New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-02-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
A section hand on the Hastings
4 Dakota named Mclaughlin was
killed Tuesday morning at Farming
ton, the train backing down against
him and the rear coach passing over
his body.
A shipment Of car load of wheat
made last week by farmers Of the Vi
cinity of Mankato, Melted the owners
about 81. 10 per bushel at Milwaukee.
The same wheat at Mankato brought
only 80 cents.
According to the LIE Sueur News
the young chaps at Ottowa ill up
with Tolu, Rock and Rye, (Which is
another name for cheap whiskey) and
then throw the bottle through the
church window.
E. L. Thomas, near Fergus Falls,
few days ago with Winchester
rifle, killed five deer out Of herd
that was running past him, with.
out moving cut of his tracks, and
added sixth to his load few min.
utes later.
The liquor license in Glenwood,
Pope county, has been fixed by the
county board, at $500. This Is the
highest price paid in any country
town in Minnesota for the privilege
Of selling liquor. ..I..
About six thousand tons of ice
have been packed at Worthington,
mostly intended for the southern
trade. Ia addition, a Kansas City
firm hos shipped to that point one
hundred car loads and will ship rs
much more this winter.
A lady in Belvidere, Goodhue Co..
has clock which is over two hun.
dred years old. 1t was made in Ger.
many in 1880, the name of the max.
er and date of manufacture being
stamped on the dial. 1t was brought
to the United States by a man named
Weiss, who settled in one of the New
England States in 1898. s.
The Faribault Republican relates
the capture of two wild cats in that
vicinity. In both instances the ami.
mails attacked the men who killed
them. One man was an unsuspect.
ing wood chopper who received the
first intimation of the proximity OF
his catship by its landing on his arm
and shoulder Killed it with his ak.
Quite curiosity is to be seen in
the village of Grantsburg. A squaw
gave birth to child. Shortly after
wards her husband went out hunting
and ran across large bear with two
litrle cubs scarcely two days old. He
shot the mother and captured the
little ones, and now the old sqnaw
nurses the three. 1t is a bear fact,
strange, but nevertheless trne.
A few days ago passenger train
near Perham, was stopped by crazy
man sitting on the track and who re-
fused to get out of the way. He was
sitting without particle Of clothing
on him and the Thermometer twenty
degrees below zero. He was taken
in charge by the officers of the train
and turned over to the Perham au'
thorities.
The Spring Valley Vidette says
S. G. Garfield, while in the legisla.
ture, sold his vote for $500 in RAILROAD
bonds, which he disposed Of for 49,
900, cash, shortly before clipping.
Evidences of his rascality are accum-
lating. He is said to be in San Fran.
cisco, and has written letter to one
Of his friends protesting penitence.
A. G. Morton, employed in the
Fergus Falls -four mill had his cloth.
ing caught in shaft of the mill, and
in trying to extricate himself caught
his arm in cog, mangling it horrib-
~ onu eu0 S0oaAA6 SO'op0N o6oAuoV
his back and tearing his flesh in a
terrible manner. After the mill was
stopped he was picked up insensiblee,
and it is feared his wounds are fatal.
A cunning rascal has contrived a
novel method to swindle farmers in
Money, Houston county. He tells
the story that he is writing up his
tory of the county, besides an indivi-
dual history of the family. The far
mer ir then requested to put his
name down for one Of the proposed
histories. Concealed somewhere un.
der the sheet, on which he signs his
name. is blank note, which is after
wards filled out for any amount which
the maker may think his victim able
to pay.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
w AsuvN nroNr n r. Fru II 1890