Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-10
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Little Falls is short for wood.

Little Fails Is short Tor wood.
The amount of building Improvements
in Browns Valley in 1882 was $16,65O.
The new bank at Gaylord, Sibley county,
is open and ready for the transaction of
business.
The Brainerd Journal, which has been
issued as semi-weekly, will soon be issued
as a daily.
The new jail in Brainerd is finished and
is now occupied by the prisoners and the
sheriff and his family.
The Brainerd Journal is informed that a
new bank will soon be opened in that city
with capital of S250,000.
The Glencoe Democrat is the name of a
new five column folio journal, just issued at
Glencoe, Mcleod county. It starts ia first
class style.
The smallpox quarantine at Stonefeld,
Isanti county, has been raised, all cases
reported well, and no further danger from
contagion.
Detroit Record: The new school house
at Lake Park, built at cost of $4,000, is
now completed and is pronounced beau
ty, both in architectural design and con
venience.
Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail county, has a
population of 668. The Times, published
in the village, gives the figures to show
that $211, 800 were expended in buildings
the last year.
A Congregational church was organized
at Mapleton last week. The council con-
sisted of the pastors and delegates of Con-
gregational churches at Fairmont, Sher-
burne and Mankato.
Winona Republican: The State Normal
school started in the new term on Wednes-
day with twenty additional scholars. Miss
Choate, of the model department, has been
detained at Minneapolis by the illness of
her sister. Her place is temporarily filed
by Miss Wibye.
Dodge Center Inden: The dwelling
house of G. W. Slocum, of Mantorville,
was entirely destroyed by fire last Sunday
morning. The greater part of their bed
ding, furniture and provisions was lost.
There was an insurance of $500 on the
building, 5000 on its contents,
Brainerd Journal: Aitkin wants news
paper and we understand that the people
of that thriving and enterprising town are
willing to give sufficient support to main
tain one. Aitkin is growing rapidly and
would be good point for some man who
wishes to start q country newspaper in a
live town.
Luverne Herald: Messrs. Gibson Bros.
will ship next Tuesday two car loads of
stock consisting of sixteen steers snd
about sixty hogs. An indication of the re-
suits of proper care may be found in the
fact that by judieious feeding these cattle
have been made to increase in weight an
average of eighty pounds apiece during the
past thirty days.
Luverne Herald: The engine house at
night and the engine was badly injured.
The fire caught in the roof from the smoke
stack, and no one of the employees, so far
as can be learned, was directly to blame,
although the engineer in charge, Thomas
Williams, and the wiper were 'called in"
to headquarters. The engine on No. 10
was sent from this place to bring up the
Doom train.
Dodge Center Inder: The young Swede
who was thrown from car by the trsmps
last summer died frem the effects Of his
injuries last Wednesday, death coming as
q welcome relief after his long months of
suffering. His case was indeed a sad one.
In strange land, far away from home
and friends he wasted his young life in
lingering pain caused by the rapacity of
three brutal wretches who were allowed to
escape, by the negligence Of the Steele
county jailer, and thus escape the punish
ment 30 justly due.
Good music don't seem to be apprecia-
ted in Kansas City. One of the wealthiest
residents is pork packer, and when he
was approached by Wilson's agent and
asked to buy half dozen seats for the
concert, he turned up his nose and sheer
ingly said: ssPshaw! I'd rather hear
2o0-pound pig squeal than listen to the
finest aria in opera.
Uncle Sam Transporting English-Austrsl-
ian Mail.