Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-07-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
BIG STONE COUNTY pays a bounty of
five cents for each gopher killed.
SAMUEL PREcHE1, of Wilton, Waseca
County, has recently lost two children
by smallpox.
The youngest son of Adam Buck, of
Henderson, was drowned recently while
out swimming.
JOSEPH CORES, of New Trier lost his
wife last week. She drank too freely of
ice water while overheated.
A COUPLE of freight trains collided at
Ada the other night, caused by switch
being carelessly left open. No lives lost.
RECENTLY 12-year-old son of Mrs.
Long, of Lanesboro, was drowned while
bathing.
AT LIE Roy, recently, child of Mr..
Cauley fell under moving train and
was cut in two by the merciless wheels.
The Sauk Center Herald reports the
drowning of Lawrence Lloyd, aged 18
years, while swimming. He was a son
of Charles Lloyd, of Mccormick Lake.
CAPT. BENJAMIN LocKEs1EY, pio-
neer of this state, died at his home in
Northfeld, recently, aged seventy-five
years.
THE name of the man belonging to the
Milwaukee & st. Paul engineer corps,
drowned near Cannon Falls, was w. F.
Symmes, and not Baker, as reported.
THE Mortified News learns that three
cases of small pox have occurred at
Hazlewood, and that one death has oc-
| Cured. The cases are all at one house.
XABER DRAHER, German, stealing
ride from Chicago, got caught the other
day under the cars at Albert Lea, and
| had both legs crushed aud was otherwise
injured, fatally.
A BEAR, weighing 160 pounds, was
shot the other day on the farm Of Ole
Hoen, mile and half west Of Crooks
ton. He had been making it lively for
the cattle and hogs, chasing them about
the premises.
ANDREW 81. SvENsRUD, Is years of
age, who was employed in the woods by
the Woodville Lumber Company, was
struck and instantly killed by a falling
tree. The back of his head above the
base of the brain was crushed to a jelly.
SAMUEL JENNER, living some five
miles east of Ortonville, has been miss
ing since June 81. He went with team
to q neighbor where he had business to
transact and has not been authoritaiively
heard from since.
The house and stable of P. O'Reilley,
of Gilmanton, Benton County, were de-
stroyed by fire, with all their contents
the other day. Mrs. O'Reilley had
barely time to rescue her children when
the fire was discovered.
The Hon. Soren Listoe, proprietor of
the Fergus -four mills, has sent a barrel
of his superb -four to the king of Den
mark, to whom Mr.. Listoe recently had
the honor of being introduced, on lis
late visit to Copenhagen.
; A TRAMP last week rode from Elroy to
this place between the axle and the bot
tom of Car. When discovered he was
enjoying himself. He had put up a mos
, quito bar to protect himself from view
and the dust.-N. Peter Tribune.
The residence of A. Baker, Of Spring
. Valley, Fillmore County, was struck b,
! lightning the other night, and wrecked
beyond occupancy. Mr. Baker and wifi
! escaped unharmed, but the hired gir
= was rendered insensible from the shock
The Detroit, Becker County, Recort
says: "a farmer in that vicinity be
, lieves that famine is near at hand, ant
for several years has refused to see an.
q of his large wheat crops. The grail
fills nearly all the buildings on the farm
4 including the residence, and much of i
has spoiled"
JOHN BATEMAN, a resident of tn
/ Fourth Ward, died very suddenly las
: Thursday evening of heart disease. H'
i had been feeling unwell for some time
but was not alarmed at his condition
= He was alone in his room at the time O
e his death. Mr.. Bateman was a black
j. smith by trade and was 70 years DID,
q Hastings Neev Era, June 27.
We are informed TINT little girl h,
!. IL name of Peterson fell in the river, soutl
= of town near the brick yard, on Frida,
G. evening, and was drowned. She wa
J. about six years old and a daughter c
70 Christian Peterson, proprietor OF tn
= brick yard. Mr.. Peterson had so
Is drowned in the river four years ago an
4 the body was never recovered.-N. Pete
le Tribune.
MRS. CURTIS, Of Rolling Green, seem
to have more than her share of thi
~ worlds misfortunes. Within shol
y time death has entered her home and de
s. prived her of two beloved children. NJ
1t long ago she suffered a severe loss fro,
n the burning of a stable, and recently fiji
~ ~ wiped out her dwelling and its entil
,e contents, barely affording her time
o. save herself from the flames. She ha
&c no insurance.
- AT Geo. Swain's foundry Monday,
te helper named Will Ruddell met with
d. serious misfortune. A silver OF iro
I'd from fellow workman's hammer fe
g. about eight feet and entered Ruddell
4. eye-ball to the depth of an inch. IL
y. silver. which was one and half incht
n long. was at once extracted by NJ
Swain, but the sight of the eye has bee
9, forever destroyed. d.-Stilla00ter Sun.
JUDGE OF PROBATE WILLIAMS, was u
~ at Perham on Tuesday and examine
I'd Mrs. Tribbitts, the mother OF the bc
in WHO killed Washington and his compa'
e- ion. She was found certainly insa1
r. r. and sent to st. Peter in charge of D
Il. e. Newcomb. She seemed very wild az
~ threatened to kill her children, ct
Much sympathy is felt for the husban
n and father, left alone with five childre
On and his sorrow.-Ferya&s Falls Jou
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