The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-12-09
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

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MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.
The pink eye has struck Jackson
county.
A bank is to be started at Slayton,
Murray county, early next spring.
Steamboatmen are preparing to
close the seasons business ut Duluth.
A society for the relief of the poor
has been organized in saltwater.
Settlers on railway lands relinquish.
ed by the governor, can now make
final proof.
The Winona Milling compan yhas
introduced the Edison electric light
in their mills.
Steele county Commissioners have
recently paid SIS 900 for site for q
court house.
Two hundred and fifty wagons a
month are being turned out by the
Winona Wagon Company.
Theodore Tilton is going to lecture
in this State this winter. He was
billed for Plainview Dec. 9th.
A convention of county superin.
tendents is to be held in st. Paul,
commencing on the 9th instant.
The Standard Coal Company, of
Minneapolis, has been organized with
capital of $500, 200.
The remaining smallpox patient
at the driving park at Saltwater has
died. This is the third fatal case.
The revised and corrected returns
Of the census of 1880 places the pop
ulation of the State at 7S0,773.
The Fairmont Sentinel predicts a
fuel famine, saying no wood nor coal
can he obtained for love or money.
The new Episcopal church in
Worthington is under roof, and the
inside finish is being pushed forward.
The postofllce at Pennington was
entered by burglars on Tuesday
evening, and between 500 and $500
stolen.
\ meeting of farmers has been
called mt Sank Center to take action
against the alleged unjust dealings
of wheat buyers.
During the ten months ending
November there were 427 .72S acres
of land taken up at the Crookston
land office.
The st. Paul Chamber of Commerce
have petitioned Congress to increase
the pay of auxiliary letter carriers
from $500 to 5000 per year.
The Sheriff of Lincoln county has
brought suit for libel against the
proprietors of the Journal at that
place, and fixes damages at $4,000.
Alexander Macarthur, bridge
contractor of Duluth, fell from a
bridge distance of Is feet, and
suffered a severe fracture of the
skull.
David Good of Houston county
alleges that he was attacked by q
panther, which he drove off with his
fist and stone, and escaped by the
ileetness Of his horse.
Andrew Benjman, who stabbed q
man named Brisbin, ut Red Wing
several weeks ago, and escaped, has
returned and given himself up to the
authorities.
J. F. Jones has commenced suit
againt Mrs. Tyrer of Albert Lea to
foreclose mortgage on her house for
81 200. She claims that her name
and one of the witnesses were forged.
The Grand Pacific hotel, at Moor
head, was opened to the public on
Thanksgiving day. This house is by
far the finest in the Northwest and
was completed at a cost of 100000.
Three cases of smallpox are re-
ported from one hotel in Granite
Falls, and a family of six are reported
down with the same disease. No
protective measures have rs yet been
adopted.
Geo. r. Virgin, an old resident of
Sank Center, fell backwards over a
railing and down stairway ut a
coloOis VII IiknI,
broke his back. He died next morn
ing.
N. p. Johnson, a farmer living near
st. Peter, was terribly gored by a
mad bull few days ago. His flesh
was terribly lacerated Oh both thighs,
and there is some doubt of his re-
covery.
Work has about stopped on the
north wing of the hospital for insane
at st. Peter. a few men are still at
work, but the most of. those who
have been at work during the summer
have quit.
The house of Mrs. Edward Charles,
five miles south of Owatonna, was
destroyed by fire last week with all
its contents. The insurance had ex-
pired two weeks previous. Loss
$1,000.
The Montevideo Leader says that
at every station on the Hastings &
Dakota railway coal sheds have been
erected and well filled with coal and
there is no complaint of scarcity of
fuel on the entire line.
A number OF homesteaders in Pine
and Carlton counties have got into
trouble by cutting off the timber on
their claims. A government detec-
tive has put attachments on q large
amount of wood, ties, piling, etc.,
and stopped operations among the
wood.choppers.
Prof. w. F. Phelps has been mott.
fled by the secretary that a meeting
of the committee appointed by the
Mississippi River improvement Con-
vention will be held at the Mer.
chants exchange in st. Louis on
Dec. IA, 1881, to consider the me-
thOds of carrying forward the work
planned out by the convention.
For the year ending November 30
last 200 claims of all kinds have been
filed in the office of the Adjutant
General, of which 1l9 were allowed
and As rejected. The amount allowed
was $104,9l9.1S. rwo thousand
claims are now pending awaiting the
action of the department at Washing.
ton.
Farmers generally have improved
the recent fair weather to do up their
threshing. The wheat Is coming out
with smaller proportion of damaged
wheat than has been generally antici.
pated. In consequence of the scarce
ty of hay many farmers are stacking
their straw as it comes from the ma
chine, to keep it in good condition