The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-23
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.
1t is now Shakopee that is to have
a telephone exchange.

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There is not a single case of small
pGx mt Northern Pacific Junction,
rnmOrs to the contrary nOtwitbstand-
ing.
At Elk River. Sheridan and Dwyer
Indicted for larceny, were sentenced
10 hard labor at saltwater for four
years.
W. +. Burton. present deputy, has
hecn appointed county treasurer of
Ramsey county to succeed Henry NJ
Rec resigned.
Henry Curtis of Jackson county
froze to death on Friday, Feb. End.
while attempting to visit Il ne:ghbor
mile distant.
The State Grange elected Sam. E.
Adams as Grand Master. and r. A l..
Thompson of Plainview us Lecturer,
for the coming year.
Geo. Howard and Maurica Mack
two city prisoners at Saltwater, while
at work on a rock pile, escaped.
Howard Is an eX-cOnvict.
The city Of Farihault has purchased
Il large picture OF the late Alexander
Faribault, and it now hangs in the
council chamber of that city.
Thursday was the 6lst anniversary
Of Bishop Whipple's birthday, and
the Shattuck and st. Mary's schools
at Faribault were given an extra half
holiday.
j. w. BabcOck of Kasota died in
that city on Friday. lie came to the
State in l84I, and was one of the
leading business men of the Mime
sofa valley.
Sunday morning train No. 2 on the
Chicago. st. Paul & Omaha road was
dit ched two miles west Of Window.
One passenger, J NJ. Cary received a
! lew bruises.
it is said that the Chicago & North.
western railroad company will not at.
tempt to open their road again, this
| winter, between Lake Benton and
Tracy, MINI.
The Spring Valley Videne is anxi.
Gus that new county he organized
! from the west hall of Fillmore and "a
! portion of Mower, and that the new
county he called Dunnell
! Last Monday, about nine O'Clock i'm
| he forenoon, John Il. Peterson, II
farmer OF Otisco township, aged "a
years. was run over 10y an engine and
caboose and instantly killed.
The body of "a man who died of
small poX in Nininger, Dakota coun.
~, several days ago, has not yet been
buried. The officers have offered $lO
for Il team to take the body to the
grave.
Joseph Belaire, a fireman on the
railroad ut Hancock, lost one hand
and part OF the other on Wednesday.
He WAS cleaning the fire box, ana was
crawling out, when the engine start
ed, causing the accident.
The examination Of Azilda Beau.
dry, charged with killing her hus.
band aud then burHing his body. was
commenced at Argyle, and the case
was continued until the l4th, to al
low The coroner to conclude the in-
quest.
The Supreme Court has decided
ihaf one whose presence Oh Il railway
tram is not wrongful may recover for
injuries caused by the negligence of
The carrier, although he was not IA
passenger III the ordinary sense OF
the term.
Mr.. Morrison, of Olmsted, has in
troduced IN the Senate 4 bill To an.
propriate money To pay part OF the
allowed claims in connection with
the old railroad bonds for which the
Site dia not have money enough on
hand at the time OF the settlement.
Murdoch Campbell. convicted 1T
Elm River few days ago for the
murder OF Duncan Taylor, has been
sentenced To the penitentiary for life.
when asked by the co"rt why sen
tehce should not be passed upon him.
he answered: ~ am satisfied to go
there. God Almighty will take care
Of me-"
The confidence operators now In
the tolls ut Red Wing will have Il
hearing to-day. They affect to think
that counselor Erwin can break the
chain OF circumstantial evidence
against them, and that they can swear
The direct case out of court. They
must tell more plausible story than
they told their victim, il they sue
coed.
4 man whose name is said to be
John a. Jessrang, u German from
st. Paul, WAS brought to within an
inch of his life by yigilantes IN Mon
taIla on suspicion of murder. Local
nves igatiOn Identifies him as the
son OF ex.Jailer Jessrang, With a re-
cord when in st. Paul as q hard cit
izen.
The new arrangements for increased
water supply now being constructed
at Minneapolis are on an extensive
and costly scale. The water is to be
taken from Il crib located in the river
about 100 feet above the pump house.
The tunnel designed rs an outlet for
me pump house extension is built Of
solid stone laid in cement. the upper
portion only being brick. 1t is nlne
feet ten inches in height and nine
teen feet wide.
An accident occurred at Rosemont
saturday afternoon which resulted in
the death of John Agnes, aged %.
Deceased was returning from church
accompanied by his mother, grand.
mother, brother and two sisters. and
the public highway being badly drift.
ed they crossed the field, and in eros
sing the railroad track they were
struck by Il snow plOw. Hynes was
instantly killed. and his sister Annie,
aged 10, received some bad scalp
wounds. The remaining party es-
capped nninjnred. One OF the horses
was also killed.
The towns Oh the Northern Pacific
railroad from Duluth to Fargo, are
said to be all more or less infected
with small pox. From the latter
place comes the terrible story that
the body of a man who had died with
The disease was turned over for burial
TO three drunken fellows, who threw
IT In Il snow thrift, where it remained
concealed for few days. when the
melting Of the drift exposed the put.
rid body and tho Infection was
scattered broadcast before the corpse
was discovered and buried. There
have already been five deaths out OF
the many Cases existing. AT Duluth
SIX cases are acknowledged. In the
lumber region north Of Brainerd the
disease exists in the form OF u
scourge, and many deaths have DC.
Cured.