Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-07
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Harvesting has commenced in Wells, Fari-
bault county.
Big Stone county pays q bounty of five cents
Tor each gopher killed.
In some localities complaint is made of seri-
GUS damage by the potato bug.
Some fields of wheat on the prairie in
wright county are beginning to head out.
The frame for the new Catholic church in
Detroit, Becker county, is up and enclosed.
Over goo people attended the Music hall
ialr on the evening OF July 4th, at Saltwater.
Samuel Prechel, of Wilton, Vases county,
has recently lost tive children by smallpox.
The Rev. Mr.. Abbott, of Faribault, supplies
Calvary church in Rochester during the sum.
mer.
The new Congregational parsonage is
reaching completion at Montevideo, Wright
county.
The youngest son of Adam Buck of Hender.
son, was crowned last Sunday while out
swimming.
Farmers in some localities are making loud
complaints OF the damage done to their corn
fields by gophers.
Tbs people of New Ulm who suffered from
| cyclone last yeac, have sent $3.50 to the cy-
clone sufferers in Iowa.
Potato bugs are reported active all along the
river, and paris green is effectually assailing
them with equal activity.
The st. Peter Tribune saws the wheat is
heading very fast, and reports say that it is
| rusting som. on low ground
The night Waterman at lie Sueur the other
| night discharged five shots at burglars and
nobody hurt" A decidedly poor shot.
Grain crops aie looking well. Corn is back
ward, but the warm weather is bringing it
forward, states the FaribauIt Republican.
The mother of young Tibbetts, the muir
derer who was lynched recently in Otter Ian
county, has become insane from the shock of
the tragedy. ana been sent to the asylum at st.
Peter.
| Mankato Free Press: Owing 20 the general
satisfaction expressed by the Democrats at Mr..
Wakeheid's nomination, it is very questionable
whether an opposition candidate will be placed
| in the field.
Major Bobleter, editor Of the New Ulm
ReUteU, has lost his majorship. He has been
elected colonel of the Second battalion, NJ
.. u. A generalship doubtless awaits the
gallant colonel.
The Rev. Albert Warren, of Leicester,
Massachusetts,, has accepted call from the
Congregational church in Mankato, and is
expected to commence his pulpit labOrs the
| seconu SUNDAY In July.
The house and stable of P. O'Reilley OF Gil.
manton, Benton county, were destroyed by fire,
| with all their contents, the other day. Mrs.
o Kelley had barely time to rescue her chill.
dren when the fire was discovered.
st. Peter Tribune: A tramp last week rode
from Elroy to this place between the axle and
the bottom of car. When discovered ne was
enjoying himself. He had put up mos
quito bar to protect himself from view and
the dust.
Lake City Reuiew: The workmen at the
brick yard struck for 50 day last week and
twenty-five of them were discharged and their
places promptly supplied by others at 81 sc
per day. The work was not delayed more than
a fewhours.
Mankato Reuiew: Mrs. D. E. Evans, OF
Judson, packed eighty pounds of butter made
from nine cows, in one week, over aud above
what was used by family of five parsons.
This would make the average nearly ter
pounds to each cow.
The safe of C. W. Cushman, grocer, of Man
torvllle. was blown open by burglars the
other night and $50 in silver taken. The noise
OF the explosion awOke a number of persons
seen running from the store.
st. Peter Tribune: We are informed that 8
little girl by name of Peterson fell in the river
south of town near the brick yard, on Frida,
evening and was drowned. She was about si1
years old and daughter of Christian Peter
son, proprietor of the brick yard. Mr.. Peter
son had son drowned in the river four years
ago. and the body was never recovered.
New Ulm Reuieao: The other day q
peddler made the rounds of the city. His
stock in trade consisted in what he called
green spring peas, but it was afterwards ascer
tanned that he had bought the Ieas in one o.
the grocery stores in MapkatO and then sOsk e(
them in water to make them tender. H
succeeded in rOping in several victims
Next.
Wells Advocate: A family reunion and thu
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
marriage of Mr.. e. Van Nice aud Miss Susan
L. D;ekerson, was enjoyed at Winnebago Cit!
last Thursday. Eight children were presen
three sons and five daughters-all of whom
are married and are heads IF families, and rep
sent.d .thirty-three grand children and one
grand child.
Saltwater Sun, July s: At Geo. Swain
foundry Monday helper named Will Ruddel
, met with serious misfortune. A silver 6
iron from fellow workman's hammer flew
about eight feet and entered Ruddelrs ey,
ball to the depth OF an inch. The silver
> which was one and half inches long, was a
once extracted by Mr.. Swain, but the sight 0
r the eye has been forever destroyed.
| Faribault Republican: Both the Cannon
!, Valley and the Milwaukee & st. Paul com
panies have graders actively at work on tn
lines OF survey between Mortified and Water
ford. The contract for the Milwaukee grad
; ing has been let to the O'Hara Bros, o
+ Iowa, and for the Cannon Valley to Mr.
Swapk and Mr.. Oleson. John Grant of thi
city, has taken six miles of grading between
Fsribault and Dundas.
} Hastings Ne,r Era, June q. The body o
man was found floating in the river her
last Friday afternoon by the Waterman at tn
bridge. The man was dressed in a brown suit
, white shirt and pair of low shoes. He wa
, apparently twenty-five or twenty. six year
old, about five feet eight inches tall an,
sandy hair. Nothing was found on his bod
! by which he could be identified. The bod
, was taken in charge of by Coroner Bacon an
buried on Saturday.
CROOKSTON.
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