The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-20
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The Lincoln mill In Aii0ka has been
shut down for lack Of wheat.
There are l52 hanks In this State.
an increase Of "a over last year.
h. W. Richards, of Blue Earth
City, has secured patent for = hay
stove.
A boy was Slipped by express the
other day from st. James to New
Ulm.
Butter and eggs are getting to b
very scarce In some Of the village
markets.
! The Ice crop 10 being ealhsssd. 1T
the thickness Is less than half Of that
Of last year.
The old settlers of Le Sueur county
have postponed their annual 70 union
until February.
| Arthur Warner, postmaster at Du-
luth, has resigned. His successor II
not yet appointed.
In Nicollet county ninety aye
marriage licenses were Issued in 1851:
In 1880 ninety. three.
The typhoid fever in Duluth 10
decidedly on the increase. In the num-
Der OF cases reported.
The Delano Eogls reports that dogs
and wolves are making sad havoc In
sheepfolds in that vicinity.
| Duluth claims to have doubled in
population during the past year and
to have spent $500, 900 In now build.
ings.
Three children Of Kotxenberger.
of Springfield, Cottonwood county.
are reported to be down with tho
small pox.
A Northfield man picked up an old
tobacco sack and found 8l2 In 1t.
The entire population is now hunting
tobacco bags.
The eastern bound accommodation
on the Southern Minnesota was
wrecked between Wells and Alden
Tuesday morning. Nobody hurt.
A. H. Bulls. of Winuebago City.
has lately purchased q thoroughbred
bull calf of the Hereford breed, which
he has added to his already fine herd
of Hereford's.
A woman in Wadena lately chased
dog down the street. crying stop
him, he has swallowed a $40 bill. The
poor dog was butchered and the bill
recovered.
Tho Ccapd;poy;ooo In NoptoviAao
have organized society called Nord.
sternen. The object is intellectual
advancement, the exercises to consist
Of reading, debates, etc.
Ortonville Herald: A mirage to the
west Of Ortonville was visible on
Tuesday morning which brought Mil
bank In plain view aiiu allowed o
moving train on the track.
The new saw mill Governor Pills.
bury is to erect next spring at Brain.
erd is to cost 1926, 900, will occupy
several acres Of land and have .
boom large enough to hold SO, 900
feet Of logs.
The Catholics of Belgrade, Nieollet
county, will built a new church edl.
fee next summer. In three days
time the members of the church sub
scribed $2,10O towards the building.
Dimensions 72x32.
Alta Christmas gathering in tho
town Of ZumbrO one of the ladies
present was taken i'll very suddenly.
After giving birth to healthy vigor.
Gus baby, the doctor pronounced the
lady as doing finely.
Two wheat thieving young men.
have been arraigned before the city
Justice in Rochester. They stole
thirty-one bushels of wheat from the
granery of John r. Little, Of Salem,
Olmstead county, last week. They
were committed to jail.
c. H. Radford, of Winnebago City.
was indicted bSs the grand jury a.
their recent session, for appropri&.
ting to his individual use, moneys
which came into his hands while
serving as justice of the peace. The
amount appropriated is about $500.
Mrs. Weston, of Waseca. bought
eight hens last spring. She built .
large coop for them, and her reward
was 200 eggs, forty chickens, and
a net profit on sales of the product
of Sll5 over the total investment
Waseea Radical.
The st. Peter Tribune says It 10
stated upon what seems to be reliable
authority that the Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad company will build tho
projected line from Mankato to some
point on the Hastings & Dakota road,
probably at Glencoe.
Gov. Pillsbury, on the 2sth ult.,
executed deed to the Cannon River
Manufacturing Association convey
ing $50 acres Of swamp lands under
the Improvement act relating to the
said river and has since filed q deed
granting the further sum Of $3.50
| acres.
Mr.. Daniel Leary. the superinten.
dent of bridges on the Southern Min.
nesota railway, has rendered his
cept the same position on the Cana.
dian Pacific, with Van Horne and
Egan. He will take up his residences
with his family In Winnipeg.
Monticello Wright county, Tsmss
Jan. 10: At Maple Lake . few days
since Mrs. Elsenpeter, aged SO, gave
birth to a fine healthy male child.
The father, Mr.. Christopher Elsen.
peter, 10 So years of age. All report
ed doing well. This glorious Mime
sofa climate.
1t has been learned that the wife
of Aug. Anderson living near L.
Sueur who died six weeks ago, died
from the effects of kicks administer.
ed by her husband. A brother of
Anderson's went to town TO get o
coffin for the woman and before he
returned got drunk and lost part Of
the coffin.
Mr.. H. P. Hall, the president, an.
nounces that the Minnesota Editorial
association will hold its annual meet
ing ut the rooms Of the St Paul
chamber Of commerce at II q. m.
Wednesday, January Is. Among
other matters to be considered will
be the question Of changing the date
Of the annual meeting to another
season Of the year.
In reply to E. p. Freeman, County
Attorney of Blue Earth county, the
Attorney. General has given an opin.
ion on Section 40. General Statutes Of
1878, holding that II town supervi.
sors refuse to lay out q highway, they
cannot again act upon the same high.