Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-04
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Dog prisoners are destroying some of
the most valuable dogs in Fairmount.
Girrbach's store at Montrose was de-
stroyed by fire last week. Loss heavy-in-
surance partial
A prairie fire east of Pipestons limits
last week burned up 40 tons of hay and Is
tons Of fax straw.
The Methodist society in Rochester con
template putting into their church twea-
five hundred dollar pipe organ.
The dwelling house on the farm of j. R.
Cook north of Rochester was destroyed by
fire with all its contents last week.
The German Methodist church in Ro-
chester which was badly damaged by tia
tornado last summer has been fully re-
paired.
The new jail building in Kandayohi
county, Is finished, and has been accepted
from the contractors by the county commits
sioners.
The new paper the Sun, just issued at
Morris, Stevens county, furnishes Morris
with a live and valuable journal, which it
has long needed.
A Norwegian girl of LRnesborough has
recovered verdict of $3.50 for breach. of
promise of marriage against one Travis:
wealthy widowsr of sixty.
Nov 28th., broken wheel ditched a
couple of cars of freight train mile
east of Willmar,. causing several hours de-
lay of the down passenger train.
drunken tramp 60 years old was
found frozen to death last week, two miles
north of Fairmont. He had nearly emp
ty whiskey bottle in his pocket.
The Rev. R. w. Arnold Of Fergus Falls,
has resigned his passionate in that place
and will remove to st. Paul and take
charge of the East side Baptist church il
the last named city.
At Kasson, on dark night last wesk
A. Haltermann was thrown from his wag.
on, and his neck dislocated. He was driv
ing home span of gentle farm horses
He was drunk and turned off from the
proper road, hence the catastrophe. Grad
it whisky with another death.
Rochester Record & Union: DR.. Allen
is constructing what is now and Will here
after, be called storm or cyclone cellar
II is an excavation off the vegetable OF
common cellar and is to be walled up anC
covered over with stone laid in lime NOR
tar. Uoon or over the cellar he will erect
his wood house.
Last week Mrs. A. 7. EIlinbal was sadly
gored by 4 COW while she was, milking
One of the horns of the COW entered the
abdomen of Mrs. E. near the groin, anc
passed across to the other side and Their
tore out making wound ten inches long
The jnte5tines were not injured and she
win recover.
Lamberton Commercial: While play
ing with several other boys last Friday
evening, Wesley Quarton Of Walnut Grove
had two of his fingers nearly severed by q
blow from an ak. He was holding a stick
which was placed across a block to be cut
into wood, and as the other boy let the ak
fall, his hand was drawn under it. He If
doing well at present.
Wesleyman a bold Sportsman who
despises the game laws, and who lives
near Osakis, sent several venison saddles tc
| st. Paul to sell, some two or three weeks
ago and instead of receiving a check il
return, the deputy o. S. Marshall came uI
| and took him to the city. He was one Of
| the party of hunters near Lake Alexan
dria, in Morrison county.
Long Prairie Argus: Some hunters
| from Litchfeld have already been hunting
in the vicinity of Harrington's mill fol
the past ten days. They are supposed t.
be the men who have set wire snares at
tached to spring poles on the runways O
| deer. These traps have been set within
two miles Of Harrington's mill and ar,
| just as liable to catch person as deer
| The matter has been laid before the prop
er parties and will be seen to.
The German Lutheran church on tn
line of Kelso and Sibley townships, Sible,
county, received notice from the count
treasurer to pay taxes on their churcl
property. and they paid the amount de
nanded without knowing that churct
property is exempt from taxation. l
seems the intelligent and veil informed
| township assessor, put the property On th
assessment roll thinking, as he says tina
congress had passed a law requiring
church property to be taxed!
old court house and Jail building las
Monday brought together little crowt
on the hill. At about two o'clock thu
committee opened the sale and the bust
ness was soon done. A. K. Maynard
| opened the ball with bid of 800 for thu
old court house, when Banker Smith
promptly put it up to $3.50. Mr.. May
| nard bid another five after some hesita
ton, and the banker bid 5000 in twink
ling. The Argus. then ventured five dol
lars when Smith came down with S25'
and took the building. The old log jal
building then was sold after lively com
petition between Geo. White and banks
| Smith to the latter for $40.