Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-02
m,SNEsorA NEWS.

Three burglaries were perpetrateo ae
Fergus Falls in one night recently.
Potatoes are 40 cents bushel In Chi
cago. They retail at S1.40 in St. Paul.
The Wlnona wagon works have IN
creased their capital stock from so5,ooO
to 100000.
Very many points in the state were
visited with large snow storm on BAT
urday April 20.
Farmers in some portions of the state
intend to plant larger acreage of corn
than ever before.
Village lots are selling rapidly, and the
work of building is getting fairly under
way, says the Ada Alert.
A note from Winona says green fields
of winter wheat dot the hillsldes on the
Wisconsin side of the river.
Allen Humphrey, of Verndale, was so
severely injured in single mill as to
cause his death in few hours.
Mcleod county is to have creamery.
It is to be located at Slate, and will be
called the Springdale creamery.
Gen. Baker has disposed of his resi-
dence IN Mankato to Prof. Soaring, presl-
dent of the State Normal school
The house of John McArnold, Of st.
George, Benton county, was destroyed by
fire with all its contents last week.
S. Won Valkenburg, of Sank Center
township. had his house destroyed By fire
with most of its contents last week.
A small dwelling house in Faribault,
unoccupied, was destroyed by fire the 9TH
er night. The work of an incendlary.
Mr.. W. S. Booth, of Rochester, says nc
has sold %, 900 dog license blanks, an in
dicatiOn that the new law is to be gener-
ally respected.
The Brainerd Tribune says "hundreds
of new buildings can be seen going up all
over the city, and workmen of all kinds
are very busy"
An Emergency Fire Company" has
been organized in st. Peter, composed
entirely of ladies. This company did good
service at recent fire.
When Wright county, few years ago,
built court house at cost of $50, 900 1t
omitted to build jail. Now the county
proposes to built Jail.
An attempt in the council at Mankato
to reduce the liquor license from $50 to
800 failed by tie vote. The license
therefore remains at $50.
They had a big tussle in Winona the
other day in electing president of the
board of education. Or. McGoughly was
elected on the 316th ballot.
Richard Gage, conductor on the
Omaha railroad, was married on the
evening of April 81, at Worthington, to
Miss Nomonette Allen, of that place.
The Lake City Reoiew says of that FIRE
stricken city that the people are full of
energy and pluck, and preparations for
rebuilding are going vigorously forward,
The Mankato Free Press says the land
owned by the various railroad companies
in Blue Earth county would, if assessed,
represent taxable valuation of S400, 900.
Frederick Erickson, of Fremont, the
other day, killed seven yonng timber
wolves, for which ne received bounty
of $50 from the auditor Of Winona
county.
Lewis Chase, of Concord, Dodge county,
is regarded as rising young man. He is
| six feet six and three-fourth inches in
| height, is II years old, and weighs 1873
pounds.
Oliver Buskirk, of Vaudeville, Wright
Souuoyf oSCo 10 yCdfS, was urO"uSu re-
Gently while spearing fish. He fell into
the water, and before he could be rescued
| life was extinct.
The meeting of the Red River Presby-
| terry at Pembina has been indefinitely
postponed on account of the bad condi-
ton of the roads. Many members could
not reach that point.
James Mason, drunk, was sauntering
on the track at Brainerd, the other day,
when a train came along, pitched him
up and threw him into the air. He was
badly but not fatally wounded.
An attempt at Highway robbery was
made in Crooksten the other day Two
| tramps undo rtook to go through the
pockets of Norwegian Vigorous cries
for help brought assistance, and the
scOundrels ran.
The First National bank, of Saltwater,
has issued circular to its patrons, an
nouncing the fact that it has gone into
voluntary liquidation for the purpose of
organizing new First National bank,
with increased capital.
The large dwelling house of Rev. j. W.
Cathcart, of Fergus Falls, was destroyed
by fire last week, with most of its con-
tents. Loss $1,000, insured 800. The
| loss of William A. Wentworth, who lived
| in the upper rooms, was $500.
A man in Red Wing the other day
| undertook to stop runaway team. He
| was knocked down, run over, his nose
broken, his face badly cut and bruised,
three ribs broken. and he was otherwise
damaged, and yet he still lives.
Crookston Chronicle: Our city is full of
| strangers from all the states in the union,
| all seeking investments or government
| lands. Our hotels are crowded, and the
| rush does not cease. At this rate the Red
River valley south of the boundary will
soon be filled up.
About fifteen deck hands Of the steamer
Centennial struck for higher wages in
| the port of Winona, on the night of April
| 81. It was strike that was not strikingl7
| successful. The boat left them behind,
| and they were about town the next day
looking for work.
| LIE Sueur Sentinel April q: The Min
| nesota river at this point raised between
| three and four feet the latter part OF this
| week, and the bottom lands were nearly
all flooded. On Sunday morning the
river began to recede, and since then
there has been 8 gradual falling.
Perham Journal: A large number OF
emigrants have come to Perham lately,
not day passing without from ono to
half dozen families arriving. Men
looking for real homes know better than
to 20 to open unsheltered prairies while
80 rich country surrounds Perham.
Benson Times: Passengers waiting at
the depot Tuesday night were somewhat
surprised to see the train go by without
stopping, but it soon stopped and came
back, and the conductor explained that
he and the engineer were both asleep, q
fact due to their being so badly over
worked
Last week an unknown man, a Ger
man snnnosed To he "a wars old WA