The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-23
From FRIDAYS Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The Va. lie River Curling Club will
observe Burns birthday at A.. j. Ellis
farm In Sterling, with the usual festivi-
ties.
Col! Thomas was elected secretary
and TREASURER of the Mankato Mauufac-
turing Co., not general manager" as
erroueous'y stated. Other city papers
please notice.
Geo. Hilton, son of A. F. Hilton, of
Eagle Lake, is suffering from stroke OF
paralysis OF the brain. He is unable to
speak. He is bright, highly respected
young man, and has the sympathy of
many friends.
The class of 1891, of the High school,
has organized by the election of the
following officers:
Aaron f. Schmidt-President.
Miss Flora Wise-Secretary.
Miss Ka,e Sparrow-Treasurer
The class will appear on the program,
instead of having lecture. 1t petition
ed for the latter, but the Board of Edu-
cation thought otherwise.
The case of Peter Kremer against
the c NJ. & St. P. Ry which has been
on ira in the district court IN tins place
for a number of DAYS during the past
week was closed Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly after six O'Clock in the evening
the Jury returned verdict OF S4,I75.OO
in favor of the plaintiff. Messrs. Daniel
Buck, of Mankato, and ID. +. Morgan,
of Minneapolis, were for thesplaintif,
and Dunn of Winnebago City and Field,
of Chicago, for the defendants Blue
Earth City Post.
Mr.. Buck states that he would have
gotten 1000 had not one juror held out.
That Juror wanted to give 81 800 dam
ages, and the verdict was compromise.
The Vernon correspondent Of the
Register says: Mr.. Bates of Mankato was
the guest of NJ. B. Randel one day last
week. Both being hunters and owning
good hounds, they concluded to join
big wolf huntnear Ceresco. They hunted
all one day, scared up five wolves and
although 30 hunters had formed circle
to prevent their escape, the wolves es-
capped without scratch, to the great
sorrow ofthe settlers, since they have lost
many sheep, one man lost 75.-The
South Bend correspondent of the same
paper says: The widow Oleson, whose
house was destroyed by fire election
day is now comfortably settled in neat
little dwelling built over the cellar of
the old one. Her little home and it's
furnishings are the result of generous
donations from friends, relatives, neigh
bors and the Ladies Aid Society, of
Mapkato, to all of whom she is duly
grateful.
There is one particular spot in a
certain town of Nicollet county, where
the people seem to be living in perfect
paradisiaeal innocence and simplicity
Each man owns from to % acres of
land which he cultivstes with the ru lest
machinery. Each farmer owns not
,r0re thaH one horse Or one OK for
We kine .:,,aenns, and when he wish
to take any pEo&ncn TO town, he bitches
together with his ueighbor' The artic-
les OF produce are mostly beans, pota-
toes, onions and corn. Furthermore
their social and religious standing is just
as curious and diverse as their indust-
rial habits are plain and simple. Among
a number of ten or twelve families, just
as MANY religious sects are at work, and
each family has its own creed. They are
set of people peculiar to themselves
and associate with no one outside of
their own community. st. Peter Tribune