The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-15

tTom lilo 0IiectS VI DiOOu pOiSOniuB.
Four drinks Of saltwater whiskey
killed John Rossel Of Marine. He
started to tackle the fifth, but Provi-
dence interfered.
4 young man named Goldsmith.
while skating on a lake near Carver
last Sunday, broke through the ice
and was drowned.
A st. Peter business man was re-
Gently knocked down on the streets
by food pads and 80 badly used up
that he has become temporarily in
sane. ss,
The Waseca Herald reports building
improvements In that town this year
to the value Of $l06.5l0. Waseca Is
one Of the most prosperous inland
towns in this state.
i Thomas Brady has purchaseA Tho
fine farm OF Charles LIE Vcsc0lae, IN
Nininger. Dakota county, consisting
Of one hundred and eighty acres.
Consideration 5000,
A counterfeit silver dollar is said
to be In circulation in the west which
even acid will not detect. 1t is
heavily plated. has q good ring and
weighs exactly the same Ms genuine
dollar.
Wolves are numerous and agrees
i've in the vicinity of Window. Two
Of them recently attacked man In
charge OF train of oxen but were
driven away after desperate en-.
counter.
There Is a project orSfoot to build
a new brick hotel, inst back Of the
site Of the recently destroyed Head.
quarters Hotel at Brainard. The new
structure Is to cost $4,000 without
the furniture.
The Spirit Lake Beacon numbered
its thirteenth year last week, and
never commenced a more deservedly
bright and promising cycle than it
does the fourteenth. The Beacon is
a firmly built newspaper pillar.
A yor" Swede boy named Ander.
son started to cross Lake Pepin on
the Ice after attending church servic.
es at Lake City and he has not been
heard from since. He probably
broke through the Ice and was
drowned.
The chief Of police of st. Cloud has
been indicted by the Benton county
grand jury for an assault upon pris.
Oner whom he carried across the
bridge and turned loose, but who
soon made 1t interesting by commend.
Ing fight.
Mr.. Ole jacobson, o farmer living
in Pen Wade, Pope county, came to
Starbuck, Saturday, with load Of
wheat, and started for home toward
evening. He had been drinking
some, to what extent Is not known,
and not reaching home, search was
made, and he was found frozen to
death In slough on the road. He
was about As years old and leaves q
wife and six children.
Howard Lake Herald: An agent
for the sale of tombstones and monu.
ments informs us that while recently
travelling through Morrison county
In this State man ordered tomb.
stone which he desired should bear
the epitaph : "Here lies Father and
Son, not Hogs but Men," He had
some difficulty In persuading his Gus.
toner to substitute more stereo.
typed and orthodox epitaph.
The Houston Signal states that
Hon. David Taylor Of that place has
sent to the State Geoloeist u sample
Of stone being quarried on his land
south Of the village, which he be.
lieves to be thoroughly FIRE proof. A
thin plate has been subjected to u
red heat much of the time for two
years and water turned upon 1t when
red hot, aud Is now rs perfect ~
when first taken from the quarry.
The stone Is easily worked, is Of very
fine texture, Of q warm, rich cream
color, and can DO gotten out In
blocks Of twelve inches or more In
thickness and Of any desired length
and width.
Glencoe Register: Mr.. r. c. Dwin.
nell, OF Sumter, is shipping milk 10
st. Paul, and ends that it pays him
much better than manufacturing 1t
into butter. Mr.. Dwinnell has led
| of In business that is In the near
future to become an important branch
Of trade on the line Of the
Hastings & Dakota. We predict
that IN less than Eve years We shall
have regular milk trains running
from as far west is Bird Island,
every morning into the cities. There
Is no other line OF road running out
Of the cities that promises 90 large q
trade in the products of the dairy, and
those among our farmers who read
correctly the signs of the times. and
put themselves In position to meet the
demand 40 1t comes, will be fortunate.
A most horrible tragedy occurred
at Montgomery. Ie Sueur county. on
Saturday last, by which young man
named Dan Moriarty met with y most
frightful death. the head being near.
ly severed from the body by an AK.
1t appears that the sheriff of Le
Sueur county attempted to arrest
M0riarty, and was shot by the lat
ter with revolver, the ball penetrat.
ing the shoulder. Moriarty then
started to run with the sheriff in pur.
suit. who called upon a Swede or
Bohemian yhn woe chnr,,ing mood,
to strike Moriarity, which the latter
did, using the poll of the AK. While
the wounded man lay on the ground.
stunned by the blow. the Swede, at
the request of the sheriff, used tho
edge of the Ak and nearly severed the
head from the trunk.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern Minnesota
Fair Association was held at ROches.
ter on Tuesday. The term of five Of
the fifteen directors of the association
having expired, their places were
filled by the election Of the following
named persons C. H. DeGraff, G.
H. Chadbourn, F. T. Odds. r. Corn.
forth and E. Hanks. E. A. Knowl-
ton was chosen to fill the nnexpired
term of j. d. Blake. removed from
the city. and c. E. Marvin WAS elect.
ed In place of 8. Written, resigned.
The financial report showed receipts
amounting to Sl7.703 and expendit-
ures TO 1870. Liabilities, s5,858.
Resources, S2.037. There was con.
siderable discussion-sOmeo of it not
the most fattering-relativc to the
management and methods of the State
Agricultural society at the fair held
last Fall, after which the meeting ad.
j0urned. The receipts of the State
Fair were $l7.4 30. Disbursements.
$l7, 1922. s.fa
| True to her Trust,
Too much cannot be said Of the ever
faithful wife and mother, constantly
watching and caring for her dear ones,
never neglecting single duty in, their
behalf. Whom they are, asssiled by