Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-03
MINNESOTA NEWS

GAINESVILLE last week.
Five persons have died in NIinneota,
Jackson county, from trichin@.
Some cases Of diptheria and deaths
therefrom are noted in Faribault.
Several large focks of quail made their
appearance in Wabashaw last week.
The Presbyterian church of Redwood
Falls was destroyed by fire last week.
At Long Prairie, January q, the Their
mometer noted "a degrees below zero.
A revival of religion in Madelia is
noted. A large number have professed
conversion.
Farmers in the vicinity of Waseca are
discussing the project of establishing
cheese factory.
John Schweich, of Douglas, Dakota
county, has recently lost three children
by scarlet fever.
Last night the house of Daniel Kane,
of Westport, Pope county, was destroyed
by fire, and all its contents.
| The elevator of Hodges & Hyde at
Chatfield was recently destroyed by fire,
aud with it 1000, bushels of grain.
A LIE Sueur paper reports the recent
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arm. The other is a stub below the
elbow.
In Benton, Swift county, the frame of
the new Catholic church IS up and will
soon be enclosed. 1t Will be large and
commodious ediice.
A boy by the name of Robbins, aged Is
years, of the town of Watab, Benton
county, accidentally shot himself the
other day. Death was instantaneous.
The Crookston Chronicle gives an ac-
count of the burning of the store of w.
D. Bailey, at Corrunna, with all its con-
tents. Loss 1000, insured for $4,000.
In Mower county the other day, in
digging a well, at the depth of 20 feet
log was found Is feet in length and seven
inches in diameter, in an excellent state
of preservation.
Railroad Commissioner Baker has been
appealed to to interposc his power and
authority to abolish the complained of
evils regarding discriminating wheat tar
ifs and wheat graded.
The Redwood Falls Gazette gives an &C
count of an attempt to commit suicide
by taking laudanum. The person was
saved, though making stout resistance.
The Gazette suppresses the name.
The Glencoe Enterprise says Hon. w.
s. King has lately purchased some fine
blooded horses, which it is supposed will
be added to those he already has on the
farm of s. G. Anderson of Mcleod
county.
| In Hastings recently William James
was fined 500 for furnishing liquor to
the Easterly family, or ninety days in
Jail. He chose the latter. The prisoner
is a married man, and has a wife and
two children.
Duluth Tribune, Jan. 80: This end of
Lake Superior is free from ice, and Du-
luth's harbor is still wide open. An effort
was made to-day to engage two sail YES
sells to carry supplies down the north
shore to the logging camps.
The Bird Island Blizzard says all dan
ger of the spreading of smallpox at Hec-
tor, is passed. None but the Koler fami-
ly have taken the disease. The father
and one child died, and the rest of the
family have fully recovered.
Robert Goodyear, of Mankato, picked
last season 200 quarts of strawberries
from one acre of ground, which he sold
for $3.50, and $50 worth Of plants; aggre-
eating years income, from one acre, of
$50. The work was mostly done
by his own family.
The Princeton Union says: The lum-
bermen are only thankful for the second
little installment of snow this season, but
six inches more would please them ever
so much better However. so tar as we
can learn, most of the concerns, by the
aid of sprinklers, are doing fair work at
present.
The other night some frisky young men
in Hastings, in returning home from city
enjoyment, got into a quarrel and one
was struck on the head with club, rem
| dering him insensible for some time His
condition caused intense alarm, but he
will recover. The user of the club will
account for his conduct before the police
court.
The notedj newspaper correspondent,
Eli Perkins, is advertised to lecture at
several points in Minnesota during the
month of February. He always make,
sfun for the boys" and for others for
that matter In his newspaper CORES
pondence he is regarded generally as in.
nocent of truth as Bob Ingersoll is of or
thodox theology.
Mr. Foster, of Mankato, was recently
digging well at Lake Emily, and when
sixty feet below the surface, two and
half year old pig fell into the well and
struck Mr.. Foster square on the shoul-
ders injuring him seriously but not IA
tally After he had been taken out the
remains of piggy were looked after, when
his young pigship was found alive frs
ky, and vainly trying to Chamber up the
nnrnandicnlar wall