Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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MICHAEL WELLER, of Chanhasser
sulclded in Long Lake on Friday.
The Sank Center Northern Road
progressing finely, and will soon
ready for the iron twenty-six miles ou
V. FUNDY, of the town of Sander.
shot himself through the head last Sur
day, causing instant death. Jealousy
PATTERsoN's elevator at Waverly ste
ton, Wright county, was burned dow
last week.
The Chaska Herald says Michael Wa
Ter Chanhassan committed suicide las
week by drowning himself in Long Lake
Mr.. F1NKLE, of Moorhead, is build
ing $40, 600 barn on his stock farm nea
that place.
The total assessed valuation of prom
erty in Duluth village is $1,000, 600
Two years ago it was not one-third O
that.
A SNEAK thief entered the Hosele,
House, Lake Benton, recently, and stol,
watch valued at 5000, of the proprie
tor, David Hoseloy.
IT is claimed that the water of LAX,
Telcnka is poisoned, several cattle dranl
having died, the coating being entirel,
eaten from their stomachs.
A NINE-YEAR-olds son of w. Fl. Swart;
of Rochester, had both feet cut off tn,
other day by moving machine. He il
not expected to live.
HERMAN is no longer the county sea,
OF Grant County. By decision of the
district court Judge McKelvy-the
county seat will go back to Elbow Lake.
ENOUGH stock has been subscribed
tor TO make the establishment of paper
mandatory at Red Wing an assured
success.
DR.. Cole, of Winnebago City, who
was beaten by brakeman on the Da-
kota Central Railway, has brought suit
uSalnst the company, claiming $4,000
damages.
DURING the month of July the total
receipts in the state treasurer's office
amounted to S47S, 423. Sc, and the dis
bursemeuts during the same time to
sos, 1892.
CITIZENS Of Willmar offer bonus of
$1,000 to any one who will build first
class hotel there, and the Manitoba rail-
road also offers to transport all lumber
and building material free Of charge.
"A CONDUCTOR on the r1ver road report
ed at Winona the other day, regular
water-spout passing down at down at
Dakota Station as his passenger train
came through there. The flood of water
prevented freight train from switching.
GEORGE WEIGH. the horse thief who
shot Constable Gross, who died from the
effects Of his wound, has been committed
to await the action of the Meeker County
grand jury. He will be kept in Ramsey
County jail.
The Ortonville Herald says farmer in
the town Of Prior. a few days ago, was
driving one OF his horses off his grain.
and lightly tossed stone towards the
animal. The stone struck the horses
leg and broke it.
The second hospital for insane at
Rochester has grown into quite good
sized boarding house. The 22O patients,
together with about 30 employees, make
a household of $50. The average con-
sumption of meats per day is $50 pounds;
OF bread, $50 pounds.
In New Ulm man named Reinhold
Miller, a mason, while arranging plat.
form about tine steeple of the Lutheran
Church, upon which he was at work,
fell to the ground a distance of some
fifty feet, striking upon his head and
shoulders. His injuries proved fatal.
The Moorhead council has voted
$4,000 for the construction of bridge
across the Red River, on James and
Ridge Avenues. An appropriation of
$4,000 was also made for the construc-
ton of a bridge across tue river on Main
Street.
The st. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani
toba Railway Company has at last de-
clded to locate its railroad and repair
shops at Barnesvillc which will be the
headquarters Of the northern division.
The shops will be the largest west of st.
Paul.
A>L1vE1Y shooting affray occurred at
Princeton, when Will Tibbetts, trying to
force IL settlement with Slower Rhines, a
partner Of his sister in a restaurant, went
after Rhines with Winchester. Rhines
fired three shots from q revolver. but
none took effect.
@A-AO->u thS VI HUI
vlduals that we have heard spoken favor
ably OF for a candidate to represent Fill
more County in the house of representa-
tlves, there seems none more highly
recommended than Dunbar Leach of the
town Of Bloomfeld.-Sprlng Valley
Mercury.
WATERvILLE has bad case of alleged
abortion and child murder. The parties
in the case are NJ. V. White, a man Of
family, and Miss Slawson, half-sister of
Whites wife. The body of the dead in.
FAINT was found on the lake shore. White
Is bound over to the November term of
court. Wnseca Radical.
G. E. L1NDBERG's elevator at Grove
City was destroyed by fire recently. The
elevator would hold from fifty to sixty
thousand bushels of wheat. The fire is
believed to have been set by an incen-
diary. The building was insured for
50, 900, the wheat was insured for 3d.
900.
DURING the thunder aud lightning
storm, on Tuesday last, a new barn be-
longing to John Mcguire, of Riverside,
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. At the time the barn was
struck there were three men and six
horses in it, and, strange as it may seem,
none OF them were injured.
THERE are SOB patients in the unde-
strcyed part of the st. Peter insane asy-
lum, 1O3 m ore in four miserable old
tumble-down buildings in another part
OF the town, which are being used as
temporary quarters to hold the overflow
of cranks, as it were, and at the Roches-
ter asylum there are 207, a total of 813
insane people.
On Saturday last, while Mr.. VIM.
Warrenson, Of Center, was moving, he
drove against stone and the mower up.
set on him, and held him prisoner un-
til his sister came from the house and
released him. His mother, also, on the
same Gay, while assisting Mr.. E. A.
Engbritson TO loose his mower from
bog, got in front. of the knife and had
her ankle quite severely cut.-Cmrie
W51anesOti0a.