The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-03
MINNESOTA NEWS.

w. IL. ItICHAhDbONy III WIiohu, CoLi-
mitted suicide ut the Nicollet house, in
st. Peter on the Dist inst, by taking
morphine.
Mr.. WETsTEIN, of st. Charles, fell
from load of grain the other day and
broke both bones of his left arm just
above the wrist.
GEORGE FREEMAN. of Hampton, Da-
kota county, fell from load OF wheat a
few days ago, and had his left leg broken
in three places.
X. N. LEITE of the town of Sacred
Heart, Renville county, lost twenty-six
shocks of wheat by fire from railroad
engine one day last week.
Two miles west of Herman, in Grant
county, Gabriel Johnson, over GO years
old, was instantly killed by being run
over by frightened mule team.
JOHN BAUER, of Scotland, Dakota
county, plasterer, fell from high seat
fold the other day and crushed his skull,
death ensuingin about an hour.
A cowARDLY sneak, for revenge the
other night entered the enclosure OF
Joseph Van Enron, of Delano, Wright
county, and shaved the hair from the tail
of his horse.
PRESTON has done more building this
summer than any other town i'll southern
Minnesota. The cost of improvements
will exceed. $4,000. The railroad has
been great help to the village. -fres-
tom Repmbiican.
Rev. q. CAMPBELL, who is abOut to
embark to the northwest coast OF Africa
as q missionary, under the auspices OF
the Presbyterian Church, was married
recently in Monticello, Wright county,
to Miss Louisa Kries, of that town.
Mr.. CHARLES G. BROWN of the Fishers
Landing Bulletin intends making the
trip to st. Paul, a distance of about 1880
miles, by wagon roads, on bicycle,
shortly, SO saws the Bukietin. Rather
II rough road to travel in muddy time.
Mr.. WEBSTER, living near Union lake,
injured one of his legs few weeks ago,
but paid no attention to it, and con-
timed to work in the harvest field.
Gangrene set in, and the leg will have to
be amputated. His physicians think he
cannot recover.
A NEW courthouse has been erected
and finished in Monticello, Wright coun.
ty, and now the matter is agitated of pre-.
pairing the basement of the edifice to be
used for Jail purposes. Wright county
has no Jail, and its prisoners are now
lodged in the Jail i'll Hennepin county.
NICHOLAS CROWLEY, ESQ.,, an old and
much respected resident of our town,
died of quinsy on Saturday nomidg last.
Mr.. Crowley came to Chatfield in 1856,
pre-empted piece of land about three
miles south of our village, where he has
lived up to the time Of his death. Chat,
.feid Democrat.
Mr.. JOHN A. AMUNDsoN, of this city
winner of the De Forest prize medal al
Yale college, received the medal on Tues.
day direct from the United States mini
at Philadelphia. Its Weights seven and
half ounces, and being of gold is val
ued ut 500. 1t is q neat medal anu
worthily bestowed. -ROchester Record
and Union.
LAST Wednesday night lightning
struck the house on Mr.. Welsh Ashley's
place, two miles north of town, and killed
two horses belonging to Dan Cameron,
who were engaged with threshing mn.
chine and had reached there the evening
previous. The horses were piled one
above the other and We're evidently in.
stantly killed, as both had hay in their
mouths Standardization Republic.
A STACK containing $50 unthreshed
bushels of wheat was burned to the
ground on the farm of Il. II. Kinney, in
the town of Lake, recently. The fire
was started from some sparks blown
from the steam threshing engine of Lee
Sutton, which was being used on the
place. The separator was also burned.
1t was with much difficulty that the
barns and outbuildings could be saved
Lake city Leader.
DURING q thunder storm Wednesday
morning, lightning struck stack of
wheat on the farm of Mr.. DEWITT, on
Greenwood Prairie, burning that stack
and another one standing near by. Sew
eral stacks OF wheat on the farm of Mr..
Metcalf, near Elgin, were also burned by
lightning during the same storm. On
Wednesday night lightning struck three
wheat stacks on the farm of II. Nj. Rich
ardson, in Haverhill, and they were
burned to the ground. IVabashaW Her.
aid, august 25.
AUGUST DELaER of Sibley county, a few
miles from lie Sueur, sold his farm last
spring and started for the Pacific coast
with his family, seeking for better To-
cation. He visited California, Oregon
and Washington Territory, and returned
with his family on Thursday of last week,
anxious to buy farm near the one he
sold. He is satisfied after all his wander
ings, that Minnesota offers better induce
ments to the Industrious farmer than any
other section of country he has seen.-
lie SUctr Sentinel.
THERE is considerable loud and rather
strong language used in this vicinity i'll
regard to the lack of provision made for
the support of the Connemara emigrants.
These people are in destitute condition,
no food and no work, and no prospects of
either. A long and severe winter is be-
fore them, and they are but lily provided
with clothes or shelter. Many of them
are leaving and quite number are COM
ing to this place, but there is very little
that they can find to do in town of this
size.-liOrris (Siepeas county, Tribune.
WHILE going home from Glencoe last
Thursday night, Mr.. George Hill, when
within eighty rods of his house, was
shot ut by some one concealed in the
grass by the side of the road. The ball
passed through the frontispiece of his
cap, and but for sudden movement of
his horse, which brought his head out of
its lire, would have passed through his
head. The wOuld-be assassin, seeing
that his first shot had failed, fired again,
but fortunately with no better effect.
the horse took fright and ran with his
rider to the stable. 1t was close call,
and the party who fired the shots meant
to kill. Mr.. Hill thinks he knows the
party.-GiencOe Register.
LAST Sunday morning Nh. James
Mcnamara and young Leisses went out
southwest of the town to shoot prairie
chicken, and when out of town some six
ur seven miles the former met with q
severe accident. As he was placing his
shotgun into the wagon the team started
suddenly and caused its discharge. The
whole charge of shot entered the fieshy
part of his left arm, below the elbow
joint, passing upward and onward
through the arm, breaking one OF the
bones, and lodging in his shirt sleeve.
Doctors Bigelow and Blood dressed the
injured limb, and hope to save it, al
though it may be rendered useless. -
Oaoat0nna Revie,U, Aug. q.
The Long Prairie, Todd Co.. Argus
notes the disappearance of W.. A. Bailey,
who was town treasurer md member of
the school board. 1t appears that
Bailey is owing q number Of our people
| nj Long Prairie. Amounting in NIL In
about s2l5, and he had in his possession