The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

One firm in Waseca sold the Circus
company 400 loaves of bread in one
day. Quite bread riot.
1t is estimated that one-half the
wheat in the Red River valley has
been ruined by the wet weather.
The proposition to issue railroad
bonds in Redwood county, submitted
to vote of the people, has been
badly defeated.
Just for the fun of the thing, a
small boy Of Rushford, Fillmore
county, shot and killed little girl
last week.
There was a fine show Of fruit at
the exhibition of the Minnesota
Agricultural society in Lake City on
Thursday.
Over thirteen hundred pieces or
parcels of land described in delin.
quent tax list Of 1880. have been sold
in Olmstead county.
A. II. Bulls of Winnebago City,
was awarded the first premium for
his herd OF Hereford cattle. He has
since sold bull for $3.50.
While several wOrkmen were en-.
gagged in removing the wood from
under an arch at the burned hospital
in st. Peter, the arch fell and several
men were more or less injured.
Messrs Finkle & White, of Fergus
Falls, sold their water power recently
for $4,000. Messrs Head & Cutler
were offered $4,000 for their share
but refused.
The other day son of Hon. S. Il.
Childs, of Blue Earth City, aged Is
years, snapped gun, and a piece Of
the percussion cap struck the center
of his right eye, entirely running the
sight.
The trial of Ed. Keller, of HOkah,
MIMI, charged with rObbing the mail
car Of Agent Jackson, year ago, was
commenced on Thursday in the Unit
ed States Court at La Crosse, and
excites much sympathy.
The Rochester Post has been pre-.
scented with a fragment of rock taken
from the we'll on the Bender farm in
Kansas, in which was found nine
human dead bOdies-victims of the
murderous Bender family.
The trial of McGraw for the muir.
der of Smith at Aitkin last March,
took place at Brainard, on the 2lst.
McGraw was convicted Of murder in
the second degree, which entities
him to seven years at saltwater.
A correspondent from Wells to the
Blue Earth City Post, says that there
has never been time during the past
ten years when the prospects for the
future prosperity of Wells have
seemed to be as flattering as tho
present.
The postofiice at Pembina, Mimi,
is in log house, seventeen years old.
1t is matched with mud and straw.
and the chinks are filled with the same
compound. The chimneys are of the
likewise material, and is q quaint
looking object. The door Is so short
that one has to stoOp to enter.
Senator Edgerton has only one
more day of active Senatorial life.
The extra session of the Senate will
convene on the 10th and the State
legislature on the 18th. Senator
EdgertOn will only be Senator until
the legislature meets on the eleventh
but he can help organize the Senate
OH the 10th.
If any one wants real choice,
reasonable fish stories, he should 60
to Minnesota. Folks have no fancy
for the incredible up there; the facts
are so plenty that exaggeratiOn is
simple folly. A party of anglers
were seated around in Minnesota
depot, with fine string of fish, a
few days ago, waiting for train. and
killed time by relating their expe.
riences. Several pretty stout yarns
were narrated, when a long EARNED
MinnesOtian, who appeared to DC q
resident Of the town and had appar-
emily taken great interest in the
stories, interrupted the meeting by
saying that he was possessed of facts
that would discount any that had
been cited. What lie was about to
tell was true, because 1t had been his
own experience. Abiding to some
remarks that had been made about
the rapid growth of fish in Minnesota
waters, he said that four years ago
he caught a three.pound bass. As
he did not want small fish he threw
the body back into the water, but
before doing so, tied little toy tin
whistle to its tail. Three years later
he caught the same fish, which
weighed twelve pounds, and the tin
whistle had grown to be an enormous
fog horn. The statement was not
disputed.
Hon. r. A. Jones wishes us to state
that he has received a request to call
a judicial district convention to nom
mate candidate to run against
Judge Start. Mr.. Jones says most
emphatically he will do nothing Of
the kind.
The Rochester Record & Union,
in speaking Of the insane asylum at
that place, says:
The improvements at the asylum
are progressing rapidly. The new
engine room Is ready for the roof i;
the foundation for the 100 foot Chin
ney is laid, and the brick work will
begin in q few days. The tunnel to
the main building Is completed. The
steam filters are now engaged upon
the water works, putting in the new
steam and water pipes, etc.
Since the legislative session Of last
Winter in this State, several vacan.
cies have occurred as follows: by
the resignation of Senator A. G.
Wedge, of Freedom county, to accept
the Office of Internal RevenueC Collector
for the first district by the resigna.
ton Of Representative II. II. Is.
McMasters, from Wabasha county,
and of representative o. b. ,Kidder,
of Dodge county, ON account of re-
mOval from the State. Yesterday
Gov, Pillsbury issued warrants for
special elections to ill these vacan-
cies, which were sent to the several
County Auditors, who will give them
the ten days notice required by law,
which will bring the election about
the 5th or 9th of October, giving
only three or four days in which to
canvass the votes, and the chosen
to get to st. Paul on the
opening Of the special legislative
session the 18th.
Private Secretary Brown denies the
truth Of the report that Mrs. Garfield
faintad DURING the niOht after fha