The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-09-12
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From Friday DAILY FREE PRESS.


The State High school bounty was
received Yesterday, amounting to
$400.20.
The state treasurer yesterday drew
warrants for bounties of S22222 TO the
Blue Earth County Agricultural Society,
and the Dairymen's Association, OF Man
kato.
Miss Lottie, eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Fields, of st. Clair,
died at her home of consumption on the
9TH inst, aged 80 years. The funeral
will occur at st. Clair tomorrow, at 10
O'clock q. m.
The opening of the stock Yards in
from % cts. to 40 cts. higher on hogs
than before they were opened, said a
prominent butcher to-day. He consid-
ers them very good thing for Mime
sofa.
Rev. Rule is canvassing the city for
entertainment for the members of the
Minnesota Conference of the M. E.
church which meets here the first week
in October. Our citizens will respond
molly to this call, and entertain these
distinguished guests right royalty.
The proposed St.Paul, New Ulm &
Southern railroad, from st. Paul to
Omaha, by way of New Ulm, will have
a branch to st. Peter and Mankato, from
a point in Sibley county. This will open
an almost direct road to st. Paul and
will give the city another outlet and
competing road.
Owen Murphy, a well known char
acter upon the streets, and whose ac-
Quaintance with the inside of the Jail ID
intimate, owing to his love of liquor,
has been sent to the insane asylum at
st. Peter. He has just completed a
term in Jail, and has lately refused to
eat or talk, or to take medicine. I'm
availing attempts have been made to
send him to the inebriate asylum, 30
this seems to be the best disposition
that can be made of him.
Chief of Police Fowler received a
telegram this afternoon from his daught-
er, Mrs. w. F. Fischer, announcing that
her husband is not expected to live and
asking that Mrs. Fowler come. The
latter left for the place, North Cam
bridge, Mass, this afternoon. Mr..
Fischer has been sick with typhoid few
er for nearly month past, and it has
suddenly turned into pneumonia. A
consultation of doctors pronounces the
case almost hopeless. This will be sad
lQu6llg0HC0 10 CQ0 IQduV Irl0uOS OF CQ0
young couple who were 80 recently unit
ed in marriage in this city and started
out in life with the brightest prospects.
The insurance on the big mill eleva-
tor and contents has been. adjusted sst-
isfactorily to all parties. The net loss
to the company from the fire, including
everything, is $4,000, as the actual VAL
ue of the wheat could not be secured
from the insurance companies, the
freight on it having been paid to
Chicago. The adjusters have sold the
wheat to st. Paul commission house
for S., $50. The house will dry the wheat
and a good part of it will probably be
ground into feed. A large portion of
the wheat is in fairly good condition.
1t ls now being shipped to st. Paul.
Old wheat ls pouring in at the mill and
work will be resumed on Monday.
Twenty car loads arrived to-day. All
orders will be filed, The debris is be-
ing taken from the foundation, and
probably the new elevator will be be-
gun next week. 1t will be larger than
the old, and of different design. It will
hold 100000 bushels, and will be iron
sheeted, as was the old. The origin of
the fire is still as much a mystery as
ever. There was no hot box in the ele-
vator, as several papers have stated
There is some suspicion that the fire
was of incendiary origin