The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
Everywhere.

A popular wave Is sweeping through
the South, doubtless doing a great
damage.
The steamer Ocecnic sailed from
San Francisco for Hong Kong yester.
day, carrying away $50 Cinnamon.
There Is a good deal of waste space
and uncultivated land in Italy--ovcr
100000 acres.
Considering that kind words cost
nothing, what poor stock Of them
is in the domestic markets.
New York is preparing for an un.
usually gay winter, an extra tier Of
cells having been placed in the Tombs.
A colored couple were married In
the pOor.house at GAINESVILLE, Ca,
the groom was ITO years old, and the
bride only 40.
Somebody has figured out that
Vanderbilt's income would allow him
to, in one day, visit 5000 circuses,
eat 10000 pints of peanuts, and drink
5000 glasses Of lemonade.
A marriage license was returned to
the county clerk ut Onawa, Ia, with
request that the fee paid for it be
sent back. The writer explained that
the girl had eloped with another
fellow.
Five years ago over 100000 Gro.
quet sets were sold in this country.
Last year the sale was less than 3d.
900 sets. The only game that holds
its own popular favor is poker.
The man who walked with his
wheel.barrow from Albany to San
Francisco is on his way home, and Is
now travelling from Washington to
Baltimore, whence he will 90 to AL.
bany. He has in his wheel.barrow
gray wolf, prairie dog and 1000
specimens of snakes.
Corns may be easily cured. The
most tOrturing corns can at once be
extirpated as follows: Take sharp
knife, and find the joint of the toe
whereupon the corn resides insert
the knife in the articulation, cut the
toe off and throw it away.
Il. A. Hyslop, a gentleman living
in Norfolk county, Va, recently cap.
tured an ordinary live turtle possess.
ed Of two well.formed heads. The
turtle was brought to bay in the
woods by a dog, and is considered
such curiosity that Mr.. Hyslop has
decided TO send it to the Smithsonian
institute at Washington.
The amount of money invested in
manufacturing enterprises in New
Jersey, is about $50 900 900, a capital
which employees IS 900 persons, IL, 900
being engaged In the manufacturing
OF silk in Paterson. The horse power
which runs the machinery Is estima.
ted at $4,000.
King Oscar, of Sweden, gave l2O,.
600 crowns towards the expenses of
NordenskjOld's expedition. The cost
of the expedition is said to have been
4l9,l77 crowns. Nordenskjold's &C.
count of his voyage is shortly to be
published In German. at Leipsic.
We may look for a large emigra.
ton to Alaska in the spring. A party
of surveyors recently returned from
the interior, report having discov.
cred heavy deposits Of gold in the
mountains near the headwaters of the
Yakon river. No matter how inhos.
pitable the climate. the presence of
the precious metal will attract thous.
ands from their comfortable homes
in. the East.
Chicago has fifteen butter factories
running in full blast. The product
of these factories is called butter by
courtesy, but is in reality vile com.
pound of lard, rancid grease Of all
kinds, and the refuse of the slop.
buckets. 1t Is sold as choice dairy
butter and consumed by the people Of
the city and of the country round
about, in blissful ignorance of Its
ingredients.