The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.

NiulcSOCa 0Csate saHu SOuuIy airs.
State fair at Rochester, Aug. 81, Sept /,
"a, S, G,7,s.
Northwestern exposition at Minneapolis,
Sept. 18th to 9th inclusive
Mcleod county fair at Hutchinson, Sept.
12 10 and H. I -:
Yellow Medicine county, Granite Falls,
Sept. 10, 90 and 81.
LIE Sueur county, lie Sucur, Sept. 14and Is.
Big Stone county, Ortonville, Sept. 20, II
| and %.
Morrison county, Little Falls, Sept. 20
and 81,
Lyon county, Marshall Sept 10, 20 and 81.
Chippewa county, Sept. 10, 20 and 81
Nicollet county, St. Peter, Sept. Is and 16.
Brown county, New Uln, Sept. IS, 10 and
90
Cottonwood county, Window, Sept. 26,
p and g.
Fillmore county, at Preston, Sept 26, q
! and %.
1t has just become known publicly that
when Bachelors circus was at Austin, Aug.
2, an aged resident of that city was fooled
out of 81 900 by three-card monte men con-
| nected with the circus. He borrowed the
money at the bank, and has since secured
the debt by a mortgage on his farm. The
man who lured him claimed to be the
judge of probate court of Rochester, MINI
and after the loss promised to emit the loser
| a draft for the amount in few days. The
old man has ever since been waiting patient
ly for the remittance. He has not heard
from it yet.
S. F. Hilman, stenographer, well-known
in this state, died at Greenwood, New York,
last week.
The state game law, so far as it relates to
shooting chickens, is wholly disregarded
| this year.
l. On Monday last telegram was received
announcing the dangerous illness of Mr.
| Charles f. Furness, son-in-law of Hon.
Alex. Ramsey, at Newport, r. L.. In re-
Spouse to this alarming telegram Mrs Fur
| ness left Immediately Tor Newport Since
| that time no news has been received to con-
firm the apprehensions inspired by this in
telligence.
Quite serious accident occurred on the
farm of Hon. VIM. Fowler, about two miles
| from Newport, Washington county. ltap-
pears that Mr.. Culver and little boy about
seven years OF age, were underneath gran
ary elevated on blocks, into which grain
| was being discharged at the time when the
granary broke down, crushing the boy to
| death and breaking leg for Mr.. Culver
MI SulVcI Is HAL u ldllllly.
Last Saturday the Central hotel at Bird
| Island was burned. There was an insurance
of 81 200 on the building. The contents
| were removed.
Burglars entered Houlton's store at Elk
River Friday night and blew open the safe,
| securing about 5000, 500 of which belonged
to A. D. Orwig Toledo, (Ohio) school
teacher: He placed the money in the safe
just before the store was closed. The job
| was decidedly unprofessional. The thieves
| left some tools, but no clue to their identity
The large stave factory and mill at
Avon, belonging to. Clarke & Waite of St.
Cloud, was burned Friday morning togeth-
Ell with a large amount of manufactured
material in the building. No insurance.
! The cause of the fire is unknown.
An old gentleman living in the south part
of Aurdal, named John johnson
Aune, ST., about eight miles from this
city, met his death Monday very suddenly
by having his leg cut entirely off at the
knee by harvesting machine, from which
he 5led to death in less than fifteen minutes.
Last Sunday morning at Wells Faribault
county, the vinegar factory owned by Col.
C. w. Thompson, was destroyed by fire:
No satisfactory explanation of the cause of
| the fire has yet been given. There was in
store in the main building 500 bushels of
barley, 100 bushels of wheat and 800 barrels
of vinegar. Of all this only 200 barrels of
vinegar were saved. The loss is at least $685.
600. No insurance. -
Major Camp of Minneapolis predicts that
no frost will occur in this section before the
Goth of September.
Stephen V. Greene of Faribault died Sat-
urday morning ofheart disease, it is sup
posed. He was apparently quite we'll and
drove out to his farm near Cannon City.
James Donigan of Brainerd is in the coun-
ty Jail; charged with selling liquor to In
dians.