The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
MINNESOTA NEWS.

john EHRMANrRANT, prominent citi.
zen OF Chaska, Carver county, an old
settler. died last week.
A NEW postoffice has been established
in the town Of Odin, Watonwan county,
and P. Newgard appointed postmaster.
FRANK T. HEATING, former resident
of Brainerd, died at Leadville, on the
morning of the 10th inst, after an illness
of only twelve days.
OSCAR SoLUM, of Alexandria, had q
hand terribly crushed recently, while at
tempting to hold in place loose frog
when train was passing over it.
The Hokah Herald says Prof. 8. g.
Powers, Of Fountain, Minnesota, recent
ly took over 81 200 out Of Trempealeau
county, Wisconsin, for charts and heads.
Mrs. J. w. LIpIoK, of Shakopee, was
taken suddenly i'll last week, and her
malady developed into insanity, and
she had to be taken to, the asylum at st.
Peter.
On Sunday afternoon, March 81, Aug.
ust Wetterbaum, of Otisco, was acct
IDENTIFY shot and instantly killed by q
young son of Charles johnson, who was
carelessly handling loaded shot gun.
Mrs. MARGARET SKELLY, wife of
Patrick Sicily, of lie Sueur, died last
week at the age Of SO years. Her hus-
band, who survives her, is 100 years old.
They had lived in married life seventy
years.
w. II. H. DoLMAN, q Norwegian in
Northfeld, accidentally shot himself the
other day while carelessly handling O
revolver. The ball entered his head Just
under the left eye, penetrating the brain
and killing him instantly.
FRANK GRAVES and some others were
crossing the Beaver Greek, in Martin
county, on Monday, in q boat. When
Frank got over he took gun that was in
the boat by the muzzle. The charge en-
tered his body near the heart. His death
was instantaneous.
THE Chatfeld Uen0crat says that w.
L. Brilev drove his herd of 100 steers to
Spring Valley last week, where they were
sold to parties who will drive them to
Schuyler county, Illinois. II was the
finest and largest drove of young cattle
that ever left that section, and brought
the snug sum of $500.
LAST week the house of e. E. Jones,
some three and half miles northeast of
Darwin, Meeker county, took fire from q
stovepipe, and, heavy wind blowing at
the time, the barn and granary soon
caught fire, and no effort could stay the
flames. House, barn, granary, and every
thing in them was lost. Reinsurance.
ONE night last week freight train
loaded with horses and cattle, was
wrecked about half mile west of Good
hue City, Meeker county. Though there
was q very miscellaneous mixing up,
strange to say, not one of the animals
was killed or even injured. The roofs
and sides were speedily torn away to lib
crate the animals.
CHARLEY WESTON has recently built q
barn 15x22 feet from timber grown on
his own farm. Mr.. Weston came to this
section seventeen years ago, and at once
saw the necessity of tree planting for
protection against the winds, if nothing
nothing else, and he now not only raises
his own firewood, but timber large enough
for purposes as above. Wells advocate.
THE other day the house of John
Peterson, in IN isolated location near
Sank Rapids, was visited by tramp
when Mrs. Peterson was alone with q
child in the house. The tramp, with u
revolver in his hand. demanded $40 or
her life. She seized O Ratchet and dealt
the tramp heavy blow with the edge of
it. He gave a yell and fed with his
hand on his forehead. Though the
alarm was Immediately gwen and pursuit
made, the villain was not found.
Mr.. A. G. PORTER, first controller of
the United States treasury, writes from
Washington to Gov. Pillsbury to the ef-
feet that the account has been adjusted
between the United States and the state
of Minnesota under the acts of congress
of February 26, 1857, and May II, 1858,
for the five per cent. accruing TO the state
from the net proceeds of the sales of pub
lie lands with the boundaries of Mime
sofa for the fiscal year ending ON the 30th
day of June, 1879. The amount found
to be due the state was $4, 121, draft
for which amount accompanied the Motif
cation from the national treasury to Gov.
Pillsbury.