The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-14
MINNESOTA NEWS.

ABDREw SNEDBURa, Of Hancock,
Carver county, suddenly died last week.
JoHAHHEs JACOBSON, of ArctandeT,
Kandiyohi county, lost his house By fire
last week.
MEs. J0Hy KEITH, of Greenville, fell
TO the floor dead while performing her
household duties, few days since.
BIO Stone lake was entirely frozen
over on the 81 inst, and persons we're
crossing on the ice.
A WELL III feet deep has been sunk
on farm OF A. p. Rose, Of Milton, Dodge
county, AID equipped with an iron
pump.
GEE. @. w. ToUsLEY and sant Baker
killed twelve geese and four white brsnt
from q pit In wheat field few miles
west Of Redwoods.
Last week In Kilkenny, LIE sueur
county, . daughter Of Michael DAILY,
IL years old, was kicked In the bead and
instantly killed by horse.
An incendiary fire at Eden, Brown
county, the other day, destroyed the
barn, stable, span of mules, and farming
tools and machines of T. l.. Gilbert.
JAMES RANDOLPH, of Sharon, Ii one
of the pioneers of lie Sueur county.
He came TO the town of Sharon In 1856,
and has been q resident there ever since
-twenty.four years.
THERE was . shooting ARRAY at Her
man, on Thursday, the 9th, between 7.
w. Dickson and q Mr.. Hanelin, in
which the latter received o flesh wound.
Il was about o woman.
BEFORE the very recent frost green
peas of the second growth were gathered
In Dundas, Rice county, and the cur.
rant bushes were budding out for the
second time.
JOHN EDBURY, of Weaver, Wabashaw
county, was instantly killed, by the &C.
cidental discharge of his own gun the
other day, while out duck hunting. BE
leaves wife.
A Nh. HERTzELL, son of the Mr..
HeTtzell who once traded at Point Doug
lass and who was unaccountably missing
some twenty-three years since, has put in
an appearance.
MAJOR BINGHAM has gone up on the
Northern Pacific railroad TO buy 900
acres OF land for several of the leading
men In Fsribault, on which they propose
to start stock farm.-FdritauA Demo-
crdt.
KAssoN Republican: A little son Of
E. P. lie Suer died at his grandmother,
Mrs. Schmidt, on the 3lst ult. The
child was injured by lightning in Aug
ust last, near Candy, at the time his
mother and several others were killed.
J. r. McIsrosH, OF Sacred Heart,
accidentally shot himself Saturday, and
was found dead in the evening. He was
out hunting, and it il supposed that In
climbing over fence the gun was dis
charged, as it was found on the opposite
side Of the fence, discharged and broken.
Two horse thieves stole from Marx
Tracy, of Cokato, Wright county, . span
of horses, a few nights since. MIR. Tracy
pursued and overlook the thieves near
Fair Haven, Stearns county. He fired
eight shots at the thieves, who abandoned
the horses and made their escape.
WV. McCARTY, living in the vicinity
of Island Lake, Lyon county, duringa
heavy wind, recently, lost his house and
barn, with all their contents, by fire. All
that was saved were the clothes that he
and his wife had on, and yoke of oxen.
This Is the second time this family have
been burned out.
The following Ii Q statement of the
first snowfall in Minnesota for nine sue
cessive years, commencing in 1871: 1871,
Otober 14,h; 1872, November 4th; 1873,
October 22d; 1874, October 3Oth; 1875,
October 10th; 1876, November 18th;
1877, November 10th; 1878, October
9th; 1879. November lst.
SAMUEL GREENsHADE, of Hastings,
a little over twenty years OF age, killed
himself by gun shot on Sunday morn
ing, Oct. rs. A man walking through
the woods near where the deed was
perpetrsted was attracted to the spot by
the barking of the faithful dog of the
suicide, who was keeping watch over the
dead body of his master.
The condition of the grounds sur
rounding the State Normal school build
ing in Winona has long been . source Of
chsgrin and mortifc cation, not only TO
the residents of Winona, but to all the
citizens of the state, and the Winons
people are trying to have the matter put
In q shape for improvement at the ear
Hest practicable moment.
THE other day scrub oak standing on
a lot in Lake Crystal was cut down. In
splitting it into fence timber, and about
eighteen feet from the ground, in acrotch
was noticed wedge, apparently driven
into the wood, and under the wedge was
found an old horse shoe, closely imbed-
ded. at another place was found
handful of white pebbles filling q cavity
in the tree around which the wood had
grown.