St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-29
MINNESOTA NEWS.

heard of. There was one in Waseca the
other night. It was a sweet thing.
In Blue Earth City recently two prisoners
broke jail, and weIe not missed till one Of
them returned and voluntarily gave himself
up. Vigilant Jail keepers, truly.
st. Peter Tribune, April 90. Seeding is
about over in this county, and the farmers
say they never saw a more favorable spring
for seeding than this has been.
Richard Stapley, one Of the Oldest settlers
of Rochester, and a veteran Of the war Of
1922, died Friday before last at his home in
that city, aged 50 years.
Last Tuesday the dwelling Of J. B. Pitcher
at Hastings took fire from a lamp which ex-
ploded in the cellar and burned to the
ground. Loss 81, 600. Insurance 5000.
A little daughter of Chas. Geyer at Waba-
shaw Sunday last fell into an open cistern
and would have drowned but for the gallant
action of Frank Ginthner, who jumped in
and saved her.
The residence of Walter Stebbins at Meri-
dan, was destroyed with its contents by fire,
during the afternoon of Monday last week.
The loss falls heavily on Mr.. Stebbins, as he
had no insurance.
A prairie FIRE set fire to DR.. Hubbard's
barn in Morris, and it was burned to the
ground. The wine was blowing briskly
away from the house or that too would
have been destroyed.
The st. Cloud Times of the 25th reports a
sad accident. John Dolan, foreman of the
yard brakemen, and a very worthy young
man, while coupling cars received internal
injuries from which he died.
Waseca Herald: A large barn on Mr..
Scholljegerdes' farm in Woodville, was
burned on Tuesday, involving a loss of SOM
5000. No insurance. 1t is supposed a small
boy set it on fire while there playing.
''The Ortonville Readlight'' is the name Of
a new paper just started in Bigstone county.
1t is a nine column folio, handsomely
printed, and is an "Anti-Monopoly newspa-
per-" 1t is a weekly journal, published by
Messrs Foss & Jones at S1.50 a year.
Rev. Mr.. Powell, rector Of the Episcopal
church at Waseca, has preached his farewell
sermon and has gone to Oregon to take
charge of q seminary which has been started
there. He leaves many friends and adj
mirers.
The Alexandria Nears says two children of
Ferdinand Koppin, of Carlos, recently tip
ped over a boiler of hot water, and were so
severely scalded that the boy died the follow
ing day and the little girl is severely but not
fatally injured.
The ranks Of the veterans of the late war
are slowly but surely thinning out. Elisha
Godfrey, an old soldier and resident Of
Bridgewater, died Sunday the Goth and upon
the same day Stephen G.. Flanders, of Co. B.
Sth Min. Vols, died at Faribault.
Bulls are not the safest kinds of pets to
keep. Geo. NJ. Gilmore, of Faribault, was
one day last week knocked down and nearly
gored to death by a two-year old short horn
which is said to have been Every gentle, ex-
hibiting no signs Of viciousness."
The Hancock Olive Branch reports a re-
cent lively runaway whereby DR.. Gates was
thrown several feet, Striking his breast on
the railroad crossing, badly bruising it, and
injuring his stomach andlungs." The o. B.
does not say how badly he bruised the railroad
crossing.
Monday of last week a Swede tramp fell
through a railroad trestle at Hastings to the
ground, a distance of 20 feet. No bones
broken, but numerous sprains and bruises
will make it necessary for the tourist to So
journ at the country for some time before re-
suming his Journey.
Monticello Times: A drove of 400 young
steers passed through town Saturday on their
way to Montana, gathered from this locality
by Hugh Dickey. Mr.. Dickey also sent 700
from Clearwater the same day. At this rate
it is only a question of time, when young
stock will be scarce in Wright county.
1t is getting to be the style now to build
cyclone cellars, and o.. w. Shaw, of the
First National Bank, at Austin, has COM
pleted one which can be taken as a model.
It is eight feet long by four feet wide, inside,
the whole being entirely under ground, with
an entrance from a closet doorway.
Mantorville Express: Fires have run
among the woods and hills west Of town this
week, and this with the smoke from numer-
GUS b~onfires, has given the atmosphere a
hazy tinge, reminding one Of Indian sum-
mer in spite of bird songs and other sounds
Of spring. Rather cool for Indian summer
Discouraging reports come from Portland,
Me-, concerning state senator G. f. Wash
burn, who is lying very low from an acute
attack of Bright's disease OF the kidneys. He
is a i nephew of Hon. w. D. Washburn, Of
Minneapolis, and has many friends through
out Minnesota, who learn of his probable
fatal illness with great regret and sadness.
The Preston Republican was purchased by a
Democrat, and as he proposed to run it as a
Democratic journal with honest consistency
by changing the name to "Prestou Democ1dtn
The Chatfield Democrat was purchased by a
Republican, and he runs it as a Republican
jounal, not having the honesty to change the
name thus sailing under false colors devoted
to Republican %chicanery In the falsely as
sumed name of Democratic.
Faribault Democrat: Bishop Whipple was
unable to return to Minnesota as he expect
ed to do, this week, owing to special meeting
of the House of Bishops in New York, April
"a, called for the purpose of electing a bish-
OPP for the diocese of Canton, China, the
present bishop having resigned. When sum-
moned to New York the bishop was at Jack
s~onville, Fla, on his way to Minnesota with
his wife and daughter, Mrs. Rose, the latter
being in delicate health and unable to travel
only by short stages, and they will remain
there until the bishop returns for them, and
it is expected they will reach Faribault with
in a week or ten days.
The people Of Rochester, Olmstead county,
are nervous and apprehensive in regard to
recurrence of tornadoes. No wonder in re-
membrance of the terrible cyclone havoc of
August 81, last year. The Record and Union,
abiding to the nervous, ap~prehensive dis
tress of the inhabitants advises as follows:
eve conclude then, that the best thing we
can do in this matter is to provide as safe
places of resort as practicable in case of the
approach of a tornado, observe the weather
indications as closely as possible, and in the
mean time, strive to be cool, calm and col
lected, attending to the ordinary duties and
business of life, and if the weather appear
ances indicate the appearance of a tornado,
repair, timely, to places of comparative safe
ty and reverently trust the Issues with God"
TIMELY HINTS ABOUT LAWNS.