The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-17
Following arc Post-ot1ice Changes of
Recent Date.
MINI ESOrA.

MINNESOTA.
Established: Beauford, Blue Earth coun-
ty,, LeanGer F. Finley postmaster; Crom-
WE'LL Carlton county, Gustav Bong post
master; Goodhue, Goodhue county, Frank
DaVy postmaster.
Postmasters appointed Clayton, Fart
bault county, Mrs Ellen 2. Ray mond; Gull
drum, Morrison county, John j. McKee,;
Nawsos, Jackson county, Mrs. r. H. Wade
John kenna, OF the town Of Taya, Swift
county, was suffocatet in his we'll, Tuesday
morning, by foul air. He was going down
upon a rope after bucket and lost con-
seriousness when about ten feet from the
surface of the ground and fell seventy feet
more to the bottom where his body is yet.
Another man, tied to a rope, went down ten
en- let down sixty feet and drawn up at once
was dead when it came to the surface.
DR.. McComb, of Rush city, accompanied
by DIR. w. L. Irwin visited the res ion in
fected by small pox and found five cases of
the most violent form, all confined to one
family named Lund in the town of Stamtield,
Isanti county, aoout nine miles north Of
c mbridge. MIS-. Lund lost two children
last week by the disease, and Dr. McCOmb
reports those now stricken with it as prob
ably past recovery. \ local board Of health
has been organized at Cambridge. Mr..
Lunds house has been quarantined and all
the inhabitants are being vaccnated.
Charles Hansel, in Jail at Albert Lea, will
be sent back to Iowa on a requisition from
Gov. Sherman. Hansel stole a horse in
Johnson county, Iowa, and was captured in
FTeebon county, MINI.
Fred Horn and William stoppe, ef Hay
Creek, Goodhue county, who were so bad
iy hurt by the reaper accident at the farm
of the former, August 7, have since died
from the injuries received. Horn was abont
forty years old and leaves a wife and two
children IN good circumstances. Stoppe,
his brother law, also leaves a wife and
two children.
q Tuesday afternoon two-year-old daugh-
ter of Jonas Berg of Atwater had her hand
cut off and skull fractured by locomotive
while playing on the track.
Capt ALT. Brooks, of Winona, captain of
company c. Second battalion, has been
elected major Of that battalion.
According to the assessors returns there
were in Fillmore county in 1881 g. $40 ap
pie trees growing and $500 bearing in 1882
there were 81, $3.50 growing and I'LL bear
ing.
On the oath inst the Masons will cele-
brate the twenty-ffth anniversary of Roch-
ester lodge.
Thieves made raid on Kasota village
Thursday night, and stole fine team of
mares from George ButteffAeld, PLATFORM
spring wagon from John Wager, and a set
of harness from John Miles. Mr.. Butter
field did not miss his mares until the next
day. ..
Gov. Hubbard received from the general
land office of the interior department two
swamp land patents for lands inllring to the
state They were for 81, o22572 and 12' acres
Mr. Absalom Wilcox, an old and respect
ed resident of Walnut Lake township,
while adjusting hayrack was thrown under
the wagon with his foot caught between the
axle ana the bolster, and in this position
was dragged by the running team for sixty
or seventy five rods receiving injuries from
which he died soon after.