The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-01-26

Junction.
An engineer named McElroy WAS
killed ut Tracy by being run over by
an engine.
Herman Marluaid of Lake City has
male All assignment for the benefit
of his creditors.
The Rice county jail was. OH Christ
mas morning, tenantless for the first
time in seven year.
During the year ending December
81, 1882, there were 46 births and 30
deaths in Lake City.
Fergus Falls claims $742,271 rs
the value of her building improve.
ments the past year.
Lake Superior Is frozen for some
distance out from Duluth harbOr, the
first time this winter.
Argyle, Marshall county, will soon
have a new paper, The Banner, pub
lished by a. j. Clark.
Robert WaldrOn, a Rochester dairy.
man, reports net profit Of $50 each
on his cows last year.
The liabilities of Flood, the de-
camping Monticello insurance agent,
are now placed at $4,000.
The schools at Birch Dale. near
Long Prairie, are closed ON account
of the prevalence of diphtheria.
The total value Of the products of
Duluth's manufacturing establish.
ments the past year was S2,l02,77l.
The Window Citizen is the latest
paper published in Cottonwood coun.
ty and edited by c. +. Warren & Son.
Amos Day. aged 10, one of the
oldest settlers of Fillmore county.
died very suddenly on Tuesday Of
last week.
The Washington school house.
which has cost Duluth about $40, 900
will be ready for occupancy in q
month or SO.
A Deputy Sheriff from Wright
county, stopped over in Minneapolis
while returning from st. Peter and
was robbed of $50.
The family of Rev. c. A. Ruddock.
Congregational pastor at Hancock,
were nearly suffOcated by escaping
coal gas a few nights ago.
William Fink. receiving teller of
the ST. Paul German.American bank,
has gone and left 10 trace. His &C.
counts are being examined.
Rochester, having subscribed liber.
lily in stock ~ keep the Harvester
works in that city, the cilizens Of
WinOna will raise theirs to $lU0. 900.
\ fellow giving his name as Ed.
BOwes attempted To commit suicide
1t CroUkstOl hy cutting his throat
with jack-knile, but WAS unsuccess.
III.
A capitalist of experience in wool
growing is about to purchase in
swift county twenty sections of land
which he will devote to sheep rails
ing.
The city council of st. Cloud has
determined upon iii enlargement of
its city limits. The proposed extern
sion will make the city four miles
long.
Twenty of the moulders in the
Northwestern Car & Manufacturing
company's shops at saltwater struck
yesterday OH account of Il ten per
cent. reduction in wages.
Alfred Carson. of Cannon Falls,
aged ten years, fell on the sidewalk,
and a piece of glass, which was lying
on u plank, penetrated his eye and
forever destroyed his sight.
About IL o'clock Tuesday night
Mr.. Purcell of Superior arrived at
Duluth from VermilliOn Lake, having
walked the entire distance, so miles,
since 6 O'Clock Monday morning.
a man from Green Mountain State
arrived ut MOorhead few days ago
and told a sOrrOwful story about
being taken in by some confidence
men at Minneapolis who robbed him
Of 500 by the leash draft system"
David Bichsel, living "a few miles
below Ada, Norman county, was
burned to death last Monday. He
lay dead drunk in the house which
caught fire and was Con.
together with all its contents.
The grand jury of Stearns county
has recommended to the District
court of that county prosecution and
line of p. b. German, county superin-
Iendent of schools, he having failed
10 make the reports provided Dy law.
A petition has been numerously
signed in Stevens county, requesting
passage Of bill authorizing the coun
~ to issue bonds to the amount Of
$4,000 for paying the present in
iebtedness and erecting court house
and Jail.
Citizens of Fergus Falls will pc.
tition the present legislature for an
to her charter legalizing
special assessments tor local improve.
ments, such as waterwOrks and street
railways; also to establish munich.
pal court
Mrs. II. Frisby of Detroit left home
Friday, taking with her all the
money about the house and some
valuable papers. Her husband can.
rot account for her leaving him and
,ffers reward for information that
will lead to her recovery.
Mahlon d. Miller was awarded S..
100 damages in the United States dis.
,rict court at St. Paul last week, in
lis suit against the Chicago, Milwau.
zee and st. Paul railway company,
or having been put off a tram after
~ had paid his fare.
according to the Alexandria Neus,
shile l4-year.old Sun of E. r. he.
,lingrr Of Hudson WAS going TO
JsaKis on horseback, one day last
, eek, II lynx jumped and calight the
lurse Ivy the nose, decorating II some.
What. The horse rose Oh its Ind
eet and struck the lynx, knocking 1t
Town
Duluth's report Of progress for the
,ast year is u very gratifying eXhihit.
Ihr number Of buildings erected in
$50 was sos, costing 81 ABS. 3l5, and
With total frontage . nearly three
niles. Her population is now estim-
ted ut over $4,000, an increase Of
Yearly 100 per Cent. and her COM
nercial transactions were nearly
"A 900, 900. Every branch Of trade
eported is represented as OH the in-
reaSe.
True to her Trust.
Too much cannot he said OF the ever
aithful wife and mother, constantly
catching and caring for her dear ones,