The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-26
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The Luv-rr" Herald is m"w printed
by steam.
Albert Lea had another lire last
werk. Loss s. 500.
Saltwater ami 1t. Cloud have been
C injected 10y Telephone.
Duluth vii. enlarge IT'S elevator
capacity LOO. 0uO bushels.
Rich iron mines are said To haye
been discovered near Lake Vermil.
lion.
Furty.six boiler makers at the car
company's shops at Saltwater, quit
work last Friday.
The hank of Pennington closed its
doors last week. 1t is thought lie.
positors will be paid in fnll.
Thirty thousand dollars worth Of
imp ovements are in course of pro-
grpss at North Platte at present.
The Fergus Falls paper company Is
now ready for business. Ten thou.
sand tons Of straw will I've consumed
yearly.
The court room IN the court house
ut Austin will he ready for "occupa.
tion in time { " the special term of
the court In December.
The Rev. J. W. Hancock. of Red
Wing. has bPen nominated for State
senator 10y the pr0hibitionists OF the
twen' y-sec0nd district.
SIR. Thomas Lowry's residence at
Minneapolis has been enlarged. re.
modelled and refurnished at cost
approximating 800 600.
Geo. Clark. employed at one of the
Minneapolis saw mills. had Is portion
Of his lett hand amputated hy Il buzz
saw last Friday morning.
An attempt was made ,,y unknown
parties to burn the planning miliOf w.
+. Porter. Il, Kasson. which was
frustrated I,y timely discovery.
In Lake City "A 50 OO0 damage SUIT
for INJURIES received on al i,y side.
walk last winter. has bp, u instituted
against the city by II. X. Terrill.
Considerable laled hay is heing
shipped from Wells AMI other points
in Suui lr,n Minnesota tn New York,
being particularly clean and bright.
Vim. l.. Moore. OF Rochester. has
invented lock tor fastening the iron
RI Is on railroads, which hr thinks is
50 perfect as tn insure him q fortune.
y cucumber three feet long was on
exhibition at the Huron fair. A
careful estimate shows that il con.
tanned seven cubic feet Of stomach
ache.
Buckskin Bill. of Rochester. has
scaliFd sixteen wolves within the
last two weeks. and las received
fl2S as bounty from the county aud.
iIOr.
Robert NJ. Palmer. a rising Young
dentally shot and killed 10y u friend
while out hunting near Bear Lake on
the 18th.
The Manitobas branch from Moor.
head to Breckenridge will le bnilt
next season 10y the time the next
corn crop grown in the Red river val
ley is harvested.
Fire escapes are being placed on
the State institutions at Faribault.
and the mayor has recommended to
the school hoard placing them on
central building.
The contract for grading the Vino.
na. Alma K Northern, from Rinff's
Siding. Win0na. to stockton. Pepin
county, Wis. WAS let Saturday to W.
II. II. Spafford, Of Iowa.
Young Clifford, who lost his arms
10y the cars at 81. Peter. IL nll.rnving
slowly. The young man holds an
accident insurance policy worth 1850
good for twenty-five weeks.
Bishop Will pie has given u lot
near the center Of Faiihault. upon
which to erect LONE for the widows
and orphans of the clergymen of the
Protestant Episcopal church.
In The case Of the State against
Mrs. Maria Bronson. charged with
setting fire to the Union hotel in
Hen,!. rson. tiled in that tcwn few
days ago. the jury failed I" agree.
Prof. $. p. Crawford. who had re.
Gently settled In saltwater fer the
purpose of establishing Il business col.
lege. died Sunday afternoon of l'neu.
mOnia after an Illness of only six
days.
II. l.. Gordon. the pine dealer of
Minneapolis. and the principal wit
n-ss against him, a. X. 1.ovtjny. of
Thomson. wtre both indicted in st.
Paul last week by the United States
grand jury.
The jury in the case of W. l.. Kel.
ly, administ ratOr. w. the Duluth
road. returned Il verdict for the de.
PENDANT. The suit was for SIS. 600 for
the accidental death of John Fail,n,
a brakeman.
The prrils of lear hunting were
illustrated ut Fergus Falls II few days
since when Christian IlOns+n. Who
was crawling ul.On some ducks. was
mistaken hy i. Svervnl,l tor hear
.,n,i shot in the ankle.
John Eaton, one Of the National
Commissioners of EdncatiOn. has &C.
.tptcd an invitation from State SUI
p-riniendrnt kiphle t. i've p, estnt at
The IN. citing Of the Minnesota teach
prs. ia bp held next December in st.
Paul.
Thirty. cars of Washington TER.
wI,ea, have ,een shipped to the Min.
aeal" lis mills. as an experiment, and
reduced To -four. The " heat growers
desire Ia test its quality and ascertain
If It will he profitable to continue
slipmt MIS-.
4 Mr.. K"lacha. IL Bohemian. of
Montgomery. LIE Snrur county. re-
rur, says. went hone dunk a few
nights ago and tl,nught he would give
his lnrses dose of ginger and snl.
phrr.tut instead of this he gave them
paris green aud moth hoisrs died.
George Head. OF Fergus Falls. died
II Hamilton Bermuda Islands. on
;he 4!h inst. whittier he had gone
:ni his health. lie WAS enc of the
p.nnr-Is Of Mime >na. He VAS the
~ ipinal proprietor "f The town site
ni Roe hester, healing There IN 1852,
md re moving ihs hc- Ia Fergus Falls
IN 1871.
At u meeting Of the officers Of the
Minnesota Butter and Cheese associ.
alton held in Rochester. il was de-
cidrd To hold the next meeting ut
Austin. Dec. IL. IL and IL. AR.
for very large and
meeting have hpen made.