The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-01-06

MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.
Duluth and Superior will have new
monster ferry next spring.
Shakopee is to have new Jail and
sheriff's house, at an estimated cost
of about $4,000.
1t is said that the physicians OF
st. Paul took in some $15, 900 in vac
cinating fees during the late scare.
The wholesale and jobbing business
OF st. Paul for the year about to close
will reach the enormous sum OF $751;
100000.
The Hon. VIM. G.. LeDuc, late
Commissioner of Agriculture, has
been elected a member of the Nation
: al Society Of Agriculture of France.
All the railroad land in Mobiles
y county has been sold to Engiish par-
ties, who propose to col0nize IS with
the better class Of English, Welsh
and Scotch farmers. 80
Some four hundred German Luther.
ans of st. Paul, who are members of
secret societies, and have been for
that reason expelled from church,
have formed new society and will
build a new church.
Wolves are thinning out the sheep
to such an extent, up in the West
neighborhood, a few miles from here,
that the farmers say that they are
going to sell off their fiocks. and sew
eral have done so already.-WrigM
County Times.
| About one o'clock a. m, Christmas
morning, half-breeds and Indians at.
tackled the saloon of Nelson Willett
at Moose Lake, and literally riddled
the building with bullets. The pro-
prietOr took refuge in the garrett, and
was found dead with one bullet
through the chest and another through
the thigh.
The Waseca Herald says that ar
engagements are being made to stock
Loon Lake near that city, with carp
from Washington. The fish are
furnished without charge, the only
expense to applicants being the ex.
press. The charges to Waseca from
Washington for ten.gallon can con-
tanning twenty to thirty fish Is S4.35.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has decided the claim of
the State of Minnesota to four town.
ships of land for the support Of the
State University in favor of the State.
The amount of public land granted to
the States generally for university
purposes was two townships, or seven.
ty-twO sections, to each State.
One of the most extraordinary feats
of wood chOpping on record was per-
formed at lie Sueur Center one day
last week. OH bet of $50. The
choppers were Joseph Wetzel and
George Hays, and jointly they cut
thirteen cords of green Eastwood
in Il single day. Wetzel cut seven
and Hays six cords.--Le Sueur Senti-
mel.
The Faribault Refinery Company
will plant and cultivate the coming
season 200 acres of amber cane, OF
500 acres providing they conclude to
enlarge the capacity Of their mill.
The past seasons work has been a
profitable one. The farmers in the
vicinity of the mill have Melted
profit from $50 acres of land of S15,.
400, or over $50 per acre.
The Minneapolis Coal Company
are preparing to develop the coal
mines recently purchased in the vi
entity of Fort Dodge, Ia, and will be
ready to bring black diamonds from
their mines to Minneapolis early
September next. In addition to the
large tracts purchased outright, con-
siderable territory has been leased
by the company.-Pionser Press.
Miss Mary Sheehan, of LIE Sueur.
lifted dressed hog, which weighed
$50 pounds, from the floor to the
table. She picked up barrel of
kerosene oil on the sidewalk and
carried it into the store. Mary also
picked up a good.seiZed man, as
though he was mere child, and
pitched him out of the house through
a window. Miss Sheehan came fro :.
Cork, Ireland, last JuIs-
C. H. Slocum. postmaster and edi.
tor at Blue Earth City, MIMI, was
arrested last week for robbing the
mails. The circumstances of the
matter, as alleged by the prosecution
may be briefly given as follows: 4
check for $l08 was sent from Iowa
about three months ago to q man
employed on the railroad at Blue
Earth City. The letter enclosing the
check was delivered to the wrong
person, opened, check found, and the
letter and check returned to Slocum,
belonged to some other individual.
The rightful party called for his let
ter several times, which not being
delivered or advertised, was thought
to be lost, and description of the
check sent to S. p. Child, special
agent of the post-office department.
Mr.. Child recently called at the post.
Office to count the funds, and finding
Il small shortage, Slocum at once pre-
sented the lost check with a state
ment that he had bought it from the
owner. Mr.. Child proceeded to in
vestigate, and. as a result, Slocum
was brought to st. Paul under arrest
for robbing the mail. TheseIare the
alleged facts. 1t is hoped by Mr..
SlOcum's friends that he may be able
to explain or disprove them.
The case came up before United
States Commissioner Cardozo Satur.
day last when Mr.. Slocum waived an
exami nation, through his attorney.
Hon. G. X. Davis, and gave bonds
with Mr.. Davis as surety, in the sum
of 81 900 for his appearance at the
June term of the United States dis
trict court. Mr.. Slocum declares he
can explain the whole matter and
show that he Is entirely guiltless of
any wrong doing.
The editor of the Chicago Inter
Ocean, who recently attended the
Guiteau trial, says that when the
assassin enters the court room through