The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-16
MINNESOTA INTELL1eEaOE.

Nine anu One.n3lI hours constitutes
days work at the Saltwater car
shops.
Satof NOrd, of Center City, has
been indicted by the grand jury Tor
wife murder. W
Austin city has paid SO, 600 cash to
the county commissioners as bonus
on the court house.
Receipts of the United States land
Office, at Duluth, for the month Of
October were S18,758.
Freedom county will vote on the
proposition to Issue bonds for $40. 900
to build court house.
An unknown Frenchman attempted
t, commit suicide at saltwater by
jumping into the lake.
Peder Peterson was found dead
near Window last week. Whisky is
supposed to have been the cause.
John Nelson, of Faribault, died
last week, and the appearances are
that he was robbed and murdered.
The Spring Valley Vfdette says that
Gov. Hubbard has promised to mako
Col. Sheehan State inspector of oils.
Attorney Gribble, of st. Paul, has
obtained verdict of $1,000 against
the Pioneer Press for injury to his
character.
a ST. faul saloon keeper refused
two cOl0red men the drinks asked for
at his bar on the ground that they
were colOred.
Maud S. has been beaten. A man
with no turf training won the race
against her for County Superinteu.
dent in Mobiles county.
The Litchfeld board of trade will
guarantee good bonus for the estab.
liShment of machine shop and
foundry at that place.
Mrs. lockwood, of Brainerd, was
severely burned while rescning her
children from her house, which was
fired by an exploded lamp.
An attempt was made to Ore Davis
livery stable and the old BehDke
building, In New Ulm. which was
frustrated by early discovery.
Minnesota has seventy-seven ma.
ti0nal and State hanks whose paid in
capital stock is $l2.250. 900 and indt.
vidual deposits SCI, O80.284.
Fergus Falls is having water and
gas works put IN. The gas will be
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furnished at $3.50 per Thousand.
Real estate transfers have been
quite numerous in Sleepy Eye the
past month. the buyers being princi.
pallY newcomers from the East.
Sibley county has a hermit who at
different times held several county
offices. He refuses now to read
newspapers or associate among men.
Hon. NJ. II. Dunnell has secured a
third share of the town of New ROch.
fort. near DEVILS Lake. He has al.
ready disposed of $4,000 worth of
lots.
The granary of X. H. HALEY, in
the town of Wangs, Goodhue county,
collapsed. buIying Ole ShOnel. who
was severely bruised and nearly suf.
located.
A parOchial school taught by the
Sisters of St. Francis has drawn
about 30 from the enrolment of. the
public school at Sleepy Eye, the
Herald states.
Juvenile burglars are operating at
Rochester. A candy store was the
last object of attack, and the two
boys engaged, Frank Hessler and
Eddie Clark, were arrested.
ST. Paul Dispatch: 1t turned out
that Minneapolis missing girl had
not been abducted. She simply got
tired of the dull, sleepy village. and
went up to Duluth to enjoy little
life.
W.-P. Sargent, of Albert Lea, who
made an assignment last winter, has
now effected a settlement with his
creditors, so that at an early day no
win again be placed in possession of
his property.
Gov. Hubbard, last week. received
patents for about 100000 acres OF
swamp land lnuring to the State. OF
this %, 316 acres are subject to sale in
the Duluth district and 45.097 acres
in the St. Paul district.
The Rochester relief committee
has reserved $4,000 to be held un.
touched until spring, when it will be
used to replace seed wheat and other
necessaries that will be required on
the cyclone.swept farms.
An old Scntchman named Henry
hung himself in his cell
at the Ramst y county Jail on the night
of the End inst. He had $876.5O in
money upon his person. but nothing
is known of his antecedents.
The attorney general has rendered
a decision to the effect that railroad
lands are taxable after they have been
sold. Notwithstanding the fact that
the company may have regained pos.
session through mortgage foreclo.
sure.
The latest scheme suggested for
giving Minneapolis the control of the
wheat of Manitoba, is the construc-
ton of a canal from Winnipeg to
Minneapolis via Lake Traverse ard
Big Stone Lake at an estimated cost
Of SIC, 100000.
Isaac Staples sold to p. Musser of
and Weyerhauzer & Tozier
Of Saltwater all his pine lands on
Moose river, Wisconsin. together
with all camps, dams and improve.
ments. The consideration is said to
have been over $25, 900.
While Alice, a three.years' old
child of Mrs. p. Purcell. of Waverly,
was left alone for short time in the
house Friday, its clothes caught fire,
md going out of the house to look for
is mother the child lost its way and
persisted, the charred remains not
being found until the next day.
From the special list of fire insur
lnce companies doing business in
for the ten years passed,
by Commissioner McGill.
We learn that the total risks written
we're $3.50, 73l ,582. of which s5l7,.
"A, 208 was by American and $780,.
'S7 1873 by foreign companies. The
otal premium income was s8,O67,-
20 and the losses paid &4,643, 564.
Late the other night a well.known
commission man of st. Paul, accom-.
'anied by two friends, travelling men,
While dong the town got into some
if1iculty in house of ill.fame with
ONE of the inmates, in the course of
which the commission man was shot
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