Daily globe., 1883-07-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Duke w. Hall has been appointed post
| master at Lanesboro.
Measles have broken out in the public
schools in Albert Lea.
Ginseng brings thirty cents pound for
the green article in Mankato.
Barley is reported to be heading out on
some of the farms of the state.
William r. Smith of Cleveland, LIE Sueur
county has received 5000 back pension.
The measles continue without abate in
LIE Sueur. They have caused several
deaths.
There is now a daily mail between How
| ard, Wright county, and Winsted, Mclean
| county.
Morris creamery butter is offered to the
people of Morris and vicinity at twenty
cents pound,
Burglars got into the house of w. H
Patten, in LIE Sueur the other night and
stole $15 in money.
Last week Kandiyohi county, voted by
majority of 40 to issue railroad bonds to
| the amount of $65,OOO
Burglars broke into lumber Office at
Sauk Centre, the other night, but got
| nothing for their labor.
The Rev. G. Smith of Albert Lea has re.
| ceived 1,270 back pension, and is hence
| forth to receive Sc d month.
MIR. Snow, of Osakis, bee-raiser lost,
| last winter, from some disease not under
stood by him, all his hives valued at $780,
disease has appeared in herd of cat
| tie belonging TO II. S. johnson OF Morris,
supposed to be the black tongue. Sever
| al have died.
A in
| lightning the other night and somewhat
| shattered. A dog was killed, bat the fami-
| ly escaped unhurt.
A brakeman was killed on the railroad
| near Avon, Stevens county the other day,
| The boy was was taken to his home IN
Wisconsin for interment.
The house of John Walker of Monticel-
| 10 was set on fire by fire crackers on the
glorious fourth" but timely discovery and
| vigorous work saved the structure.
The residence of II. A Brown, of the
| village of Brownsville, Mower county, was
| destroyed by fire recently with all its con-
tents. Loss $4,000; insurance not known.
The tramp nuisance in Sauk Rapids
has lately grown to unbearable dimen-
sions, and the citizens are debating as to
the best mode of abating the nuisance.
Frederick Smithson of Willmar. while
! recently returning from Atwater driving
fiery team was thrown from his buggy and
| killed. He was much esteemed citizen
county convention of prohibitionists
met at Buffalo, Wright county and ap-
pointed full list of delegates to the state
| convention to be held at Minneapolis.
July 10.
Of
Brothers and Mr.. Clure, containing
4O,OOO,OOO feet of logs were sluiced through
| the Chengwatonna, Pine county, few
| days ago.
Omer Bowman, under arrest at Howard
Lake, Wright county, for an attempt to
| commit rape, made his escape through
the laundering, idiotic incompetency of
constable.
tramp stole COW in Owatonna the
other day, and sold her to an innocent
| purchaser. The owner found, identified,
| and took the COW, and the purchaser is out
| of pocket $50.
The construction of the fine new school
house in Alexandria is steadily advancing
When completed it will be one of the finest
| and most costly school edifces in North
western Minnesota.
The other night burglars blew open the
| doors of the safe in the postoffice at Sauk
Rapids, but got no plumber. The Marshal
| discovered the two operators, and gave the
| chase, but they escaped.
The attractive and pretty wife of Ferdi-
nand Lange, of Arlington, Sibley county,
eloped the other day with a gay deceiver.
The wronged husband is sadly afflicted at
! the conduct of his bold wife.
Recently Gehring's brewery, at Jordan
was destroyed by fire with all its machiner, >
| A portion OF the contents were saved. In
suraDce $4,000. Mr.. Gehring will imme-
diately rebuild on a larger scale.
About thirty of the noble red men, en-
gagged in a wild ''grass dance" at the head
of Traverse Lake the other night. They
were served by the dusky maidens of the
| forest with Il rare feast of boiled rice ana
roast-dog.
The Benson Times says the attempt to
| drain Pollard Lake is failure The pro-
| ject was stupendous piece of folly, as the
result has proved. The lake wont drain,
but remains a stubborn fixed fact in the
| scenery and landscape of Minnesota.
The Benson Times says, the explosion of
cartridges during the burning of Farwell
q Colby's hardware store made that vicini-
| ty decidedly warm for time, some of the
shots penetrating box Car standing on
the side track at least 200 feet from the
store.
On recent night burgalers gained en-
| trance to the store of Lortz & Larson, of
Lac qui Parle through the cellar which was
| inse securely fastened, blew open the safe
| and obtained therefrcm in cash over ST.
| 500. No clue to the perpetrators of the
burglary.
On recent night the residence of Rob
ert Armstrong, at Smith Lake, Wright
| county was destroyed by fire, the aroused
family making hasty, and fortunately
safe retreat. But little was saved from
the burning building, 1t had upon it
small insurance.
Miss Lena Oleson of Faribault the other
day, while al1ghting from buggy fell to
| the ground, by her clothes catching on the
buggy box. She struck on her head, and
was unconscious for several hours, 1t was
feared the confusion wosld result fatally
but if inflammation can be kept down, she
| may recover.
Benson Times: The headless, armless
and otherwise horribly mutilated remains
of the young lady found after the recent