The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
MINNESOTA lsTEIIlaEsoE.
A pork packing house IL In contsu
platiOn at lie Sueur.


will continue for two weeks.
Frank James is to be indicted for
murder in Rice county. and then re.
QUESTION will be made for him.
1t is reported that 81 cars Of fax
have been shipped from Mountain
Lake, since early In September.
Th0s. Waters. living near Browns
Valley. was found deal on the prai-
rie recently having died Of exposure.
Pat. Maloney, who was confined in
the Ramsey county Jail. on Tuesday
night hung himself with a bed blan.
ker.
Thos. Lowry and other capitalists
are about to start street car manu-
factury in Minneapolis. to employ 300
men.
J. NJ. Peterson. agent Of the Singer
sewing machine company ut Duluth.
has decamled, leaving debts amount
ing tn $500.
Duluth has already received nearly
9 zoo, 900 bushels of new wheat. One
Hundred and iifty car loads l%r day is
being received.
". A. Henderson. the largest wool
grower in Waseca county. lately
shipped 1000 pounds Of wool to
Philadelphia.
a valuable horse IN Marshall, be-
longing to r. NJ. Addison, had a leg
broken the other day Ivy stepping up.
OH n rolling stone.
There il u gotxl prospect Of the es.
tai,l,shment Of al iron and steel man.
ufactory In So. Paul Ivy gentleman
Of large experience.
Mr.. G. L. Holmes. of Redwood
Falls, has between eleven and twelve
thousand bushels Of wheat stored
away in his gr;,nary.
the hotel ut Forest City, u town in
Potter county, near the mouth Of the
Little Cheyenne. WAS bul ned recent
iy. I..,ss estimated ut $500.
4 petition is being circulated In
Mortified for the. pardon Of young
Kingman, now In the State prison
for robbery and wO,,ltl-be murder.
The Pioneer Press says that the ca.
pacity Of the Touring mills of this
State outside OF Minneapolis is equal
to that Of the city Of the falls. which
will be news to many.
A would he cowboy attempted to
have things his own way In Austin
last week. A grayhaired veteran
picked up his shot gun. land the terror
Of the v est soon left town.
Susannali Fodder left her home in
Minneapolis some time ago, because
her friends insisted ON her marrying
Il man whom she lid not like. Fears
of suicide are entertained.
AbOnt One.thirdsOf those who have
heretofore held lock boxes in the
Wastca post office have surrendered
their keys rather, than make the
necessary deposit Of 50 cents.
WorthingtOn doctors last week
amputatpd IL leg for VIM. Hennessey
OF that place. The amputation was
made necessary hy the failure to heal
Of u bullet wound made in August.
A deed of 100 acres of Dodge eoun.
ty land was lately picked up tnliy rs
miles away-carried by the cyclone.
And Mrs. Van Franks marriage Ger.
tiIirate was found further of than
that.
The meeting ut Saltwater in the
;,t huoo h.n coonltoA m tho
proposed organization Uf IA stock COM
l'any. with II capital of $l0.OOO. for
the purpose of sustaining II first class
club next season.
The Russian refugees, sent from
st. Paul to st. Peter over u year ago.
have secured claims near BislRalck
and have been offered big prices to
sell, hut instead of selling they will
locate in their new homes.
Fountain. who kept saloon at Ba.
ron, and who made Il murdtrums as.
sallt upon Postmaster Wenalns, has
had his trial postponed until next
December and meanwhile will have
to remain in Jail at Litchfield.
A Miss McGrOrty, Of saltwater,
ordered II bottle Oi Gin ut n st. Paul
drug store, and next Gay died from
the effects of few Irresponsible. 1t
IS supposed that All in,xrt rienced
druggist named Geo. Wylie gave cor.
rosi,e sublimate in solution instead
of gin.
Grand FORKS Is making another ef-
font to secure II $I5O.OOO saw mill.
Mayor Mccormack offers tu invest
500 600 in it. With The Oplkrttni.
ties the city has 10 secure lumber it
is Il wonder that there is any hesita-
ton about it,
William :. Derrick, u printer en-
rloyed on the MOOrehead Ne1s drop
ped dead, in a hntrl in that city the
other day. The testimony Of ply
sicians was that whisky killed him,
but the tastidiOus cOrOner's jury re.
turned IL verdict Of death caused 10y
paralysis of the heart.
A modern NimrOd of Princeton
killed IL bear recently in nhanDer
that is not usually resented to hy
hunters. Having no bullets he put
the ram.rOd in the gun. and shot the
bear through the hind legs AMI then
finished linn with slugs and whatever
else would 20 down the barrel.
Columbia, the county seat Of Beav.
err county, had disastrous fire the
past week. The small hotel. the
post office and the old court house
were burned. The loss ia estimated
at $1,000, One-half insured. The
IWstUiiice was lifted up in modern
style and very neat.
r. G. Andrews. conductor, and ia
cob Ella, engineer OF the train which
run into the freight of the Mime
apOlis & St. Louis at Waseca, and w.
A. Grant, conductor of the freight,
have been arrested on u charge Of
lnanslaughter and placed in Jail. Tho
accident occurred several days ago.
Charles MAIDEN disappeared from
Braihertl four weeks ago and nothing
has been heard of him since. He
had Il prosperous business and u wife
and two children. AS he had u gun
with him to shoot game, the last time
he was seen, it is thought some acci-
dent may have befallen him.
Duluth Times: A gentleman who
had q conversation few days ago
with Oliver Dalrymple. the bonanza
farmer Of Dakota, says that gentle
man had informed him that he could
ana intended to save 100000 by ship
ping every Enshel of his grain to
Duluth this season. Mr.. Dalrympls's
crop this season will exceed 100000
bushels.
Excited Thousands.
All over the land are going into &C.