Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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in the Vermilion river at Hastings.
The postmaster. Mr.. Moore, has sold the
St. Peter Tribune to Mr.. Devine. of lndl-
ana.
The value of the hay crop in Minnesota
is estimated TO be of the value of S20,00O,-
600.
The monthly fair in Shakopee was we'll
attended. GOOD mich COWS were sold at
$40.
The nth annual fair of the LIE Sueur
County Agricultural society will be held
Sept. II.
New wheat is finding its way into the
elevator at Pennington. Price SOC Soc
pei bushel.
The Verndale Journal reports that the
corn crop in that region is at present very
promising.
The creamery commenced operations in
Iitchfield last week by churning the first
lot of cream.
Richard Dewitt. of Shieldsville, Minneso
ia. had horse stolen from his barn the
other night. No clue.
The Star gives an illustration. and other
wise glowing description of the growth and
prosperity of Pipestone City.
The two sons of John Workman. of Gull
drum. Morrison county. aged IS and %
years, recently died of diphtheria.
Mr.. Freeman, late of the Hastings Meas.
has retired from the paper, and will re-
move with his family to California.
furious runaway team smashed up a
good many things in Chaska the other day
and ran over young child. without hurt
ing'it.
The Cambridge, Isanti county, Press has
changed hands, Peter Magnus stepping
out and Scott & Cook stepping in to fill the
vacuum.
Hastings Uajon: 4 genuine prairie
schooner, hauled by yoke Of COWS and a
span of mules passed through our city last
Sunday.
The house of ". r. Murray of Lake
City was burglarized the other night, and a
small amount of money and q $500 gold
watch taken.
ST. Peter Times: The Democrats once
nominated and elected g. S. Ives for coun-
ty attorney, and they can make judge OF
him and he can't help himself.
A new brick and stone building is to be
completed 1T Fergus Falls by next Deem
Der. which will cost $4,000. It will be
when finished an elegant. splendid edifice.
In 1871. there were only eight or ten
houses and mill in Fergus Falls, and
now it is a booming city of the second
class, with wealth to build $4,000 school
house.
Recently incendiaries set fire to some
straw stacks on the farm of Cornelius Dris-
coll. some miles from Faribault. and prop
erty was destroyed to the value of nearly
$1,000
Benton Swift county Times: Thrash
ing has begun in ali parts OF the county,
and the whsatis yielding on an average of
fourteen bushels to the acre, and all of the
first grade-No. hard.
Rochester Record and Union: A disease
known as black leg has made its appear
ance among the cattle in Salem and Rock
Dell. Mr.. John B. Little lost seven fine
Durham calves from the disease.
On a late Sunday Ernest Tibbits, of FL
mer, Pipestone county was loading a gun
to shoot prairie chickens. 1.-The gun went
off, tearing away the whole inside of his
right hand, making CHASTITY wound.
Albert Lea Enterprise: Prairie chickens
are getting more and more scarce every
year, and in the not distant future they
will be rare. The wholesale slaughter of
young chickens every year is the cause
of it.
The Mortified Ne,cs of September g.
says: Last Monday night young Loren
Searls was knocked down by two thugs and
robbed of $50, part of money received
by him from the railroad company that
day.
Montevideo Leader: Samuel Lucas
whose farm is only short distance below
this village, harvested and threshed yester-
day, 104 bushels of clean No. wheat.which
was grown on an even three acre piece of
land.
Waseca Radical: We are bound to have
good busy times this fall and no mistake
Farmers have contracted few debts during
the summer, consequently will have some
cash to do business with this fall. Get
ready for prosperity.
Kasota voted solid against license. yet
the st. Peter Tribune says more beer has
been drank there this summer than ever
before and last Saturday occurred a terri
bic row. Parties living a mile distant
could hear the yells and screams during
the fight.
Montevideo Leader: Prairie chickens
are numerous around here, and numbers of
st. Paul and Minneapolis sportsmen are
catching on to the fine shooting. Two
gentlemen of this place strolled out few
days ago and in about three hours bagged
GA fine birds.
Winona Republican,: Another lesson to
boys. On Thursday afternoon, while play
ing at Mr.. McFees. Biron Sickles. boy
about twelve years old, accidentally shot
himself in his left hand with toy pistol
The wound is quite serious, and may result
in the partial loss of the use of his hand.
Pennington Press: A little boy in town.
on retiring to his bed the other evening.
offered up his customary prayer for his
parents and other members of the house
hold. At the close of his devotions he was
asked if ne saidno prayers for his grand
parents in Vermont Mo- said the little
fellow with emphasis. Il don't pray for
outsiders ~
The Owatonna Journal says, one night
last week, as Miss May Russell was return
ing home in the evening two shots were
fired at her. She felt the wind of one of
the bullets on her face, the other took effect
In the tieshy part of her left arm below the
shoulder. The wound is not dangerous.
No probable cause for the outrage is
assigned, and there is no clue to the perpe-
traitor.