Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-05-31
MINNESOTA NEWS.
FERGUS FALLS is to build a school
house costing $23, 800.

Eh6US T A1LS IL u u SCuOO1.
house costing $23, 300.
The name of Watonwan Postof6ce, in
Blue Earth County, has been changed to
Blaine.
THREE little children, the Oldest only
IL years of age, arrived at Moorhead,
having Travelled all the way from Norway
alone.
The State Historical Society is about
to purchase the old Goodhue printing
press, the first ever used in Minnesota,
on which the Pioneer was printed in the
spring of '49.
A FREIGHT Car went into Tracy recent
~ with only two wheels, the hind trucks
having been knocked away. The car
was filed with stock, and the hind end
was only held up by the coupling.
The state treas urer recently redeemed
fifty-six old bonds of the years '78 and
'73. The money for their payment was
taken from the seed grain sinking fund
and amounted to $4,000.
JOHN KAUFMAN suicided at Detroit by
hanging himself to tree, and the body
was not found until week after. The
unfortunate man came to this country in
April last.
THE annual conclave of the Grand
Commandery Knights Templar Of M1u-
nesota is to be held in Red Wing June
% and "a. Detachments from Demas-
Gus and other communicates of the state
will be present.
A 12-YEAR-o1D son Of L. Fl. Johnson,
of Fergus Falls, was recently set upon
by two vicious dogs, and was badly bit
ten and torn. His cries brought men to
his rescue. One of the dogs was shot
on the spot, and the other escaped.
Though badly torn, the boy will re-
cover if there was no hydrophobia in
the bites.
PARTIES are at Fergus Falls arranging
for the new water works and tie bIuId"
ing Of new paper-mil, with a capacity
OF ten tons per diem. Scotch parties are
also negotiating for water power on
which to ruu woolen-mill in which to
manufacture the celebrated Scotch
tweed.
Mr.. NJ. STECKENBoRN, Of Pcl}:an,,
while taking load Of bay home, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
His hat was torn in two parts, his rub
Der coat was torn to atoms, his right ear
was partly torn off and two small holes
were observed in his neck. He leaves
daughter with three small children. Her
husband died a month ago.
JEFFERSON BROWNING and wife passed
through Glencoe, recently, en- route for
Ireland, whittier they go to take posses
sion of large dowry, amounting to sew
eral hundred thousand dollars, left them
by a deceased uncle of Mrs. Browning.
JEFF. for the past few years has been
struggling manfully for subsistence on a
farm.
The human fiend, Charles Horn, who
recently assaulted the 19-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. Zimmerman, at East Hender-
son, LIE Sueur County, was indicted on
the 24th instant, brought into court next
morning, tried and convicted in two
hours and in the afternoon sentenced to
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for life,
the full extent of the law.
SECRETARY Young, of the state board
of immigration, is advised that a Scotch
company which some time ago made ex-
tensive purchases of lands in Mower,
FreeborD, Fanbault, Martin and Jack
son Counties, with view of colonizing
the same with tenant farmers from Scot
land, will begin improvements OF the
lands this season and bring ont large
number of farmers next spring.
RECENTLY small cyclone passed over
the farm of Chas. Weaver, in the town
of Freeland, Lac qui Parle County. Sam
Tillsbury, who was working the place,
had just quit work, and was unhitching
his horses when the cyclone struck him
and the horses, carrying them fifteen or
twenty feet. It also took up threshiDg
machine, and let it down wrong side up,
tore granary all to pieces, and carried
another platform of horsepower a
mile away.
A MAN named Louis Berger, team
ster, employed at the Hamilton mil, was
seriously and perhaps fatally injured this
morning by pile of lumber topping
over on him. The pile had become top
heavy and from some unknown cause fell
over. One of theunfortunate mans ribs
was broken and severe internal injuries
sustained, besides the crushing Of bis hip
Joints. His attendant physician has
grave fears as to the result W5n0n0
Tribune, May 10.
The body of man about thirty five
wears old was found on Monday on the
bank of the river below Moorhead. The
man was on medium height. light com
plexioned, with sandy hair and whiskers.
The body bore marks of violence and the
clothing had been charred by fire, in view
of which fact the jury rendered YER
dict to the the effect that deceased had
came to his death at the hands of parties
unknown. From circumstances de-
veloped it is believed the man bu'!ta fire,
walked into the middle OF it and deliber-
ately fired two shots into his head.
A BOHEMIAN named Leumpke, of New
Prague, was telling his friends in Glen
coe, Thursday morning. that few weeks
AGO he detected q snake swallowing a
hens egg in his barn. The snake fed
and was not seenagain until last Sunday,
when going out to bis barn he discovered
the reptile coiled up in the same nest
from which it had taken the egg, dead.
But there appeared to be terrible rev.
olution within the snake, and to solve the
phenomenon Mr.. Lenmpke cut the rep
tile in two, when out jumped full
Aedged, healthy chicken. The shell OF
the egg was dlsO PAaiulJ 'SAcAo Ill -"
snakes body. Mr.. Lenmpke secured
the chicken and is rearing it.-Gtemcoe
Enterprise.
DIR. JOSEPH McCuToHEN, of Fari.
bault, who died a few days ago in that
CITY. was an old settler, and in some re-
spects peculiar character. He went to
Minnesota and settled at Faribault II
1856, bringing with him in his saddle
bags SIS, 600 in gold. In early days he
had for partner in theloan and banking
business the late Gen. Shields, one Of
the easiest and most generous of fnan-
ciers who ever lived, and it was jocosely
said at Faribault that when the firm dis
solved and divided it's assets, DR.. Nc
Cutchen took the good debts and Gen
Shields the poor ones. The doctor dlec
a bachelor, and leaves an estate valued
as high as s., 600, 600. -
A NEW swindling trick is being playet
upon the farmers in some localities. !
takes two to play it and is worked as fol
lows: A goes to farmer who has take1
up estray animals and wants to purchas
them, but the price is too high, or tn
! .Iao1- = dov,Sk emit Rut ho has O0k what h