The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-22
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

| WCCNs
Over $500 are Offers in premiums
and purses by the WatOnwan agri-
cultural society.
| Collector Wedge succeeded in rails.
ing $50 IS for the national Garfield
fund at Albert Lea.
The Blue Earth county exhibits ut
II chester last week, will be taken to
Chicago and placed on exhibition.
| A reunion OF soldiers will take
place III Carver, Sept. 70. An invita-
slon is extended to all ex-soldlels.
The treasurer of the independent
school district of Luverne reports u
balance in the treasury vi Sl3, He'll.
| j. q. Andrews. Of Kandyohi coun-
~, announces himself as IN indepen.
dent candidate for State representa-
tive.
n farmer named Jones, near Nor
ris, lost five stacks Of grain last week
10y lightning.
Mr.. Lawson. Of Pleasant Hill, near
| w
wheat from e acres.
| The registration of scholars in all
the schools of WinOna ut the close of
the first day was 1,2S7.
DR.. Thomas C.. Schell, Il prominent
homeopathic physician of st. Paul,
died ut that city on Sunday.
Messrs. Shaw & Ehlers have com.
mcaced the erection of II new grain
elevator at Litchiield, with a capacity
Of $4,000 bushels.
Murdoch Campbell. accused of the
murder OF Duncan Taylor. at Prince
ION, was removed from st. Cloud to
Princeton for trial yesterday.
a new paper will soon be published
at Fergus Falls, called the Telegram,
and will be managed by III. M. Vince.
lock and 5. b. Hall, of st. Paul.
Ihe twenty. fifth anniversary of the
establishment of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Rochester, will be
celebrated the first Sunday in October.
Hon. Schuyler Colfax has been en-.
gagged to lecture in Moorhead Oh
November LIST or I'd, OH "Our Mar
tyred Presidents, Lincoln and Gar
| field"
Cline, u laborer engaged in a saw
mill near Verndale. was caught by
the betting last Saturday, and carried
between Two pnlleys, resulting in in
slant death.
A. c. Hickman, of Owatonna, has
been appointed by Governor Hubbard
Il member of the State Normal Board,
vice DR.. Wright resigned, and has
duly qualified.
The Mower County Farmers Ali.
ance held Il meeting at Austin last
Saturday. and decided to hold con-
vcntion on the Goth inst, and put i'm
nomination full county ticket.
VIM. Kngilin, a st. Paul plasterer,
while attempting to drive over a rail
road track at st. Paul, on the evening
of the 5th, was struck by an engine
and he and the horse both instantly
killed.
Horse thieves have been at work in
yellow Medicine county. Ole o.
Lende, of Granite Falls, had span
of valuable horses stolen Il few days
ago, and the thieves also took plat
form spring wagon belonging TO Hon.
GOrham Ilowers.
The deaf and dumb and blind insti-
tntions at FariLault opened Wednes-
day. Sept. 18th. Recent returns from
the census department show that
more than two hundred of these
children i'm the Stale are growing up
uneducated.
\ new form of Swindle is icing
perpetrated on the farmers in HOuS-
on county and along the Southern
Minnesota railroad, 10y which farm
ers are induced to sign an irOn-clad
agreement to pay $500 for patent
corn grinder.
One of the highwaymen who rob-
he'd Lorin Searles, at NurLhfield, on
the night of the 4lh inst. has COLI
fessed his guilt. He is IA young man
named Robert kingman, well-knOwn
in the city. Ills partner, Ole Shirley,
The commissioners appointed to
select il site for the new pOStullice at
Minneapolis have filed Il report rec
olnmending the Pillsbury site, at the
corner of first avenue south and Third
street. The price of this property is
100000, Of which the government
pays $4,000.
II is reported that Fergus Falls is
about to lose the st. F., NJ. & NJ.
shops, owing to the village having
given all its patronage to the Wadena
branch of the Northern Pacific. 1t is
expected the shops will go to point
near GAINESVILLE. breckenridge, also.
hy voting $1,000 to this same rail
road, has incurred the displeasure of
President Hill, and will likewise lose
the shops now located there.
Sheriff Bodkin of Moorhead pur.
sued band of horse thieves and,
downed the whole party with
Winchester rifle and bagged them.
His best horse was killed in the fusll-
ade that they opened out on him in
their desperate defense. That sheriff
is badly needed down in Egypt.
He could corral Arabs army before
Gen. Wolsley could martial his red
coats.
Last Sunday evening, Dennis Nc
Carthy, a farmer living in the town
of Tara. was killed by the accidental
discharge of u gun. Mr.. Mccarthy,
i'm company with Thomas reytOn and
John Martin, two neighbors, had
been looking over some land belong
ing to one of the latter named gentle
men. and had taken along Il couple of
guns to shoot some ducks. The party
were in the act of getting into the
wagon when the gun belonging to
the deceased was in some unaccount-
able manner discharged, Mr.. McCar.
thy being I'm IA position to receive the
charge in the left breast.
saltwater special, 6: "Oliver Jour-
dan, an old and respected citizen of
this city died to day of typhoid fever.
Misfortune has followed him and his
family for year past with almost
uneXampled persistencey. Last sum
mer a 10 year.old son was killed 10y
horse kicking him. Later another
child had the typhoid fever which
resulted i'm his becoming insane.
About two weeks since his wife Was
taken with the same disease and died.
On the day of her funeral he was
stricken down, dying to day. rs above
stated. The Christensen girl, killed
10y the cars little over three weeks
ago, was employed in the family ut
the time of her death. Mr.. JOurdan
was apparently Il well, strong man.
but his miSfOrtunes made him
exceedingly Respondent and an easy
victim. There are SIX orphaned chill
dren, all quite young"