New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-09-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.

MINNESOTA NEWS.
Geo. Rutherford who was Injured
BY last weeks cyclone died in Still
water on Thursday night.
At the State Fair in Owatonna
last week several pumpkins weighing
from 10 to 100 pounds each were
displayed.
Edward Mathison, aged % years,
was killed by the Fargo passenger
train near Renville while lying on the
track drunk.
VIM. Tolzman of Waterville had
his right arm dawn into the cylinder
of q thrashing machine and crushed
SO badly that it had to he amputatcd.
A son Of A. Gordon of Gorden,
st. Louis county, disappeared with
9 gun last week, leaving note be-
hind saying he was gong to kill him.
sell, and las not siLce been hear
trom
Sebastian Waundron of Redwood
Falls z lowed his wife and four
children to Hortonville, Wis, where
she was living with another man, and
procured the arrest of herself and
paramount on the charge Of adultery.
A young man named Burke, a
brakeman on the Winona & St. Peter
road, was seriously hurt at Kasota. In
going between the cars some timbers
projected from one car and iammed
his head against the othercar. Burke
resides at Waseca.
Prof. VIM. W. Payne, director Of
the observatory Of Carleton college,
has been requested by Gen. w. b.
Hazen, Chief Signal Officer, Wash
ington, d. c., to organize a State
weather service for Minnesota, with
q station in each county.
Carrie N the eighteen-y ear.old
daughter of Henry G. Ncwcomb of
shakopee, accidentally poisoned her
self with strychnine on Monday.
When the mistake was discovered
medical aid was summoned, but too
late. She died in fearful agony.
Capt. Ruble of Albert Lea, raised
this year sample quantity of grass,
the seed of which came from the is
land of Guinea. It grows six or
eight feet high, and is very succu.
lent. The roots are tender like the
artichoke, and are said to be valuable
for fattening hogs.
Wheat is now arriving at Duluth
at the rate Of about $50 to 200 cars
per day, and is steadily increasing.
Nearly all Of it grades No. / hard.
The two new elevators, d and E,
are now enclosed and will be ready
for this seasons crop. Elevator d
has capacity Of about 1000, 900
bushels, and 3 about 700, 900.
The granary Of Mr.. w. III. Manner
Of Moorhead was struck by lightning
on Monday morning, and the whole
of'one side Of the building was tori,
out. There were six men sleeping
Z in tho granary at the time, and
although . splinter was torn off one
Of the bedsteads,f not a man was in.
jured. ]
a few days ago 7. Gibony and his
son, about twenty one years Of age,
got into dispute at Litch6eld re.
gal ding farm the son had rented 81
the father The father became en-.
ragged and took his double barreled
shot gun and shot the son twice. once
in the left shoulder, inficting severe
but not fatal wounds.
The storm at White Bear. Monday
afternoon, was the most violent of
the season. Leaman's boat house
and the house and the St, Paul and
Duluth car shops were blown down
and the Williams house pavilion
was carried across the street. Nc
boats were on the lake, and there
were no casualties.
James Kane Of Mt. Pleasant. Wa.
basha County, suffered severe loss BY
the storm Of Monday, 9Th inst. The
lightning about $50 u. m. struck his
barn, badly SCATTERING il, killed three
valuable horses and stunned two 9th.
ers SO that there is little hope Of tbei,
recovery. During the same storm
the premises Of Richard Carroll were
struck and COW killed.