The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-07

ON6 VI suo ldt68G BW10QleS throughout
the state is what is called travelling gro
Gerry pedlers.
TIE heaviest tax payers of Blue Earth
county are the Wizards Of Mankato, who
pay $e73. 95.
THERE is not licensed saloon in Mar
tin, jackson, Mobiles, Rock, Murray or
Pipestone counties.
W. F. RANDo1F of Wells, has invented
morse power wherein one span of horses
can do the work Of ten span. Horses will
soon be on strike.
The land Office at Benson disposed of
lSl 81 acres of government land during
the year 1877.
MRS. n. AxIER and her son Frank, who
in 1874 were sent to the penitentiary, have
been discharged.
CAPT. JAMES DAY Of Red Wing is build
ing steamer which will make semi-week-
~ trips to Maiden Rock.
Miss RAsAfUNsEN of Wilmar has been
placed in the insane asylum Insanity
caused by religious excitement.
THE temperance men of Rochester have
held mass meeting for the purpose Of
nominating city and ward officers.
THE remains of Olmsted, who died at
Elk River from his wounds, were shipped
to Marseilles, H.. his former home.
VIOLA has voted 80 900 for railroad
purposes, and thus gets depot, ware
house and becomes a shipping point.
MISS JOSEPHINE HEDM of Morris, in a
scuffie, had al arm twisted and bones frac-
tured. The accident is quite serious.
FRED HANSON will retire from the Foster
House Of Hastings, and Mr.. Aspinwall of
Minneapolis will takee possession on April
9Th.
A YOUNG man named Lyle Cowen of
Wasioja was adiudged insane and taken to
the Asylum. On the same train were two
insane men from Plainview.
10. STOPPED, of Rochester, seeded
twenty acres Of wheat on Monday last, and
on Tuesday twenty more, and on Wednes-
day had three teams at work.
HORACE BINGHAM writes from Big Stone
Lake, Feb. 81: 1--WE have no winter; our
country is hard to beat; cattle are grazing
on the prai1es and in the Minnesota val
leys," &c.
G. w. VANDUsEN & Co. Of Rochester,
have since December shipped, consigned
direct to Liverpool, twelve hundred and
fifty car loads, or nearly four hundred thou
sand bushels of wheat.
LANEsBoRO merchants have organized
themselves into body corporate, rented q
building and have auctions, thus shutting
out firms from other cities from coming in !
and destroying the trade of legitimate
dealers.
THE Lake City Sentinel says that in the
settlement with the stockholders of the
Grange Warehouse Company Mr.. Joseph
Reynolds accepted 50 900 in lieu of his
claim, which. with principal, interest and
costs, amounted to s11, 900.
SMALL PoX prevails along the line of the
Southern Minnesota railroad and 1000
persons have been vaccinated in Mankato
and vicinity since its advent
THE latest at Austin is ladies social tea
gatherings. The next in order will be
stag parties. But while the Page war lasts
there will be little sociability.
Mr. FLoREN MEYER Of Rich Prairie.
who was stabbed by Mike Hygel is dead
Mycr was farmer and leaves wife and
six children. Hygel is under arrest.
THE boiler OF Bushnelps portable saw
mill in the Pelican Lake settlement ex-
ploded last week and Amos Denny re-
ceived injuries from which he died.
HoKAH is going for the whisky sellers
for ceiling to minors and habitual drunk
ards. Mrs Whitman made thorough
canvass of the town to get signers TO q
petition allowing women TO vote on the
license question; $50 names were obtained,
and only ~ refused