Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-10-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

other day, on the fair ground at Crooks
ton, while. playing game Of baseball.
The Uonwoed depot is to be located
on the bluff about mile away from the
village.
FLIGHTS of wild geese southward are
reported, Indicating the sure and near
approach Of cold weather.
JOHN GRAHAM was shot dead by uu-
known men near Hermann, on The 9Th
inst.
AT Minneapolis, on the 9th inst. Mrs.
Ed. Mcdonald was fatally burned-the
result Of a spark from stove ign1tlng
her clothing.
A STROKE Of lightning the other day
on the premises Of I. r. Sanderson, Of
Farmington, killed two COWS and set fire
to straw stack.
AsI1E ToRaUsoN, living in the north
| western part of Cottonwood County, Was
struck by lightning on the 29th ult, and
died the following day.
Two little children of Paul Nelson,
who lives near Frontenac, were poisoned
by eating belladonna berries, which re-
suited in their death.
The Catholics have resolved to build
church edifice IN Fremont the ensuing
season, and have already inaugurated
plans to secure the necessary funds.
A WAREHOUSE floor in Crookston gave
way, the other day, and just emptied
1000 bushels of wheat into the base
ment
A SHORT time since little girl in Aus
tin died, and after death q surgeon re-
moved a large marble from her throat
which she had swallowed last May. She
died from slow starvation.
A SON of Peter E. Tup, who lives in
the northern part of Swede Grove Town,
while hunting, was accidentally shot by
one of his companions, and will lose a
leg if he does not die.
entered a kitchen, III the momentary alb
sence of the family, and stole large
piece of mutton from boiling kettle,
and made a successful retreat.
LIZZIE BLAIR, thirteen years old, was
drowned near Glenwood, while out hunt
ing with her father. She fell from a
raft while after wounded bird. The
body was recovered.
LAST week Warren Bros, of Ren-
vile County, lost separator while
threshing grain in the field of Jake
Stratton, on Hook Creek. Mr.. Stratton
lost thirty bushels Of wheat. The fire
caught from q spark from the engine.
The Litchfeld independent says that
while young man named Peter E. Tul
was hunting on Sunday, he was SO badly
shot by the accidental discharge of a
gun in the hands of a companion that
his recovery is doubtful.
WILLIE CRANE, Of this city, one day
last week, by pulling gun out Of {
boat with the muzzle towards himself
succeeded in shooting himself in the
arm. 1t was narrow escape, which
should be a warning against such care
lessness-Aibert Lea Standard.
The wife Of Chris. Tyrel], living soutf
Of Hawley, who has for some time beer
of diseased mind, took an insane freal
recently, and burned the barn ant
granary on their farm. She has bee,
taken to the asylum at st. Peter by tn
sheriff
The alleged deficiency in the accounts
of the late John Thorsgard, treasurer O
Clay County, to date stands ut Sc, ,621
It is expected that these figures will be
increased by the bringing forward of ta1
receipts from the various towns. It il
believed his estate is ample to meet hi
obligations.
THE body Of young man named Car
Frischarz, was fshed out of the rive
near Hastings recently. He was native
of Switzerland and had been in this
country only since last April. He hat
been stopping at Maiden Rock, Wis.
where he had a friend named Theodor,
Dettling.
The stable and seventeen tons of hay
belonging to Christian Olson, living
northeast Of this place about three
miles, was burned recently. It is sup
posed that the fire originated from spark
) from the pipes Of couple Of young me1
who had been in the stable. - W0rre7
RcrGl0
A son Of John Dreudon, Of Winnie
bago, while raking hay with horse
rake, recently, was carrying his gu1
with him, resting it upon one of th'
wooden bars Of the rake in front of him
The gun slipped and was discharged
the contents entering the stomach and
causing almost instant death.
SOME unprincipled wretch tooka horst
belonging to Ole Berg, of Bass Lake
and rode him, it is supposed, all night.
In the morning the animal returned,
showing signs of having been severely
whipped, aud was so badly used that ii
died.-Fergus Falls Independent.
The Alexandria, Douglas county,
J. S. Evans states that his brother,
D. G. Evans, who left Alexandria last
spring for Urbana, Va, died suddenly o1
copgestive chills, aged SO years. The
deceased was long and favorably known
in Douglas County.
In Reno Township, Pope County, g
daughter Of James Blair, aged 13 years,
was drowned in small lake. She was
attempting to reach duck which hel
father had just shot, but sunk in the
mud and grass near the shore, and was
drowned before she could be rescued.
The Fergus falls Independent of Oc.
tober says: GAS Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
Brocklehurst we're returning from Dal.
ton on Thursday night last, they met
with quite an accident when near home
The buggy tipped as they crossed the
railroad grade on the street, all unex.
pectedly, throwing them both out heavily
and causing considerable bruising o1
both. The horses ran away and totally
demolished the buggy"
The Sank Center Tribune says the
lights alleged to have been seen recently
in the graveyard at Long Prairie are al.
together in the imagination, to which the
Long Prairie Argus replies by saying,
"Two years ago we saw the light in the
morning and know there was no imagin.
alton about it. We supposed at the
time that some of our villagers were
there with lanterns, but subsequently il
was ascertained that no one was out, as
no tracks could be discovered in the
snow."
ST.. CLOUD Times, October 5: Last
Sunday, Herman Benolken, aged Il
! wears son Of Commissioner BenO1ken,