Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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THERE is a big boom in real estate at
Dfoorhead.
A LOT of mountain trout have been
placed in the Vermilion River at Hast
ings.
The Northern Pacific road is now
bringing $50 cars of wheat daily to
st: Paul.
AT the annual school-meeting in the
village of Zumbrota, two women were
elected members of the board.
SPARKS from an engine at Avoca de-
stroyed 20 tons of hay belonging to one
of the farmers.
PAUL PETERSON, of Westbrook, Cot
tonwood County, was kicked by a horse
last week and had two ribs broken.
JOSEPH SCHMIDT, of New Ulm, was
struck by an engine recently, receiving
injuries from which he soon died.
JOHN THANE, Ct St. Cloud. troubled
by poverty and whisky, drowned himself
in the Mississippi, recently.
ON the 18th, the residence of E. S.
Smith, in Little Falls, was burned with
it's contents. Loss 81 900; no insurance.
FRED PoEH1ER, brother of ex-Con-
gresham Poehler, died at his home in
Henderson, on the 10th, after an illness
of two weeks.
THE two sons of John Workman. of
Culdrum, Morrison County, aged 10 and
and % years, recently died Of diphthe-
ria.
A LITTLE boy named Reuben Chase.
living near St. Cloud, accidentally shot
his 3-year'old sister while playing with
a shotgun. The shot proved fatal.
Hon. SCHUYLER CoLFAx has been en-
gagged to lecture in Moorhead on Novem-
Der LIST or I'd, on "Our Martyred Presi-
dents, Lincoln and Garfield"
The bin capacity of elevator G at Du-
luth will be 1,000,0 900 bushels, and 1OO,-
600 bushels more can be stored on the
floor.
WILLIAM NooNAN, of Rosemount. d.
kota County, lost forty acres of oats ana
twenty-five acres Of barley the other day
by fire, started by sparks from the
threshing engine.
On late Sunday Ernest Tibbits, of
Elmer, Pipestone County, was loading a
gun to shoot prairie chickens, "the gun
went off" tearing away the whole inside
of his right hand, making CHASTITY
wound.
A DISEASE known as black leg has
made its appearance among the cattle in
Salem and Rock Dell. Mr.. John B.
Little lost seven fine Durham calves
from the disease.-Rochester Record
and Union.
A LITTLE nine-year-old son of Valen-
tine Wetzel, of St. Cloud, being left
alone at home, was assaulted by tramp,
who, refusing to leave. was fred at BY
the plucky youngster, the tramp making
good time after the shot.
The workmen on the city ditch at
Moorhead struck the other day. and
chased the oterseer, John Lamb, under
culVert where they could not get at
him, with the determination of killing
him. The strikers were armed with
picks, shovels and pitchforks.
FROM st. Vincent, Kittson County,
come specimens Of grass which measure
seven feet nine inches, and ten tons to the
acre OF hay will be cut from the bottom
whence the specimens came. The grass
is OF the coarse variety, but cures into
nutritious and excellent hay.
The disappearance of old Mr.. Millet,
a farmer living five miles south of High
Forest village, Olmsted County, last
Sunday, caused no little alarm, and the
neighbors being notified, turned out and
instituted dil1gent search. Tuesday
evening he was found drowned in we'll.
l. "A 1O-YEAR-oID daughter of John
Harnox, who lives near Bremen, Wa.
basha County, was accidentally killed
one day this week. She was sitting in
a wagon while her father was t1nhitchine
the team. He had unlocked the tugs
for one horse, when the other one, be.
coming frightened, gave sudden bound
and capsized the wagon on top of the
girl, breaking her neck.
OBD1AH P. COLE dropped dead will
heart disease while at work in Mr.. Lin.
sley's field, on Monday forenoon, anc
was buried on Wednesday. Mr.. Cole
was native of Vermont, and has beer
for fourteen years resident OF Mime
sofa. He was well-to-do farmer, anc
was highly respected by all who knew
HILL A4C ACdfC0 IL WAC hAN Ill uSlOptcI
daughter.
! A TEN-xEAR old daughter of John Har
nox, who lives near Bremen, was acct
.dentally killed one day this week: Sht
was sitting in a wagon while her fathel
was unhitching the team. He had un
hooked the tugs for one horse when tn,
other one, becoming frightened, gave ,
sndden bound and capsized the WACO,
on top of the girl, breaking her necl
and several ribs. She expired almos
Observation-Disclosures Nea0s.
| TIE st. Cloud Journal Press gives
detailed account of All accidental shoot
ing in St. Joseph, Stearns County,: il
the family of Albert Chase. His year
old boy got hold OF loaded shot gun
and while fooling with it discharged it
the contents lodging in the left eye O
bis 3-year-old sister, tearing it's wa,
through the brain and mutilating al
that side of the head, causing nearly in
slant death. The parents are near),
crazed. The stupid carelessness O
parents in leaving loaded firearms within
reach of their young children, is Grim
inality itself.