The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-03-26
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Chief Justice Waite has i'm mind 9

Chief Justice Waite has i'm mind q
pleasure trip to Alaska.
Nearly $4,000 acres of land under
| water along the Connecticut shore have
been sold by the State TO oyster growers,
| and last years taxes on this area Zone
fifth of which is in use) yielded $4,000.
!. Rev. w. ii. Peterson, of st. Paul, is
the owner of some rare Latin ecclesiasti-
cal works, the oldest of which is dated
1915. Several of the books have chains
attached to them, an interesting re-
mindeI of the time when books were SO
few and so valuable that they were
chained down.
A remarkable explosion which occur
red in Germany shows the force possess
ed by dust. A sack of flour, falling
down stairs, opened and scattered the
contents in cloud through the lower
room, where a burning gas flame set
fire to the dust. causing an explosion
which lifted part of the roof of the mill
and broke almost all of the windows.
Mexico is said to possess only about
100 factories of all kinds, owing to the
paucity of water and the high cost of
fuel. These factories employ about 49,
600 hands, and those devoted to weav-
ing contain $500 looms and 100000
spindles. The largest cotton mill is at
Queretaro, employs | 400 hands, and
manufactures the unblcached cloth worn
by all Indians.
The purified fat of sleeps wool. which
has been introduced into the drug mar
ket under the name of lanolin. is said to
possess remarkable susceptibility TO alb
sorption by the skin. When one thou
sand parts of it are mixed with one part
of a soluble metallic substance and APP
piled to the scalp a metallic taste is
noticed in the mouth within a few
minutes. Ii is thought the substance
will be Of great value for ointments.
An amusing story has been received
at Washington concerning Prof. Rasmus
b. Anderson. our neutrality-suspicious.
minister to Denmark. After having
been formally received by the king and
made the speech customary on such oc-
casions, Mr.. Anderson was shown by
the official introduccr of ambassadors
into the audience room of the Queen.
whcreupon the American diplomatist
shook hands with her Majesty as cordi-
ally as he would have done with any
body of his acquaintance, and, taking
chair. sat down for familiar chat. The
attendants in waiting were astonishcd
at this breach of decOr,ini. but the Queen
is said to have been very much amused.
She speaks English perfectly, but Mr..
Anderson insisted on talking in Danish,
and the conversation was carried on
with him speaking Danish and she
speaking English. After he had in
quired into the health of the royal child
rem, etc, he got up, shook the Queen
cordially by the hand, and bade her
adieu.
The Colorado Beacon says: .NIiss
Nellie COnnors of Lake City and Oscar
Olsen of Animas Forks were married on
the summit of the divide, at an altitude
of over $4,000 feet, the party being on
snow-shOes. Miss COnnors agreed To
meet Mr.. Olsen on the summit. bringing
her friends with her: and Mr.. Olsen
was to approach the summit with his
friends. coming up on the opposite side
of the mountain. The bride left Lake
City. accompanied by her two brothers;
and Olsen left Animas Forks ut the
same hour, accompanied by the Rev.
DR.. Ley of SilvertOn and few friends.
The only way of scaling the snOw-cover-
ed mountain was on snow-shocs, and
the climbing was fatiguing. The groom
and the minister arrived first at the desig-
mated mee,ing-point; but they did not
have long TO wait. for the bride and her
brothers were soon observed nearing
the spot, trudgngly along cheerily.
Miss Connors seemed less fatigued than
any other member of the party After
a short rest. DR.. Ley performed the we'd
ding ceremony with a. much impress
siveness as if il had taken place in
church. The minister. the bride. the
groom, and the witnesses of the mar
riage grouped themselves together as
close rs the Canadian snow-shoes would
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