The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-04-05
CONDENSED NEWS OF THE DAY.

William Scheller, aged rs. and Mary
Hoehn, aged 10, eloped from Evansville,
Ind.
In New York bouquet of white roses
is hung with the Grape on the door knob
Of the house of dead person.
The latest bit of Washington territory
brag is that the climate is so fine that
wool grows even on hydraulic rams.
Statistics collected in England show
that university education is an advan-
tage for girls, even from medical point
of view.
The Barvarian general Methlbauer,
who became famous in the attack on
Baneur, in the Franco-Prussian war, is
dead, aged 70.
The silk dyers of Zurich have gone on
strike in sympathy with the German
members of their craft, whose strike
threatens to be unsuccessful.
A New York policeman has been or
dered to appear before the commission
ers on n charge of dancing the cancan on
the open streets while ON duty.
The coffin of the late Crown Prince
Rudolph will shortly be placed between
the tombs of Empress Maria Theresa
and Emperor Macmillan, OF, Mexico.
The First National bank at Plymouth.
Ohio, was entered by burglars by break
ing window. The safe was blown
open and about $1,000 taken. There is
no clew.
The English privy council reversed the
decision of the Canadian court which de-
clared that metals discovered on the
coast of British Columbia belonged To
Canada,
The Emperor of Brazil is about to is
sue an edict prohibiting Brazilian girls
from marrying until they reach the ripe
old age Of 10 years, and the girls are
mad about it.
The new public library at Braddock,
Pa, built by Andrew Carnegie, the iron
and steel king, at a cost of $1,000 has
been formally turned over to the citi
zens of that place.
George KEENAN,, the well known trav,
eler, whose articles in The Century or
| the Siberian exile system have giver
him world wide fame, is about TO give 4
series of lectures on Siberia.
Miss Mary Anderson sailed for Eng
land on the White Star steamship Ger
manic. Miss Anderson, who seemed il
good health, was accompanied by he
brother, Mr.. Joseph Anderson and wife
The race for the Ascot plate of 45t
sovereigns at the Northampton sprinl
meeting was won by Viva. The handi
cap for the great Northamptonshir
stakes of 600 sovereigns was won b,
Claymore.
The English courts hold that when
man writes asking another to favor hin
with a check for a bill the intent is tina
the check is to be sent by post and tn
creditor is liable if the check Is lost il
the mails.
The negro population of Mississippi
increasing at much faster rate thai
the white. In 1870 the number of ne
groes in the state was 445.0S0, and o
whites 345,540. In 1880 the negroe
numbered 653, $50 and the whites onl
4S1 ,72S.
The American plan of monopolizin
the production and sale of marketabl
commodities has spread to Ireland, a
enormous whisky trust having bee
formed in Dublin. 1t is understood tina
the capital involved in the pool is a
Irish.
The Indiana supreme court override
the petition of Sylvester Grubb, til
Princeton youth who murdered hi
sweetheart, for a new trial. In consC
quence he will be hanged, unless a re!
pite is granted by the governor, on tn
18th of this month, at Princeton.
The friends of Gen. Whipple, of tn
army, at present on duty at Governor
island, New York harbor, as adiutar
general of the division of the Atlantic
will shortly present his name to Pres
dent Harrison for the position of udjI
tant general of the army, to be vacate
by the retirement of Gen. Drum neg
month.