Daily globe., 1882-02-23

the foot of the New Ulm hill last Saturday
and the fire ran to the stable of Mr.. Hellman
burning the structure and it's contents. Some
hogs in the stable were consumed by the fire
and span of valuable horses was rescued
| with difficulty.
CrOokston Jouraal: AS an indication that
| the spring boom will be strong one we note
that the horses that have already been brought
to the city are being sold rapidly. Several
| carloads have arrived and hundreds of farmers
| have been looking them over and are selecting
their teams.
Ralph Flaherty and Thomas Anderson had a
| savage fight at Reads Landing the other day.
Flaherty was the assailing party. He attacked
Anderson with an open knife, cutting him Sc
verely. Anderson picked up heavy iron po-
ker and laid his assailant low. Both men were
badly injured. Flaherty is in Jail. The fight
was caused by an old quar.e
Jackson Republic: The Republic has in
formation direct from railroad authorities
that in the event of the s. M. line being
changed from Ramsey-as it doubtless will be
Ito Austin, Jackson will be made division.
The distance is about 100 miles and our in
formant states that should the change take
place Jackson will in all probability secure the
plum.
Mankato Review, Feb. 81: Mrs. r. R
Williams, of Butternut Valley, died of diph-
liberia on Thursday night last. The aff1iction
is an unusully sad one, as the disease leaves
seven children, the youngest only six months
old, and at the time of her death four of the
children were i'll with the same disease. The
day of burial another was taken down with
the disease.
Pine City Record: Under the management
of Superintendent Simpson, the Duluth rail-
road company is getting too poor to afford
fah1 fr,a y<,ft tha Iii.
of road, such papers as the Press, Tribune
and GLOBE not excepted. Parties desiring
time of arrival and departure of trains can tell
by telegraphing to Simpson, or by waiting at
the depot six or ten hours.
Fairmont Sentinel: Ducks and geese have
been seen travelling north during this week
frequently. Either they have lost their reck-
oning, or the weather approaches that of
spring. A pair OF Industrious doves built
their nest under the water tank in the court
yard last Sunday. OF course they broke the
wheat will go in the ground early this spring,
all the same.
A surprise party of eighty honored Hon.
Bonnel, of Lake City, with very enjoyable
surprise party the other evening. Shortly
after their departure Mr.. Bonnell missed his
gold watch worth SIS. This was 4 bigger
surprise than the other. The thief was some
dear friend who wanted a watch as keepsake.
Moral.-Hide away your loose valuables when
visited by a surprise party. There may be
wolf present wearing a coat made OF sleeps
wool.
Potatoes are being bought up and shipped
from Minnesota to Texas. They are shipped
in car loads, and stove is put in each car to
keep them from freezing. Potatoes are sup
posed to be scarce in Texas. According to the
old song:
Potatoes they grow small
Over there.
They digs them in the fall,
And they eats them tops and all
Over there"
Fergus Falls Journal We learn from Mr..
Salvage, mail contractor, that Pokenawga,
the Otter Tail Indian, who has been winter
ing in his old haunts on Battle Lake, man.
aged last week to get fire-water from some
man who has not the fear of the law before
his eyes, and that said fire-water resulted in
the burning of the old red mans tepee, from
which Pokenawga barely escaped with his
life. He was SO badly burned that it was
found impracticable to move him to the VII
lage for medical treatment.