The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-12-05
MINNESOTA NEWS.

A $1,000 school-house ID being built |
at Toqus, Big Stone county.
A 5000 school-house Is TO be built at |
Custer, Big Stone county.
ABOUT 81 900 o day Il being paid out
for wheat In Blue Earth city, Fsribault
county.
ORroSyILLE claims q population of
1000. The Hastings & Dakota railroad
has been completed 10 that place.
Mr.. TnDeTT, of Dunbar, Faribault
county, has an artesian well that throws
water twelve feet above the surface of
the ground.
OLE JACOBSON, one OF the Oldest
settlers, and q very valuable citisen of
Hawley, Clay county, died suddenly
last week of paralysis.
AUGUSTUS SMITH, of Plainview, has
recently poisoned five wolves with
strychnine, that came TO feed on the
CARCASS Of dead horse.
RICHARD ID WooDwoRTH was indict-
ed at the last term of court at New Ulm
for bigamy, pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to pay fine of $500.
q. w. 6EEfIEID, of st. Charles,
Winona county, Is putting In three
run Touring mill next season in connec-
ton with his his steam grain elevator.
DE-. HAGAS, of st. Paul, with the
assistance of Doctors Campbell and
Basser, ampntsted both legs Of Fred
Lowe, of Brainerd, who Is now doing well.
e. M. BEoUGHToS, of Wsseca, was
taken home from Redwood Falls last
week in dangerous state of mind, sup
posed to result from q last summers sun
stroke.
The school board of Anoka have voted
$8. 900 Is q special school tax for the
coming year, which is nearly eleven
mills on the dollar. Last year the tax
was three mills.
Am emigrant wagon passing through
Wells the other day, drawn by two
steers, COW and mule. The establish.
ment had come from southern Illinois
since September 1.
The other day w. j. Edwards, while
on his way from Benson to his home in
Hegbert, Swift county, fell from his
wagon, receiving such injuries that he
died In few hours.
MRS. E. @. PARKER, wife of Hon. E.
B. Parker, living near Gordon City,
Blue Earth county, had one of her legs
broken between the ankle and the knee
by falling down the cellar stairs.
w. ]. EDWARDS, Familiarity known as
Jap Edwards" returning from his
home in Fairfield from Benson, recently,
fell from his wagon and received injuries
which resulted in his death next day.
WHILE digging well on the farm of
Samuel johnson, residing three miles
east of Kingston, some days ago, a vein
of coal was struck at depth of eight
feet from the surfsce.-Litchfeld hide
pendent.
The wife of John Ysungstrom, three
miles from Litchfield, attempted to COM
NIT suicide recently. She took pretty
strong dose of strychnine, but effective
sntidOtes were given and the womsn's
life saved, after she had undergone hours
of intense suffering.
BETWEEN shutdown and dark the other
day the jswelry store of Oliver Peterson,
of Waseca, when he was at supper, was
robbed of watches and jewelry to the
duUunb VI PfVv. 1uc tSUUcfS Weft seen
escaping from the back door with their
plumber, but have not been captured.
LAST week the barn of Mr.. Cal.
Perkins, brother of 8. A. Perkins, of
Lskeville, near Preston Lake, Berville
county, was totally destroyed by fire,
together with two horses, harnesses, two
cows, several head of young cattle,
poultry and all his wheat; also span
of horses harnesses, buffalo robes,
blankets, ETC., belonging to Q. J. New.
comb, who was stopping there at the
time.
A FELLOW named Jarrett went to
Mrs. Sarah Simpsons residence in Plain
view, Wabashaw county, the other day,
and told the boy that Mrs. Simpson, who
was in Wabashaw, was in need of money,
and had sent him 30 sell some wheat and
take the money to her. The boy hitched
up the team, and Jarrett helped load
the wheat, which was taken to the
elevator snd sold for $32. Jarrett
pocketed the money and skipped.
AN Icelander got on the cars at Min
nesota city bound for Marshall, paid the
regular fare to the conductor, after
wards was made pay twenty-five cents
more by brakeman, and subsequently,
at the command of the brakeman,
jumped from cars while in motion for
fear of his being pushed of. Both bones
of his right leg were broken below the
knee, and his shoulder was badly buised.
He was taken to hotel in Marshall aud
cared for. The dishonest brakeman will
be dealt with.
DR.. BERRY laid on our desk yesterday
morning the tine of pitchfOrk, eight
inches long, that was removed from the
upper part of the thigh and abdomen of
Mrs. John Samuelson, Of Bernadotte,
Nicollet county. Some ten weeks ago
this lady fell from load of hay onto a
pitchfork, but never supposed the tine
was in the flesh until last Saturday,
when DR.. T. NJ. Marcellus, of Sleepy
Eye. one of Brown county's enterprising
M. DIS made an operation, and to the
intense surprise of every one, found and
removed the ssme.-New Ulns Revitw.
THERE is one good thing to be said of
the location of the insane hospital, and
that is, the extreme low price of fuel,
which is no inconsiderable item of ex-
pense. The st. Peter Tribune gives the
bids for over IL, 600 cords of hard wood
to be delivered Mt the main hospital at
from 81 80 to 50 Is, and averaging 2721
per cord; s, $50 cords were soft wood for
delivery at the same place, at from 81. 49
to 50, and averaging 81 SO per cord; and
775 cords of soft wood for delivery
at the pump house at from prices rang
ing from $l.40 to l90, and averaging