The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

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Fred Roge. of Havana, near Owat-
Onna was killed by runaway team
last Monday. lie was intoxicated.
Geneva Lake. near Albert Lea. is
claimed to be the abode of a monster
serpent which is destroying the fish.
The Northwestern railway is con-
siderng the matter of extending
their line from ZumbrOta to Red
Wing.
Ii. B. Reed, station agent at Lang.
don, had $40 taken from his cash
drawer last week during temporary
absence from the Office.
A syndicate with unlimited capital
is trying to secure control of all the
coke ovens in the COnnellsville dis.
trict. William X. Vanderbilt is in.
terested.
The Crow Wing countl cOursl
house and Jail is said to he one of the
finest buildings in the state. The
cost of the building, complete. will
be S35 900.
O'Neil, a Washington lawyer. has
hcen arrested ut Richland tor obtain.
ing money Under false pretenses. He
was released from Jail on Il writ Of
habeas corpus.
An unknown man was found dead
IN the railroad track near Waseca last
week. He is supposed to belong tn
| the Anglo y merican circus which
exhibited ut that place.
The report of the National Millers
Association. just issued, places the
estimate yield of wheat in the state,
,hIs season at 31,OO0,0OO bushels.
against So .592 900 last year.
y Boston drummer broke his leg
10y failing through "A defective side.
walk at St. Paul, and sues that city
for $4,000 damages. The hummer
will get laid ont occasionally.
Cutler, Gilbert d Pearson have sold
i,OG0 acres of pine lands on the Bal.
>am river to the Barnllardt Lumber
company for $4,000. The cost of
the land was $4,000 few years ago.
Mr.. Leroy Farrell of saltwater,
and Mrs. Kate Roddy, the latter
grass widow, have left their home
and creditors and started for fields and
pastures new. The police are OH their
track.
The st. Cloud JoUrnat Press has
just passed its twenty.iifth year. and
starts on its second quarter century.
Its first number was issued in IL log
cabin, the first building put under
roof in st. Cloud.
Sanford McGinnins, under arrest
for numerous forgeries and irregulari-
ties in getting possession Of govern.
ment land in the Mitchell district,
escaped on Tuesday from the govern.
ment agent.
J.S. Sparks of Pleasant Hill town.
ship has planted eighty-six different
variety of beans this season. Well
variety is the spice of life, and pro-
badly the same is true of beans. We
like the baked variety.
Mr.. Charles Gilman, of Sank Rap
ids. fath.ssy','g;' sspy-alJ ant Gov.
ernor, Il feW uayA .. a....-Ptei {.
jump across WIDE ditch, fell back.
ward and dislOcated one his shOul.
ders. He is over eighty years old.
An Irishman named GrOgan was
murdered 10y il Bohemian named
Gundlach, in st. Paul. on Saturday
last, with Il shovel, the edge of which
severed Grosan's jugular vein and
wind pipe. n dispute over division
fence was the cause which led to the
fatal result.
Olmstead county lost crops in the
late storm valued ut 100000, besides
thirty dwellings, twenty five barns.
and other buildings. Twentv.three
persons were seriously injured. One
was killed and three left in u
critical condition.
George uewett, of Wadena county,
scarcely twenty years old, was found
wandering about in wheat field i'm
Nicollet county. the other day nearly
destitute of clothing and nearly staIv
ed. lie proved to be crazy. He was
put in Jail and his parents notified.
Fred Boetcher was buried alive by
the sudden caving in of Il we'll in
which he was working, near Still.
water OH Monday. No steps have as
yet been taken for the removed of
the body. Boetcher leaves wife
and large family ut South saltwater.
At Holding an unknown man met
Eliza Hall. aged Is, OH the road. and
presented II pistol To her head threat
rned To shoot her unless she submit.
ed herself to his wishes. The Ioor
girl, terrified beyond description.
made no resistance and the brute
accomplished his purpose.
1T Red Wing OH a recent Sunday
during service of the Swedish L.uth-
tran church soIhe one placed u lire.
craker in the window of the vestibulo
which exploded with IL report like
ci,nnon. The effect was to put out
the gas, fill the vestibule with smoke
and brighten the congregation.
A meeting 10 reOrQaniZe the Miss.
issippi Valley Industrial Association
was held ut the st. James Hotel, Red
Wing, and Il committee, consisting of
Messrs. Bass, Bixhy and Hoard,
were appointed to draw up necessary
papers and perfect the organization.
Twenty-Five person have subscribed
800 apiece.
Two of the coloicd walters en-
ployed ut Liep'S hotel, White Bear,
we've drowned in the lake on Thurs
.lay. Their names were John W.
Gray, of st. Joseph, Mo-, and Harry
Lee, of st. Louis. The men were
about twenty.years of age, and both
unmarried. Gray leaving Il mother
and sister in ST. Joseph, and Lee
sister in st. Louis.
The city council of st. Cloud pass.
ed an ordinance authorizing the
Northwestern Telephone Co. to O..
tablish an exchange in that city, and
in less than twenty-fOur hours the
poles were being distributed on the
streets. About forty subscribers have
been obtained. Connections will DO
made with Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Capt. William Simmons, the noted
hermit of Balsam Lake. was recently
found dead in the lake. He was stand
ing in STOPPING position in mud and
water nearly up to his waist. with his
hands across his chest and u huge
cash in his forehead. Blood had also
been running from his ears. 1t il
generally believed that he had been
murdered and after becoming stiff he
was taken out and stuck up in the
mud and water.
A Startling Discovery.
Physicians are often startled by re.