St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Mrs. Gebhard of Chaska, aged ~ years
was found DECD under tree near her dwell
ling the other day, where she had lain Tor
some "a hours. She was living alone.
The Merchants Hotel at Carver was en-
tered by burglars the other night, but only a
small amount of booty was obtained.
Mrs. Anne Olson, wife of Henry Olson of
Martin township, Rush county, left her home
mysteriously the other morning. Her hus-
band processes to have no knowledge of the
cause of her disappearance. Search has been
made IN vain for her.
Edward Brannon aged Is years, was shot
and instantly killed, July %, by the acciden-
tai discharge of a gun in a shooting gallery
at Rochester.
Prairie chickens are reported to be very
numerous this year. 1t is not lawful to shoot
them till the 18th of August, and yet 'sports-
men" as is usual every year, are playing the
sneak, and are hunting and shooting ''wood-
cocks" The good law is an absurdity, I'M
less enforced against law breakers.
The round house at Morris was destroyed
by fire the other day, and locomotive in
the building much damaged but not beyond
repair.
The Anoka Union says: .'it is a fact, that
now, in this so-called temperance city there
are no less than thirty places where liquor is
sold almost openly, and that any one minor
or habtual drunkard can get anything he
wants.
Bya runaway in Long Prairie the other
day, Mrs. Oscar Weickert was thrown from
wagon and badly, but fatally injured. She
was unconscious for several hours. The
wagon was wrecked.
On a lale night the house of Father Da-
mascus was attem pied to be entered by burg
lars. pistol being fired at them, the
scamps ran.
Last week at Eyota, Charles F. West was
instantly killed by lightning. Mr.. West was
at work harvesting barley for Geo. Scribner,
four miles northwest of Eyota. He, with
two others was shocking barley. and was put
ting on his last bundle when the lightning
struck him. There was another man about
ten feet from him who was knocked down by
the stroke, but he soon recovered and called
to another man some distance off that West
was dead.
Albert Lea Enterprise: Fred Falk German
aged about 80 years, living in the town of
London, while driving reaper on Monday,
had the extreme misfortune to get before the
sickle and one leg was cut off, between the
knee and the body, before the horses could
be stopped.
Mrs. Booth of Chatfeld attempted to COM
nit suicide last week by taking poison. She
took an overdose which produced violent
vomiting, and she may be saved.
Recently the barn of Mr.. Clauson in Min
netristia, Hennepin county was struck by
lightning and burned with two horses, hay,
farm machinery.
A man by the name of Nlillette was
drowned near Crookston the other day, while
out in the river setting fish net.
Last Monday William w. the youngest
son of T. L. Rosser, died at the summer re-
sidence at Lake Park from blood poisoning.
The trouble was traced to a colored stocking
worn over an abrasion.
New Ulm Reviec: A man named Ellis,
aged 81 years, living near Lone Tree Lake,
met violent death on Friday, the 25th ult.,
by the wheels of a heavily loaded wagon
passing over his body. The accident was
caused by leaving one tug hitched in detach-
ing the team from the wagon.
A stable belonging to Joseph Schneider of
New Ulm was destroyed by fire last week.
Loss S150-insurance 500.
The editor of the Red Lake Falls Messenger
has just buried two children, a boy aged Is
years, and girl aged years. The first
died July 2Sth, the second July 30th He
Grapes his journal in mourning, and touch
ingly writes: ''Our hal trembles as we
write Two places at our hearth are vacant,
never to be rcilled, while in Gods Acre.
are two newly made graves. Side by side
they lie, brother and sister, our faithful,
patient first-born, and our darling brown
eyed daughter. Those alone who have SINH
larly suffered can tell the anguish we feel,
or the desolation that fills our home" None
but those who have gone through the fiery
furnace of affection can truly sympathize
with the anguish of this stricken family.
The Faribault Democrat tells of the shoot
ing of two boys in that city who were steal
ing berries in IL neighbors garden. No boys
were seen, but the owner saw the bushes
move and fired to scare them. The Democrat
says many lot owners have given up all at
tempts to raise fruit because of such inva-
sions. The Red Wing Argus says such COM
plants and also some more in Red Wing.
The Anoka Udon says that John Rybug,
while in state of intoxicaton last Saturday
night, made brutal attack upon his wife
and son, the latter being cripple, when the
boy started out for help the brute seized the
lamp and dashed it upon the floor, setting
the room on fire. Neighbors came to the re-
lief, and carried Mrs Rybug to a neighbors
house where she was nursed. The boy Is
seriously i'll from the beating he received from
his father, and the latter has not yet been
arrested.