Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-28
MINNESOTA NEWS.

UuS eggs, 0uU III HaGu, SUuuy Ul8C0l
the g1ound is already swarming with the
live vermin.
JOSEPH Fl. TAYLOR, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, who was stopping in Monticello
Wright County, hoping to benefit hi
health, was drowned in Bertram Lake,
the other day, while swimming.
Two little boys were playing on the
railroad track in Detroit, Becker County,
the other day, when a train came along,
running over and killing one of them in.
stantly.
The other day Ole Anderson, Swede,
of Evansville, in attempting to pass
from one car to another on a moving
train, fell between the cars and was 90
badly crushed and injured that he died
soon after.
CHARLES w. GE1RRATH, brakeman,
was killed west of Dover, recently, on
the Winona and st. Peter Railroad, the
truss Of bridge striking him and knock.
ing him from the cars. He was was moi
missed uatil the train reached Eyota.
GLEN B1AKE1Y, of Princeton, pointed
pistol at the head of Charles Vinton,
saying, "lll shoot you," and blazed
away. Vinton knew sit was loaded, -
quickly lodged and received only flesh
wound in the cheek, narrowly escaping
instant death.
SCARLET fever and diphtheria are re-
ported rife in the northwestern part of
Wright County and has taken quite a
malignant form. Two deaths occurred
in French Lake last week, from the lat
ter disease, and the doctors still have
their hands full.
FERGUS FALLS has curiosity in the
shape Of strong boiling fountain which
appeared in an excavation for business
building. A sharp quicksand is carried
up by the flow of water and bits of grass
and weeds also come up proving that this
is an underground current, and probably
from Lake Alice.
TIE new addition of the Catholic
church in New Ulm will be consecrated
next Sunday by Bishop Ireland. Be-
tween 500 and 600 children will be con-
trmed at the same time. A number of
clergymen from adjoining counties will
assist, and it will be made the occasion
OF great festal day by the Catholics of
New Ulm and West Newton.
The Piainview News relates that Hon
George FROM, of Olmsted County, liy-
ing near Potsdam, the other night was
thrown from his wagon by bis runaway
team and rendered unconscious, and thus
lay on the ground all night within a
quarter of mile of his own door. His
injuries were much aggravated by his all
nights exposure, but he will recover.
The cake for deiberation is certainly
taken by the grand jury at Lake Benton.
They have just adopted resolution call
ing upon the county commissioners to
offer reward of 81 1000 for the oonvic-
ton of the murderer or murderers of
Dell Weeks and Henry Pagenkopf, who
were found dead on the farm of the lat
ter in the spring of 1880.
MA1NRAD;WA11 and wife, of West New.
ton, Brown County, have skipped the
country. The woman was under indict-
ment and bail for setting fire to her
neighbors haystacks. Wall sold a yalu-
able property at ridlculous]y low figures
before leaving. Matthias Mohr, another
West Newton crook, has also vanished.
He had given twenty-five mortgages on
his small stock of chattels and his credit
ors were pressing him too closely for his
comfort.
WHILE John Robinson, of Viola. was
removing the roof to granary, gust of
wind overturned it and caught his sons
head between the rafters of the roof and
post, cutting it badly. The wonder is
that 1t did not kill him at once. Mr..
Robinson had his ankle sprained and his
leg badly bruised, but was alone about
three-quarters of mile from his house.
and had to carry the boy home in his
arms.
JOHN RILEY, Butternut Valleys miss
ing cattle buyer, has returned home. He
says that owing to financial embarass-
msnt he became temporarily deranged
IN mind and narrowly escaped drow ming
IN crossing the Minnesota River, and
wet, tired out and troubled, be took the
train at New Ulm to return to Nicollot
to meet the parties for whom he was
buying, but losing all recollection he
renamed upon the train to Was. c.. Un-
aole to give an account of himself he was
taken to. Chicago, where in wandering
about aeter leaving the train, he narrow.
~ escaped drowning in the lake. He
was rescued taken to q hospital, received
medical treatment and when restored to
consciousness, sent home for money to
pay his expenses and return.
:, ScHNE11's warehouse at Glencoe was
burned on Sunday morning. The Fad
den House caught fire in three places.
and other buildings were more or less
scorched, but no damage was done out
side the building consumed except the
burning OF few lengths of fence. Un-
fortunately large amount of machinery
was stored in the building. MI. in,
Albrecht lost seven combined reapers
aud mowers and three mowers, worth al
together some $1,000. No Insurance.
Mr.: A. E. Child had two Minnesota
Chief thresbing machines valued at
$500 to $500 each. II. Wadsworth lost
one Clipper thresher valued ct about
500. One or two mowers and reapers
belonging to other parties were saved.
Mr.: Albrecht was the heaviest loser as
ne had bought and paid for the machinery
that he had stored there. The lire un-
douhtedly caught from the stump of an
exploded fire cracker, carelessly thrown
by some boys who had been shooting
them off in that neighborLood all the
afternoon.