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

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MINNESOTA NEWS.
It is said the pineries have a surplus of
men this season.
A system of water works is being con-
templated at st. James, WatonWan coun-
ty.
A driving park association has been
Termed in Kasson with @ capital stock of
$500.
A Mankato establishment recently ship
ped an invoice CT sleighs to Washington
territory.
The house Of Edwin Rogers, Of Manka-
to, WIS struck by lightning few days ago
and somewhat damaged.
A careless teamster at Rochester ran
over two small girls with farm wagon.
Their injuries are slight.
The county officers OF Todd county, now
occupy the new Offices designed for them
in the new court house just erected.
All the cars desigled for the street rail-
road have been received st Wjnona, and
are said TO be in every respect first class.
Jacob Argyll, yard switchmap, at Brain
erd. fell between Cars Of switching train,
receiving injuries from which he soon
djed.
Miss Emma Reddy aDd Jerry O'Lsary
tlooed from Graoeyille the other day, but
,hoy brought up in Big Stone City, and
were duly married.
Frank Z. Burdiok, CT Qvetonna, was SO
Injured by heing thrown from his wagon
By his runaway team the other dGy that
his recovery is regarded doubtful.
A few nights ago burglars ransacked the
lower rooms Of the house in Howard Lake,
without disturbing the family who slept
up stairs. They got but little booty.
In Lake Pepin six persons have been
drowned this fall and winter. Ii is quite
likely the treacherous ice will cause the
death of as many more before the next
warm season.
The Mankato Linseed Oil works are TO
have their working capacity enlarged to
twice their present working force. They
will use 400 bushels of seed per day, and
produce corresponding amount Of oil
and oil meal.
Thomas Dryer, living near Sank Centre,
had a "hand to hand' fight with a 200
pound bear the other day. Mr.. Dryer
was armed with Ratchet and brought
down the game.
Three men attempted to burglarize the
house OF D. McGuane at Winona. Mr.. Nc
Guane heard them at work, and to fright
en- them away rang the telephone. The
rascals fed at once.
An enterprising seven ear-old lad, son
of Mr.. Hartley, of Brainerd, attempted to
play wild Indian the other day. For this
purpose he mounted an uabroken colt with
out saddle or bride. Result, fall and a
broken arm.
A mirror fell upon the hand of G. E.
Taylor, of OrtonViile, and some of the
broken glass was driven into his hand.
After some months Of suffering it became
necessary to cut ths glass cut with q sur
geon's knife.
4 Prohibition Ice 'urer got permission to
give private lecture to the boys only ten
years old and over, members Of a school
in Paramount. His lecture was indecent
ard unfit for youth or men. Ihs name of
this crank is Judson Jones.
Joe Delonsit, aged seventeen living near
Gull river, loaded rusty revolver and
rammed the cartridge down with knife.
The gun went off, the cartridge went into
Inc young man 8 stONIhCI duu u0 Dlou 10
death Internally.
Atwater (Kandiyohi county Press: Hon.
Marcus Johnson returned Wednesday night
from his trip to Mexico. lie vas three
hundred miles south Of the ~e~ Mexico
line. He pronounces the ci..-.--s II that
country absolutely perfect, s'id tie gold
and silver mines rich and inexhaustible.
Thanksgiving night load of young
people, nine in number, living near Byron,
Olmsted county, were returning home
from church sociable, when the team be-
came frightened, upset the wagon, and
Miss Jennie Dean was instantly killed, her
neck being broken.
A boy of fourteen years, named Angus
tus Carlson, living in Stanchfeld, Isanti
county, was found on recent morning in
en- old stable, frozen to death. He with
other boys had been indulging in drinking
whisky too freely, and had wandered away
with the above result.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs. A.
Rose has been joint proprietor of the Wa
SEGA Herald. She has now sold her inter
est to John F. Murphy, who has become
joint proprietor with G. W. Morse. The
new firm of. Morse & Murphy viii hence
1OEbl COuOnSg ZIG dS1St0 CNAbN1S Gn0
proprietors.
Morris SUP: On Thursday of last week,
Ole J. Falk, farmer living in the town of
RendsviIle, had the misfortune to looae his
granary by prairie fire. The granary con
tanned about one hundred and fifty bush
els of wheat and sixty bushels of oats. His
father also lost forty bushels Of wheat
stored in the same building.
There are 100000 acres of land in Todd
county, and it is estimated that one-half
of this is heavy timber, and in some places
will cut as high as fifty cords to the acre
and that the whole will average 10 cords to
the acre, which would give some 100000
of cords available in the county, and al
lowing shipment of 100000 cords year
il would take go years to exhaust the sup.
ply. During that time another growth OF
tIu.5er would be ready for the market.
! Long Prairie Argus: Wesley Mann was
il Town Monday night last and stated tia!
he had not been arrested for killing game