The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-03-25


place tomorrow at the st. Clair Cath
Ollie church.
Criticisms have come from sever
al quarters that the authorities were
expanding too much money in their
effort to ascertain who killed Chris
Thorstad on the night of Feb. 18th.
1t was the duty of the State to do all
in its power to bring the murderer to
justice and every fair minded citizen
will coincide with this view.
Mr.. Lorin Cray in speaking to a
FREE PRESS reporter about his recent
trip, to the Pacific coast said that he
travelled the whole length of the coast
while there. With some portions of
the country he was enraptured, but
with certain sections it reminded him
of a barren desert. Mr.. Cray stated
that the orange trees were laden with
golden fruit but that considerable of
it had been touched by the frost. He
further said that the ground in the
vicinity of the trees was covered with
oranges that had been nipped.
School desks, maps, globes and
black boards. J.P. Reed, Mankato 80
Mayor J. A. Willard was not in
the city last week in time to reply to
the letter sent him as to Mankato's
outlook. On his return he sent this
reply: "Have been out of town, hence
your query of 18th, unanswered. |
consider the outlook fair, but should
consider it much better if half-a-doZen
wealthy citizens who have done lit
tie in manufacturing and who are
largely interested in the city, could
be induced to put money into some OF
the manufacturing lines to which
Mankato is well adapted, and then
others will follow their lead"
Mr.. G. T. Taylor has begun suit
for damages against Sheriff VIM. j.
Glynn in the amount of 81, 800, for
conversion of the plaintiffs property
and for the detention of the use of
the premises under The Saulpaugh,
occupied by the plaintiff. The suit
was brought about by the Sheriff seiz-
ing the stock in the name of the Mo-
line, Milburn & Stoddard Company, of
Minneapolis, for debt of Edw. |. P.
Staede, but which stock Mr.. Taylor
claims belonged to him and not to
Staede. Sheriff Glynn9rwas under
bonds and it is probable that if dam
ages are recovered, it will have to
come from the Minneapolis firm who
ordered the Sheriff to proceed in the
matter.
-Winona Republican: A strange
wreck occurred recently on the Vino
ma & St. Peter road about a mile west
of Dodge Center. Mr., Mann, con-
ductor of freight train. was looking
out of the caboose and saw five of his
cars piled up beside the tracksas he
went by them. Two WereT8nO one
side. and three on the other side. One
of the head cars had jumped the, track
and had taken four other cars with
it without molesting the rest'of the
train. This is one of the happenings
seldom seen, and how five cars can
jump out of the middle of a train and
the rest of the cars proceed. asif moth
ing had happenen is a. miracle.
Wheat, -four, timothy and fax were
piled up, of which a good deal was
lost, and some of the cars burned to
get out of the way.
The Southern Minnesota Shooting
Tournament will be held at the Driv-
ing Park on May 10th, 18th and 18th,
and from what we are informed, it
will be most interesting event. 1t
will bring together several hundred
men who can handle gun in great
shape. Sheriff j. H. Block, of Nicol-
let county, will act as manager On
each day of the tournament there
will be seven matches for valuable
prizes. The shooting will begin
promptly at 9 a. m. ALI purses will
be divided 40, 80, 20 and 10 per cent,
except bird matches, they being di-
vided into four equal moneys. All
communications will be cheerfully an
swered by addressing Sheriff J. HI.
Block, st. Peter, Mimi. The MEM
bers of the Mankato Gun Club are as
follows:
w r B Smyth, Geo B Owen,
G w Crouch, G E Wise,
Chas E Yates, A Burdick,
P w Pitcher, A III Beebe,
E M Weston, A D Beach,
2 H Carney, Charles Crouch,
A G Bierbauer, d L Rose,
L o Randall, Rev. John Prior,
S Thorne, George Pond,
Judge M Severance, VIM Davis,
r A Hopkins, Z III Andrews,
DR. j III James, DR. VIM Frisbie,
G A Lewis, CT Pannenberg.
Thos Saulpaugh, L Ritter,
A NJ Clements, J A Lulsdorf.
1t is anticipated that each member
of the club will enter the contest and
will do their best to carry off some of
the prizes.
From Thursdays Daily.
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