The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

A fire in Hastings last week de-
strOycd "a, 900 worth of property for
A. Noble.
st. James people were swindled
about $3.50 worth by IA travelling Oil
portrait painter.
Dunn, the defaulting treasurer of
Watonwan county, is supposed to I've
in SOnth America.
The thirteen townships i'm the
CrockstOn land district are rapidly
ii'ling up with settlers.
NOrthwoOd is again agltated over
the prospect of getting an east and
west line of railroad.
The Faribault city council refuses
to allow thu erection of telephone
poles on the main street Of that city.
James r. Gordon of Ottawa, caught
l57 pounds of fish in three nights last
week. the largest one weighing forty
pounds.
a guest at a Sleepy Eye hotel was
robbed of his pants and $85 in money
the other night. The thief was
captured.
st. Paul Merchants regard their pa
irons in Southern Minnesota as best
paying, and the safest ones ones OH
their books,
A. Barlow. living near Albert Lea,
last week threshed l73 bushels, legal
weight, of barley, the product Of
three acres of ground.
The Aitkin Age says that T. p.
IIeiser, lately night operator at that
place, has been detected stealing
tickets from the railway company.
Hewitt's hardware store, at Worth
ington, was entered by burglars one
night last week, a number of revOlv-
ers and pocket knives being taken.
A young man, name unknown, CON-
milted suicide by cutting his throat,
while TN an express train near Min
neiska last week. Cause, tired of life.
y farmer i'm Rock Dell got mad at
Il dog and let fly club ut the animal,
and his wife received the blow on
her nose, breaking it fiat to her face.
G. s. Smith the contractor for
building an extension to the St.Peter
INSANE asylum, has decamped, but it
is stated there is nothing wrong in
his accounts.
While in bathing in the Blue Earth
,,I It ~
Frank B;,ssett. son of James Bassett,
aged eleven years, was drowned. The
body has not yet been found.
Miss Libbie Andrews. formerly q
resident Of Chenille. was killed
few days since by the running away
of Il team, and her remains were TAX
Ell to Chenille for burial.
Last year DIR. G. II. Patton and G.
+. Young of Lake City purchased il
piece OF suburban real estate in San
Antonio, Texas, for $500. which
they sold last week for $4,000.
Gettysburg is the name of Il new
town in Potter county, and it has a
paper called the Herald. Among the
inducements offered the Herald says:
"Ge:tysburg is the soldiers home.
VIM. Morrison, foreman Ct the
levee filling in front of saltwater,
while riding home Tuesday night in
front of an engine, tell under the
wheels and was almost instantly
killed.
Austin Transcript: George Martin.
of kassOn, formerly Of this city who
received the cadetship appointment.
has passed both examinations AT West
Point and gone into camp there until
September.
While trying to put ring on the
nose of refractory bull the other
u ay nc itchGsld. Meeker conn..;s- = :,
Mr.. Thomas was thrown under the
animal, trampled upon and had sew.
eral ribs broken.
Cokato has horse owned by Isaac
Homer that will take the pump ham
die in its mouth and pump itself
drink. II Il water pail is placed un.
der the spout it will pump the water
into that, If not it will drink from the
spout.
Z. c. Sprague, of Moorhead, is 20
years old, and is the most extensive
landhOlder in the United States. 1t
is claimed that he holds undisputed
title to SOC, 900 acres, and he is con.
stantly swelling these figures by fire..
quent purchases.
The Northwestern Telephone Co.,
have made arrangements to connect
Faribault, Mortified, st. Paul and
Minneapolis, st. Peter, MankatO,
OwatOnna and Rochester by tele.
phone, the work to be completed
within ninety days.
The entries for the races at the
State fair at OwatOnna are numerous,
ard include in some of the best hOrs.
es in the country. Commodore Kit.
sons stables will he represented 10y
fast steppers. The display of blood.
ell stock promises to be large.
Grandmother Greenlee, of Ottawa
visited st. Peter last Wednesday land
although SO years old. she made the
trip up and back in a wagon. Mrs. G..
has been member of the Presbyter.
ian church for IS years. and is
probably the oldest Presbyterian in
the State.
Henry Schacht. IA German living
near Faribault, met with Il terrible
accident while stacking hay. On de-
scrnding from the stack he allowed
his fork to slide to the ground and
was impaled on the fork, the handle
entering the rectum and piercing the
novels IL inches. The unfortunate
man died.
Mr.. Scnrick, of uaverhill. has a
curiosity in the shape of calf thar
was born without eyes, and has no
tail, it's backbone extending no far.
Their than its hips, and it is otherwise
deformed. 1t is five weeks old, and
is growing nicely, is nearly white,
only having a black spot in the fore
head.
1t is reported that smallpox is
making terrihl" inroads upon the In.
dians living in ltasca county. In two
towns IS deaths are reported, and rs
they have 10 medical aid it is certain
death to he taken down with the
scOurge. The infected districts are
deserted and the victims of the dis.
ease left to their fate.
Northern Pacific Junction plumed
itself Il few weeks ago upon the AZ.
rival there of DR.. Walter LennOx, "a
noted Scotch physician, IA gradu.
ate from Oxford etc, who would
locate there. The doctor left the
other day with $50 and a gold watch,
borrowed from minister, and with.
out rcceipted bills for his board and