Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-03-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

IHE fOundatlOn stones tor the new Jail
in Shakopee are being prepared.
EASTERN parties will soon establish
large wagon manufactory in Moorhead.
IT is reported that the firm of Crocker,
Fisk & Co., has concluded not to re-
build the Minneapolis Mills, destroyed
by fire this season.
A FARMER walked into Shakopee and
back, the other day, distance Of IA
miles, because he did not want to take
his team out in the rain and mud.
The Red Wing Carriage and Wagon
Manufacturing Company has decided to
erect one of the largest buildings and
shops in the state the coming season.
THE Melrose Record says the business
men of Albany, Stearns County, have
decided to shut UP their houses for a few
weeks until smallpox in the immediate
vicinity is stamped out.
The Mormon missionaries have sue
ceeded in converting three brothers
named Larsen, in Danielson Township,
Meeker County, and they will go to the
land of the saints and harems.
A STEAM plow from England is now
being set up in Minneapolis. 1t weighs
5000 pounds and is operated by two en-
gines and cable. 1T will be tested
somewhere in the vicinity of Minneap-
oils.
TREASURER KITTLEsoN states that the
total expenses on account Of the i'm
peachment trial of Judge Cox amounts
to S28,27452, being $3,274.52 in excess
of the appropriation made at the extra
session.
MEN digging sand in the town of
Warsaw, Goodhue County, came upon
nest of snakes, about forty in number,
of different species. They were lying
in an apparently lifeless condition, await
ing thaw.
The Grand Forks Herald says the lit
tie village of Euclid, in Polk County,
has offered bonus of SIS, 900 and all
the land desired for the location at that
point Of the Presbyterian College,
Moorhead Daily Neavs.
DURING late storm of wind and rain
in Faribault, the stone Gaping, weigh
ing several tons, covering the west wing
of the cathedral, slipped from its place
and fell to the ground. Several children
were on the spot where the stone fell
but moment before.
Court suddenly broke up last Friday
evening, and the Judge hastened away
to attend his dying mother in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania. The business of the ses.
pleted, and the court will convene again
on the 28th of this month. Prai.
RE Argus, March 9.
GEN. II. 81. S1B1EY, has rendered
$4,000 toward providing a fre-proof
building in st. Paul, for the State His
torical Society, and Governor Ramsey,
and Hon. E. F. Drake have each pledged
81 900 for the same purpose. Norman
w. Kittson. without hesitation, re-
marked: "Put me down for S., ,OO0."
The GAINESVILLE (Waseca County, Ar
gus says: There is a continual call
for potatoes to ship to the south. The
common potato will not grow there, and
the demand is as certain to be perma-
nent as the eastern demand for wheat.
, We hear OF farmers who sold the potato
crop Of a single acre for from $175 to
$780,"
Ar st. Paul, on the 18th instant, an
old man known as Henry Schroeder, a
scissors grinder, was found dead in bis
} room. In his squalid quarters we're dis
covered valuable surgical instruments,
medical books, and medical diploma,
with the name T. E. Henkle; also book
showing deposit of $4,000 in the Ger
man National Bank of st. Paul.
THERE is much excitement in the
township of Hersey, Mobiles County,
caused by the suspected murder of Jabez
Bridges, aged 20 years. He disappeared
in, October, 1880. Macmillan Bridges,
his uncle, is suspected of having mur-
dered him. His uncle left the place last
fall, and is reported to have acted
strangely. No remains have yet been
found, but search is being made.
OLE LARSON, of Acton, lost a horse by
: drowning, Sunday morning, in Long
Lake. He was going across the lake
with two teams, when the team in adj
vance broke through the ice. One of
the horses got out, and by its aid the
mate was dragged from the water.
About this time the other team, which
was standing short distance to the
rear, suddenly broke through, and be-
fore they could be rescued one of the
horses was drowned.-Littlefeld Aade-
pen0ent, M1Tch Z.
LAST week Andrew Johnson, man of
70 years, at Little Sauk, was out in the
woods telling tree, and in some un-
!: accountable manner it fell on bis leg,
: breaking it and holding him prisoner.
No one was near and he lay in this posi-
tion for two hours, till his cries brought
assistance. He was at once freed from
} his painful position and doctor
brought to attend him. His leg was set,
and during the night he fell asleep and
never again awoke in this world. He
lay in this condition four days, notwith-
. standing every effort was made to rouse
, him, and he died last Friday.
A Fight With Rats.
A sea-captain once had a disagreement
with rats that overran his ship and en-
tered his state room for water. He tells
, the story in the Boston Journal: They