The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.

zen of st. Charles, died on the 10Th.
A LARGE Touring mill is to be built
this season at Cologne, Carver county.
TIE Congregational society Mt Waseca
have purchased parsonage for 81 $50.
DIR. GEORGE McMURPHEY has received
his commission rs United States pension
agent at Ortonville.
ALFRED CROFT, a young man of Gale
donna, Houston county, has been taken
to the insane asylum at Rochester.
IT is understood that the Southern
Minnesota railway company will make
Pipestone the end of its division, and
locate machine-shops there.
w. w. HoDaKINs, between Cordova
and Cleveland, LIE Sueur county has
made about 1900 pounds of sugar and
$50 gallons of maple syrupthis season.
HENRY PAULsoN, one of the Oldest
citizens of Mcleod county, died Mt
Refund Grove on Sunday last, and was
buried from the Catholic Church Tues
day.
ONE day recently young man named
John DAILY was bitten by horse. The
animal seized him by the wrist, shook
him violently and broke both bones of
the forearm.
The bee-keepers of Hastings report
great fatality among the swarms last
winter, and it is believed that that there
is not half as many swarms in that local
ity us Inst year.
EMMA PATTERSON is the name of the
adopted daughter of Mr.. Lewett of Litch-
oil hn hau fnl nhnl Of
Belle Cooke of San Francisco, to ride for
wager of 500.
AN eleven-year old daughter of
Jonathan Vol, of st. Augusta, Stearns
county, died ON Friday last from eating
wild parsnips, Two sons of Peter Gas
sar Of the same place came near losing
their lives from the same cause.
A SURVEYING party are now engaged
making n preliminary survey for the
proposed railroad from Taylors Falls
through Isanti, Mile Laos and Sher-
burne counties to Sank Rapids.
THE father of Mr.. Weston Gage, of
Seward, Mobiles county, while fighting
prairie fire ON the 18th, was 80 badly
burned that death ensued the next day.
He was about seventy-three years old.
TIE Sank Rapids water power was
bid in at the foreclosure sale recently
by Commodore Davidson, who held the
claim against the property for $125, 900.
G. w. Benedict bid 500, 900 for certain
Michigan parties.
ST. PETERS pays very moderate salar-
les to her city officials, the clerk receiv-
ing 5000; the attorney, 800; street COM
missioner, 1925; chief of police, $3.50;
fire warden, $25; assessor, $3.50. The
license for the sale of liquor was placed
at $50 for the year.
A WRIT of injunction has been granted
by Judge Dickinson, restraining and en-
joining the board of commissioners of
Martin county from issuing bonds for
the building of court house and Jail.
The burden OF the complaint is that the
vote of the town of Fox Lake was thrown
out.
Mr.. w. L. BARTEAU, of st. Paul, con-
templates putting up a Touring mill at
Breckenridge. The Free Press says
that by peculiar curve in the Otter
Tail there is an opportunity to secure a
tirst-class water power by excavating a
race-way over cutoff of some 1000
feet.
The Sank Rapids Sentinel says that
during the rainstorm OH Sunday after
noon, it grew 80 dark between the hours
OF and 3 o'clock that people We're COM
PEELED to light lamps in their houses. A
phenomenon of the storm was that the
rain which fell was of dark, muddy ap-
pearance.
A FARMER in this county informs us
that he supposed the chinch-bugs had
been disposed of by the cold weather of
last winter, but one day this week he had
the curiosity to examine the land to see.
He says he dug in several places and
found the ground literally swarming
with the pest, and they We're as lively as
could .-ROchester Record and IN
ion.
A SEVERE accident happened at the
house of Theo. Keepers, of Avon, re-
Gently, which was all the result of the
parents going to church and leaving five
small children ut home. A son OF IL
years found horn containing powder,
and in playing with it near the stove, fire
was communicated and an explosion fol-
lowed. The clothing of three of the
children caught fire, and although the
boy, with great presence Of mind, i'm
mediately stripped them of their raiment,
they were considerably burned, one OF
them dangerously.-& Cloud Times.
AN action in trespass has been COM
menced in the District Court ut st. Paul
by Anna Ziegler against the Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway company. The
plaintiff alleges that her place of resi-
dence has been greatly impaired by the
action of the company in laying out their
roadbed. Her dwelling is situated on
the ledge of rock overlooking the road
bed Of the company's track, and in blast
ing q passage for the roadbed, it is al
legged that the shock was 30 great as to
shake the foundation of her house and
create wide seams and breaks in the walls.
ST. PETER Tribune: On the 9th of
April, Willie Boardman, son of L. NJ.
Boardman, of this city, left home with
out the knowledge or consent of his
parents, and has not since been heard
from, nor is it known in what direction
he went. He is fifteen years of age,
rather large for his age, is dark complex
toned, and has dark hair and eyes. Any
person knowing of his whereabouts will
confer great favor by addressing L. NJ.
Boardman. st. Peter, Mimi, and the
newspapers of the state will oblige by
noticing the above.
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