Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-11
MINNESOTA NEWS.

DelanO Eagle: Large quantities of
| cord wood are purchased here and shipped
west to supply fuel on the big prairie.
A counterfeit silver dollar is said to be
| in circulation in the west which even acid
will not detect. 1t is heavily plated, has a
good ring and weighs exactly the same as
a genuine dollar.
! Waseca Radical: Farmers complain
that corn this year does not have the usu-
al fattening qualities. Takes double the
ordinary amount to make a pound of
pork. This accounts, perhaps for the
ready sale live hogs are finding.
Deiano Eagle: It is now given out by
pretty good authority that the r. R. COM
pany will build a new depot in this town
next spring, at or near Second street cross
| ing, on the place first suggested and last
summer graded for the same.
Red Wing Argus, Dec. Z: Last Saturday
| night the ice in the river stopped running,
freezing from shore to shore. A channel
was cut through for the ferry Monday,
which was kept open until last night. when
| the continued north wind put quietus
upon all ferriage and rendered the ice per-
fectly safe for teams.
Perham Journal: Numerous heavy real
| estate transfers have lately been made of
property in Perham and vicinity. We are
not at liberty to partioularize, but on good
| authority are able to say that number of
Eastern capitalists are securing whatever
property is now in market, not only for in
vestment, but with view to extensive i'm
provements.
Red Wing Argus, Dec. Z: Mr.. John H.
Webster died at his residence on Fourth
In Of of&
short illness, aged si1ty-two years. His
disease was sort of strangulated hernia,
a disease contracted some two or three
years ago, but which had not until lately
given him any trouble. Mr.. Webster was
perfect health, and one who had rarely
ever been sick.
Howard Lake Herald: An agent for the
sale of tombstones and monuments in
forms us that while recently travelling
through Morrison county in this state a
man ordered tombstone which he desired
should bear the epitaph: Here lies Father
and Son, not Hogs but Men, He had
some difficulty in persuading his Gus
toner to substitute more stereotyped and
orthodox epitaph.
Red Wing Argus, Dec. Z: Oscar Fl Free
man died last Monday afternoon from
blood poisoning. He received scratch on
his thumb some two weeks ago, but it was
so slight that he paid no attention to it,
and did not remember how he received it.
This, however, healed but the poison ex-
tended through his system, and he died
after confinement to the house since
Nov. 90, less than two weeks.
Little Falls Transcript, Dec. Z: Sunday
while Mr.. Black, of Bellevue, was crossing
his team at Green's Swan river ferry the
boat was blocked in mid-stream BY the
running ice, and after contriving all man
ner of means for getting ashore they
found it necessary to jump from the boat
into the river and wade ashore. Forum
ately the river is shallow far out ON the
east side, and the team could wade tho
space between the boat and shore.
Hastings Gazette, Dec. 8: Friday 1T 4
O'Clock p. m. Mr.. Lsavitt started to drive
across the lake to Prescott. When out a
horses and the front wheels of the bus
through. It was some time before help AZ
rived, and with great difficulty tho horses
were extricated after being in half an
hour. Mr.. Leavitt used to be in the habit
we hope this will do for this winter
Duluth Bee, Dec. Z: James Hawks, near
the Northern Pacific junction, shot a man
by the name of Burke last Monday, the
ball passing through the feshy part of the
right shoulder, but inficting no wound of
any consequence. Hawks then hammered
Burke's mouth with the butt of the revolver,
cutting the mouth severely. He was not ar
rested. Both men are considered hard
characters. DR.. Brunei, of this place, on
his way to the woods, was called in to at
tend the wounded man, and dressed the
wounds.
Glencoe Register: Mr.. R. G. Dwinnell,
of Sumter, is shipping milk to st. Paul,
and finds that it pays him much better
than manufacturing it into butter. Mr..
Dwinnell has led off in business that is in
the near future to become an important
branch of trade on the line of the Hastings
& Dakota. We predict that in less than
five years we shall have regular milk
trains running from as far west "a Bird
Island, every morning into the cities.
There is no other line Of road running out
of the cities that promises so large trade
in the products of the dairy, and those
among our formers who read correctly the
signs of the times, and put themselves in
position to meet the demand as it comes,
will be fortunate.
Howard Lake Herald: Miss Louise
Berg, of Victor, has returned from a visit
to Breckenridge, where she went for the
purpose of ascertaining the truth regard
ing her husband. The fact of his death is
established beyond doubt. It appears that
he went out west for the purpose Of TAX
ing homestead and had with him a team
of horses, new wagon, bob-sleds and new
set of harness. Shortly before the events
which terminated so fatally for him and
VIM. Little, the man whom he
shot in the breast and who has
since died, he sold his team, with harness,
wagon and bob-sleds, for $500. When he
shot Little he made rush for the Otter
Tail river, and after plunging in was only
seen to appear above the water once. At
that time he was mad with intoxication and
frenzy at his act, and the money went
down with him. Mrs. Berg identified some
of the clothes and his shot gun at the hotel
where he registered, thus removing all
doubt. His was the case of a mis-spent
life, eliminating in a tragical, though not
unexpected, end. He leaves his widow
and family utterly destitute and totally