St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.

Sneak thieves are reported to be putting in
their work at Mankato.
| Nicolas GALES, former resident of New
| Ulm, is now one of the principal members
| of the New Mexico legislature and receives
his mail as ''Hon. N. Galles'' with becoming
dignity. Such is life.
William Thompson, horse thief who es-
capped through the roof of the Jail in st. Peter
some time ago, was lately arrested at Fort
Ripley, in the Crow Wing country, and is
back again at his old quarters in jail.
st Peter Tribune: GustayeP P. Hall, of Ber-
nadotte, informs us that he raised 100 bush
els of flax last year on s acres of land and
sold it at $1.30 per bushel. He says raising
flax will pay the farmers much better than
raising wheat.
| The house of John Rose, of Chatfeld, Fill
more county, and all its contents were de-
stroyed by fire last week. Mrs. Rose was
| sick in bed at the time and narrowly escaped
death.
st. Charles Union: We regret to learn that
H. N. Gage, Esq, one of our Oldest and best
known citizens, has determined to leave st.
| Charles and make St. Paul his future home.
He has been one of our city justices for
many years, he was reelected to the office,
| at the late charter election, by an almost
unanimous vote, showing the confidence his
fellowcitizens had in him. Well, peace and
! prosperity go with him.
At the roller rink in st. Peter the other
night, Charles Woods slipped and fell, hav-
ing an ankle badly sprained He was carried
out fainting The same evening Jennie
Kennedy fell and a skater coming along at
| the instant one of his skates struck her in
the mouth breaking two of her front teeth.
The Faribault Republican says: The bust
ness men of Faribault have arranged to have
two thousand extra copies of the local papers
sent out monthly to non-subscribers in Rice
county and adjoining portions of other
| counties. The Republican sends out large
number this week, and persons receiving
| sample copies will consider them as COM
| plimentary from the business men of this
city.
The St. Peter Tribune says: About one
year ago Mrs. Marie l.. Bronson, of Hender-
son,1was arrested charged with setting fire to
and burning the hotel in that place for the
purpose of obtaining the insurance money.
| She was duly arraigned last week for trial,
| but her attorney made motion for change
| of venue and the judge allowed the motion
| and fixed on Nicollet county as the place.
| The trial will come off in st. Peter during
the April term of court.
| Fergus Falls Telegram: Mrs. Marie Kretzs-
chmar, wife of Carl Kretzschmar of Red
Lake Falls, died at $50 Thursday evening of
| dropsy. Mr.. and Mrs. Kretzschmar came
from Berlin to this country in 1866, and
were the first settlers in Fergus Falls. From
here they moved to Crookston, and each was
identified with the building up and develop
ing of that city. Two years ago they settled
in Red Lake Falls and have in that time
amassed fortune.
| Fergus Falls Telegram: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sencerbox yesterday were bereaved by the
death of an infant son, aged eight months.
The babe was apparently in good health, al
though not robust child, and,about ten
O'Clock in the morning the mother left it to
! go into another room. She returned in fif-
teen minutes and found the baby dead. The
cause of death can only be conjectured.
Glencoe Enterprise: A pack of prairie
wolves are making their home in Sumter in
| the neighborhood of VIM. Johnson's, and
have committed many depredations during
the winter. Jacob johnson, son of VIM
johnson, shot and wounded one of them
| last Friday. John Youngclaus was waiting
for the pack with his gun to kill the whole
lot, but they scented big load of buckshot
before they got to John, and turned in
another direction. The whole neighborhood
enjoys fine sport hunting the pesky animals.
Cannon Falls Beacon: The Red Wing
Argus raises the names of Senator Bayard of
Delaware and ex-senator Mcdonald of Indi-
ana as its candidates for president and vice
president. No purer nor ADLER statesmen
live to-day in this country than the ones
named.
Duluth Neacs: Air brakes are being fitted
on the big engines of the st. Paul s. Duluth
road, and it is stated that in the spring pas
senger trains will make the trip between the
termini in five hours and half. Breakfast
in Duluth, dinner in St. Paul. Railroad
men say that there will be no difficulty in
making the trip in that time.
Hokah Chief: A party of young people
were playing games and having good time
generally at Clequet, this state, when ayoune
man proposed that they should have we'd
ding. One of the young couples agreed te
go through the ceremony, which they did
the man who proposed the farce officiating;
When the ceremony was completed he in