 zoo, 600 feet of logs
will be cut on the upper Mississippi and its
| tributaries this season.
| The house of Mr.. j. Wilkins, across the
| river west of Crookston, was burned, with its
| contents the other day.
Ira NJ. Noyes' large tool fitting and black
smith shop, was burned about noon, Jan.
| p, with the entire contents.
| Last season 551, ~ barrels of -four were
shipped from Duluth by the lake, nearly all
| bound for the Eastern markets.
Ice is being put in store in Benson, Swift
county, for next summer 5 use, which measures
| in thickness three feet five inches.
Recently Michael Vergin, at work in a
| logging camp above Rush City, was caught
| by rolling log and fatally crushed.
The NJ. E. church and society, of Redwood
Falls, have taken effective and successful meas
| ures to clear their church from debt
| The Mankato Rcrie,o says scarlet fever and
| diphtheria are prevailing in Buttcrnut valley,
| Blue Earth valley, with fatal results.
A present active demand for real estate in
Anoka is noted as an evidence of the towns
prosperity, in prospective rapid growth.
Recently the boiler of saw-mill exploded
at Little Sank, killing one man and wounding
two severely, one of them, probably, fatally.
The new council of Granite Falls have raised
| the liquor license from 800 to $15O,and saloon
| men are reportedto be madder'n March hares.
The Mankato Public Spirit says: "Diph-
| liberia, measles and whooping cough arc rag
| ing throughout the county to an alarming ex-
tent"
A movement is being quietly talked up by
some of the business men of Willmar, to start
another bank in that place, with a capital of
| $1,000 to $4,000.
An infant child of Patrick Clark, of Ramsey,
| Anoka county, fell into bucket of hot water
| the other day, and was so severely s.alded as
to cause its DEATH
| The treasurer of st. Luke's church, in
| Hastings, which was recently destroyed by
| fire, has promptly received the $4,000 for
which it was insured.
| Pine Island, at the recent village election,
voted s'license," and the Council has fixed the
| fee at $500. This "stumps' the saloon-keelers
who advocated license. e.,
Engle's mill at Austin was broken into the
other night. But little of Value was
taken. No attempt was made at the safe
| Tramps are suspected.
| Harkies steam Touring mill at ST. Peter was
burned last week. with $40 bushels Of wheat
5000 pounds of flour and other property. Loss
| SC, 5O0-insurance $500.
The commissioners of Anoka county have
offered reward of 500 for the discovery OF
| the miscreants who have recently been poison
ing cattle in that county.
An exchange, giving an account of an acct
] dent to man who was Obliged to have ii
hand amputated, endedhy saying ''hc is GER
| tain to be cripple for lifc.''
The Congregational Sunday school of Sank
Center has received from an unknown friend
| IN Massachusetts donation of & very hand
some library of 100 volumes.
The Chronicle says sort of epidemic seems
| to be going the rounds in Gro ,kston among
adults, taking the form of cankcr sorcthruat
| Some have had it very severely.
DR.. G. L. Lewis, late of Austin, adudgei
insane last spring and taken to tue Rochester
asylum, is dead. Softening of the brain was
| the cause of his insanity and death.
| Several prairie schooners, fitted up with
stoves, passed through Melrose, Stearns county,
| the OTHER day, showings that emigration Is
possible in the winter iii Minnesota.
Peter Bower, of Hastings, a few days since
| had his left hand badly shattered by the acct
| dental discharge of an old horse pistol. 1t is
| believed amputation may be avoided.
| Pat Jones, of Grove Lake, Pine county, killed
large wild cat the other day, by the aid Of his
| dog, which had driven the eat in from the
prairie, and 'treed' it on the housctop
| An act to incorporate the village of Ada,
Polk county, is in process of passage through
| the legislature. 1t designates the first Tues
dry in April for the first election of officers.
Austin Transcript, January IL: Two
hundred shoyeers came into town last Friday