The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-20
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

Crookston calls loudly for more
tenements.
On the basis of the last vote Morris
claims $500 people.
The WOrthington Adodnce is short.
ly to issue a boom edition.
A new bank building is one Of the
thrifty indications at Morris.
Duck hunting is the popular sport
throughout the State at present.
Levi Montgomery, of Troy, attempt
ed suicide last week with arsenic.
Mark w. Clay has purchased half
interest in the Pine Island Journal.
A horse was stolen from Daniel
Jones Of Elba, few nights ago. No
clue.
Capt. Peter MantOr, of Mantorville,
holds a position in the Bismarck land
Office.
A State teachers institute will be
held at Benson, commencing next
Monday.
1t is said that the town that offers
the best inducements will get the
State fair.
The paper mill subscription at Fer.
gus Falls is within $50 of the re-
quired amount.
1t is rumOred that Love of the Per-
ham Bulletin IS going to establish q
paper at Battle Lake.
Burglars vainiy attempted to secure
$4OO from the pOstOffice safe in De-
troit few nights ago.
n thief snatched Miss Riders port.
monte with S75 on Washington ave.
nue. in Minneapolis.
For three years licenses have been
$500 at Fergus Falls. John Sherwin,
furnishes milk to that city.
The intercollegiate contest took
place last Wednesday evening,
Apr;l 1e. ot Ui1h Scbnnl hall North.
field.
West of the Big Woods the season
is further advanced than in eastern
Minnesota, and seeding is quite gen.
eral.
An enterprising Winona citizen will
donate 10 acres of available land for
the harvester works to be opened
there.
George Staley. pine land explorer,
Of Duluth, drew 81 900 of the firms
money from the bank and then de.
camped.
Rev. +. l.. Peterson of Faribault,
is an applicant for the prOfessOrship
of Scandinavian languages at the
State university.
Quite number of horses changed
hands at the stock fair at Dodge Cen
ter. 1t is proposed to hold SIMILAR
fair there in June.
Charlie, l2.year.old son OF w. C.
Brown of WinOna, was frightfully
injured by being thrown from wa.
gon during runaway.
At Howard the side tracks will not
hold the cars that are loaded with
emigrants, and the main track is full
for quite a distance each way.
The Duluth Erening Heuld, a new
venture, of which Mile Bunnell, late
Of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the
publisher, made its appearance Tues
day April 10th.
At the La Crosse House, in Albert
Lea, Monday, l.. Owentrich and his
father in-law. WIN. King, got into
dispute, and the latter was struck
over the head with chair and severe.
ly injured by the former.
l.. G. Mason. one of the wealthiest
capitalists of MuskegOn, Michigan,
has concluded to establish bank i'm
Duluth. with Il capital of $250.000.
1t will probably be called the Second
National Bank of Duluth.
G. +. Washburn, of Herman, offers
all his property for sale, from 600
acres OF land to several shirts, suits
OF clothes, etc, and announces that
creditors of the Bank of Herman
will be paid 100 cents on the dollar. -
Mrs. Bronson and Jennie O'Neil of
Henderson, are under arrest, charged
with incendiarism in connection with
the burning of the Union House.
The girl told her lover of. the job
and he put the case in legal hands.
Rev. Z. Livermore preached his
farewell sermon at the Episcopal
church i'm st. Peter last Sunday. He
has been in charge of that parish for
twenty-three years, and leaves with
the love and esteem of all his acquaint-
anceS.
At Barnum on the st. Paul and Du-
luth road, IL gentleman named Bed,
has Il saw.miD with capacity of
100000 feet of lumber day, nearly
completed. He already has 100000
feet of logs to saw, part of which he
has put in himself.
The st. Peter Tribune is authority
for the statement that druggist in
that city recently sold 256 bottles of
strychnine in one day, Ostensibly to
kill black birds, but the writer half
way fears that a boom in suicides is
soon to af1lict that vicinity.
The wife of a well known Minneap.
oils man created something of stir
among the gambling fraternity by go.
ing to Shaw's gambling house and de-
handing the return of $40 which her
husband had lost there. A part of
the money was refunded, and she left
threatening to prOsecute.
Congressman Nelson has The ap.
pointing of one military and one ma.
val cadet this year. Superintendent
George +. Cowing, of Fergus Falls,
Gov. Barto, of Sank Center and DR..
Godfrey Vivian, OF Alexandria, have
been selected committee to conduct
the examination. The committee will
meet at Fergus Falls, May Sth.
The Barnhardt Lumber company
has bought the whole plant of Cutter,
Gilbert IL Pearson, on Rice's Point,
Duluth. and also 100000 feet of
logs that the latter company have put
up this season. With what they have
had put in for them, and what they
have lately purchased, the Barnhardt
company will have from Il, OOO, 900 to
$4,000, 900 feet Of logs to work up this
season.
The biggest deal of the year in Min.
neapOlis real estate is the sale of the
Washington Yale property, thirty
eight acres, for $3.50. 600. to Fred. +.
Peet. who Immediately sold an undi-
vided three-fOurths interest to c. H.
Prior, John Watson and ii. G. Webb,
at a handsome advance. The proper.
ty will be immediately thrown upon
the market, and competent judges be.
lieve that $450.O00 will be realized.
L. Il. Ketchum, who was arrested
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