The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-09
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

rooms which flourish in her midst.
Capt. J. A. Reed. warden of the
at saltwater, is seriously
ill.
The water and gas improvements
of this season In Duluth will amount
to 1905, 900.
Wolves killed fourteen sheep for G.
A. sawyer, of Olmstead county, one
night last week.
The new German II. f. church at
lie Sueur was dedicated on the last
Sabbath in October.
The corner stone of the Albert Lea
Female College was laid with impos.
ing ceremonies on the Goth ult.
Conrad Eek, an old resident of
Hastings and Il cooper by trade, while
at work in a cooper shop dropped
dead.
The post office at AnOka was en-.
tered by burglars last Thursday night.
Stamps and money to the amount of
1920 were taken.
The names of 1882 children are
enrolled on the Duluth school lists.
an increase of 4Ols per cent. over the
preceding Year.
An examination of candidates for
the cadetsIIip at West Point, from
the first district, will he held at Roch.
ester on the Goth inst.
DIR. HOLSTER, of Austin. revenue
inspector. has been ordered to report
at Philadelphia tor special service IL
that section and has gone east.
The. State Congregational confer
ence. which closed at Lake City on
the 22nd ult. WAS largely attended,
and much enthusiasm manifested.
AT Silver Greek two yonng men, a
young woman and three children in
one family have died of dIphtheria,
leaving the mother, Mrs. COnnick.
desOlate.
The late Catholic fair i'm st. Peter
was pronounced success. The re.
ceipts amounted to $l.730. 70. and the
expenses to SSH, leaving as a net
result 81 .540.6l.
A team attached to a buggy in
which Geo. Greethurst of Fremont,
Winona county. was riding, became
frightened. threw him ont, breaking
one leg and two ribs.
-Four stacks of oats and separa.
tor belonging to &. Bliss, of Echo,
Mimi. were burned. and Charles
MunsPll has been arrested and indict-
ed for setting the fire.
Frank Hartman. a blacksmith at
shielded Wednesday night
by taking poison. lie leaves wife
and five children, two of whom live
at Red Wing, his former home.
Sneak thieves entered the residence
of +. a. Barth, merchant at Water
town, and chlOrOfOrming both him
and his wife while asleep, secured and
made away with between $500 and
$500.
w. ii. Jennings, proprietor of the
Sherman house, at CrOOkstOn. made
an assignment on Saturday last, for
the benefit of his creditors. The
liabilities are in the neighbOi hood of
"a 900.
~ four weeks old child was re.
Gently left Oh the steps of Mr.. J. H.
Barnard of MOOrhead. 1t will be
adopted. Its paternity, it is believed,
does not establish any claims upon
hat household.
a large party of people from Owa-
tOnna are going to California or other
on the Pacific coast to spend
he winter. The number is so large
hat a special chartered car for the
travellers is talked of.
Proceedings have been begun by
Finch ( Van Slyke, st.
Paul, to enforce the payment OF q
Judgment amounting to nearly So 900
against the stockholders of the old
LIE Sueur Mill Company.
William Hubbard, i'm the lookup at
Pelican Rapids for drunkenness. took
advantage of the presence OF Turnkey
.ackey to escape, locking the latter
inside. where he remained several
hours before he was released.
\ short time ago. James n. Pratt,
roCming at the Merchants Hotel. Du-
luth. had $50 and a silver watch
stolen from his room. "Wednesday
he got Judgment against William
the proprietor of the house,
for 500.
The Long Prairie Argus says Mrs.
Strauss has deserted her home and
eft for parts unknown. it is supposed
i'm company with Sam Kemp. Her
husband is a popular young merchant
i'm Long Prairie and WAS a kind and
devoted husband.
Gen. Baker is pressing the matter
of adjustment of the wheat freight.
ing elevator troubles on the North
ern Pacific road in this State. and is
waiting the return of Gen. Hampt to
arrive at some satisfactory settlement
of this veXed question.
Mr.. l. Ford left Winnebago City
recently for Oshkosh. Iowa, taking
ont "a thirty days accident policy for
$4,000, stating that lie felt impressed
that something would befall him.
lie met with fall Oct. 80. which the
physicians pronounce fatal.
Capt. Ed. Grant. who has been in
employ of Durant. Wheeler < Co., of
for the past twenty two
+, ears. was, on Tuesday evening, at
Mr.. Durant's residence, by that gen.
tleman ana Mr.. Wheeler, presented
with Il gold watch and chain.
a public land sale will he held at
the US. Land office, i'm Taylor's
Falls. on the 4'h day of January. 1884,
at which time will he offered all the
lnoffered lands in the district. with
The exception of the towns cOmpris-
ing the late Mile Laos Reservation.
Two farmers named Wells and FL
1ridre. took mortgaged wheat to
HallOck and sold it, hut were arrest
pd when attempting to get check
for the grain cashcd at st. Paul
bank. The amount of the sale was
s965. and it is probable the men will
suffer severely for their act.
Eberhaid Peterson, of Erickson,
aged So years, committed suicide ny
last week Thursday. He
hung himself to small tree. with a
piece of binding Irvine. When found
his knees were resting on the ground.
He leaves a wife and two children,
grown up, i'm good circumstances.
Notwithstanding the great facili-
lies enjoyed now for railroad travel
and emigration, an occasional 'prai-
RE schooner" is seen vending its
patient, if weary way unobstrncted.
with eOuineS and kline, following in