St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-31
STATE JOTTINGS.
Local and Political, Gathered
From All Parts of Minnesota.

Montgomery, lost his life by the discharge of
q pistol in the pocket of a boy riding with
nm caused by the boy jumping to help hold
the horses, the bullet entering the hip Of the
Havel boy and glanced up into his stomach.
the boys all jumped out and left him alone
TO drive home, which, strange to say. he did,
distance OF over two miles. He lived in
great agony until the next day, when he died.
A middle-aged Scotchman, who called him
sell David Leighton, came down from Mani
toba and stopped at the Adams house. st.
vincent. Early one morning he hitched up
MI MI t Aaa ANS morse and buggy to go fora doc
pursued across the line into Manitoba, on to
reservation two or three DAYS before over
taken, at a cost of 5000 to Mr.. Adams
The farmers of Lyon county have been
suffering from the wiles of gypsy horse
traders that are travelling through the coun-
Try. Their plan is to get into a house under
a pretense of selling laces. it is said, and if
!hey can get the housekeeper out of the room
they steal whatever they can get their
hands ON.
Some OF the farmers in Pope county have
formed co partnership to be known as the
Town OF Hotf Stock company, with view of
community and have purchased what is pro-
nounced one of the finest Clydesdale stations
ever imported. He cost them So, 300.
Farlbault county farmers have nothing to
grumble about, while on the other hand they
have much to be thankful for, having been
spared an 1nfiiction of the chinch bug and
army worm, says the Winnebago CITY NsWs.
Aowever, rust has damaged the wheat con-
aiderably.
The man named Elmer who was lynched
yesterday at Wahpeton, OAK, for numbering
ayoung girl, was member of Capt Burgess
company in the First regiment says the
elaIRato Free Press. 5. w. says he remem-
bers him as sharp fellow, but rather hard
Hase.
jeremiah Whelan, aged nearly seventy
years and one of the Oldest residents Of
washington county, was perhaps fatally in
(tlred W Wednesday morning near his home
taree miles south of Saltwater on the Lake
land road, by some accident to his team
Rattlesnakes are being killed in large num-
bers this season says the Caledonia Argus
amos Lapham Killed one recently that
POUND as mans arm, having fourteen
tatles.
T Mr., Martin, one OF the bartenders in the
Employ of the Lake City suffers, was before
Squor without a license. He was bound over
10 the-next term of court and bail fixed at
1900.
John Dorr, of white Bear, charged with an
attempted rape on the person of Mrs. Amelia
-sleischer at DORIS house in Oneka, had a
preliminary examination Saturday and was
acid to await the action CT the grand jury.
Frank Warner. of Buffalo Lake, shipped a
car load OF cattle to Minneapolis last week,
but could not sell them, several car loads ar
irving ahead OF his, which glutted the mar
ket, says the Renville Union
Lightning struck the house of Dougald
McCallum, in the town of Prior. Saturday
evening. 1t came down the chimney and
Knocked the supper all over the floor with
out hurting any one.
Nancy S. Powers, generally known as
''Grandma Powers" died Friday at Excel
sior. Had she lived until the 3Oth of Sep
tember she would have been ninety four
years of age.
Friday evening there was a severe wind
Storm between Hillsdale and Hawley. One
house at least was demolished and large
down.
A little girl sixteen months old, daughter
Of John King, Of Ripley township, Dodge
county, was drowned Sunday morning by
falling in watering trough in her fathers
yard.
While party of young men of Aitkin were
in bathing Sunday afternoon, Charles Everts,
single man abont twenty-eight years of age.
and good swimmer, was drowned.
The annual meeting of the Alumni associa-
ton of the Mankato Normal school will be
held IN Normal hall, Mankato, Wednesday,
Aus. 8, 1888.
George Allen. pail bearer at LIE Row. was
overcome with heat at the cemetery, tainted
and tell While holding one of the handles of
the coffin.
Patent fence agents are reported working
about Mankato, having induced several
farmers &c give notes for Sl20,
Mrs. Sobokken, OF Money Creek, was bitten
ey rattlesnake one day last week, and died
from the effect of it.
The chinch bugs are numerous in Blue
Earth county and it is believed will ruin 9
good deal of wheat.
Nearly $4,000 trees were planted in Nor
man county Abor day, 62,615 of them being
in Rockwell.
There are three creameries in Norman
county-one in Hendrum. one in Strand an6
one in Ada.
Edward Coombs died from the effects o.
poison taken on the Tuesday previous a
Winnebago City.
Renville has raised $4,000 bonus for ,
ffty-barrel flour mill.