Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-14
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Diptheria prevails in Browns Valley.

The stacking of grain in Morrison coun
ty is completed.
An Indian was locked up in Red Wins
he other day for drunkenness.
Six drunkards were put in the lookup
in Cannon Falls the other night
The grand jury in Wadena county have
condemned the jail as unfit for use.
New wheat is finding its way to various
local markets in considerable quantities
E. S. Sager of Faribault, made trip Of
5S miles on bicycle in less than five
hours.
The new N. p. hospital structure the
west side of the river at Brainerd will cost
about $4,000.
The population of the city of Winona is
$4,000. The cost of the city government
is $4,000 year.
A scheme is on foot for the establish.
ment of a creamery in Little Falls with q
capital of $4,000.
George Close was killed two miles west
of Lake City, while trying to steal a ride
on freight train.
The yield of wheat in Goodhue county
will be according to estimate about Is
bushels to the acre.
Minnesota fax raising takes the back
track. There were 1850 acres less, sown
to flax this year, than last.
Michael McGueri's wheat stacks, about a
mile from Rush City we're struck by light
ming and consumed last week.
4 farmer sold a load of eggs in Roches-
ter the other day, for over $500. There
was over 1900 dozens in the load.
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the other night, and stole Go cents. They
entered another house and stole a coat.
A fifteen year old son OF John Trust, of
Alexandria, had one of his feet cut off with
harvester, last week, and died the next
day.
The dwelling house of Daniel Mcleod
about one mile south of Rush City was de-
stroyed by fire recently with most of its
contents.
Mr.. B. Lees mill on the banks of Rush
lake, Chisago county was destroyed by
fire the other day. Loss $4,000. Insur-
ance $4,000.
President Arthur and his party passed
through Perham at the rate of so miles an
hour, and the people failed to see the van
ishing big men.
in Otter Tail county. This sort of game
| seems to be on the increase in certain
portions of the state.
Two attempts at incendiarism were
made in Browns Valley the other night,
but timely discovery prevented a confa
grafton in each case.
An obfHscated drunken man, in Cannon
Falls the other night, unhitcned another
mans team, and started for home, leaving
his own team hltched to the post.
Northfeld has voted the issue Of bonds
to the amount of $4,000 to pay damages
to Mr.. Kenzie, for injuries received by
him, by falling through a defective side
walk.
Cannon Falls Beacon: Prof. Daniels of
the St. Paul Academy Of Sciences and DR..
w. FL. Scofeld of the Cannon Falls society
of Natural Sciences, started to the bad
| lands Of south Dakota on Tuesday to in
vestigate the geological formations of
that region.
Atwater Press: Thirty-fve bushels to
the acre! It has been our pleasure to re-
cord yields of wheat as high as 81 and 20
bushels to the acre, but Mr.. Salter's field,
| just east of town, turned out thirty five
bushels to the acre. Farming pays in
Kandiyohi county.
On account of the cheaper lake trans
portation of wheat to the east, Duluth is
looming up as the great and absorbing
wheat market of the Northwest, and Min
neapolis millers are not happy. as New
York thus, will advantageousiy get the
wheat which Minneapolis m1llers want;
bat Duluth is jCbilant all the same.
Madelia Times: In many cases, We
believe, the crop will net, after paying all
expenses, from 81 to Sc per acre. At this
date, it will not be long that land can be
bought for S. to so per acre, according
to location. A crop like this years, is
bound to give US boom that will bring
more settlers upon our wild lands.
Little Falls Transcript: Buchanan &
Post have two large tie drives on the Mis-
issippi above this place one this side of
! Olmsted's bar and the other at Aitkin. In
both drives there are above 100000 ties,
and they are making good progress. Tim
Mcsher has charge of the front drive, and
is fetching it right along. At Sank Rap
| ids the ties will be taken out of the river.
The thugs are bold and active in Brain
erd. The Dispatch says: j. H. Bixby
had a narrow escape one evening last week
from being robbed. He was going
through the park when he was sprang up
on by thug but escaped. These occur
rences are getting to be too numerous
for the comfort and safety of our psopIe
and o close lockout should be kept for
these scoundrels who infest the city.
Ada, Norman county, Index: Har-
vesting is nearly completed and all grains
turn out well. The grain already threshed
has yielded an average of over twenty
bushels per acre. Norman county has
nearly $4,000 acres in wheat and the pros
poets are that the total yield will be neary
100000 bushels. This means that near
ly twice as much money will flow into the
country this year than there did last year
and correspondingly large increase in
business activity.
Rochester Record and Union: Last
Sunday Mrs. James Kelly of Stewartville,
was seriously injured by being thrown out
of wagon while the horse was running
away. She was thrown upon her head,
and it was some hours before she spoke.
Or. Stoddard was called and remained
with her ell night, as he was fearful of the
result, and kept her from falling asleep.
At the latest account she was improving.
When The horse was running and before
she was thrown out, she tossed her little
child out Of the wagon, and it escaped IN