The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-27
is building a crea

lire at lie Sueur Will be rebuilt In
mediately.
Mr.. HOdgkins, of LeSueur county
made six hundred pounds of mapl
, sugar this spring.
AS the result of dissipation, VIM
OFT, plasterer in st. Paul, shot him
self in the abdomen.
The Evansville, owned by Mat
Clark, was the first boat through LAKE
st. CrOix this season.
The Duluth G. A. II. will give ,
ball shortly, the proceeds to be de
voted to charitable purposes.
Henry & Co.'S Touring mill at Belle
PLANE was burned on the 10Th. 1t wa!
a total loss; insured for 81 500.
The Red Wing stoneware company
lately declared dividend of ten pei
cent, and the stock sells at $1.42Kf
Prof. J. H. DeWolf, of Owatonna
has been summoned to Nova Scotia
by the dangerous illness Of his wife
The Winona Guards will partici
pate in the grand celebration and
tournament at Rochester, on July
4th.
Mr.. Cavanagh, of Silver Creek, an
old man of 80 years, persisted of ex.
posture during the recent rain and
snow storm.
The prison building committee met
at Saltwater and looked over a rough
draft of the proposed addition to the
penitentiary.
Col. COstwick, defaulting treasurer
of Duluth is attempting to raise the
necessary funds to save him from q
criminal prosecution.
doc" Cullen, of st. Peter, has
sold his patent wheat dryer to a syn
dictate. they to pay him in royalties
until the sum reaches $4,000.
The Owatonna subscribers to the
fund for the erection of buildings for
the accommodation of the next State
Fair, are moving in the work.
The ladies of the Baptist church in
OwatOnna, gave boiled egg festival
lately. "The attendance was large
and all present enjoyed themselves"
The postoflice at Stony Run has
been discontinued, and the outfit of
the Office turned over to the postmas.
ter at Granite Falls, Chippewa county.
The house of Mr.. Tyler, Of Dover,
Olmsted county, with all its contents,
6oot rnunH hu Gro int Tho s.h%
time. The family had narrow es.
cape.
The court house bond question
which was recently voted for Mile
Laos county will be taken to the
courts, owing TO alleged election
frauds:
Eight tramps unwittingly took lOdg.
ings in the pest house at Hastings the
other night. When Informed OF the
character of their quarters they made
a hasty retreat.
The GOodhue county medical soci.
ETY. endorse the action of the legisla.
ture relative to regulation of the prac.
tice Of medicine and establishing local
boards of health.
1t is said that the So per day hotel
prOprietOrs in Minneapolis are consid-
ering the prOpriety of advancing rates
to So so In view of the prospective
briskness during the season.
Since January /, sixty-one wolf
bOunties have been issued from the
auditors Office in Hastings. Dakota
county. From all parts of the State
you hear of the profits of stock raising.
1t is reported that an action has
been brought against the WinOna and
st. Peter Railroad company for $l5,.
600 damages, sustained by Mrs. Wood
of Rochester, who fell on the depot
platform last January, dislocating one
of her hips.
The other day at Marshall, DR.. A. E.
Bolivar committed an assault on the
county clerk, c. E. Patterson, for
which he was fined $25 and costs, the
costs amounting to So. They make it
both OdiOuS and costly in Lyon cOun.
ty to strike Billy Patterson" or any
Of his relations.
l.. d. HOwes, Egan county, had
three buildings fired by incendiaries
and destroyed together with 1900
bushels of wheat. forty head of cat.
tie. 300 sheep, and large quantity of
hay, farming implements, etc. Loss.
$l4 900; insurance, $1,000. A reward
of 500 is offered for the detection of
the infamous incendiaries.
Mr.. J. B. Power, land commission.
er of the Manitoba railway company,
recently gave to Stevens county, for
the nominal sum of $25, the most de.
sirable block of land in the village of
Morris. on which to erect county
buildings. He also presented the
Congregational society with two lots
for a parsonage.
The model roller mill, owned and
operated by r. P. Russell & Co., Min.
was burned on Tuesday
night, the fire starting from a hot box
in the purifier on the second floor Of
the building. Mr.. Russell puts his
loss at $50, 900. which will cover 5000
bushels of wheat on hand, and about
l20 barrels Of flour. The insurance
comes to $4,000.
The State house grounds are to be
neatly and artistically laid out after
suitable plan which was accepted by
Gov. Hubbard on Tuesday. For a
width Of eight feet directly around
the structure the ground is to be
swarded. which sward will be border.
Gs, FIN al
the entire building. For a width Of
twenty feet, the entire grounds will
be sodded next tO.the fence, and the
space between the same
and the gravel walk will be neatly
graded and s0wn to English lawn
grass.
In its general appearance and pro.
the new Hamline University
viii resemble the one destroyed by
ire. The style of architecture is of
Gothic. The building will be
four stories high, the base
nent being all above ground. 1t will
% surmounted by tower, the top of
which will measure l25 feet from the
ground. The new hall viii, stand on
he same ground as the old building.
md will front the north. The found
'ti0ns will measure IS by l35. The
walls will be Of white brick, with
brown stone trimmings. The roof
will be Gothic and Of Pennsylvania
late.
Millions Given AWAY.
Millions of Bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and