The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-02-05
From Fridays Daily.

ted Ferdinand w. Wrucke, OF Mime
sofa Lake, and Katie M. Wick. Of
Mapleton.
John G. Noe reports the sale FOL
Davidson, Bayard & Co., of ST. Paul
to Carl Bunder of N. w. of S. w.
of Section 81, of Decoria, for $3.50.
There was dance at South Bend
last night, given for the benefit OF
Chas. Graves, who was injured recent.
ly. The affair netted quite little
sum.
Michael Burns, who claims to be
a Frenchman, was brought from Wat,
onwan county yesterday and given a
cell at the county Jail having been
committed on the charge of intoxica-
tiOn.
The celebrated Chicago Lady
Quartette under the management OF
Redpath Lyceum Bureau, of Boston
and Chicago, will appear in Mankato
Feb. q, under the auspices of the
Presbyterian church. This is highly
recommended by the press every
where.
The wheat and flax that were in
the Rapidan Mill, which burned re-
Gently, is still burning. Somewhere
in the neighborhood of 5000 bushels
of wheat have been taken out in con-
siderably damaged condition, and the
loss, it is said, will be fully as large as
at first reported.
Papers have been filed with the
clerk of the district court showing that
Williams &Brown's assets are 81, 369.45,
while their liabilities, so far as known,
are So, 445.13. Mr.. Rutan informs us
that he will probably sell the stock in a
few days either by private sale or
public auction.
H. Pa 5terSon, VINO was released
from the county Jail Wednesday
morning, is again an occupant of the
Jail. Yesterday morning deputy
sheriff Bowen discovered him lying
across the Omaha tracks, fast asleep.
A freight train was shortly due, and
Patterson was hustled up. He was
found to be somewhat under the in
fiuence of liquor, consequently he was
brought before Judge Porter, who
sent him to the county Jail for twenty
days. This is the same man who
got into a fight with the late LeClair,
(better known as Greasy Bill at the
poor farm some little time ago.
The experience which Clearance
Glines and Chas. Preston had with
powder, will be indelibly written up
on their memory. Those two boys,
about Is years old, had been assisting
at the work Of blasting timber, near
Rapidan. Thinking that it would be
fun to put in good charge of amuni-
tion they did so, lighted the fuse and
went to a distant point to await the
explosion, which did not seem to
come quick enough to suit them.
Thinking that the fuse had not ignit-
ed as it should, they returned to ar
range it, when suddenly the blast
went off and so did the greater part
of one of Gline's ears. His face was
filled with powder as well. Preston
came off somewhat better although
his face received a quantity ofpowder
DIR. Webster was Immediately called
for and fixed the boys up so that
while they are in much pain, they
will come out all right in the end.
The examination of G. M. Dutton,
who is charged with obtaining sig.
nature under false pretenses, has been
postponed to Feb. Sd, at 10 a. m. at
the municipal court. It appears that
the defendant went to Mr.. H. H
, Studt, who lives in Mankato town
snip, and gyccyy..eesented himself as
member Of Wire Fence Co., and fol.
lowed it up by stating that he was de.
sirous of establishing agencies
throughout the county. Mr.. Studt
signed what he supposed was an agree
ment to become an agent, but which
turned out to be note for S120. The
defendant in the action came here
and entering the Citizens Nationa
bank offered to sell the note to w. G
Hoerr, the cashier. Mr.. H. is wide
awake man, and when he appears t.
be looking at one object, his eyes ant
mind are at work in another direc
ton, consequently he thought tina
something was wrong when he noticed
that Mr.. Studt5 had signed his nam
tsH.. Studt,'f instead of Fl. H. Studt
He told.tl1e% fellow the note was no
/: signed properly, and some little tim
afterward he returned with the ''H
signed thereon. which Mr.. Studt dc
clares he did not place there. Tn
arrest followed soon thereafter. Th
absence of an III saved Mr.. Studt $12'
.sy-,s From Saturdays Daily.
We learn through the Madiso
Lake Breeze, that Thos. Madigan hi
sold his farm of 60 acres for So, 800.