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

Minnesota News.
The Murdoch Messenger says the
farmers out on the prairies are clamor-
ing for the new patent hay-burners.
Two young men, on the way from Can
non Falls to Mortified, the other night,
were met by highwaymen, and robbed OF
$l4.50.
Rev. G. b. Brescount, formerly OF
Sioux Falls, but late of Crookston, has
been transferred to the conference OF
Cincinnati, and will labor in Ohio during
the next year.
The state papers are again sounding
a warning against the wiles of the cloth.
peddlers, who beat even the lightning.
rod man in capacity for fooling the
honest granger.
The round elevator Mt MontevideO,
owned by /. X. Stone, is beauty in
every way, has capacity of GO, 900 bush.
els, and is taking the principal part OF
the wheat this season.
MARSHALL county claims that there
was mistake in the published report OF
the census takers, which made the pop.
ulation 800, when the actual figures OF
the enumerators were 200.
TYLER Tribune: T. II. Cummings,
who was reported missing several weeks
since, is possibly in the bottom of Lake
Benton. He had considerable money on
his person. Foul play is suspected.
Hon. CLARK w. THOMPSON, president
of the State Agricultural society, states
That the last state fair at Rochester paii
all the premiums, every expense, ant
81, 900 of the old indebtedness, leaving {
balance Of $500 on hand.
IT is reported that Dan Thorn, Of st
Francis, has eloped with q Mrs. Idt
Jacobs, of Wisconsin. Before leaving
he brought IN action of divorce agains
his wife, alleging adultery as the grount
for action. Cambridge Press.
T. j. STANLEY shot a bear on Saturday
ut Mathew lake, Benton county, which
weighed 344 pounds 1t was shipped t.
Chicago. Mr.. Humphrey Fifeld, o.
Langola, in the same county, recently
killed eleven bears in three days, ant
they were not very good days, either.
A VERY sudden death occurred on Fri
day last at Angus, Polk county, on tn
iurii VI MI ENhiiS, Vic uulic VI VIC uc
ceased being VIM. st. Thomas, his hom
at Organdale, Wis.,, aud his age fifty-tw.
years. He was wJf.;ing on q thr eshe
for Sommers Brof., a,o WIS talking t.
his son, when. without warning, h
dropped dead.
Gov. MILLRR recently received from
the government q pension Of Sc, 800. Ill
promptly put part of it into one Of tn
neatest residences in Worthington. Thi
was little slow in coming, but no pen
sion was ever more deserved. 1t was, il
fact, debt which the government O@et
q war veteran. The pension hereafte
will be $50 per month. - WOrthingto'
| AdUdace.
JOHN MAIN, formerly of Fremont, VIII.
skipped out about the LIST Of July last
leaving q young lady that he was ell
gagged to be married to, was killed q
Cedar Valley, California. on the 9th O
| September. He was ut work hauling
hay, when he was caught between thu
wagon and fence post, severing five O
his ribs from the spinal column. HI
lived about twenty minutes.
On last Sabbath morning Rev. E. s
Williams occupied the pulpit ut thu
Congregational Church, and ut the clos.
of the services an earnest effort wal
made to raise money to pay off the
church debt. An appeal was made t.
the members Of the congregation las
Sunday, and subscriptions to the amount
Of 81, 900. 03 was raised in very short
time, in sums varying from 81 up to 800
Morris Tribune.
DPHTHERIA continues at New Ulm and
deaths are of frequent occurrence. The
families of j. Mueller, j. Bender and
p. Bartle have been bereaved by the
loss of beloved children. Mr.. Mueller
lost his only son, aged eight years, and
all his other children suffered terribly
with the same disease. Mr.. Bender's
child died on the 10Th, and he has still
another one down, while that Of Mr..
Bartle died on the 10Th.
ABOUT one year ago, Oscar Olsen left
Highland Prairie, Fillmore county, for
Dakota territory. His family consisted
of his wife and eight children. He also
had twenty head of cattle, good team
of horses, O wagon and household furni-
ture. Now the report cones, that diph-
theria has taken away his entire family,
wife and children, and that chattel mort
cages, 30 as to raise money to pay en-
penses of sickness, ETC., have been fore
closed, stripping him of all his worldly
goods.
r. o. HALL is free man once more.
The indictments found against him in
Freeborn county are all disposed of at
last, after costing him $500 or $500, and
benefiting no one but lawyers. At the
recent term of court in Albert Lea,
county attorney Lovely entered q nolle
prosequi in the indictment, compound
ing q felony" and in the one for "mis-
demeanor," Mr.. Hall made statement
of his case to the court, and on the pay
ment of q fine of $40, the state of Min.
nesota was declared satisfied. -Austin
Transcript.
The remains of Lieut.. Freeman, who
was killed by the Indians and buried
near Camp Sibley, have been found by
his son, d. H. Freeman, after long
and tedious search, and taken to st.
Cloud for interment The skull was
easily recognized by the hole made in il
by the tomahawk Of the Indian at the
Jlillc no WIN hluCus 1uC Juice WCIC uOt
all found in the grave, wild animals of
the prairie having dug and gnawed their
way into the wagon box in which the
body was buried, and removed nearly oil
the remains. The skull and number
Of other bones were found lying on the
surface of the ground.
On Friday last while Ferdinand Muel-
Ter was hunting on the Grow Wing river,
about thirty miles from Versdale, he was
mistaken for bear by an Indian, who
fred at him through the brush, the ball
passing through his right arm between
the shoulder and the elbow, making an
ugly flesh wound. hut not striking the
bone. Assoon % his cry was heard, the In
dian who was in canoe with two compan.
ions, came ashore, dropped his gun, and
ran to Mr.. Muellers assistance. The
Indians seemedmuch frightened and dis
mayed, and offered to do all In their
power to aid him and take him to some
place where he could get his wound
dressed. - Verndlale Becker county
Journal.