Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-29
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The project of establishing water works
in Faribault is being much discussed.
Maple sugar festivals are rapidly COM
ing into vogue in many of the towns and
churches of the state.
The board of commissioners of Rice
county have fixed the salary of county
superintendent of schools at $1,000.
John M. Funderhide, of Pleasant Valley,
Mower county, dropped dead on the road
while returning from the timber few days
since.
Col. Clark Thompson says the next state
fair will be held at the town which offers
the best inducements. It will be held the
first week in September.
Messrs. Noonan Il Stelwagen have been
awarded the contract flor building the new
court house in Houston county, they being
the lowest bidders. The contract price is
$22,975.
Sleepy Eye Herald: Conductor Man
ley's freight train was ditched between this
station and New Ulm while going east
Thursday morning. Some eight or ten
cars, mostly empty, were thrown off the
track. The accident caused delay of
about six or eight hours to the passenger
trains.
On recent morning, Charles Hilger, of
Long Prairie, who lives in the edge of the
woods northwest of this village, shot u
large wolf near his house. He got up
about day break and saw the animal with
in three rods of the door. He saw two
wolves down by the railroad track day or
two before, and says they howl around his
house almost every night.
Todd County Argus: 1t is reported that
steamboat will be put on Birch lake the
coming summer for the accommodation of
excursionists. This is one of the most
beautiful small lakes in the state, and the
whole southern part of Todd county offers
most attractive summer resort with Its
hills, valleys, numerous lakes and abund-
ance of game.
The Long Prairie Argus says: "Ida No
nette, the little nine year-old daughter of
l.. Monette, was relieved of la lizard by Dc
Mattern, Monday last. The lizard was
about six inches in length, and every part
perfect, the head, feet and body being per-
fectly distinguishable. The child has been
ailing for the past three years. She is now
perfectly well.'
Mankato Free Press: Winterer, the love-
deranged young man whose life was dis
pared of when last we went to press, has
so far recovered as to be considered out of
danger by the attending physician. He
has been placed under arrest, but of course
will not be removed for several days. He
is coming to believe himself insane at the
time he committed the rash act of at
tempting to kill his love and himself.
Rochester Post: A few nights since, Mr..
Cornelius White, postmaster at Othello, mar
rowly escaped the loss by fire of his resi-
dsnce, and the government one of its post
Offices. During Mr.. and Mrs. Whites alb
sence, spark of fire escaped from a de-
fective fue, and smart fire soon burst
through the roof. Mr.. Whites children
were joined by four neighboring boys.who
by dint of hard work and plenty of water,
quenched the flames.
Rochester Post: Miss Alice Frotzman'
Misses Anna and Mary Evans and the two
Misses Denton, accompanied by Mr.. NJ. G,
Denton, left yesterday for Blunt, thirty
miles east of Pierre, where they will pre-
empt each 160 acres of land.
Such an exemplifcation of ''woman's
rights" is praiseworthy and the hosts of the
young ladies' friends sincerely wish them
all the success and happiness which their
brave and enterprising undertaking mer-
its.
Moorhead NelCs: Another sad case of
suicide, caused by disappointed financial
matters, comes to sight. A farmer named
Sontag, who lives some distance north of
Moorhead, on the Wild Rice river, came
to town Saturday to pay up mortgage
held by Briggs q Elders for 5000. Finding
the debt held against him amounted to
at least four times that sum, he procured a
revolver and shot himself. This is the Sec
ond suicide resulting from the same cause
in this city during the past year.
Sleepy Eye Herald: One hundred and
twenty-five car loads of live stock and en-
igrants' movables passed this station
every day during the past week, all bound
for Dakota and western Minnesota. This
number is all that the road can handle,
with their present facilities. There are
said to be several hundred cars east await
ing transportation, and the emigrants all
impatient of the delay which keeps them
out of the promised land, where, in their
own opinion, they are going to be rich and
happy at once.