St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-24
STATE JOTTINGS.
Local and Personal, Gathered
From All Parts of Minnesota.


Paramount Sentinel: Last Saturday after
noon Eli Osborne, aged nearly twenty, son of
| George W Osborne, Of Galena, was riding
along the road upon a threshing machine en-
CINE, and in attempting TO adjust something
about the machinery his left sleeve got
caught i'll the gearing, and before there was
time to stop the engine his arm and shoulder
were completely torn from his body, stripping
away the flesh down his side so that the
lungs and other organs were exposed to view.
4 physician was Immediately summoned but
science could do nothing for the poor unfor-
tunate.
Martin Lucas a Polish farmer living about
three miles southwest of DelanO, was killed
by runaway team. He was hauling water
for threShing crew when the team started
| TO run, and his legs became entangled in the
lines, ana when found he was dead.
John Bowman, six miles south of Ada, was
attacked by vicious steer and severely in
| jured. ana probably would have been killed
! had 1t not been for the brave efforts of his
! son. A lad of twelve years, who drove the
vicious brute away with a club.
About 3 o'clock Friday morning 81. H..
Browns boys. in Ida township, went out
with a lantern to protect stack of hay from
the rain. The stack caught fire and burned,
together with load that stood alongside on
| the wagon.
Miss Alice Downs and Mr.. Todd, telegraph
! operator at Alexandria, attempted to leave
town i'll each others Company, but were
taken home. where they were married. and
left town by the night train.
Last Thursday a tnreshing machine engine
on John PetersOn's farm, northwest of Cedar
Mills McLead county set fire TO the straw
and the separator and 200 bushels of wheat
were burned.
William COPYRIGHT, one of the well-known
Young people of Fertile, and brakeman on
the work train, while switching at Keystone
Friday, was run over and crushed by the en-
CINE.
! Per Person, a Swede farmer aged fifty
seven, near Elbow Lake, hung himself with
rope in his barn. After adjusting the moose
he laid down and strangled himself to death.
The Shakopee Argus says the champion
ship lead medal was voted to q. W. Gellen-
beck. by the sports at the big fly Sunday, tor
bringing down four ducks at single shot
Hon. ID. J. Knox, of AitkIn had two young
deer in his park and a small dog only il play
started after one and the deer in its rapid
flight fell down and broke its neck.
Nearly 700 ducks and chickens were ship
ped from Marshall last Monday. IL Is said
that the shipments are always the largest on
Monday for some reason.
Benson has hole GIL feet deep, enc losed
in a good pipe, that it would like to SELL as
the attempt to strike flowing water has been
abandoned.
A party of nine men, armed with lanterns
and three dogs were out nearly eight hours
between Howard and Wayerly taking in two
coons.
The citizens of Zumbrota have subscribed
over $500 to aid in securing the right of way
for the Duluth road through that village.
The Moorhead artesian well has reached a
depth of /, 067 feet. The stone they are now
at work in is very hard.
Several of the farmers about Rush City
have dubbed together and built a potato
warehouse.
A lady al Sank Centre has night blooming
Tslapt that la ST rVpnR blO0mpd 81 midi
day..
The Prohibitionsts at their Dodge county
convention raised 5000 as campaign fund.
Mrs d. c. Nolan lost both husband and
father by death at Window the past week
A perfectly waite partridge was brought in
by one OF the hunters in Stearns county.
H. Hartman, near Sleeny Eye, lost $500
mare by barbed wire fence.
The chicken hunters about Richland are I'M
able TO find any game.
Work has been commenced on creamery
at MankatO.