The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-01-18
Home J0TTINGs.
From, Friday 5 Daily
A Mnnleton aI.says:

FROM FRIDAY : Dally.l
A Mapleton SPECIAL says:
j. Baker, Chas. Daily and l.. Chestnu
employed by the Minneapolis Bridg
company in putting up a bridge over tn
Maple river, three miles southwest q
Maplcton, were badly injured Thursda
morning by falling from a scaffold TO tn
river below.
Senator Pope has been appointe,
upon the Senate committees on Norma
Schools, claims, insurance, railroads an,
soldiers home. The Blue Earth mem
Der Is recognized as an industrious work
er by beng given plenty of work TO do
The county treasurer is busy receiv
ing taxes. Mr.. Llovd says il is the farm
ers who are paying mp promptly, yer!
few Mankato people having called il
yet. There are six weeks yet before tn,
ten per cent. penalty for de lirqu, nCy a
tach
A wolf bounty has been paid 10 John
Scott, of Ceresco. This time of the veal
the total bounty is ten dollars. In sew,
eral parts Of the county wolves are re-
ported as being quite plenty. Several
sportsmen in this city are awaiting a
snow fall TO sally out in search of scalps
In Lime TOW Iship a number of wolves
have been seen lately, though very little
devastation among stock is reported.
A youI.r man hailing from near Ma
pleton was arrested last night for steal
ing four pool balls from |. Roelofson s
saloon. lie was watching a game when
he suddenly snatched up the balls aud
ran out Of the rear door, but was subse-
queutly caught The balls are worth
about 81 90 each. Ole Peterson, the boy,
was arraigucd this morning, charged
with petit larceny. He pleaded guilty,
and was fined 1925.
Judge Severance has a way of terse-
Y expressing things that other men
would never think of. During the trial
of the railroad case which ended yester-
day DIR. Ira Bishop, of Mapleton, was
called as witness, and during his testi-
mony was asked the difference between
bronchitis and consumption, which he
attempted to illustrate by saving that
they were to each other as the night to
the Gay.' Judge Severance leaned back
in his chair ard asked, while the faint.
est trace of smile lowered over his
countenarce, whether witness meant
that bronchitis was twilight of consump-
tion ?'' This brought down the house.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Mankato Manufacturing
Co., was held Tuesday, and the follow
ing directors were elected: Stephen
Lamm, ". W.P. Mcconnell, w. II. Will
cox, JnO. Klein Vim. Thomas. At a
meeting yesterday the directors elected
officers a. follows: :. Lamm, president;
VIM. Thomas. secretary: W. w. p. Nc
Council, treasurer; W. II. Wilcox, sup
erintendent. The company declared a
dividend OF per cent. payable March
LIST. We are pleased to be able to record
this evidence of the prosperity of this
valuable Institution.
The Farmers Alliance, in session at
St. Paul, was "Wednesday afternoon prin-
cipally occupied with President At
woods annual address, a very lengthy
affair. Among the points Mr.. Atwood
made were these: The present law on
the taxation of mortgages is unjust 10
the farmer; the dairy laws should be
more rigidIy enforced, the use of money
in elections is becoming too common;
the railroad and grain laws are all right,
but the commission is not ready to in
vestigate inequalities in rates; the agri-
cultural college ought TO be taken out OF
the regents hands.
The report of natural gas being
struck IN Il well at Minnesota Lake is be-
ing telegraphed over the state to deceive
people. One excited correspondent says
"eiforts will be made TO Separate the gas
from the water" We are inclined to
think If they would obtain section of
the Washburn boom and EXTRACT" the
gas from that they would secure great
er output. But, seriously, those who
know anything about gas hunting know
that shale gas is encountered almost at
any point, and 20 far as its being of any
use the idea is absurd. If any natural
gas of importance is struck the operators
as well as the people in the vicinity will
know it-and they won't have to go to
the trouble of extracting it from water,
either.
The rise in the value of wild lands
in this state and county is actracting
considerable attention among investors.
Said q real estate man this morning:
"Much of the money that has thus far
been invested in city property is now
being placed in wild farm lands. There
ia considerable of this land which has
not yet been picked up. 1t can now be
had at from ten to fifteen dollars an
acre. A farmer can buy some of this
land and by raising crop of fax can
nav for his land and the improvements
in one year. Flax is a sure crop and
will always rule high. 1t averages
twelve bus. els to the acre, and always
brings above dollar bushel. Several
els to the acre, and at the present price
of 81. so bushel they are IN especially
good humor."
The annual election of directors of
the Board of Trade occurred last night
from seven until nine O'Clock. The
meeting did not call out very large at
tendance, only eight votes being cast.
The following directors were elected
Geo. T. Barr, S. F. Barney, Geo. f.
Brett, G. A. Chapman, II. p. Christen-
sen, Jno. Klein, b. F. Pay, E. NJ. Pope,
w. b. Walker, NJ. q. Willard, DIR. p.
FolImaD, J. y. Hall, F. G.. Helnze, H.
p. Jensen, J. G. Noe, q. F. Piper, Jas.
shoemaker, Il. futile, J. A. Willard,
Jno. C. Wise. The old Board will hold
a meeting next Monday morning to can
yass the vote, after which the new Board
viii organize. After the officers have
been elected there will probably be sey'