Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-05

'fH6 40 Oh Cfctucut III fOCdi al Ais
of st. Charles.
The ladder factory in Hastings is about
ready for business.
Crops generally are said to be looking we'll,
out farmers say no more rain is needed.
Francis Vogel, of Oshawa, Nicollet county.
committed suicide last week by taking
strychnine.
The St. Peter Tribune says good MANY of
the apples were stripped from the trees during
the wind storm last week.
Waseca Radical, Aug. 9: We hear of no
wheat cut yet, and with cool weather very
little will be cut this week.
The dead body of an infant was found in the
lake at Waterville the other day The mother
10 known and the putative father is in Jail.
George z. Long, compositor in tile Du-
luth Tribune Office, was drowned at the Su-
perior dock in that city on Sunday morning,
July 30.
The Waseca Radical says bees generally
are said to be doing well this season. The
bee business has been Improbable for the
past few years.
Harvest hands are materialIzpg in various
places. Wages range from 50, 81. so to IS,
and some OF the gentlemen tramps declare thew
will not work for less than a aday.
Suggested by the young ladies Broom Brig
AIDE" some OF the young men Of Hastings
ought, henceforth, to be a Clearly city.
St. Peter Tribune: The amber cane crop
this year is away behind, and unless the
weather is very favorable from this on the
yield OF sorghum this year will not be any,
thing like as large as last year.
The Wells Allocate says: Abso,om Wilcox,
an old settler Of Walnut lake, the other day
was thrown from wagon and was dragged
some seventy-five rods by the frightened &c am !.
Death ensued soon after from his injuries.
Crookston Chronicle: One of the lots in
sletton & Cromb's addition was sold at $500
advance about two minutes after the first pur-
chaser got possession OF it one day last week
Lake Washington, says the st. Peter Trib-
aae. Is becoming q fashionable pleasure re-
Sort Fishing and boating afford fine pas.
times. At least leo persons are there from
st. Paul, Mankato, st. Peter and other places.
The Crookston Chronicle saws, 7. 3.
Walker, the celebrated lumber man of Min
neapolis, was in the city last week, watching
his 10000, 900 drive GO through the place.
1t is just possible that he may conclude to
build mill here and stop good part Of the
next drive that goes through here.
A petition presented to Gov. Hubbard by
an uncle of the Younger thieves and MUIR
derers, now in the state prison at Saltwater,
containing three or four Thousand written
names, asking for their pardon, has received
no favor. The governor refuses q pardon.
Every newspaper in Minnesota approves of
the action OF the governor.
Benson Times The wind storm which
blew the dust about our ears at such rate
last Tuesday afternoon did considerable dam
The tin roofing of the Howard house in Itch
field was entirely ripped off, several half
finished buildings in Minneapolis and st. Paul
were bl own down, and Ortonville got quite a
scare. No one was seriously hurt, however.
Sank Rapids Sentinel: 1t is stated that
parties have commenced shooting prairie
chickens in this vicinity. This is
a fragrant violation of law, and
should be punished. We are informed
have determined that If the game law is again
violated, an information will be lodged with
proper authorities, and the guilty parties
brought to justice.
Fergus Falls Journal AT late hour Sat-
urday night Peter Lee was Induced TO walk
with stranger, q hanger-on OF the circus, aud
was set upon near Cooper's wagon shop by
two other men, supposed to be accOmDlices of
the first, and robbed OF $50. The three then
scampered away. but the one who was with
Lee was afterwards found and arrested in an
adjacent lumber yard, and another man was
yesterday arrested on suspicion.
LIE Sueur Sentinel: On Wednesday of last
week, while Hiram known IS "uncle "Hi")
De La Vergne, Jacob Somes and several others
were shiDgling neighbours house ia Sharon
township, the scaffold gave way and the men
fell to the ground. Mr.. De La Vergne had
one of his shoulders broken almost into the
joint by the fall, which will probvbly cause
his arm to be helpless as long as lie lives.
The Waseca Radical says the Rev. Mr.. Tib-
belts, presiding elder of the United Brethren
church, while waiting for train to Albert
Lea last week, dropped in, and from him we
learn that his profits on strawberries and rasp-
berries this season amounts to over 500. He
has two and one-half acres Of ground planted
to strawberries and raspberries and from this
he has harvested 5000 quarts OF each, with
the 500 profit result. Says he could have
sold twenty times as many If he had had
them.
st. Peter Tribune; Harvest hands are said
to be scarce this year and are demanding big
wages. While some are willing 10 work for
50 and $3.50 others want s. per day. While
those who are wanting big wages are waiting
for a job those who take moderate wages will
get a job and earn the most money. Two
brothers in 1880 started out to harvest. One
went to work at 80 and the other refused 10
work for less than So. At the end of the har.
vest the 80 man had earned $21 more than the
other. The reason of this was the IS man
only got work about half the time while the
other worked every day from the beginning to
the end of harvest.