The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-01-22

u. ~ " pTSSS TIC ouAS IaiiToau opcTatii
in this locality is the Omaha, and tn,
only between st. Paul and Mankato.
Our friend Cummings, of Buffalo
comes to the defense of the poor re-
man IN to-day's paper. Perhaps if Nj
: c. had lived on the frontier in the day
o "Auld Lang Syne" his sympathies 70
! the brave scalpers would not be so in
tense.
The Rerier, having received ful
satisfaction at our hands on the question
of REORGANIZATION of the Board q
Pension examiners, and also rs to tn,
reasonable cause of DIR. McMahan's re
moval IN 1869, subsidies into it's hole.
Upon inquiry we learn that their il
not rs much activity in the timber al
has been the custom during previous
winters. The fact is that the demand
for wood is not as great as in earlier
years and the ''cut" is being consider
ably lessened.
H. b. Dornberg, Esq, Il. p. 0. clerk
on the st. Paul & Omaha road received
notice of his dismissal from the mai
service on Tuesday. No cause is as.
signed, but it is certainly not in the line
of civil service reform. Mr.. Dornbere
was one of the very best clerks in the
service.
-Messrs. X. I. Jones, 5. Pearson, +.
Watson and II. Williams treated their
young friends and associates to a pro-
gressive euchre party at the Minneopa
House last Friday evening and the
young gentlemen have won universal
praise from their guests for the hearty
manner in which they entertained.
A party of ten ladies and gentlemen
from Mankato attended the club dance
at GAINESVILLE Friday evening and were
most royalty entertained by the good
people of that little village. The music,
furnished by the Elysian band, was
superb, and the prompting the best we
have heard in this section.
Upon the first page of to-day's paper
will be found the Commissioners An
nual Statement-the most important
document prepared by our county guard
ians during the year. This statement
shows the receipts and disbursements
OF county funds, and no taxpayer should
fail 10 peruse it.
The St. Peter Tribune says the last
heard from j. X. Moore he was stuck
fast in now drift in Kansas. That was
over a week ago, however, and it is
probable that j. X. is now enjoying the
luxury Of California weather, and dining
on green peas and lsttos. Tes, if IA.
would only "letus !"
~-Teamsters tell us that hauling ma
terial from the timber at present is any
thing but u pleasant task on account Of
the supertiuity of snow and the manner
in which it ID drifted. The roads through
the cleared portions are so much elevat-
ed by the drifts that it is almost impos-
sible to keep Il loaded sleigh from ''cut-
ting" off and tipping over.
One year ago last Wednesday Jan.
18th, the Hon. Schuyler Colfax dropped
dead at the Omaha depot in this city.
The weather at that time, it will be re-
m%embered, was very cold-about 80
degrees below zero. The thermometer
has thus far indicated no such severe
weather in Minnesota the present
winter.
Jensen X Firestone, p%roprietors Of
the City Carriage Works, are constantly
making valuable improvements in their
mandatory, and will soon have one of
the most complete establishments in the
Northwest. They now run all machinery
with steam, and have just received II
new Eureka planer and band saw, which
will be Immediately placed in position.
The firm are even running their sewing
machines with steam power.
Some months ago ii. NJ. Hamilton,
Esq, of the Mankato House, ordered Il
hotel register fiom Hoerr, of Chicago,
who has a patent on registers containing
advertisements. After waiting several
months and hearing nothing from his
book, he ordered a half-doZen from n
other house. And now comes Hoerr
and sues Hamilton for $1,000 damages
for infringement, or something Of that
kind. The case is nov on before the
L. s. Court at 81. Paul, where MIR. H..
was summoned on Tuesday to defend.
VIM. Ledbeter, N Of the leading
farmers of Medo, received a light stroke
of paralysis a few days ago, and is still
unable to be about, suffering from rheu-
matism. He had just returned home
from Il visit to Iowa and was in his usual
health. lie lost the power of speech
for a short time at first. Ole Englebrit-
son, OF the same town, who has lain
helpless with paralysis for nearly three
months, is slowly gaming and is able to
walk a little. He has not regained his
speech, however.
Among the important improve
ments fore-assured in the city and
which will be put in progress in the ear
~ spring are the opening of at least one
new stone quarry, the erection of a
three story business house by j. II. Ray
and a similar N by c. II. Austin q
Son. The laying Of the street railway
along Front street, building of a new
residence by l.. Patterson, the probable
commencement Of work on the new
court house, erection Of the Northwest
ern depot, building Of parsonage by
the German Lutheran society, and in
all probability the commencement of a
new hotel building. There are other
improvements of more or less import
ance in contemplation.
The st. Peter Tribune has authority
for relating the following peculiar incl
dent.
Mrs. Gault, a lady residing at Ottawa,
had been troubled for some time with a
tickling sensation in the throat, and a
week ago yesterday was seized with IL
severe fit of coughing. Right here is
where the snake story commences. The
snake was eleven inches long and as
large as an ordinary snake of that length
and was coughed up by Mrs. Gault. 1t
lived for three hours, and shrinking
from the notoriety which it had sudden
ly attained gave up the ghost. There
was only one snake, and as il didn't
wind up the performance by swallowing
a member of the family and then dis
} appearing through a hole in the floor we
cannot consistently brand the whole
thing as a canard. Increditable as the
story appears We have the solemn as
s~urance Of q half-dozen reliable men that
it 10 true In ever particular.