Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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Most Of the saw mills in Duluth have
| shut down.
Bhe potato crop of Minnesota is said tc
be immense.
Work on the new bridge at Princeton
progresses rapidly.
Aquatic fowls are already moving south
The weather wise say this indicates ar
early winter.
| Princeton Union: Politics are quiet
this year and we are glad of it. Our ad
vice is to keep cool, and vote the Demo
cratic state ticket this fall.
The Rev. Gee. B. Whipple, who has held
| the position of assistant rector of the
parish of the Good Shepherd in Faribault
| for the last ten years has rendered his res
ignation.
The Rock County Herald has had new
engine put in its press room for running
its presses, and other fixtures added, and
from its superior press work makes fine
| appearance.
Ground was broken for the new street
railway in Winona Sept. 20, and will short.
| ly progress to completion. The iron rails
|
| track will be laid at the rate of 1000 feet
per day.
| The Long Prairie Nea0s says, son Fri
| day of last week as the train was passing
along Cedar Lake deer was seen drink
ing in the lake and bear was on the
track just ahead Of the locomotive which
whistled to drive him Off.
The other day of Mayor Written, OF
Rochester, was driving up Main street, a
gentleman stopped him and handed him
| SO for the cyclone sufferers. He had been
| through the devasted district and said it
! put him in mind of the great Chicago
| fire.
Todd County Ne1US: On Tuesday night
Geo. Green, of Leslie, freed bear while
out hunting COWS. 1t was in the twilight
when he discovered the bear by a tree and
he leveled his gun at it, being unable to
take accurate sight, and broke his neck at
the first shot.
The Winona Republican Of Sept. 81,
says: Conductor Fred Morgan, of the
Winona u st. Peter railroad, who was in
| jured By the cyclone-wrecked train west
of Owatonna, on July 81, will on to-mor-
row evening again assume his duties on
the regular passenger train gong west.
Carver Free Press: A family of foxes
have made their home in close vicinity of
Carver. The hills and ravines which sur
round the village on the west side, Civ
them ample shelter and good hiding
places. Our sportsmen should endeavor
to free the country from these sly vaga.
bonds.
A Duluth man, who is one of the besi
posted on the wheat crop in Minnesota
estimates that the amount of wheat
handled at Duluth this fall will reach g.,
100000 bushels, against 100000 bashels
last year. The prospects for good rates
from. Duluth this fall were never better
than at present.
Faribault Democrat: Sunday afternoon
last Mrs. Mary Stewart, sister of Mr.. Will
lam Campbell of this city, dropped dead
of heart disease, at the residence of the
late John McDermott, in the town of Rich
land. Elsewhere is recorded the death of
Mr.. McDermott, which occurred almost as
suddenly, the Thursday previous.
There is considerable difference in opin-
ion as to the amount of damage done to
the Minnesota corn crops by the recent
|
| that the crop is not entirely ruined. There
will be considerable good corn saved, and
large quantity of soft corn will be had
| to feed to cattle and to fatten hogs.
Verndale Journals: Last Friday Mr..
Lloyd, living eight or nine miles south of
| Aldrich, went to Verndale to tarnsact some
business, remained over night, became IN
toxicated, and while in that condition was
| relieved of his pocket-beok, which, it is
said contained between $50 and 500, al
though the exact amount is not known.
Nothing has transpired to cast any more
| light on the case, and the person or per-
| SONS who did the deed are still unknown.
| Faribanlt Democrat: One of the sad
dest deaths we have been called upon to
record for many day is that of Mary Ann
McDermott, daughter of Thos. McDer-
mott, of this city, which occurred, of a
combination of heart and brain affection
Monday last, in the 18th year of her age.
She was in her usual health on Wednes-
| day and it was not until Friday that a ply
stefan was called; but she grew rapidly
worse, in spite of the best medical skill
until death placed her beyond the reach OF
suffering.
Feribault Democrat: There seems to be
little doubt that the sugar cane crop
throughout this section is almost total
failure this year, owing to the frost, which
could not have caught it at worse time;
but there is good evidence that the injury
TO the corn is not as bad as at first sup
posed. Such corn as was of good size fol
| roasting ears, when the frost came, seems
to be hardening up and developing far be.
yond expectation. There will be a good
deal of good corn and plenty that will fat
hogs in excellent shape.
Rochester Post: Joseph Ford of North
field, who was discharged from the hospi-
tai in this city last fall cured of his insan
ity, was in town Friday, the guest of DR.
Bowers and the officers of the hospital
Mr.. Ford has just received back pension
from the government amounting to 81,
$3.50, being $72 month since the close
of the war. While in the army he received
a severe sunstroke, from the effects OF
which, fer most of the time, he has beer
in the hospital for the insane in this city.
His wife died during his confinement
leaving five children, and his pension
comes very opportune.
The enterprising people of Faribault pa
tronized the state fair at Owatonna in good
style. The Republican says: "Fred Whallo1
informs Us that there were one Thousand
and twenty-nine excursion tickets sold t.