The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-28
Minnesota News.

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The drive we'll sharks are again
trying to intimidate the farmers In the
northern part Of the State.
The Lewiston Iadex, Is the name
Of newspaper recently started at
Lewiston, WinOna county.
| Diphtheria, that dread pestilence,
has made sad havoc among many
families in Faribaulto cunty.
The number of fires lately started
at Austin, indicates the presence of q
we'll organized band Of incendiaries
there.
In 1852 Minnesota contained ten
miles of railroad. To-day there are
nearly 5000 miles Of completed and
equipped road.
st. Paul Is said to pay from $4,000
to $1,000 annually for damages re.
ceived by parties from the execrable
sidewalks in that city.
The New Ulm sugar manufacture.
ing company have this season con-
verted AIS tons Of amber cane into.
syrup. The New Ulm works are In
charge Of Mr.. G. ID. Roberts, Fair
field, Ill.
The Mississippi river has been 80
low that lumbermen have found 1t
difficult to get logs to market and
many Of the saw mills have been
compelled to suspend operations and
await a freshet.
The Stone Mill at Kasson, has re.
Gently put in a fifty horse power
steam engine, of modern style. with
variable cutoff, built ut the Erie city.
Pa. works. 1t runs in connection
with the water power.
About half of the -four manufac.
tured in Minneapolis is shipped to
Europe on direct orders, and the mills
now have orders enough on their
books to keep them running for from
six weeks to three months.
Dave Abar, of Lake Prairie, had
the ends of the fingers Of one hand
torn off by getting them in the
cylinder of threshing machine
while threshing in lie Sueur county
last week.-St. Peter Tribune.
The roof on Barden's large cattle
barn at Window. came off during tho
recent storm, and one end blown in.
the roof falling on the machine shed
and tearing that to pieces also. A
large share of the cattle and horses
were in the storm all of Saturday.
Some man whose name we could
not learn came in from Sibley Co. to-
day and stated that he had found four
head of his cattle which had died
from the effects of the storm and the
rest fourteen in number, he could not
find any place. He reported the snow
as fifteen to eighteen feet deep.--St.
Peter Tribune.
While Engineer Bump, with Supt.
Egan on board, was bucking snow.
drift out west the other day at the
rate of so miles per hour, the pilot
was forced down on the track, rearing
the engine into the air, throwing 1t
off the track, but fortunately doing
no damage to either of them except
a few scratches.-Wels Adpocate.
The famous Minneapolis fair
grounds are to be abandoned for that
purpose and cut up into city lots.
The rapid growth of the city demands
this, but what Is remarkable about
the affair is that 10 new grounds are
talked of and that the probabilities
are that no more fairs will be held
Glencoe Register.
On Thursday last, Abraham Olson,
son of Hedge Olson, living about
six miles southwest Of Blooming
Prairie, struck Sanders Slette, .
neighbor of his, with some hard sub.
stance, falling him to the ground in
senseless condition, in which he re.
manned for some time, rallying
sufficiently the next day, however, to
be about little.
Mr.. c. II. Parsons formally opened
his store to the public last Saturday.
He has one of the finest and best
selected stock of goods in the county,
and cordially invites our people to
call and examine the same. His able
assistant, Miss Wood, of Mankato.
arrived Friday evening, and will be
pleased to show goods and give you
prices,-Faribault County Journal.
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