Daily globe., 1883-08-03


Farm hands are asking $3.50 day.
Farmers demur, claiming that $500
day is ample compensation for farm work.
lightning struck G. @. Towner's barn
in the township of Morris, etevens county.
the other night and killed one of his best
horses.
A young boy, son of Nils A. Boestad, of
Riverside, Lac Gui Parle county, was
drowned in the Lac qui Parle river the
other day.
Miss Clara Roberts of Mankato has gone
to Los Angeles, California to engage in
school teaching. She is said to be an ex
perienced teacher. .r 1-~ t..a
The late heavy wind at st. Hilaire, tore
to pieces large general store under pro-
cess of construction, and other buildings
suffered more or less. Sir
A daughter of ]. s. Brown of Long Prai-
rie had forefnger chopped off the other
day, while holding stick for her brother
to strike with hatchet.
H. C. Hews of Round Prairie had his
arm broken in two places by a runaway
team the other day, and it is feared also
several serious internal injuries.
Mr. Grevestad delivered lecture the
Wan tongue. It was able and lucid of
course especially to English ears.
The Bird Island Union says: "a small
water spout in the air passed over this
plaza last week, but as it did not touch
the ground no damage was done"
Mrs. Forden, of Eden Prairie, with her
affinity were overtaken by a detective,
and she returned to her husband sorry,
either that she was arrested, or had run
away.
Improvements on the Minnesota House
at St. Cloud have been commenced. A
third story will be put on and large new
kitchen added and other improvements
made.
The barley, rye and part of the winter
wheat crop throughout the Minnesota val
ley has been harvested. Next week the
harvesting of the spring wheat crop will
commence.
The Repielc says the returns of the asses
sors of Blue Earth county show wheat
average in 1882 of 62,933, and an average
yield of IA bushels to the acre. The wheat
| average of 1888 is 60,417.
The creamery at Slayton, Murray coun-
ty, has temporarily shut down on account
of the depressed state of the butter mar
ket. They hope to be able to commence
collecting cream again soon.
The State Fair buildings at Owatonna,
| destroyed by the late storm will be rebuilt
in time for the fair. Money for this pur-
pose was literally contributed in Ovation
IA, ST. Paul and other places.
Office seekers are scarce IN Kandyohi
| county. Would it not be well to import a
| few? AS yet there are only six candidates
for Register of deeds, though some pre-
cincts remain to be heard from.
The other day the 15 months old child
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoffner of Beaver
Falls fell into tub OF water and was taken
ont apparently lifeless, but prompt and
| professional attention, saved the child.
Burglars attempted to break into the
store of Horace Brighton of Grove Lake
the other night. Mr.. Brighton discover
| ing them fred his revolver at them, and
the enterprisiDg gentlemen suddenly left
The other day, Norwegian boy in st.
| Olaf. aged nine years, had leg cut off by
a moving machine. The accident occur
red on Tuesday, and through dense igno-
rant stupidity the poor boy had no surgi-
cal aid till Sunday, and yet he may live.
/
civil engineer, representing the King
Bridge company, of Cleveland, Ohio, has
secured the contract at $1,000, Of the coun-
| ty commissioners for building a bridge
over the Minnesota river at Beauchmans
ferry.
Charles Fornham patient IN the insane
asylum at Rochester, escaped into the
boiler room crgwled into the upright arch
over the hot CRATES, and was literally
roasted to death. He was 50 years old,
and had friends at West Albany, Wabashaw
| county.
Some scamps in violation of law have
been taking large quantities of fish in a
seine on Horse Shoe Lake. Is there no one
willing to prosecute these law breakers
It will not take long to despoil lake of
its fish at this rate, and Legitimate fishing
with hook and line will soon be at En end.
| The law prohibits the killing of wild
ducks before the first of September, but
common humanity should protect them
while they are young and unable to fly or
| help themselves, remarks the Long Prairie
| Argus. But humanity or common decency
has no influence en- the hoodlnm 'sports-
men,
| The award offered by the Sportsmen's
Association of st. Paul, for information
that may lead to the conviction of any one
violating the game law, by shooting
prairie chickens till after August Is, is
having some effect we Judge, at leastthe
state papers are not so ti:ppant aud foolish
as L nv al tts'n have been III fornler
years, ia sn'nQit~Iu3 tl.e .g.ft Of ''saipe"
FOR 'beir ,ahis--
il7 excellent exc-iienci. ex-Go7ernor
St. Jahn. of kans4s. is Iectarlag Oh tenn
perance. in Minnesota, bat be lectures for
mooey. and lot for ;he = cod cf The cause.
| His benevclence has this extent, no more.
Mankato wouid not pay his price. and so
he would not lecture there. Poor Manka-
to, left to her cups because this apostle of
| Temperance, withheld from her The light OF
his countenance, and left her Ia dark
eclipsei
The Hokah Chief says thai the consfruc-
tion train, which has been engaged ill hi.lt-
ing gravel from the LaCresent pit the past
Summer, to raise the track seven feet be-
tween LaCresent and Rridge Switch. has