The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-24
State News.
A 250-barrel water mill is to be
built at Fergus Falls, MINI.

A 250-barrel water mill is to be
built at Fergus Falls, MINI.
1t Is said that only e5 changes were
made in the price Of wheat in Mime.
apolis during 1880.
The towns on the Hastings & Da-
kota railroad have been without mail
for eighteen days.
The Nesos says there is strong pro.
liabilities of considerable bailding
being done at Winnebago city tho
coming season.
Ex.Gov. C. G. Washburn is author.
ity for the statement that the Mime
apolis mills will grind $4,000. 900
bushels of wheat in 1881.
The insurance companies claim to
have lost money in this State for the
years business Of 1880. But they
will continue to do business. There
is nothing mean about them.
The term Of Office Of the pOstmas-
tiers of the following offices expire
March Is. j, Faribault, $1,000; Has
tings, 81. 900; Lake City, $4,000.
There are places on the Southern
Minnesota road where trains pass for
200 and 800 feet between walls Of
solidly packed snow. from Is to 30
feet high.
Hay is q scarce article at present In
town. The supply is not equal to the
demand, and it Is about impossible to
haul a load in any distance as yet. 1t
sells for 81 per ton readily.-Wimne-
bago News.
Good gracious neighbOr. hay at "a
per ton. Hay is . bonanza 1T this
place at $40 per ton.
The st. Peter Tribune says that
this country will soon be called "the
United States of Gould and Wander
bilt." The inference is probably
drawn from the manner they arc
gobbling the railroad and telegraph
lines.
The people of LanesborO had
charity dance last week and a man
named McGannon pocketed the pro-
ceeds, whereupon the citizens have
generally signed request for him
to disgorge, or else suffer the conse-
quences of q suit for obtaining money
under false pretenses.
The Minneapolis millers have re-
solved on closely discriminating be-
tween hard and soft wheat in tho
matter Of grade and price in future.
and the farmers Of Northern and
Western Minnesota will be more par
ticular in the selection of their seed
for prospective sowings.
The surveying corps Of the Chica-
60, Milwaukee l. st. Paul, now en-
gagged in running . line between here
and Mankato, report that the company
expects to build the road between
Glencoe and Mankato next spring.
This will connect the Hastings 4
Dakota with the Wells branch
Glencoe Register.
Mrs. A. d. Vedder, of Rochester,
wife Of an agricultural.lmplement
dealer, went to a dentist to have
some teeth extracted. The dentist
pulled seven and with one of them
tore away the gum, opening an artery.
The lady bled until she was 30 weak
she could not sit up, and near mid
night physician was called. and
after much trouble the bleeding was
stopped.
A correspondent to the Minneapolis
Tribune Of the II, from Rochester
says: The men who have returned
from shoveling snow, west. report
that they quit work on account Of tho
brutal treatment they received. They
say no accommodations were fur
nished them for sleeping; they were
supplied only with raw ham and
crackers for food, and that was sery-
ed to them on shovels. They arc
very indignant at their treatment.
a large number of men are going out
again, however, having been prom.
ised decent care.
The branch penitentiary should bo
located at Kasota. Then the prison
labor could be used in developing ths
stone quarries. Kasota has the best
stone in the great Northwest. The
rocks of the quarries of Kasota are
not only the best quality of any rock
in the country. but they are fire proof,
as the walls of the Asylum will at
test. The Asylum walls were built
of the Kasota stone and notwith-
standing the great heat to which they
were exposed the walls are as good As
ever.-St. Peter Tribune.
Domestic News.