The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

STATE NEWS.


STATE NEWS
Next Monday" the day we cele.
brate -. promises to he more gencr-
ally observed throughout the State
than previous years.
Dalrynple has $500 acres in wheat
and 2,OGn acres in other grains now
growing, The outlook for II good
crop is better than last year ut this
time.
Two pleasure seekers from Chicago
were drowned ut ManitOu river,
about eighty miles from Duluth, on
Friday, by the capsizing of their
boat.
The mathematician of the Still.
water Zimmerman has figured ont that
"if the wheat crop is rs large rs the
crop of candidates for the Governors
chair. every farmer in Minnesota will
pay his debts and have money in the
bank"
Mr.. Henry Willard, with Il party
OF capitalists from the East, will
visit the Northwest shortly, going
over the line of the Northern Pacific
in operation not only rs most capt.
talists would do, but will take teams
and drive out on the line of survey,
and make Il thorough inspection of
his new possessions.
On Saturday afternoon rs i freight
| train was going west ON the Chi cagO,
Milwaukee Il st. Paul road, about
three miles west of Ramsey, Albert
Miller, Il brakeman. lost his balance
and fell from the train, striking on
his feet and breaking both legs ut
the ankle, SD that the bones projected
through the skin. Both feet were
afterward amputated. The doctors
say he will recover.
st. Cloud JOurnai Press: One of
the best stories incident to the pub
LEGATION Of the revised New Tesla.
ment is told ut the expense of the
ploils bulls and bears of Wall street.
Some cnterprising fellow bought sew
eral thousand copies of the old YER
sion, and putting them into new
bindings. did thriving business at
100 per cent, peddling them among
the brokers for the new version. 1t
is wickedly believed that the same
trick could not have been played upon
any other class of business lnen. 1t
couldn't have been OH newspaper
men, anyhow. Even J. a. Leonard,
George Chamberlin or Irving Todd
would have known the difference.
The Grand COmmandery of Knights
Templar, which held its annual ses-
sion in saltwater last week. elected
the following officers Sir II. l.. Nc
Cormick, Waseca, II. L. q. G.; Sir
l.. z. Rogers, Waterville, V. Z. d.
G. c.; w. G. Bronson. saltwater, L.
&. G.; II. c. Munger, st. Paul, +. C.
g.; p. p. Hubbell, WinOna, E. G.
prelate; J.. c. Stout, Lake City, f. S.
w.; N. Staughton, Winona, f. J. w.;
j. c. McFarlan. Minneapolis, f. G.
r.; A. II. c. Pierson, st. Paul. f. G.
recorder; Il. Van Dusen, Rochester,
+. G. S. bearer :. Is. FOote, Z. q.
sword bearer NJ. Moran, Albert
Lea, E.G. w.
The reunion meeting of the First
Minnesota Regiment Association was
held at White Bear last week, about
fOrty-five members being present, in
Guiding Major Heffeltinger, captain
William Lochren, Major Black and
other prominent citizens of the State.
Among the visitors was General John
Gibbon, Colonel of the Seventh U. s.
infantry, commanding ut Fort Smell.
ing, whose contribution of reminis.
cences related mainly to Gettysburg,
but including statement of his re-
ceiving letter from Gen. Franklin
saying that the brigade report cover
ing the action of the First Mime.
sofa at the first battle of Bull Run
had never been received ut the war
department., but that copy of it.
the only one in existence, was prOba.
bly, in possession of Gen. Willis A.
German, who was Colonel of the
First. Gen. GibbOn thereupOn ap.
piled to Capt. German, son of the
late Gen. German, who found the
copy and it had been forwarded to
Gen. Franklin, and would be filed at
the war department.