Daily globe., 1883-08-16
STATE NOTES.

fair this fall
The new st. Mary's Hall in Faribault is
rapidly approaching completion.
w. L.. Abbott, of Hutchinson, has been
Installed as editor of the Glencoe Enter
prise.
At Brownsville, Todd county, Emmett
Baker, a few nights ago, was killed by
stroke of lightning.
The New German American National
Bank in st. Cloud will be opened for busi-
ness in few days.
The Alexandria Post says the barley is
all harvested, and the cutting of wheat
and oats has commenced.
Mrs. Ranweller, of West Newton, Nicol-
let county, was thrown from a buggy last
week, and had an arm broken.
The store of Benson Bros, in st. Cloud
was entered by burglars recently and $3.50
in money, and gold watch taken.
Some young sports in New UIm were
shooting at target the other day, when
one of them had finger shot off by a rifle
in the hands of another.
The Hastings Union claims that that
city has the honor of being the first city
in the state in which the cause of Wo-
mans Suffrage took root.
A farm house with all its contents about
six miles from Rochester was destroyed by
fire the other day. The house was owned
by w. G. Kent and occupied by Mr..
Newman.
The Cannon Falls Beacon says, two lit
tie girls aged about ten and twelve years,
relatives of the Rev. A Wahlin arrived last
week from Sweden, having accomplished
the journey alone.
Winona Herald: Three children be-
longing to the Markham family who live
near the Madison school died this week of
infamatory dysentery. The family is
very poor and sadly afflicted.
Lewis Helm of Hokah, and family, were
thrown from wagon, the other day, the
frightened team running away. All were
more or less injured, but Mr.. Helm had
six ribs broken, and died the next morn
ing.
A burglar visited the house of G. P. Still
man, in Zumbro.a the other night. None
but women were IN the house, but they
pluckily fired revolver at the burglar,
unfortunately not hitting him. He made
good his escape.
A number of serious accidents have
been reported during the week, caused by
barbed wire fence. In Faribault horse
valued at 5000 was badly cut, perhaps
ruined. He who uses barbed wire for
fencing is not wise.
Cannon Falls Beacon: Last Sunday the
wife of Swedish mission preacher, four
miles out on the Spring Garden road, went
| into violent convulsions, and soon sank in
| to profound sleep of four days and five
! nights with no signs of awaking.
| The Herald says the wheat harvest has
| commenced in earnest in Waseca county,
| and that there is a variety of opinions as
| to the condition of the crops. Some far
mers report it, as badly blighted, while
others report it as all right in every re-
spect.
The Herman Herald says: The bridge
across the Twelve Mile Creek, in the town
of Redpath, Traverse county, for which a
| state appropriation was made last winter,
was completed last week. It is very
| substantial and well built structure ninety
feet long and was much-needed improve
ment. Alfred Setterlund, of Clifton was
| the contractor.
Faribault Democrat: A lady subscrib-
er of The Democrat, in NortAfell, writes
that she sees by the papers that "Henry
Ward Beecher and party have been doing
st. Paul and vicinity" and she asks, "What
have they been doing ?" Doing St. Paul."
child, and we trust that is all. Too many
| questions must not be asked in reference
to Mr.. Beecher. His ways are not always
public highways,
Northfeld Journal The India-ink por-
| trait of Gordon E. Cole, of Faribault, ex-
Attorney General of Minnesota, will adorn
the walls of the Attorney-GeneraIs room
| at the capitol at st. Paul. It is surmised
that there is a movement on foot to have
the generals noted speech on prohibition,
| delivered at the capital last winter, pho
tographed, and suspended immediately
under the portrait.
Rochester Post: Last Friday night
about 10 o'clock, John Ryan, who lives on
the Stewartville road, five and one half
miles south of town, started to see John
Garner, who lives west of his place On the
High Forest road. He was on horseback,
and when he came to Gamers pasture he
entered it by gate and started toward
the house. There was a stallion loose in
the pasture, which came at Ryan's horse
and frightened it SO that it ran away with
him. Before he could stop his horse it AN
against the harbed wire fence dragging
MIN along the wire, cutting his leg and
foot in shocking manner.
b. o. Bassford, publisher of the Austin
! Register, meets the circumstances of the
great calamity which entirely destroyed
his printing Office, by the fall of large
three story brick building, in the spirit of
brave, plucky, stalwart manhood. His ac-
count of tbs disaster is thrilling one,
and his appeal to his constituents cannot
fail to awaken the lveliest sensibility.
He is buying new presses, type and equip
ments and proposes to issue his paper right
along. ALI Mr.. Bassford's brethren of the
press will extend to him their sympathy
in this hour of dire calamity, which has
swept away the accumulation of years,
and will wish future prosperity, and full
success in retrieving his losses. The
doomed building gave premonition of its
fall, and no life was lost, and but one man
injured by falling brick