The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-03-01
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From Friday DAILY FREE PREss.I
The Inspector-general,i in his annua
report, grades Company F at 81 out of
possible 100. The average of the regi
ment is 1926.
AT the grand encampment of |. o
OF, at Minneapolis Wednesday, Mr.
J. W. Fowler. of this city, was elected
Grand Patriarch.
Hamburg 4 Co., OF Lake Crystal
made an assignment yesterday to p. A
Larson, of that village, all attempts &c
settle having failed.
Mr.. 5. Turner, proprietor of the
Wells House, at Wells, has neatly re-
papered and re-painted the house, and
greatly improved it in appearance.
p A. Larson, assignee for Ham
burg 4 Co., furnished bonds for 81 900,
twice the amount of the assets, with j.
A. Willard and Geo. H. Clark as sure
ties.
Company is anxious to go TO New
York to attend the centennial celebration
there on April so. 1t is thought good
attendance could be secured if the state
should decide 10 send the regiment.
The court room of the new temple Of
Justice will be one of the largest halls in
the city. Its seating capacity will be
nearly 700, while there will be room for
1000 people with little crowding.
Geo. Connell, Henry Jilson and
Chas LOetfler, of Madison Lake, were
gwen their preliminary examination
yesterday on the charge of riot at
cbarivari party at the home of Stephen
Alden, when they broke his windows.
When the state rested they waived
further examination and were bound
over to the grand jury in the sum of 500
each.
MIR. A. L. Folsom, of Lincoln. has
sold eight head of grade HolsteIn cattle
to L. Warner, of Duluth, at $50 head.
Amos Warner has purchased seven or
eight head Of horses near st. Peter at
from $l75 to S225 each. Mr.. NJ. T. Fall
sold yesterday one pair of grade Nor
man colts iC II. +. Humr' -ey. o: Lake
Crystal, for $500, and one pair ofyearling
colts for 500. These are for the Lake
Elmo stock farm. Mr.. c II. Piper also
sold yesterday four three-year old mares
TO Mr.. Humphrey at SI75 each, and one
three-year old mare at $50. All these
are grade Normans, unbroken, and in
tended for the Lake Elmo farm. Mr..
Piper is going into the raising of full
bloods to greater extent. He believes
that horse raising is the most profitable
business farmer can engage IN, provid-
ing he leaves scrubs alone.
If the editor of the RerielC would
take little pains to inform himself be-
fore making statements in his paper he
would show degree of wisdom, which,
in the past, has been sadly wanting In
the conduct Of his sheet. Since election
he has lost no opportunity to misrepre-
sent Representative Lassow and the
other members from this county, and it
is about time to call halt. Last week
he took occasion to state that the bill
which Mr.. Lassow secured the passage
of covering into the school treasury OF
St. Clair the revenue derived from liq-
uor licenses did not carry with it the
Good Thunder district. Anyone who
has kept the run of legislative matters
knows full well that Mr., Lassow intro
duced two bills at the same time-one
for St. Clair district and the other for
Good Thunder. Both bills went Il rough
together and were Immediately signed
by the Governor. Mr.. Wise had best use
little sense before attacking or misre-
presenting honorable gentlemen and
their efforts.
The names of the two boys who are
accused of raising U. 5. notes are Her
man Dreher and Geo. Content. They
skipped to St. Paul on being discovered,
and when Chief Fowler went after them
this week armed with warrants for ar
rest he found that they were somewhere
out on the Northern Pacific road bound
. for Washington Territory, He placed
tfrccase in the hands of the L. S. Dis
trIct attorney, as the crime comes under
the federal laws, The plan of the young
men was to takeNa one dollar bill, cut
the figure "5' from an internal revenue
stamp on a tobacco box and paste it over
the figure 81" on the bill. This was
only done on old bills that were some
what soiled by use. By passing the bill
with the right side up the trick was
hardly noticeable. 1t is known that five
bills were passed In this manner, and it is
thought that several more were. Bills
were passed on Mrs. Jorgenson, Jacob
Becker, |. Roelofson, John Lamm and
the county treasurer. The latter did not
notice the defect until he presented his
bill at the bank. Mr.. Becker immedi-
ately put the police upon the track of
the boys. Geo. Content has bad repu-
tation. 1t is said that he has been in
the reform school and also served a
term In the Nebraska states prison.
AT the meeting of Wilkin Post We'd
nesday night, Il design for monument
to the soldiers of Blue Earth county, to
be placed in Lincoln Park, was present
ed, having been drawn by Mr.. n. Mer-
rill. The design has been on exhibition
at Williams & Payne's for some time,
and received very favorable comment
from members of the post. The monu-
ment is TO be of grey granite, handsome
" chiseled. At each corner will be a
cannon, standing upright on Its face.
Each corner is capped with bronze
drum, upon which stands a bronze
eagle with wings slightly spread, holding
in its beak a wreath of flowers. The
main part of the monument is surmount-
ed by bronze figure representing pri-
vate soldier fully uniformed and
equipped and wearing an overcoat, and
standing at "parade rest" The entire
design is very fine, and will
cost $500. There is a bill before
the legislature TO authorize each county