The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-01
THE EST.

THE board Of managers Of the National Sol
diers Home visited the Dayton and Milwaukee
institutions on the 23d and 2ith insts., and
ment. Gen. Patrie of New York succeeds Gov
Brown at Dayton, and Gen. L.. w. Iincks, of
the Milwaukee institution gives way Ia Gen.
Sharp, Of New York. No charges have been
made against the gentlemen removed. Gov.
Brown Of the Dayton home, was appointed
general inspector Of the homes.
THE ship Lucille arrived at san Francisco
from Yokohama, on the I'D inst, with 300
packages Of tea for merchants in that city, and
~, GOO packages in transit for New York. Ship
ments Of tea by sail tlis season, are the largest
that have been made IN many years.
BY the failure If the williamson Il CantwelI
Publishing company, the Star in DE West, organ
of the Uniyersalist Church ut Cincinnati, srls-
ponds publication. II was established in 1927,
and has been published continuously until now.
In its columns appeared some of the first pub
lished poems OF Alice and Ph1be Cary.
RELIABLE information from Indian Territory
states that the CheyenneS reagain threatening.
few days ago party of 800. well-mountcd,
visited the agency from Fort Reno became very
demonstrative, even slapplng the agents face,
and then the party ransacked the conmissary
stores At Wichita agency.
At a dinner party ut Cincinnati, o., On the
2lst inst, the sum OF $50. 800 was subscribed 10y
generous citizens towards the fund of $3.50, 900
To he raised To meet the condition of &. W..
Vests donation Of Il like sum for public mu-
scum.
MRs. HAZARD, Of Monticello Ill.,, gave birth
Ia five babies on the 18th inst. Three died.
JAMES II. REESE, Il real estate dealer, one Of
the oldest and best known citizens Of Chicago,
died on the Goth inst, aged 81. He came to
Chicago IN 1884.
Ar Corning, o., OH the 18th IIsr., striking
coal miners raised 10 much disturbance that Il
detachment of state militia was ordered la the
scene. Ia the evening the miners charged on
No. 3 mine on three sides. The troops opened
tire on them, when an ingloruus retreat was
made. There are about ten Of them wounded,
nine Of them seriously.
Official returns Of the Arkansas election Of
September 9th have been received from all the
counties in the state but two. No returns for
state officers have come from Cmcot and the
vote of Pulaski, included below, il unofficial.
These give: For governor, i. j. Churchill
(Democrat s3,O75; ". 7. Parkes CGreenbackcr)
1855. For secretary Of state, Jacob Frotch
(Democrat) $3.50; &. l.. Tobcy (Grcenbacker)
2s,33s. For state treasurer; ". T.. Woodruff,
Jr.. (DemocraD SG, 1877; W. A. Watson Green
backer)2G, SCI. Foe state auditor, Jno. Craw-
ford (DemocratD sG,733; G. T.. Cunningham
(Greenbackcr) 20, 1873. Chicot county gives,
officially, for Lear (Democratic) for land com
missioner l2.13l votes, and il IL presumed that
number for the remainder Of the state ticket
may be added To the above. The aggregate
vote reaches about l30, 900, the largest east
IN the state.
Al Chicago, on the 18th inst, Maud :. trotted
Il mile in 2:lOsi. The time hy quarters was:
Flint 81, second, 303I, third 81 a, fourth 3i$