The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-11
Minnesota News.
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hoM illItc VI i've HtluuTtu pOtlluS Oh
butter are shipped from Waseca daily.
BASED on the figures of her new direc-
tory Faribault aspires TO a population of
1000.
Mrs. JOHANNA LYNCH, an old resident
of st. Cloud, died on Thursday morning
last, aged about % years.
Mis-. ALBERT SCHUMACHER. of Hendcr-
son county, was severely hurt the other
day by being thrown from wagon by q
runaway team.
A HORSE thief in Jail Mt Preston, Fill
more county, got behind the door, and
when the jailor opened it, locked that
functlonary in, and "skippcd the town. +"
MINNIE DAVENPORT, the girl who was
SO badly burned by her clothes taking
fire, i'll the town of Mount Pleasant, is
dead. She died in great agony.
GEORGE BLACK, pupil of Shattuck
school, Faribault, was drowned while in
bathing on the 29th ult. His parents
reside in Springfield, Illinois.
NUMEROUS accidents and fatalities to
horses are recorded on account of wire
fences. A horse costing its owner $500
was fatally injured in Morrison county,
recently, by wire fence.
DIR. HARDEN. of Isanti county. fell
down flight of stairs in the Anoka
house, Anoka, one day last week, and
sustained injuries sufficient to cause his
death last Monday.
THE Old Settlers association of Scott
county will hold their annual meeting
aud banquet at Shakopee on July 5,
1880, in connection with the Old Settlers
association of Shakopee.
LIGHTNING struck the large new barn
on the farm of A. b. Cruickshank. three
miles north of Lakeland, Jackson coun-
ty, which was burned with farm machin-
cry and other property, involving u loss
of $1,000.
S. n. WRIGHT, of Union Grove, Meek
err county, from couple of two-year-
old twin lambs has this season clipped
twenty-four pounds of wool, being less
than one years growth. Lon says he
clipped from the same lambs nineteen
pounds of wool.
One of Warren Dunham's horses was
badly injured Oh wire fence near Foun-
tain, Fillmore county, one night last
week. The road had been changed dur
ing the day and the driver was not aware
of the danger until the horse stuck the
fence, the barbs larcerated the animl's
breast and shoulder in frightful man.
ner.
The wife of Peter r. Peterson. of
Daniclson, Meeker county, disappeared
about fortnight ago, and, though
search has been kept up ever since, no
trace of her can be found. She is a wo.
man of about fifty years of age, medium
sized, with dark hair and brown eyes,
and Is believed to have worn a dark
ginham dress.
JOE RICHARDSON has put on his place
in Glencoe this spring 100 Norway
spruce and balsam frs, 100 arbor vitps.
ITO grape vines, 100 raspberries and so
ornamental trees. He has also 9. 900
currants, besides alarge number of apple
trees and various kinds of shrubbery.
Gt.ncOc Enterprise.
DPHTIIERIA is prevalent in the north
ern pant Of this town to m alarming cx-
tent. John DIN lost two more of his
children since our last, and last Wednes-
day Chas. Soderquist lost three of his
children. We are informed that few
iioiS nave tucu III bllc Bifllc ne1InDOr-
hood, and many more are down with the
fearful disease. Peters Tribune.
On Wednesday last, John Rooney,
ST., OF the town of Raymond, Stearns
county, started for the mill with load
of wheat. Several hours after his de-
parture he was found few miles from
home, lying dead underhis loadof wheat.
The wagon tipped over, burying him
under its freight, causing his deatb.-,&.
Cloud Times, May 1911.
Two brothers, Joseph and Tobias
Sherrad, were badly injured on Apple
river last Saturday morning, while at
work on the "drive." A portion of the
river bank caved in, carrying with it
some trees, one of which fell on the
brothers, smashing in Joseph's skull,
and breaking Tobias shoulder and 9th
erwise iniuring him. They were brought
to this place by teams, in the afternoon,
and taken to Saltwater OH the Knapp.
Joseph died on Sunday morning, and
Tobias is in a critical condition. -Tay-
tors Falls journal.