The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-01-25
From Wednesday DAILY FREE PRESS.

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From Wednesday DAILY FREE PRESS.
Wood is coming in in great quanti-
ties.
Work has been resumed on Father
Pryor's residence, at the rear of the
Catholic church.
Wheat has taken an upward turn of
five cents, though it is lower East. The
prospects are that it will go up much
higher within couple of months.
Prof. Lindsey is preparing to give a
piano recital at the Opera House some
time in the near future. He will use
three pianos and all the members of his
large class will take part.
Flax still rules at $l.52 a bushel
Farmers who still have supply on hand
would do well to market it soon, as the.
trend of the market shows that prices
will be much lower by spring.
The Saulpaugh house is gradually
getting into shape in the interior. Lath-
ing has been begun. The steam filters
are busily engaged laying the pipes and
preparing the boilers.
This was another one of those
grand days which have been so frequent
during the winter. Several persons who
had contemplated spending the Winter
in California are congratulating them
selves that they remained at home.
The rooms in the city hall heretofore
used as morgue and the chief of policies
private Office have been joined together
by the removal of the partition, and will
hereafter be used by the Board of Trade
as place of meeting. The chief will
still have his Office there. The present
Board of Trade room will be occupied by
the city engineer.
"A young Englishman named Fred
erick Hickmatt, working on farm near
Garden City, was arrested yesterday on
suspicion of being a man wanted for
murder at Albion, III. He closely re-
sembles the description of the murderer,
but Hickmatt declares that he is not the
man wanted and says that he can prove
his innocence. He is now in Jail await
ing word from the Albion authorities.
Several parties have been wolf hunt
ing lately, and have found plenty of in
locations of game north of the city. A
lady living within sight of Mankato was
awakened the other night by two wolves
that came up to the house and howled
under her window. Trails are numer-
GUS around Mankato junction and Kaso-
ia, and along the Minnesota river. No
wolf has yet been killed, though the
dogs of hunters have had encounters
with them. What's the matter with lay
ing aside business for day and having
grand wolf hunt?
"A weather prophet in st. Paul. Kel-
logg by name, makes tine following pre-
dictions for February: There will be
electric storms from the End to the 9Th,
between the 18th and the 18th or 10Th,
and between the oath and the Goth or
9th. The temperature will likely aver
age above the mean of the season. The
first part of the month will likely aver
age warmer than the latter part. Mer-
curry is in perhelion on Feb. 2, which
will bring about these disturbances.
The predictions of Mr.. Kellogg so far
this month he claims to have been veri-
fed in every particular. On the 10Th of
January the barometer fell to 90 degrees
the lowest point reached in this lati-
tude for seventeen years.
-WAsHINGToN, Jan. 2l.-The land of
| fee is still giving active consideration to
the consolidation of the smaller land Of
fees of Minnesota, and the index divi-
sion is getting up the necessary data for
the purpose. Commissioner Stockslager
said to-day that he hoped to be able to
consolidate Tracy, Redwood Falls, Ben
son and Worthington into one, but he
could not tell until he had gotten the
data showing the amount of land in each
district. President Hill and Vice-Presi-
dent Clough, of the Manitoba road, have
appeared before the secretary and urged
that the new Office be placed at Mar
shall, Lyon county. The new South
western line of the Manitoba will pass
through there, making the place easy of
access. Commissioner Stockslager rath-
er favored putting the consolidated Of
| fees at Mankato, as that was nearer the
center OF the present districts; out ne
finds that most of the public lands are
located at the western end of the dis
tricts, and that either Marshall or Tracy
would be central enough for all practi-
cal purposes.
Mankato is decidedly the most central
location, because it is 30 quickly reached
from all points of the district by rail
The most of the work is done bv mail
and letter can be sent and the answer
received in day. where it would take
two or three days for large part of the
district. if the Office was located at either
of the other points mentioned. Consid-
ering the convenience of the entire con-
solidated district, Mankato is most de-
cldedly the proper location for the land
Office. Some effort ought to be made by
our business men to secure the office.
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