Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-09-27
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Sparks from an engine at Avoca de-
stroyed seventy tons Of hay belonging
| to one farmer.
SEVERAL Cinnamon at Duluth have
renowned paganism and united with the
Presbyterian Church.
The State Agricultural Society will
have. after paying all indebtedness and
premiums, about 81, 500.
| A VEIN Of quartz has been discovered
near Granite Falls, specimen of which
yielded 1925 of gold to Che ton.
A BEAR weighing 800 pounds was
killed near Aastad, Otter Tail County.
Saturday.
CLEAR LAKE, Sherburne County.
creamery is making 200 pounds of but
ter in day.
AN elegant gold chain was presented
to Mayor Meloy, of Hastings, Monday.
in recognition Of his course in relation
to selling liquor on Sunday.
MIR. BURF1ELD, living near the town
OF Aurdal, Otter Tail County, lost his
separator and six stacks of grain Satur
| day, from sparks of steam thrasher,
The foundation of large hotel at Pei
lean Rapids is completed, but the build
ing will not be completed until next
spring.
The Southern Minnesota Fair Asso-
citation has placed an insurance on their
buildings at Rochester to the amount of
$1,000.
RUFUS E. SUBWAY, postmaster at
Wilmington, Houston County, has been
removed from Office for shortage in his
account amounting to $643.48.
RECENTLY, William Griggs, of Hec-
tor, Renville County, was seriously but
not fatally wounded by the accidental
discharge Of his gun while on hunting
excursion.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press company
has iucfeas2d its capital stock ftom
5000, 900 to $500, 900, divided into 5000
shares of $50 each. Of this, 5,4OO
shares are common stock and 600 shares
SPECIAL preferred.
MIR. M1ssER, OF Pleasant Valley,
Mower County, aged 70 years recently
committed suicide by plunging into a
we'll IS feet, in which were 25 feet of
water. He had been swindled bv an
agent for feed mill, and it so preyed
OI1 LIS InAuOs lull IL CIdZG1l ulm, anu
drove him to suicide.
The state board of equalization ad-
journed sine die on Thursday. The
equalization has increased since the as
stssment Of 1880 from 10000, 900 to
$500, 00O,O 900. But slight changes have
been made in the assessors valuation as
a rule, the most prominent exceptions
being in the personal property ASSESS
ments Of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
the former having been increased 10
per cent, and the latter decreased 25 per
cent.
On the evening of the 10th inst, Den
mis- Mccarthy, farmer living in the
town Of Tara, was killed by the accident
al discharge of a gun. Mr.. Mccarthy,
in company with Thomas Peyton and
John Martin, two neighbours, had been
looking over some land belonging to one
of the latter named gentlemen, and had
taken along couple of guns to shoot
some ducks. The party were in the act
of getting into the wagon when the gun
belonging to the deceased "a single bar
relied shot gum was in some unaccount-
able manner discharged, Mr.. Mccarthy
being in a position to receive the charge
in his left breast.
LAST Sunday evening while Thomas
Utter, son Of A. NJ. Utter, county super
intendent of schools in Swift County,
was standing at the top OF the flight of
stairs at the granary upon the Busch
farm, he was accidentally shot, the
charge taking effect in tue left side of
his face. The gun was in the hands of
Aaron Kirkland. Kirkland had been ont
hunting, had returned and was about to
ascend the stoirs, when the hammer
caught upon the corner of the granary,
dlscharging the gun with the result
above stated. Utters face is terribly
lacerated, the shot piercing his lips.
nose, left cheek aud ear. The sight OF
his left eye is destroyed. His wounds
we're dressed by DR.. Hulburd, and he is
doing as we'll as can be expected Morris
Tribune.
MIR. CHARLES MHLEITE, q very high
~ esteemed farmer living near Grand
Meadow, Mower County, committed sui
eide by jumping into we'll. Mr.. NIL
lette was weIl-to-do farmer and very
careful financier, and took great pride
in saying he always kept peddlers and
patent right men at arms l~ngth, but it
seems few months ago a man came
around with a patent feed grinder, and
wished to make Mr.. Mille.te agent. He
held out an inducement to Mr.. Mil!ette
that he would send him four grinders
and he could retain one for bis own
use for selling the other three. Mr..
Millette signed what he supposed was
an order for the grinders. In due time
they came and were delivered. Soon
another man came and presented pro.
missory note for collection, signed by
Mr.. Millette for the four grinders. The
old man was so worried by the swindle
that he neither ate nor slept, showing
signs of arrangement. A few days ago
he was missed by his family, and,
search being made, he was found at p
NJ. Monday, in we'll, where he had
thrown himself.