St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-29
STATE JOTTINGS.
Local and Personal, Gathered
From All Parts of Minnesota.

Moorhead News: There is one element
which the farmers have not fully begun to
realize, and which will figure in reducing
general average results, namely, the weight
of the wheat. That which has been brought
in SO far has been quite light, and has not
exceeded fifty-four pounds to the bushel. 1t
may not be a fair sample. If it is fair
sample, this element is going to cut down the
grade badly, and will make No. hard
scarce article.
Maj. NJ. c. Connolly arrived at Cloquet on
Wednesday last direct from Washington,
with his commission as special Indian agent
authorizing him to adjust the allotments of
land to the Indians of the Fon du Lac reser-
vation. 1t is estimated that there are be-
tween 10000 and 75,G00 acres of land on
the reservation, nearly all of which is rich in
good timber, and there are about 600 Indians
to be benefited by the allotment
Mai. NJ. C. Connolly, special agent. is about
to start making alloments on the Fond du
Lac reservation. On this reservation there
were COB persons according to an official
census taken last year-1SS7. There are
1U1 ,121 acres in the reservation, and it will
require $1,000 acres to make the allotments
according to the law. This VIII leave bal
ance of 81, ,761 acres open to settlement
A little sensation has been created at Mot
ley, says the Register. The first of the week
one of the citizens offered his neighbor 50
for his wife, the latter accented and a bill of
| band by emption is said TO be living with
| her. The purchaser says he doesn't want to
| abandon joke half way.
The team of threshing machine near st.
!. Joseph, became frightened alta passing train
| One wheel struck a rut, and the tongue was
| snapped in too by the shock and one of the
| broken ends driven through the nigh horse,
| disemboweling and killing ii Instantly. The
| driver was thrown quite a distance over the
| horses and struck upon his head and shoul-
ders, breaking bones and injuring him prob
| ably fatally.
For the first time in the history of Mime.
| sofa an eX-conyict who has been released on
| q conditional pardon has beeu brought back
| to prison to serve the remainder Of his SEN
| tence in consequence of violating the condi-
| tlons of his pardon. says the saltwater Mes
senger. The party is Dalheim, of Kandiyohi
| county, charged with attempted rape.
Saturday noon Sheriff Weiland, of Scott
| county, received a dispatch from st. Paul to
| arrest and hold two boys about fifteen years
| of age if they were in this city. He found
| they had been there and hired team to ride
| an hour. lie overlook them at midnight
| and they were returned to their parents,
dime novel victims.
The st. Peter Herald says that Editor
| Dearth, of LIE Sueur, visited Henderson re-
| Gently and was made the subject of serious
| practical joke. Somebody covered his buggy
seat two inches deep with axle grease. He
| was said to have sailed very smoothly from
| side to side.
The first load of new wheat for the season
! was brought in at Janesville Friday and sold
at the elevator. 1t tested fifty-three pounds
per bushel and was graded No. g. The aver
age was twelve and Il half bushels per acre.
W. r. Simmons, a blind man, claiming to
| hail from Iowa, was arrested st Window on
| the charge of incest and committed to the
| jail of this county until the Cottonwood dis
trict court meets, His daughter, travelling
with him. was sent back to Iowa.
The Mapleton Enterprise says that the
Larson boys, of Reauford, marketed last
| Tuesday eighteen hogs whose aggregate
| weight was 5 $50 pounds. receiving 1886 fol-
them. This is but another sample of the
profit of diversified farming.
John Cornwell, of New Haven. came near
tackled by a bull. 1t was feared that his III
| juries would prove fatal. but at last accounts
| he WAS improving and will undoubtedly re-
cover.
The state milk inspector visited the Stan.
ton creamery and made tests of milk from
| different parties who are supplying the
creamery. As q result of his visit some OF
the farmers aTe accused of watering theiI
milk.
The Waseca Herald reports that the sor
ghum crop will be a good one, provided the
frost holds Off. This is becoming quite an
important crop i'll that section, as the syrup
finds ready sale at good prices, it says.
Il. E. Sails. of Kasota, who has been for
several years most prominent Republican
and was but few years ago chairman of the
lie Sueur county Republican committee, has
declared fer Cleveland and Thurman.
A party at ST. Cloud arrives from Dakota
with car load of horses weighing from
loo to 1900 pounds, raised on the 'V'
ranch in that territory. There were several
Iue trotting horses among the lot,
Men are so scarce at Motley that about
dozen Indians are working loading ties. They
board at the best hotel i'll town, and probabl!