St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-10
STATE JOTTINGS.
Local and Personal, Gathered
From All Parts of Minnesota.

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| twenty-four hours, giving larger stream IN
| the morning than in the evening this being
| accounted for on the principle of the tides OF
| the ocean.
John Neuman, of Rich Prairie, while out
| chicken hunting met an old bear and two
! cubs, says the Morrison County Democrat.
Her bearship did not propose to grant the
1 right of way TO mere chicken hunter but
| boldly stood her ground and faced Neuman,
| who fired eight cartridges of bird shot into
her countenance as she slowly walked toward
| him. His ammunition being exhausted, the
| hunter beat hasty retreat and left bruln and
| her cubs alone in their glory.
One of the boss blueberry pickers from
| along the line of the Northern Pacific road,
| told the Duluth Democrat that his workmen
had earned on an average $3.50 per day.
| The men take their families along and camp
| out III the woods and the children often earn
| as much as the grown people.
Patsey HaIey, boy sixteen years old, was
| out hunting Sunday near Renyile, and his
gun was discharged as supposed, by the
| hammer having caught i'll the grass as he
was running to secure q duck he had just
shot. The charge from the gun entered his
throat, killing him instantly.
Jules Stopped came near being killed Mon
day at Alexandria. lie was at his farm in
Orange hauling oats when The front part of
the rack gave way. lie fell between the horses
and the wagon wheels passed over the small
of the back, bruising him very badly, the
IOdu weighing ABOUT TON.
party has commenced the preliminary
survey of the proposed new road TO begin at
Station No. on the Eastern Minnesota, and
run from there due west, crossing the St.
Paul Il Duluth railroad at Sturgeon Lake,
and continuing from there to Glydon, Mimi.
The niue-year-old son of Norman Good
rich living in the town of Fortier, Yellow
Medicine county, accidentally shot himself
with a toy rifle while herding cattle, Monday
evening, The ball entered at the temple, and
death resulted in three hours.
At Herman Wednesday man named Will
Laton attempted TO outrage Swedish girl
employed at the Commercial hotel. Her cries
brought help and the fellow will lie in jail
till court sits, and probably receive the full
penalty of the law.
Frank Wiles, who lives near Paynesville
shot Charles Room last Sunday. He pointed
gun at him that was not loaded and, as
usual, it went off, the ball lodging under the
bone front of the ear, and not probably
proving fatal
W. ID. Washburn sold his large farm in
Kandiyohi and Chippewa counties last week
to Frank E. Little, of Minneapolis. The
farm contains $3.50 acres, and the consider
alton named for the land and all the stock is
100000.
The creamery at Granite Falls has been
obliged to shut down, because not enough
cream can be had to keep it going. The ma
chinery will be shipped to Gocdhue county,
where it will be set up and run this fall.
Aaron Fox, for the past thirty years a mer-
chant at Minnesota, made an assignment to
Hon. A. u. Putnam. of Wabasha. His llabili-
ties are estimated at about 81, 500 with as
sets sufficient to pay about 50 per cent.
Pipestone saloOnkeepers have been ar
rested and tried. fined $50 and sentenced to
three months Imprisonment The sentence
was suspended for thirty days on condition
that they close up inside of that time.
The wheat crop in that section, says the
nil hntrt ois
and ten bushels to the acre; oats will average
about thirty bushels TO the acre; corn and
potatoes are not worth mentioning.
scheme is on foot to build a branch rail-
road from Ortonville to Bellingham on the
Manitoba road. The people of 0rtOnville
propose bonding the village in the sum of
$4,000 to aid III building the road.
S. +. Swenson, at Glencoe, fastened his
horse Sunday while he attended evening
services, and it was stolen by thieves Two
days later it was recovered by the police at
Minneapolis.
George w. Dodge started for Iowa the past
week from Watonwan county with drove
of 800 cattle. He will winter them in Iowa.
holding them in anticipation of higher prices
next spring,
Threshers in Mcleod county say wheat is
yielding from twelve to fifteen and oats from
eighteen to twenty-six per acre. The yield
and quality is better on prairie than those in
the woods.
A bear weighing about 800 pounds was
killed in the town of Nessel Friday, by Mr..
Nessels son, George, and Mr.. Struck. 1t
was full-grown, and measured about six feet
in length.
The tame crabapple trees in the vicinity of
Luverne have suffered seriously the present
season from fire blight" which has de-
stroyed many of the largest and most thrifty
trees.
A man who registered at the hotel at Pine
City rs q. G. Clark. from Scranton, Pa, got
sixty days in Jail for appropriating gold rings,
etc., in one of the ladies rooms.
The Austin Canning and Preserving COM
pany is turning out l Il 900 cans of corn per
day. They expect to prepare 25O, 1000 cans
of corn, tomatoes and squash.
The Todd County Argus reports that
party of four killed 400 chickens in three
days in Pope county. 1t is believed that 399
would be nearer the fact.
Several robberies have taken place at
Hutchinson and Glencoe, at the former the
Manitoba depot was entered and two trunks
taken out.
AtElk River several cases of supposed
hydrophobia was reported last week. and the
tar-News says that considerable excitement
prevailed.
Albert Splczka, aged fourteen years, while
catching drift wood i'll the river near the
water tank at Sank Rapids, fell in and was
drowned.
The new Swedish Lutheran academy at
Moorhead the past week received a 500
check from President Hill, of the Manitoba
road. rtt
The body of the missing woman, Mr.. Law
renee, at Lavdino. was found in the river
She was drowned in wading it probably. 81
The wheat crop in Morrison county ranges
from five to twenty-five bushels per acre ana
is of good quality, says the Democrat. ~
The Warren register says there was another
severe frost there Ola the night of sept l, do
ing much damage to whert and barley.
Two young men at Elk River were fined
SO and costs or twenty-one days in Jail for
disturbing the Salvation army.
The product of the Ada creamery brings
the highest price paid in Boston for Western
creamery butter, it is SAID. -a
The death of August Shultz, one of st.
Paul's oldest and most respected residents,
occurred last Friday.
S. +. Oliver, near Bird island. had seventy
loads of hay burned. His little boy did it.