The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01

1t Andrew Hanson, an aged Norwegian
l. died in Minneapolis Saturday under pc
Is culiar circumstances, some supposini
o that his wife killed him. He leaves
r daughter and other relatives in this city
The Duluth Tribune of Saturday con
tanned the following sad information
I The many friends of II. W. Coffin, o
o Coffin 4 Warner, will be grisved to learI
of the death of Mr.. Collins baby, the
, little one living but one day.
The Scandinavia Baptist church held
festival ut the X. of L. hall Saturday ev'
ening to celebrate the third anniversary
of the establishment of that church in
the city. Rev. Bergstrom, of Brainerd
and Carlson, OF Albert Lea, were pres
ent and participated in the exercises
The hanTas crowded and good time
was had by all.
Mr.. w. L. Comstock, local agent for
the Buffalo Mutual Accident Insurance
Co., states that the company has been
restrained from doing business by the
insurance department of New York
State. A number of our citizens were
lead into taking out policies by an agent
who was in the city last fall. They are
now informed that it is useless to send
further assessments.
MIR. VIM. ii. Girvin and Miss Fam
ME Gilmore, both of this city, were mar
ried Saturday evening by Rev. +. M.
Rule, ut the residence Of the brides
brother. Both of the young people have
many friends in the city, who wish them
happiness. Mr.. Girvin was member
of the firm of GirvIn Bros recently sold
out, and has been prominent in militia
affairs. He is young man of sterling
character, and deserves success.
-Four members of the school board,
Senator Pope and Representative Barr
and one or two citizens, held meeting
Saturday night, and the result will prob
ably be that the clause in the school
charter amendments allowing the board
to levy an assessment of eight mills will
be dropped, and an amendment inserted
making it the duty of the board to pub
lish an annual statement. The other
amendments increasing the powers of
the board will be allowed to stand.
"A former resident of Faribault,
Mimi, writes letter to the Democrat of
that CITY from Orange, California, under
date of January, 1889, from which the
following extract Is taken: "Times are
very hard here; there is no money for
the poor, and virtually We are living up
on one another. For instance: If |
want a sack of potatoes / trade either
work, butter or eggs, and If the potato
owner wants neither of these, and |
have nothing else to trade, have to 90
without the potatoes. l am now chop
ping wood on shares, and am getting
very rich. The orange trees in this sec
ton are all dying; the grapevines are al
ready dead" Evidence accumulates
that there are places where it is harder
to get living than in Minnesota.
Sheriff Geddes Saturday sold the !
of the Minnesota Southern FL {
evator Co. at Garden City, Vernon Cen
ter and Amboy at pubic auction. At I
Garden City carload of barley, some 1
wheat and oats and some warehouse fix
lures were sold to Tomlin, Burghardt & G
Co., of st. Paul. At Amboy the same 1
firm bought in two warehouses, car oil |
wheat, Fairbanks warehouse scales, I
corn shelter and horse power, and ele- |
vator fixtures, and some oats. The firm
bid in the warehouses at the value of a .
first mortgage held by itagainst the pro-
perty. At Vernon Center Mr.. B. F.
Francis of that place bought a car load =,
IF hard coal at 81 per ton and some soft
coal at 1926 a ton. TIE sales were
made on two executions, of Tomlin, @
Burghardt & Co., of st. Paul, for 1873, :,
md Chas. Boynton, of Garden City, for =,
sos. The amount of the executions and
.osts will be covered by the receipts =
from the sales. The st. Paul Am ar. :;
poets to stand suit brought by Van Du- ,
zen, of Minneapolis. over the owner
ship of some of the property bought in. r
I'm connection with the removal of =
he Office of the consolidated land offices !
% Marshall there is disposition among
,ur people to blame the board of trade 9
or not taking active steps to have the =
office located at Manksto, which is the =
most accessible location for the entire
district. This complaint arises partly
rom a lack of knowledge of what the
BOARD has actually done. The action .
which the board took was done early in =
January, and 1t was thought best at the =
ime not to publish it. To relieve the
BOARD of unjust censure it can now be
tated that on motion of Mr.. s. F. Bar y
lev the secretary was instructed to write
o the Minnesota delegation in congress =
n regard to the matter, urging Manka-
o's interests. On motion of Mr.. NJ. G. . .
Willard resolution was adopted declar-
ng that it was the sense of the board of
rade that the land offices be consolida-
ed, and that owing to its accessible and
central location the Office be removed to
and that a request to that eff !,
ect be sent to the secretary of the IN =
erior and to each congressman from the
State. On motion of Gen. E. M. Pope,
Nessrs. Willard, Wise and Chapman
we're appointed a committee to make = =
ormal application for the Office on be =
half of the city. This committee report !.
ID from time to time. Perhaps greater
md earlier efforts on the part of our cit
zens might have secured the Office.
From Tuesdays DAILY FREE PREssl.
1t is years since wood was as cheap d
Is it is at present. 1t can now be had at
he buyers price and in any quantity. !