The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.

WlNNTSVIh NLVSs
A BEAN was seen just sonth Of the vii
lage OF MelrOse the other day.
MISS LoTTfE WeBsTER wis baptized
at thesouth bridge, in Austin, ON Sunday.
OctOber3.
AN eight year Old daughter OF Matthias
Jacobs, Of Carver, had u leg broken the
other day.
A LARGE number of bogus silver dol
lars have been in circulation in Glencoe
AMI vicinity lately.
TIE long-continued dry weather IL
making FIJI blowing difficult in some
parts of the saate.
JOHN HoLLES, Of krain, Stearns
county, lost his house and all its con-
tents recently byfire. Insured.
One of the cadets at the Shattuck
school, at Fairibault, had nn arm broken
IN the gymnasium the other day.
THR spire OF the Catholic church in
Blue Earth City, Fairibault county, will,
when completed, be 1876 feet high.
Mrs. SrEMMER, an aged lady Of Eagle
Greek, few days siuce, fell from wagon
and broke IN arm above tic elbow.
IRA CARPENTER is the new POSTMASTER
nj Little Sank, Todd county, and has ELL
tered upon the discharge of his duties.
IT is reported that ]. w. Aver, Of
Belle PLANE, Morrison county, hes had
100 tons OF hay burned by prairie fires.
, recently.
Mr. DoTY, who lives in the timber
north Of the village of Melrose, shot IL
bear and two cubs near his land few
days ago.
SrEARNs county has enrolled Joss
scholars and drew, under the semi-annual
appottionment of state school funds,
50, 5G9.S0.
ABOUT fifty YanktOn Indians are at
/ Pipestone City, being engaged in Dig
cling pipestone, from which they manu-
faetnre pipes.
Mis-. CHARLES Hyatt, of Fergus Falls,
fell from loaded wagon, the other day,
and had both legs broken by the wheels
running over them.
ABE ERHARD, of Otter Tail county,
while OH his way from Fergus Falls, the
other day, had four ribs broken by his
team running away.
! WHEN team can draw eighty-fiye
! bushels Of wheat to market, and return
with 1.2OO feet of lumber, the Tyler
TriLnae thinks it safe to say the roads
are in good condition.
HANS EINERAON, of Palmyra, Rem.
vile county, was killed the other day by
the running away of fOur-hOrse team
which he was driving.
THE residence of j. l.. Shaw, OF Vi.
Wan, Waseca county, was recently tie
stroyed by fire with portion Of the con.
tents, partially insured.
IT is stated that over ninety miles
have been graded on the southern Min
nesota division Of the Chicago, Milwal.
kee & st. Paul railway the present sea-
son.
Ar Melrase, Stearns county, the other
day, Thomas COnnelley fell from hand.
car, which ran over him, breaking one
leg below the knee, and had his scalp
nearly torn of.
An eight-year.old daughter Of Peter
Woods, of Silver lake, Martin county,
fell into poorly covered old well, fifteen
feet deep, containing ten feet Of water
and WAS drowned.
SOME four years ngO Michael Burke,
of Faribault lost the sight Of one of his
eyes. Recently he received IN injury III
the well eye which threatens the loss OF
the sight of that one.
SEVERAL stacks of oats belonging tC
John Kraus, of Wakefield, Stearn'
county, WIS destroyed by fire recently
cansing loss OF 800 bushels Of oats
The fire was caused by sparks from q
steam-thresher.
The Cambridge, Isanta county, Prem.
says the dead body mentioned last week
was that OF Abraham Tanglin, of Horse
shoe lake; he left home the 9th of last
July and was never heard from since
until the body was found.
HOS. LOUIS MAYO and wife, Of Saul
Rapids, Benton county, short tim'
since were thrown violently to the
ground from their wagon by their horses
running away. Mr.. Mayo had two rib'
broken and was otherwise injured. Mrs
Mayo escaped with slight bruises.
By his frightened team running away
a few days ago, L. Turrell, of Water
Vile, LIE Suenr county, and his two chill
dren were thrown to the ground. Ont
ri his legs was broken in three places be
low the knee, the bone protrldint
through the skin. One OF the children
received fatal injuries.
A SON of George Bennett, OF Carver,
was badly hurt recently, while pla,
some other boys. They were moving {
Hat car. The Bennett boy, being before
the wheel, fell and wns caught, the whee
passing over the leg. DIR. Griffin is IL
charge of the case, hut We have not learn
ed whether the leg will be saved or not
-CHaska Heran.
LAST Sunday. about three o'clock in
the afternoon, Mr.. George w. Jones,
who has been visiting his brother-in-law
Captain N. Small, of Grow, while stand
ing in the door-yard, overseeing the re.
moval of his baggage, preparatory FOL
his departure for home, in Augusta,
Maine, fell suddenly backward with d
groan. Mr.. Small, who was in the house
ut the time, hearing him, rushed to his
assistance, but on reaching him found
life extinct.-AnOkd Union.