The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-12-19
HOME JOTTINGS.
From fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The stockholders of the various
banks viii hold their annual meetings
Tuescav. January 18th.
"A marriage license was Used yester
dav to Debert M. Holcomb, of Mankato
township, and Mary Hall, of this city.
The SpauIding Hotel Co., of Duluth,
has been Incorporated. John A. Will
ard of tins city is one of the Incorporate
ors.
Howard Welch has returned from
Spokane Falls and has been appointed
to the railway mail service, running be-
tween Heron Lake and Pipestone.
The class of 81 at the Normal has
elected the following officers:
Presldent-J. M. Davies.
Vice President-J. J. Livingston.
Secretary-Miss Stella Porter.
Treasurer-Miss Minnie Moon.
Each subordinate Alliance in the
county is entitled to one representative
In the State Convention, and it is
thought that most of them will favor
Donnelly for president of the State AL
nance.
Mrs. Barbara Firestein, living on n.
Broad street, died yesterday afternoon,
of dropsy, aged Al years. She was a
widow. The funeral will occur at 9 a.
m. tomorrow, from the German Catho-
lie church.
Coffin & Watson report the sale of
el00ft of lot and of 2S.0Sft of lot l, blk
5, Owens & Lewis ad for VIM. X. Young
to James Morris, for So, 500 and lot 2,
and the nw4, nw4, and NV, ne, sec Is,
town 100, range 26, for the same price.
The County Farmers Alliance, at
its meeting at Mapleton, Wednesday,
chose Lysander Cook delegate to the
State Convention which meets at St.
Paul Dec. 30th and 31st. He is suppos-
ed to be a Donnelly man. The conven-
ton favored the election of the State
Board of Equalization; the putting of
the fixing of the grain grade and the ap-
pointment of inspectors under the con-
troll of a committee or board other than
the railway and warehouse commission !;
and fayoring the revision of the laws in
regard to the system of improving
country roads.
William Mattson, a brakeman on
the Northwestern railway, was killed at
Kasota Yesterday morning while switch
ing in the yard. He was about to make
a coupling with the head end of the en-
CINE and the caboose. The draw bar of
the caboose broke, allowing the pilot of
the engine to run upon the brakeman,
terribly mangling one leg, cutting of
one arm and fracturing the scull. The
coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary.
HIS relatives live in st. Paul. He has
brother who is conductor on the 500
road. The deceased was about % years
old.
The following dispatch from Sioux
City appeared in yesterdays Globe:
1t was learned that Gov. Boies had
decided to pardon B. Simpson, the not
the Sioux City Sayings bank out of ST.
wv oh lOISOu CIOCh- SllhpOoh Aelu
several times been in prison, and each
time has escaped before expiration of
his sentence by feigning INSANITY or inn
becility. He tried the same dodge this
time, and 80 far succeeded that the pris-
on warden and physician joined in
recommendation that he be released, so
that his relatives could care for him.
His home is in Parsons, Kan, where he
was known as a business man of good
character, but who took mysterious va
cations of several months duration,
and it was during these times that his
crimes were committed. The governor
will now investigate.
He is the reverend gentleman with
whom Messrs. Ray and Thomas are slight
lyacquainted. 1t is needless to say that
he is probably no more insane than any
other rogue who takes that course to
escape, when he feels the halter draw.
Gov. Boies will never pardon him after
an investigation.