The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.

JUDGE Brown, ut Ottawa, LeSueur
county, on the 9th ult.
THE Lac qui Parle Press says the land
for twelve miles on Big Stone lake has
been plated for city lots.
Rev. J. +. WALKER, formerly OF
Plainview, died last Friday, at noon, in
Topeka, Kansas.
The Lanesboro Journal says that Mr..
James Thompson's new oat meal mill ID
mammoth establishment and will be
M honor to its builder and to Lanesboro.
1t will grind 1900 bushels OF oats day.
Il. G.. HALL, formerly of Rushford,
and now OH visit to that place, has re-
Gently sold out his half interest in some
Colorado mining property, the price
paid for the whole of which was SlGO, 900.
The New Ulm Repie,0 says that Judge
Cox holds thirty-six special and general
terms of court in his district i'll year, be-
sides answering calls frequently from
outside districts.
Mr.. e. b. CLARK, one of the prospect
ors for coal at Albert Lea, informs the
editor of the Lanesboro journal that
they have struck slate rock at depth OF
ITO feet, and expected to find coal imme-
diately beneath it.
j. ID. THOMPSON, of Dover, Olmsted
county, had his grnnary and stables
burned recently by u lantern being
upset, losing all his farming tools and
some grain. Loss, 5000 to 500; insured
in American, Chicago, for $3.50.
GRAND MASTER WORKMAN A. II. TAI
sEY, of the state lodge A. o. U. w.,
has organized lodge in Appleton,
Swift county, of about thirty members,
to be known as the Appleton lodge,
No. 80.
OLIVER HAYFoRD the other day, living
near Cleveland, lie Sueur county, at
tackled Joseph Oliver with an axe, knock
ing him down and brlising him about
the head and breast. The r,lfiian was
arrested.
Two ladies' in Anoka thought it would
be funny thing to ride on wagon
which had no box. Both fell off'-one
was uninjured, the other was run over
and had three ribs and collar bone
broken.
Mrs. PETER NAEGLE, of Rich Prairie,
gave birth recently to three children, all
! boys. She has been married three years,
and had twice previously given birth to
twins, making seven children in three
| years.-.S. cloud Times.
TIE old settlers of Wright county met
at Buffalo last week and organized his
torical society, with the following officers:
President, VIM. Sleight; secretary, ID. r..
Farnham; treasurer, James Sturgis. A
vice president was elected from every
| town.
! DANIEL S. MORRISON, about 35 years
of age, a cook, died suddenly Mt the
Crawford house, st. Vincent, where he
had been working, Oh the Dist ult. of
pneumonia. No person knows of his
| former history; he kept himself and
secrets carefully within his breast.
The Fergus Falls journal says: w.
f. Cowles, of Pelican Rapids, has been
out OH Lake Ida fishing, where he
caught nearly ton according to rough
estimate. He brought home one monster
muskalonge which weighed twenty-three
pounds and measured three and half
feet in length.
OK morning of last week the dwell
ling house and granary of Joseph Clarke,
Of Faribault, were DESTROYED by fire,
with nearly all their contents. Mr..
Clarke and family escaped with difficulty
in their night clothes. No insurance.
Mr.. Clarke, wife and seven children are
left in destitute circumstances.
THERE was reunion of old soldiers
at Pelican Rapids on Washington birth
day, and society organized to be called
the "Soldiers Association of Otter Tail
county," the next meeting of which is to
be held on the 9Th of June. The follow
ing officers were chosen: President, o.
| G. Chase, Fergus Falls; vice president,
Lee Rundell, Pelican; secretary; A. J.
Underwood, Fergus Falls; treasurer, A.
ID. Dewey, st. Olof. In the list of old
soldiers present at Pelican Rapids were
representatives of nearly all the Mime
sofa regiments, and from Iowa, WiscOn-
sin, Illinois, New Hampshire and Ohio
regiments. One old soldier said that
after sending three sons and sons-in-law
to the war he went out himself and fin
ished it up.