St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-07
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA,
Gleanings of News and Items of Ma
terial Interest.
Daily Globe Department at Mankato De.
voted to Developing and Advancing
the Southern Portion OF the
State
Special Reports from the GLOBE Mankato Office
August g.

Miss May searles, of Minneapolis, is visiting
her friends in this city.
d. W. Selleck Esq, of Eagle lake. was in
Mankato Yesterday.
c. G. Spaulding Esq, Mapleton. attended the
dairy and produce excapge.
Otis Aver, of lie sueur, one of the oldest phy.
sicians of the Minnesota valley, was in Maukato
yesterday.
Twelve couple from Mankato spent Wednes-
day at Lake Madison and Of course they enjoyed
themselves
j. l.. Washburn Esq, leaves this morning for
Lake Benton, where he goes to attend special
term Of district court.
Mr. Henry j. Parry, of this city, has secured
position in Chicago prescription drug store
where he can attend the school of pharmacy
MIR. and Mrs. c. C. Washburn returned yegter-
day morning from Nebraska where they have
been visiting for several months Mr.. Wash
burn l. very much pleased with the country and
states that there could be a much worse country
to reside in.
r. L. Mason, Esq, chairman Of the Demo
cratic congressional committee and one of lie
sueur connty's substantial farmers, was in Man
kato yesterday and issued the call for the Demo
crate congressional convention to name Wake
fields successor
Iaescay evening was regular drill night of Co.
f., NJ. y. q. One new member, Mr.. H. b.
Dornberg, was admitted as a member of the
company The boys were out on a drill about
one mile from the city hail when a rain sud
denty came up and every member of the com
pany received a thorough wcttiAg
Mary Collett has an alleged grievance. She
charges r. T. Richardson with using indecent
language relating to her. and accordingly swore
out warrant to that effect Richardson. who is
an old soldier and nearly sixty wears of age.
plead mot guilty of using the choice express
slOns the warrant alleges The case WAS most.
poned until this morning at O'Clock
The regular monthly meeting of the board o
education was held Wednesday evening at the
city hail. The contract for building the West
Mankato school house was let to Theodore Ro.
mer for 81 100. Mr.. c. ". p. Crum was elected
assistant in the high school, and Miss Mary Rev
as teacher, with no position assigned Another
meeting of the board will be held Friday even
ing.
The Presbyterian picnic at Sibley's mound
yesterday was well attended and every BODY that
attended had an enjoyable time. Sbley's mound
is grand place for picnics, and it is wonder
that these grounds have not been appreciated be-
fore this summer An effort will be made to Sc
cure the next encampmcut of the Second regi-
lhCHl at tlllS CltE. anu IL II Is secured FOOD
place for the tented city is assured.
ReDie@: Mr. f. S Warner of Garden Citv.
and assistant railroad commissioner, is already in
the field for the legislature from the Garden civ
district, and is taking quite a deep interest in
''the crops of his district. Mr.. H. c. Howard
is also named as a candidate for the same nomi-
nation, and as both gentlemen are voters in Gar.
den City. it wonld seem to place their fellow citi-
ct, :.
to choose between them. Both are Republicans.
both are alliance, anti-monopoly and anti-tarif
men, and the contest will settle down to a matter
of personal preference where both are popular.
Which shall ii be?
On Monday morning young man about twen-
ty-one, dudishly inclined and capable of using
the most polite language Imaginable, arrived in
town and began to tell the story that he was a
graduate of Princeton college and was on his way
TO his home. He said he was dead broke and IN
variably asked for twenty-five cents, and he
raked in a number of stray quarters. He has
endeayored to beat his way at most places he
goes, and from his queer manner one might con-
slider him out of his right mind. lie has been
under the surveillance of the police most of the
time as good subject to look after On Tues
day evening, AT about II 80 o'clock he was on
his nocturnal wanderings and was run in by
Officer Kelley, whom the Princeton dude after
ward referred to rs 1.-The German officer" He
was arraigned before Judge Porter yesterday
morning, gave his name as W. ID. Brislin, stated
that he had been expelled from Princeton college
two months ago, had Immediately ''lit' out with
some friends for California, and lie was now ON
his way back to his home, Philadelphia. Judge
Porter gave him until noon to make himself
scarce, which offer he accepted and is now prob
ably working some other community. He seeing
to be either crank or an unmitigated liar