The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-02
cFrom wednesdays DAILY FREE PRESS,

Jasper W. Squire, of Kasota, and
Michael Heley, of Elysian, have been
granted pensions.
The regular meeting of the Building
and Loan Association will be held Satur-
day evening at usual place.
Miss APPEL living on Minnesota street,
died Monday and her remains were
taken to Avoka to-day for burial.
Work on the cement company's
plant for saving stone is progressing as
rapidly as the state OF the weather will
permit.
Mrs. Krune died at her home last
night after long illness. Her maiden
name was Libbie Hughes and she has
relatives in various parts of the county.
H. L. Joslin, the gunsmith, has in
vented and applied for patent upon q
new paddock, which he claims is burglar
proof. 1t can not be picked by any ex-
pert.
-Kinninger, who is bonnd over to the
grand jury for forgery, has been little
off his mental base for few days. He
has shown some signs of insanity-ow-
ing to brooding over his crime. 1t is
not thought to be anything serious, how
ever.
Papers were made out to-day for a
suit against VIM. Graf by Fred ]. Blee-
dorm for SANDER. Both parties reside at
Good Thunder. The SANDER is alleged
to have been contained in the following
words "You stole $500 from the alter"
Mr.. D. Buck is attorney for the plain
tiff.
j. L. Washbnrn sold Yesterday four
lots in block 1877, West Mankato, to Rosa
B. and William h. Mixer, who will
within the next two or three weeks
commence the construction of a neat
residence thereon. A good deal of &C
tivity in the real estate market is looked
for soon.
As chinch bugs are very liable to in
wade this county this spring, it will be
interesting to farmers to know that there
is way to kill them out. 1t is claimed
that the way to get rid of the pests is to
burn every straw pile, brush heap and
everything else in which chinch bug
can find place to hide, including I'M
cultivated parcels of land. This should
be done as early in April as possible.
The south sides of hills can be burned
first, as these will be ready first, then
the north sides. For this, of course, a
still day should be had. This method
of extermInating the bugs is said to have
been tried in many places with good
success.
AT meeting of the Mankato Job
bers' Union last night Mr.. L. A. Moore
was instructed to ascertain the advisable
ity and cost of, and necessary data for
issuing pamphlet containing schedule
of freight tariffs from Mankato to vari-
GUS points on the different railroads to
which shipments are made from this
city; also a classification of the various
commodities shipped from the city. The
idea is to issue two pamphlets contain
ing the above information and an expo
sition of Mankato' g resources, prospects,
etc., and to send them to each merchant
in the towns tributary to Mankato. By
looking at the list of commodities the
class of each will be found and by re.
ferring to the schedule of rates, the
exact rate will be made known. 1t will
be good thing both for the shippers
the customers, and the city at large.
Ed. Grinager, who was mentioned
yesterday as having been locked up fol
insanity, WAS examined during the at
ternoon by Judge Mead and Drs. Jacoby
and Davis at the City Hall, the prisoner
being deemed too violent to be taken t.
the Judges Office. His mother, Mrs
Alexander, and his sister, Mrs. FREQ
Boomer, testified to Grinager's insanity
To the examiners the latter stated tina
he had been engaged for several year
in fighting his Satanic majesty and
meant to kill him for the benefit of wo
men and children and the poor. HI
was adjudged insane and was ordered
sent to the asylum at st. Peter. He wa
taken there this morning.