The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-18
MINNESOTA NEWS.

STILES M. WEST, OF warsaw, GOOdhue
county, aged IA years, had nail which
he was attempting to drive into post
fly and strike one of his eyes. The sight
is entirely destroyed.
FREDERICK FLEENER, one of Mime
sota's pioneers, died at the residence of
his son, Garland Fleener,, in Wasioja
township, Dodge county, on Friday
evening, May %, 1880, aged ninety years.
CHARLES FISHER, an unmarried man
of twenty-six, a newcomer from Michi.
gan, was drowned Stature ay evening in
the South Buffalo, at the farm of VIM.
f. Cram, ON section nine, in Glendon
township.
MARY ANDERSON, of Anokn, n Swede
girl, attempted to put an end to her life
the other day by taking opium. Her
condition was discovered in time to save
her life. Cause: She says she "just
took notion to do it."
Two sons of John Sonntag, of Rich
Prairie, one of them a young man, went
in bathing on Sunday last while they had
the measles, and the result was that the
older one died the same day, and the
other son died on Tuesday.-Litttc Fats
Transcript.
TIE other day while Joseph, an eleven
ycar-old son of Mr.. NJ. Becker, of st.
Cloud, was playing with a young colt, he
was attacked by the mother of the colt,
which nearly bit the boys left ear off.
1t is bad wound, the ear being almost
severed from the head.
YESTERDAY (the 2nd inst. } morning,
Frank Bassett found in the North Buffa-
10 river, some fifty rods below his fathers
house, the body of Anton Schinner, the
strange peddler whose disappearance
last November will be recalled rs the
"Glendon mystery. "-GtendOn NeUs.
Miss MARY KUDER of Rich Prairie be
came the mother of baby on Saturday
last, the father of the child being Miss
Kuder's own uncle. She is only fifteen
years of age. The guilty wretch who is
responsible for this untimely arrival of
an heir, is her mothers brother.-Litttc
Fats Transcript.
ONE day last week, Peter Jorem, of
Lake Hanska, Brown county, was thrown
from his wagon aud killed. He was on
his way to to the woods, sitting on the
reiiCn Vi illS WuSoh, WiSh ~ ecf'iii Coih-
ing behind him frightened his team and
running, they threw him off with the
above sad result.-MadcliG Times.
TIE Fa;rmont Sentinel has the follow
ing from Sherburn, Martin county:
While testing the big railroad well to-
day, in which Griswold met his death, a
vein was struck which supplies in large
quantities one-half crude oil and one
half water. Great excitement prevails,
and the general belief is that Sherburn
has struck bonanza.
Mr.. HUGH SANDERsoN, our former
county treasurer, has received a new and
substantial token of the sympathy felt
for him Oh account of the unjust prose-
cution he suffered last year. Mr.. Fred
Rennewantz has presented him with
S242. so. contributed by his fellow-citi-
zens in Willmar and the town of Bur-
bank. to assist Mr.. Sanderson in pay
ing the heavy costs thrown upon him by
said prosecution. - Whitman Press.
In Richard, Rice. county, Frederick
Meyers and his two daughters, by the
team running away, were thrown from
the wagon and down an embankment
some twelve or fifteen feet. One of the
girls had collar bone broken and sus-
tanned other injuries; the other girl re-
ceived bad flesh wound and other
bruises, and Mr.. Meyer received cuts
and bruises about the head and feet.
All are expected to recover without seri-
GUS injuries.
On Sunday night, June 6, the jewelry
store of J. A, MOsher, of st. Charles,
Winona county, was entered by burglars,
his safe blown open and robbed OF $I25
in money, 25 watches, probable value
about 1915, and some 5000 worth Of jew
elry. Most of the watches belonged to
customers who had left them for repairs,
and $40 of the money belonged to the
ROYAL Arcanum society. The next
morning 10 of the watches OF the least
value and the Chez, ar portion OF the
iewelry were found in an clubhouse at
the rear of the premises.
BOOK LAKE, Mcleod county, had
hail storm last week that demolished the
fruit trees. currant bushes and damaged
MANY fields of grain, killing calves, pigs
and chickens. Not q whole pane OF
glass is left on the north side of the
houses in some parts Of the town. Mr..
]. w. Sullivan lost four head of stock by
lightning, u horse, yearling colt, year
ling and spring calf. The Glencoe Enter
prise says: Some of the hail stones
were as large as mans fist, and made
holes in the ground as If cannon balls
had been falling. At Glencoe the hail
stones measured ten inches in circumfer.
ence. The destruction of glass was the
only serious loss reported.