Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-30
Bill of A. ]. Cooper of catch basin stone
cover, S1S.
Adjourned.
J. G. TERRY, President pro tenn.
B. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
nIINNEsOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Wolves are killing sheep in the vicinity
of Cherry Grove, Goodhue county.
The house of I. S. Stevenson at Winnie
bago Prairie was destroyed by fire the
other night.
The honse of Z, NJ. Kirs, of st. Cloud,
took fire the other day, and the interior
and some of the contents were burned.
An old settler in Owatonna says we shall
have Indian summer until Christmas.
That is the kind of prophet to encourage.
| Last week the stables. hay and grain of
James German, of St. Mary's, Waseac
| county were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$1,000; insurance, $500.
Minneapolis Rerieac: How doesit look
for the Immaculate prohibition sheet-the
| Minneapolis TTibaHe-to be flying at the
head OF its columns a whisky ticket? Even
| saloon keepers and drunkards are exalted
| as pinks of perfection.
Glenwood Press, Oct. q: Two Mormon
elders aired their peculiar doctrines at
Grove lake on Monday night. They were
llliterate, inferiorlooking men; and if
! they were fair sample of Mormonism
may the Lord deliver US from any more OF
the same kind.
-, Spring Valley I7ideHe: The robbery of
j. G. Halbkat's store, last Saturday nigh t,
| was most dastardly act. The Vidette is
ashamed to say it, but it does believe that
the thieves are right here in Spring Valley.
Mr.. Halbkat's loss is nearly 500. Bust
ness men, load up your shotguns.
Shakopee Argus: Corn husking is near
ly completed in this county. Farmers
have been kept back by the dry weather.
The leaves would break of and crumble
into fine powder on handling the com
! stalks, which necessitated careful handling
if the farmer would save his stalks.
Austin Register: Burglar, went through
the residence of Mr.. R. o. Hall on Monday
night last, getting in at cellar door, and
from thence went up stairs. Chloroform
must have been used or the inmates would
have been awakened, as every sleeping
room and closet was ransacked. Eleven
dollars in money and other articles were
taken. No clue has yet been obtained of
the perpetrators.
Mankato Free Press, Oct 81: A vacant
house belonging to Daniel Morse, in LIE
Ray township, was burned to ashes Thurs
day morning, and is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary. Mr. j. A.
Gilmore was the first to discover the fire,
but it was past control at the time. The
house was good frame structure, only
having been built about two years, and
the loss is no small item.
Faribault Democrat, Oct. 81: A man
whose name we are unable to learn. while
under the influence of liquor, laid or fell
down near the railroad track at Blooming
Prairie, last Saturday evening, and was
l S1v hrs IF hot
came along. One of his legs was broken
and an arm so badly injured that amputa-
ton was necessary. The train did not run
over him, but his clothing caught in some
way and he was dragged for several rods.
4 Rochester Record and Union Oct. 81: Las
Sunday afternoon one of the English boys
brought to this city to become an appren-
tice at farming, committed suicide at
Cooks hotel by cutting his throat with a
razor. His name was Ernest l.. Chillcott.
He was about twenty years of ago, was
we'll educated, and very gentlemanly
young man. His parents live in Bristol,
England, his father being engaged in the
publishing business.
| Mortified Nerns: Early on Tuesday
evening last, Mr.. August Prehn, who lives
near Prairie Creek, suffered a loss by fire,
estimated at about $4,000. Mr.. Prehn
went to his barn with lantern, and while
in the hay-loft stepped on a loose board
and fell down to the floor below, and when
he came to his senses the loft above was
all on fire, which was probably caused by
the breaking of the lantern. The large
barn and all its contents, including over
$1,000 worth of machinery, 800 bushels of
wheat, so Of barley, hay, ETC., were de-
| stroyed, A span Of horses were rescued
from the barn. fortunately Mr.. .Prehn
had insurance on his property amounting
to $4,000.