The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-24
)rtonville wants a tailor.

There is some feeling aroused mt
Moorhead in the manner the post
Office is managed ut that place.
The Heron Lake postofiice was
bnrglariZed last Tuesday to the ex
tent of $3.50 in stamps and cash.
The Ramsey county board has Dor
row+d $40, 900 for 30 days al 7 per
cent. to meet the current expenses.
A butcher at Dodge Center, while
killing a hog, had his thumb bitten
entirely off by the indignant porker.
The creamery Of Worthington has
| closed for the season, having manu-
iac.nred about 10000 pounds of but
| ter.
The Polar Star mill at Fai ibanlt
will lie Immediately enlai ged, and the
capacity increased 10 625 barrels per
LAY.
The STIR thinks Ortonville should
organize some sort of protection
against fire. if nothing more than Il
bucket brigade.
a Sank Center ardent lover EN-.
rrace,l Il staid married lady by mis-
take, the night being dark. There
were no i'll results.
Jens Peterson, living in Golden
Stake, Brown county, has lost al! his
children, five In number, by diph-
liberia. within "a few weeks.
Mrs. Griffin and Kate Conway, of
Rochester, were arrested on the
charge of numbering Mrs. GrifliRs
infant child. Their hearing is set for
Monday next.
The proprietor of the Pacific House
ut Willnar, Ole Quarom, was found
dead in his bed on the morning of
Nov. IL. Heart disease is supposed
to be the cause.
y pony belonging to Mrs. b. A.
Mayor, Of Austin, ran full tilt at a
barbed wire fence, the other day, and
was found some twenty rods from the
fence with its neck broken.
jennie HOllister, youngest son of
Senator HOLSTER, of Austin, died
Saturday night of lock-jaw, superin-
duced 10y IA gun-shot wound, received
accidentally on the 4th inst.
Mr.. J. j. Kendall of Cottonwood
county raised $4,000 bushels of tim.
Othy seed, the largest crop raised by
any one man in the Northwest. 1t
can be scld for about 50 per bushel.
James Brennan robbed Henry Vim.
cent. now of Minneapolis, OF $500
something like years ago. He has
been fleeing from justice ever since.
and the other day was caught in Chi
Gag" aI,d returned to pay the penalty
Of his crime.
The burning of William Thomp-
he the work Of an incendiary, but no
trace of the perpeirator has yet been
found. Mir. Thompson loss is about
SLIGO. and is partially covered by an
insurance of $500.
The fifth annual convention of the
Minnesota Christian Convention will
he held in Blue Earth City OH Deem
her 6, I ami s. Those intending To
lie present will send their names to
Rufus johnson, of Blue Earth City,
for entertainment, etc.
The receipt of thirty or forty adj
tiiiiunal returns of the State agricul.
tural statistics modify the averages
of the corn crop somewhat. The tull
returns reduce the corn acreage about
Il 900 acres. making il III ,604, and
reducing the average per acre to
81 bushels per acre, against 81 2 be-
fore.
The acting secretary of the interior
has decided the land case of Williams
against the Hodgman heirs, at Ben
son, IN favor of the latter. Itappears
that Hodgman made an entry OH the
land of Williams OH the ground that
Williams died and left his entry in
complete. The acting secretary holds
that the heirs should be allowed to
complete The entry.
Acting secretary Joslyn has render
ed IA decision in the land case of
Julius Berg against w. \. Perk.n ms,
|
office. Climatic influences prevented
Perkins from completing his resi-
dence within the prescribed six
months and under the act of March
8, 1881. the commission acted upon
his discretion and gave Perkins an
additional six months, hence the con-
test by Berg.
Two Wisconsin officials. appeared
at Dassell the other day with the pro-
per papers for the arrest of two men
named Riley living at Collingwood
Lake. Arriving ut the Lake, one of
the men was captured. and the other
took to the woods. Under pretense
Of comforting with his wife the cap
tured man was allowed to step into
another room, and quietly slipped ont
of u window and joined his brother
Ia the woods.
An article has appeared in several
papers in the southern portion of the
state headed "A New Swindle on the
Poor Farmers" First swindler buys
farm, or says he will second swindler
offers 5000 more for it; first swindler
is bought off for 500, and second
swindler never makes his appearance
again. Instead of being "new," this
racket is stale and ancient, and the
..poor" farmer who got sold on it
richly deserved his fate, and ought to
emigrate to u healthier climate.
Austin Transcript: The new rail.
road il booming! In addition to the
towns already given, Hutchinson, in
Mcleod county, voted $40, 900, and
New Auburn in Sibley county 81 500,
on general election day. Newry. in
| FreebOrn county, votes on SIS, 200 on
the 10Th. and Bath, in same county,
is soon to vote on $4,000. Berlin in
Ster lie county, votes on $1,000 the
18th, and Summit in same county,
will soon vote on $1,000. Everything
is favorable for the bonds carrying in
all these towns.
Glencoe Enterprise: Mrs. Fannie
Phillips, OF Hale, was robbed of
81, lao in currency. The money con-
sisted of $40 bills and was securely
sewtd in the waist of her dress. On
Thursday morning between and 8
oclork, two rascals approached her
and. throwing u cloth or shawl over
her head, cut the waist from her and
succeeded in making their escape.
She had kept the money there some
time, and would not trust it with any
one, and had intended in IL short time
to GO hack to her native country in
Europe.
Fortune to Farmers and Mechanics.
Thousands of dollars can he saved by