St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

a chapter Of Royal Arch masons has been
organized at Tracy.
Sleepy Eye and st. Peter complain of sneak
thieves and tramps.
The Howard Lake Herald reports the sui
eide of Nils Holmberg at Stockholm.
The Mankato Free Press reports three sad
deaths during the week proceeding its last
issue.
At Hassell Lake, Swift Co. child of Geo.
Maxfeld sat in a pail Of scalding water, and
death ensued.
Thieves entered the residence of c. Fer
veist at Winona Tuesday, but took nothing
OF value, except an oyercoat.
The Deiano Eagle, reports that the sawyer
in Sweedebocks mill brought his head in
contact with saw fatally cutting his skull
open.
Mrs. Durupt was thrown from wagon at
ST. Cloud Wednesday and had her right leg
borken in two places below the knee.
The New Ulm sportsmen's Club has estab-
lished REST" for picnic parties and has
taken out liquor license for the resort
Tuesday mechanic at Mankato nearly lost
his eye sight while pouring babbet metal in
to journal box, the boiling metal striking
him in the face
man teamster named Colman got good
humping at Pipestone recently because he
insisted in lying in haystack with lighted
pipe in his mouth.
The st. Peter Tri5aae says reports from the
timber are to the effect that the maple sugar
crop. will be light this season as the weather
has been unfavorable.
The citizens of Willmar are puzzled be-
cause party of surveyors are engaged in
running line south from the village, and
wont tell for what purpose.
The jury in the Glyndon murder case on
trial at Moorhead failed to agree, standing
ten for conviction and two for acquittal, and
was discharged on the 18th inst.
s. s. Watkins, of the State Fish Hatcheries
has recently deposited in the Minnesota riv-
er at Shal1opee, LIE Sueur and other points q
large number of young white fish.
st Peter Trib,a,e-The citizens of New
Sweden have petitioned for post office to be
kept at o. P. Qust's residence. The petition
will no doubt be granted, as they need post
office.
The present season Red Wing will build
thirteen or more business houses, besides
uncounted private residences. Red Wing is
among the very best of the minor cities of
the state.
Three judges at recent election at Vino
ma have been held to 81 900 bail each, and
two clerks in $500 each for alledged tamper-
ing with the ballot box, in having stuffed it
TO the extent of $50 votes.
On the afternoon of the 18th. Peter Mel
son, Dane aged AZ, residing in Young
America Township two miles west of Nor
wood on the Glencoe road, committed sui
eide by shooting himself with an old army
musket
Jas Mclaughlin, a resident of Rollingtone,
who had been missing since Sunday, was
found dead in rayine two miles from home
Wednesday afternoon. He had been attend
ing church, missed his way and persisted from
exposure during the cold rain of Sunday
night.
Red Wing Advocate: A Glencoe paper says
that Straits postmasters did not consult him
in calling the district convention at Far
iboult in connection with the Presidential
delegate convention, and that such call is
not in accordance with his wishes. Doth not
the ass know his masters spur, nor the OK
his crib? Preach this to the natives.
Fergus Falls Telegram: Eight of the Leaf
Lake Indians are encamped in the vicinity
of the residence of Jacob Austin. Okla Wa
meja, the chief of the tribe has been several
times mentioned in these columns as the
savior of the inhabitants of Fort Ripley in
'62. Mr.. Austin in his fine residence has
set apart room especially for the use of the
Chief who will occupy it for two months to
come while his men are trapping around the
lake in this vicinity.
The Red Wing Republican of the 10Th inst.
says the train arriving at that city at p. m.
reported lively experience Wednesday af-
ternoon with insanity. A Frenchman sud-
denly went insane and tried to jump from
the cars, but was prevented, and after leav-
ing Milwaukee regained his senses. Nosoon-
er was he quiet than his son-in-law also
turned cranky and jumped through win
dow when the train was going at the rate Of
25 miles an hour. Before reaching St. Paul
the father-in-law had another attack of in
sanity