The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-08
MANKATo FREE Press,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1882.
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.
Two young men killed 600 pound |
Moose near Perham last week.
Otter Tail county claims man
named Arwell who is l04 years old.
J. W. Beemis, of Owatonna, has In
vented II windmill and will build Il
mandatory.
The Big Stone county papers report
that many farmers have not threshed
their grain yet.
He. Grnss, furniture dealer at
Mortified, has failed with liabilities
of 81 500. assets unknown.
The MOorhead city hospital con.
tains nine patients, and is proving u
much needed institution.
a conductor, living at Winona is
troubled with ghostly visitatinns,
which is no doubt his just deserts.
The Fergus Falls electric light
company will soon he ready Tor blISi.
ness and dispensing the white light.
The Austin Register says that two
new surveys for railroads are being
made through the center Of that
county.
Smith. Fargo milkman, drove his
ditch. and is now suing the city Tor
damages. =.
| Vim. CurrIe fell from scaffolling
1T saltwater last week and fractured
both wrists, and received serious in.
ternal injuries.
Alexander Faribault. from whom
the town of Faribault received its
name, died last week from paralysis,
aged ninety years.
White, the ravisher of Mrs. Murphy
at Ilawley, last summer. was SELL
fenced at Moorhead to twenty-five
years in Saltwater.
The proprietor of the Winona house
at Winona. sold some Wisconsin, Ind
ians whisky, ard is now in custody
for the transgressiOn.
Section men OH the Manitoba ut St.
Vincent have suffered reduction in
wages from $l.75 per day to $l.25.
and are greatly displeased.
The High School building at Mon;i
cello bu,hed Wednesday evening o.
last week. The loss is between 81 900
and $4,000 and partly covered with
insurance.
The people of Ortonville are clamor
ing for Il new postmaster, not because
the present incumbent is unit for the
position, but because the wrong man
was elected to Congress.
"Swannanoe," the chestnut mare
rode 10y Edwardo Espinosa in the two
mile hurdle race at Li,chiieh. last
fall. died in Hutchinson last week.
She was the property of Col King.
a ghost made its appearance in
Evansville the other night and ran
against bulldog. The doctor says
il will he long weeks before the young
man can do another cunning Thing.
Three small boys ut Fergus Falls
and second iiddles, and lass viol, and
are said To he very proficient, AMI
claim 10 he the youngest band in The
State.
VIM. Egan, the murderer of Ole
! Lee at Franklin, recently, pleaded
guilty last week at Beaver Falls, and
Judge Baldwin sentenced him to
States prison for life. Egan is Is
years old.
Stephen ID. Moore, of Minneapolis,
is under arrest charged with securing
fraudulent insurance. He look out
policies upon lumber in which he had
no interest and claimed payment when
the lumber was burned.
A saloon keeper of Wateiville
Wasec;l county. has enjoined the vii
lage authorities through the courts,
from granting amy more licenses TN
; til May, when all licenses run out.
lie does not want competition.
j. w. Richter, travelling agent fol
the Fargo Banner, WAS shot dead al
st. Cloud last Sunday He becam,
interested in some alteration Oh the
street, when he received the fatal
shot. lie leaves Il young wife.
Waseca claims to have the hest
chicken dogs in the State. Tie Her.
ald says that Friday night when ont
for practice they killed twenty-nine
plymouth Rocks" and carried the
fowls to their masters residence.
DIR. John 5. Whillden, of St. Paul,
partner and cO;:sin OF DIR. Hand
dropped dead at his home on Thurs.
day. lie had just finished bathing
and shaving and appeared in the best
of health. Heart disease WAS the
cause.
A passenger train on the Hastings
and saltwater road was thrown from
the track by a defective switch at
East Hastings on Thursday. Engineer
Charles Vanderwerker was killed i'll
stantly and several others were in
jured.
A party of rOughs from Manitoba
boarded an east bound passenger train
OH the Manitoba road the other day
and refused To pay fare. The con
ductor stopped the train at Humboldt
and after bloody fight the roughs
were put off the train.
The new NJ. E. church at Herman
WAS dedicated last Sunday 10y the
Rev. DR.. McChesney. This church
is completed and furnished at cost
Of $4,000, and is entirely free from
debt and goodly sum Of money in
the treasury of the society.
Robert Strong attempted to cross
the Red river at kittsOn the other
day with his team, whefthe ice CAV.
way and all went down. by the
prompt action of u witness of the
affair, Mr.. Strong was saved, but his
horses and sleigh were lost.
Miss E. Weller, of Big Stone City,
ID. T., attempted to cross the lake
She broke through and was nearly
exhausted when she succeeded in
drawing herself upon the ice and
rolling away from the opening.
Frederick Schultz. a well-tO-do
farmer of Harvey, Meeker county.
cOHhiiiltlcu SuiCiuc on iiudy ny HdhS-
ing. He left note desiring his
brothers who live in the neighbor-
hood to care for his six children.
Domestic troubles were the cause OF
the act.
Tie wearing of cOrsets may have
shortened many girls life, but il
was the means Of saving one damsrl
ut Lanesb0ro last Thursday, the steel
ribs splitting the pistol hall fired Il,
her Ivy her irdte lover, Christian John.
son, and turning il from its course