The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-17
Anti- fMumopoist.
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.

closed for the winter
E,GurgEN fast horses are being win
tered at Rushford. |,
.JupGE E. T. WILDER has resumed the
practice Of law at Red Wing. Il
A BRArNERD firm shipped thousand
Christmas trees to Chicago last week.
OVER forty new dwellings have been ,
built in Hutchinson the past season.
TIE new -four mill at LIE Sueur, lone
of the best in the State will be start
ed up this week.
OVER eight thousand pounds OF but
gar were shipped from Window the
past year.
Iur farmers of Swede Grove and
vicinity, Meeker county, are going to
build Touring mill in the spring.
THERE are seven persons. interested IN |
a rreater or less degree in horse steal |
ing, confined in Jail at Faribault.
TIVE new grist mill at Glencoe will
commence operations this week. The
fssgister claims that it is the best mill
in Mcleod, Sibley or Carver counties.
MINNESOTA makes good showing for
a Young State, having $l72,632,872
worth of real estate and S44, ISL 1858
worth of personal property.
The American Unitarian Association
ut Boston has donated thirty-eight,
volumes of standard books to the st.
Cloud free reading room.
JOHN WARNER is the name of horse
thief convicted at the November term
of court for Fillmore county, and sent
up for four years.
THE ladies of Albert Lea, interested
in building chapel and school build
ing, cleared $50 in feeding the hungry
Thanksgiving day.
JuD MOODY of Meeker county went to
Oregon last spring, and now he writes
that he shall return to Minnesota as
soon as he can get together enough
money to do so.
Mrs. Pray of Chatfield was severely
burned few nights ago in attempting
to extnguish the flames of kerosene
lamp accidentally tipped over.
The total valuation of real and per
sonal property in Mankato is 81, 800.
8l3. and the rate of tax is % As mills
on the dollar. The rate of taxation fol
State AMI county purposes is 8 A.;
mills, to which must be added the tow
and special school tax.
HENRY SuAUBur, Of Mankato, ant
George W. Van Deusen, Of Rochester
have entered into copartnership IN tn
management of the elevators on tn
Winona & st. Peter railroad at Mar
kato, Eagle Lake, GAINESVILLE and Wa
SEGA, and also to generally deal in graf
at those points.
JAS REEDY, by his attorney, ha
served mandamus upon the City F:
theirs of Duluth, requiring them to lev
an additional tax sufficient to pay n
Judgment of $4,000 and interest an
costs. obtained against the city for il
iuries sustained while crossing defe
tive bridge.
WlSoNA voted down the propositio
to issue water works bonds. The vo
stood l4l for to IT'S against.
A NEW Episcopal church has be-
built at Pine Island this season, costn
about $500.
THE Press, heretofore published
Delavan, Faribault county, has been !
moved to Blue Earth City, from viii
it will be Published in the future.
SAYS the Blue Earth City Post: lilo
J. B. Wakefield is again at home, a
this time brings along an invoice
whooping cough.
Mas. PETER MACK of Brown coun
suffered the removal of a three-pou
tumor the other day. The tumor
from the left groin and was removed
five pieces.
WILSON BEpFoap, eighteen years
age, of Worthington, in crossing Vi
bena lake on skates on Saturday mo
ing went into an air hole and v
drowned.
Mr.. G. HAYDEN, ESQ.,, is engaged
overhauling the records of LIE Su,
county Tor a number Of years pa
lust TO see WuetHcT Tic OluClolS AZ
been honest or not.
Mr.. BYRON TRIP of Sank Cen
loaded his gun for deer the other d
In the discharge it exploded, mutilat
the palm of his hand very seriou:
knocked his thumb out Of joint.
otherwise injured his hand.
C. DIpRA, fifteen years old. son of
postmaster of Henderson, was insts
iy killed Monday. Young Didra
out with two other boys, one Of VII
had a gun, when. the gun was accid,
ally discharged. the charge taking ct
in Didras' Jaw and neck.
The Alexandria Post says there
report in circulation that John |. n
OILS and Byron Matthews were killed
the Indians on the James river in
kota, but their friends claim that tt
is no truth in the report.
The livery barn belonging to G..
Sterling, at Kasson, MIMI. was c
plctcly destroyed by fire Tuesday,
rether with eleven head Of hol
eight buggies, and several sets Of
ness. 1t IS supposed to have been
work of an incendiary. The loss is
itmated at $500: insured for 81,