The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-05

went down, carrying with It seven persons, two
Of whom were drowned. At Watertown, Wis,
ono bridge was destroyed and two others i'll
jured. The Chicago and Desplaines rivers, at
Chicago, were higher than they have been in
twenty years
Thirty lodges of Maricopa Sioux In
dams lately surrendered at Fort Keogh. They
are allies OF Sitting Bulls band. 1t is said
that 8. D. himself will shortly come in and give
himself up. He has only 100 braves left with
him.
The Elkhart paper-mill, at Elkhart,
Ind, has been partially destroyed by fire.
Cause Of the fire, spontaneous combustion.
Loss estimated at $4,000; fully insured. The
mill was owned by the Hon. Rufus Beardsley
aud the Hon. John Cook. The work of re-
pairing the building will begin at once, and the
mill will be ready again within a few weeks.
A shocking accident, resulting in the
death of half dozen people. happened on the
Rock Island division Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway, about mile below Al
bsny, Ill. The Meredosia river is crossed at
that point by u trcstle bridge, 200 or 800 feet
long. THIS bridge had become ~ weakened by
the strong current that It gave way beneath an
express tram, and the engine, tender
and the two forward cars went Down
into the river. The locomotive and
tender with the engineer aud fireman,
went to the bottom. The express messenger,
nj Irs hon
pened to be in the passenger car, and escaped
by climbing to tho roof. as il WAS sinking, and
lesping thence 10 the sleeper, which ramaiaed
on the bridge. The passenger car, with its
eleven passengers, aoatod OF nnti! grounded
near an island. Five OF the passengers cs-
capped The three passengers in the sleeper got
ont without injury.
Frederick Smith was shot and dan
serously wounded by John Finuick, near Dale
vile, Ind, III quarrel over the possession "
a field. smiths wife then knocked Finnica
down with hoe and chopped mis- head into
slivers
The printers on the Cleveland Lcadcr
have been granted an advance III their pay.
Manager Haverly, of Chicago, will
build i'll that city tho finest theator in the
United States. The sigte selected for this new
dramatic temple is Monroe street. opposite
Havsrly. present theater.
A special train Oh the Denver and Rio
Grande road jumped the track near Ozirr, New
Mexico, and rolled down an embankment Of
$50 feet Seven men and one woman were
killed, aud all the other passengers injured.
The wounded were taken to Denver.
An Omaha telegram of April % states
that the food on tho Missouri had severed
railway connections between that city aid
every point. Several dwelling-houses hoated
past the city that day, and half mile OF rail-
road track was washed away. All important
Industries were drowned out. At Sioux City
both rail and telegraph communication with
the North and Vest was cut off. -Four hum
dred houses were either submerged or sur
rounded by water. and communication with
their occupants was had only by RATS. At
Rockford the Wilson lce-house. containing
about 1000 tons of ice, sunk into the Rock
river.
A fire at Salinas, Cal, burned tho
residence OF Mayor Ball. and his wife and two
daughters persisted i'll the flames.
While the population Of Chicago has
increased 10 per cent. in the past ten years. the
growth Of the churches in membership has
been only u per cent.
A joint agreement has been signed by
the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul and sew
eral other railroad companie' for the erection
Of union depot at Minneapolis. The struc-
turo will cost about SG00,000.
T.. w. Bond * Sons saw-mill, to-
ecther with 4.00G000 feet Of lumber. w,ro de-
.troyed by fire ut Fife Lake, Mich.
A physician of Cincinnati claims to
have found genuine trlchin.e Undecided III the
backbone OF some fish.
The Commissioner of Health of Chi
cago advises the people Of that city TO abstain
from the Use of water as a beverage. The
river has got mixed up with the lake
The Directors of the Chicago Board of
Trade have passed resolution declaring the
action OF the joint executive committee of tho
railroads i'll advancing rates to the East with.
| out giving the customary notice a positive
breach OF good faith toward the shipping trade
They also characterize its action as so PREACHER.
ous and tyrannical us TO invite united effort by
the people toward commercial, political and
legal relief.
A colt with seven perfectly formed
feet is one Of the curosities OF Normal Ill
One fore leg sports three feet, and the other
two.
South.
Fifteen men rode to the house Of Mr.