The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-19
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

citizen Of st. Cloud, died last Friday
Jackson is in high glee over the
prospects of getting a north and south
railroad.
The Burr Robins & Colvin circus
. pitch their tent at st. Paul the
25th.
The Congregational church of Lake
City celebrated its 25th anniversary
on last Monday.
48O patients are reported to be oc.
cupying quarters at st. Peter origin.
ally intended for only 200.
Martin county's assets exceed her
liabilities, and her S per cent. court
house bonds sold at a premium.
NJ. G. Russell, editor in chief Of
the Duluth Tribune, has gone to his
bOyhOOd home in Pennsylvania.
The Waseca Radical says that the
dinner recently given the La Crosse
Board of Trade at Waseca cost that
city $S4.59
Underwood & Emery, of Lake City,
have 1900 bearing apple trees in their
orchard, which they claim will yield
500 bushels.
st. Peter contributed $500 and
NicOllet county outside Of st. Peter
$500 altogether $1,2OO-in aid Of the
cyclone sufferers.
The residence of w. II. Kelly of
OwatOnna was successfully burglar
lied last week, of ali the owners
silver ARE and good clothes.
The RecieU says every business
house In New Ulm is again under
roof, and with n or two exceptions
the glass fronts are replaced.
Mcleod County Agricultural SOcie.
ty will hold its Ninth Annual Fair at
the fair grounds in Hutchinson on
the 18th, 18th and 10th of September.
Seven OF eight deaths from small
pOx have occurred at Butter6eld, the
first station this side of st. James,
recently, among some Russian imni.
grants.
Mower county is 10 have a new
court house, costing $4,000, work
! upon which has commenced, and all
the money except $4,000 is in hand to
pay for it.
Among the exciting and attractive
features of the State fair will be q
ten mile lady horseback race, between
| Madam Bell Marie and Miss Mary
Barker for Il purse OF 81 200.
Orson Smith, a cooper, aged %,
whose father is a millwright living
at RushfOrd, was III over by a freight
train about $3.50 on Thursday after.
noon between Houston and Rush.
ford.
The three.year.Old child of H. H.
GOkey, while playing with her baby
sister last Monday. cut off n of its
fingers with a Ratchet. DIR. Puffer
set it, and says it will grow in place
again.-Bird Island Post.
Miss Ida Hatch, of Kasson, had
two of those beautiful flowers known
as the night blooming cereus in full
bloom one night last week. They
attracted the admiring gaze Of large
number of ladies and gentlemen.
A father in Wabasha warns. through
the Herald, all persons who have
taught his five-year old son prOfane
and obscene language and given or
sold him Intoxicating beverages, to-
baccO, cigars or cigarettes, that If
he knows of any more of it they will
lie prosecuted prosecuted y to the
extent of the law.
The lie Sueur Sentinel says that a
farmer in Redwood Falls who had
800 head of sheep that were greatly
annoyed by wolves. finally hit upon
the plan of hanging a lantern at night
in his sheep pen, and that thereafter
his sheep were not disturbed. If
this simple device will protect sheep
from wolves, it is worth knowing.
Daniel Rogers, aged ~ years, tool
master of the snrfacing and ditching
crew of the WinOna & st. Peter rail.
road. was fatally injured Monday
morning by being struck with u beam
and thrown under a car, MASKING the
left forearm and crushing all the
bones of the left shoulder, with &C.
ri0us internal INJURIES Vases Radi-
eel.
A number of the best farmers of
Jackson county inform us that they
are doing their "level-best" now.a-
days to stock up their farms with
cattle, sheep and hogs and that they
propose to next year plant large fields
of corn. In a few years, we Opine,
these men will as the Irishman said,
ride in chaises," while the fellows
who grow wheat will "gO a-fut."
Republic.
To-day is an eventful M in the
history of Superior. For the first
time in five years a propeller actually
steamed through the entry and landed
at the pier. The Manlstee, with her
party of excursiOnists, and a number
of Duluthians left the outer dock for
Superior about two o'clock this after.
noon. 1t is understood that the
people of Superior were overwhelmed
with emotion, and for few moments
were unable to fire off the cannon, 80
affected were they.-DuluM Tribune.
On Tuesday last, while the owner
was in town, Hugh Mcdonald of
Ceresco was leading q years old
bull belonging to Chas. Radcliff, his
brother in law, when in a moment
that he was with his back toward
him the animal rushed upon and
knocked him down and tried to gore
him. Hugh is a large, strong man
and succeeded In partially defending
himself till u mar came to his assist.
ance and attracted the attention of
the furious beast with a club till his
victim rolled out Of the way. Hugh
had one bone of his leg broken above
the ankle, and was badly bruised
about the back and breast, but will
0 o recOyer.-Madeliia Times.
Capt. l.. F. Babc0ck, q former re-
sident of Win0na, whose present bust
ness frequently calls him to Dakota
in the vicinity of the Big Sioux. in.
forms the Owatonna Journal, from
his own personal observation. that
the wheat in that country when he
lately saw it was not worth cutting,
and. that in southwestern Minnesota,
through which he travelled 1t appeared
to be very little better. He has found
better wheat in the central section Of
Minnesota than elsewhere. He had
also heard reports from the Red
River country which were not very
encouraging. The captain spoke in
glowing terms of the success Of
dairying in Northern Iowa. The
farmers were largely engaged in it,
and the business proved very profit
able. They had made close calcula-
lions and found they could keep forty
head of mich cows on 100 acres and
secure a net revenue of $1,000, after