Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.

The citizens of Austin are talking about
celebrating the fourth of July.
1t is said but very little sorghum will be
raised in Freeborn county this year.
One of the best residences in LIE Sueur
is offered for sale at great sacrifice.
The Swedish Lutherans have had sue
cessful protracted meeting at Atwater.
Work in the erection Of the new cream
cry in Glenwood is progressing rapidly.
The Fairmont Sentinel says the horses in
Martin county are affected with diphtheria.
The wild plum trees are now in full
bloom, filling the air with their fragrance.
The highest price thus far paid for
business lots in LIE Sueur is $50 per front
foot.
Over 1000 head OF cattle have been
shipped from Glencoe since the 1st Of
March.
Pinkeye is reported to be prevailing ex-
tensively among the horses of Nicoliet
county.
There is a considerable quantity of last
years crop Of wheat on hand in LIE Sueur
county.
Lake Minnewaska in Pope county. is
among the finest of the many splendid
lakes in Minnesota.
A farmer in Rochester has planted
ninety acres OF corn this year. He planted
sixty acres last year.
The people of the new town of Willard,
Pope county, are already agitating the es-
tablishment of creamery.
Otis Grover of Little Falls, lost an arm
the other day by having it caught in the
machinery of a lumber mill.
Potatoes went slow in LIE Sueur Ii s ;
week at twenty cents bushel. Farmers
refused forty cents last fall.
A new postofice has been established in
Sharon township, LIE Sueur county, and
John Randall appointed postmaster.
The Glencoe merchants refuse to buy
potatoes at any price. They are SO abun-
dant as to be drag in very many places.
There we're twenty-eight babies in one
car load of emigrants, bound for ''the land
of the Dakotahs'' the other day.
About 100000 feet of logs have been
RATED at Beef Slough this spring and
100000 feet per day are still being turned
out.
The house of Peter Sherer, of Rush City,
was destroyed the other day with all its
contents burned or damaged. No insur-
ance.
Adelbert Cogswell, of Shakopee, having
passed the required examination has been
recommended for a cadetship at West
Point.
Farmers in LIE Sueur county report that
Notwithstanding the cool weather. corn
planted two weeks ago is sprouting and
growing finely.
Mark Colts, of Kingston, Meeker county,
brought to the county seat eight young
wolves, for which he received a bounty of
So each.
Father Francis, of st. Johns university
at st. Cloud was thrown from a carriage
the other day and had an arm broken and
shoulder dislocated.
Dassel, Meeker county, with a population
of $50 has three local papers and is threat
ened with two more. Are the printers In
that locality going insane?
Recently in Albert Lea, John Parks, a
tough, stabbed j. j. Anderson, cutting him
in the arm. He was arraigned, and as
sessed only $15 ard costs for his crime.
The farmers CT Nicoilet county have O
warehouse at st. Peter, where they store
their wheat till they are ready to sell.
Last week they sold 10000 bushels at 81 a
bushel.
There are nine church organizations in
Anoka namely, Episcopal, Methodist,
First Methodist, Baptist, Congregational,
Catholic, Episcopal, Swedish Lutheran
and Swedish Baptist.
At the state ISLE of lands recently at
Crookston, 1000 acres were sold at an av-
erage price of Sc per acre. There remains
about 10000 acres in Polk county yet to be
disposed of by the state.
Christian Engen's team in Albert Lea