The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-08

Ar the Pylo home, Indianapolis, Ind, on the
morning Of the Goth ult., 1t was discovered that
James Forester and wife, guests from La
Porte, had blown out the gar before retiring.
Forester was dead and his wife was not expect
cd to survive.
THE decomposed body Of Ridley Onque, was
found IN tho woods near Princeton, N. D., ON
tho Goth ult. A falling tree had crushed hiS
skull.
CIRCUS elephant leaned up against his
keeper In box-car ut Charlotte, n. g., on tho
29th ult., and crushed him TO death. Tho
animal then jumped out and started up tho
railroad track ut n lively gait. lie was re-
captured with difficulty.
In Sharon township, Washtenaw county,
Mich, on the 18th inst, young man named
Meyer attempted t. climb over threshing
machine on scaffold In the barn, when hc lost
bis balance and fell into the cylinder. He was
injured NO badly that he died after suffering
| for several hours.
The dry goods store Of Hull julius, boot
and shoe store of Crosby 4 Co., hardware
store Of Prussians. and First National Bank
| besides smaller buildings were burned ut Fort
Dodge, Ia, ON the 2Sth inst. Loss 800, 900;
insurance 100000.
The steamer Josephine, with two barges in
tow was struck by violent storm on Lake
Ponchartrain, La, on the 9th, and was com-
peled to abandon the bargcs, leaving three men
on each. They are supposed to he lost.
A FARMER named William Donnely, living
near Jericho, l.. l., was gored to death by u
bull the other day.
On the 18th. while William Tanner and Filing
Ellingson were trying 10 cross Mud creek, near
| Norway, H., they were swept down stream and
both drowned, as was also one of tho teams.
The boiler of steam tlrcsher exploded on
the rancho of II. Il. Glenn, near Princeton,
ColuSa county, CAL, on the 27tn, killing the
fireman aud two Cinnamon, aud seriously
scal,lirg the engineer and six others.
Ar Jacksonboro, Tex, ON the 9th morning,
immense swaims of grasshoppers appeared,
coming from the north, ut times Gbscming the
| sun. Farms near there were completely de-
molished, even cotton-stalks being deyoured.
A SPECIAL train from Sacramento, Cal, with
the First regiment National Guards, returning
from the state fair left thu track on Oakland
wharf on the nigh, of the 2Gth owing to II mis-
placed switch. The engineer, William Brown,
stuck 10 the lever OF the air brakes, and went
| down with the engine. The fireman was
rescued. Annmber of passengers were bruised,
but none seriously hurt.
A MAGpALEN ISLANDS, Gulf Of the 1t. Law
renee dispatch of the 9th chronicles the drown
ing by the uprcttng of boats of Henry Galistt,
VIM. Jones, John Matthew Eastman, Dennis
Shehen and Owen Fit2gerald-all fishermen.
The steamer Bermuda was damaged 10 the
extent of 100000 by fire ut New York, on the
10Th inst.
The Enon, o., paper mills were destroyed by
fire on the 26th. Loss $4,000.
A STEAM pipe on the steamer Harper, ex-
ploded when the boat was near Niel's Landing,
Mississippi river, on the 25th fatally scalding
the engineer, Lem. p. Boyer. Five colored
roustabouts received serious scalds.
WAsuISGToN EMERY and James Menzer were
killed by the explosion Of a saw mill boiler
fourteen miles east of Leadville, Col, on the
18th.