The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-17

taken to the insane asylum at St.
Peter by her husband. She is 81 years
of age and has a family of six children,
the youngest being year and half
old. Five years ago Mrs. Davies SUI
fered her first attack and again last
June. Her insanity is caused by her
joining the adventist church, and she
wants to go away and make away
with herself because she thinks she is
too wicked to live with her family. A
month ago she attempted to cut off
her hand because it offended her, as
she thought.
Miss Marie Collins will have
charge of the reading and speaking
contest for the annual prize scholar
ship in Martyr college of oratory, at
Washington, D. G. Any scholar in
the county may compete, and the
contest will take place between the
best reader or speaker of each school
or literary society. The date and ar
rangements will be announced later.
Frank Hannay, son of County
Commissioner Hannay, has proved
himself to be one of the most expert
corn huskers in the county. The other
day he husked 81 bushels in five hours
and could have easily added another
five bushels. 1t takes the ordinary
man ten hours hard work to husk that
much. and we havn't heard of bet
ter record in the county than Franks.
-Nels P. Nelson and Miss Emily
Lindholm were married Saturday
evening and took a wedding trip to St.
Peter. Mr.. Nelson is brother of
Soren Nelson, proprietor of the Star
Steam Laundry. Both are excellent
young people and their friends wish
them much happiness.
Judgment was ordered entered
Saturday in the suit of Fritz Stahl VS.
the Omaha road, for SS1.36 against
the plaintiff, that being the amount
of the costs and disbursements. Stahl
sued the railroad company for $4,000
damages, and the jury brought in a
verdict for the defendant.
Ben Ash has an attractive new
barber pole at the postoffice corner.
The five months old clild of julius
O'Grosky died Friday and was buried
Sunday afternoon, the funeral
taking place from the German Luz
theran church.
The statement was made in the
board of trade Monday morning that
local coal dealers receive 2,240 pounds
of coal for each ton and sell 1000
pounds, thus making clear profit on
the balance. Willard & Polchow
deny this, at least so far as they are
Mr.. Willard states that
his firm pays S6.l0 for each 1000
pounds of coal received and pro rata
on any excess. If anyone knows
where he could get 2,240 pounds for
the same amount he is anxious to
know it and will reduce his rates &C
thus giving the public the
benefit.
Cards are out announcing the
of VIM. j. Wigley, of Judson,
and Miss Mary E. Williams, of South
Bend, which is to take place Nov. 22d
at the brides parents. Mr.. Wigley is
a son of Joshua Wigley, and both he
and the young lady are we'll and favor
ably known over the county.
"A movement is on foot to organ
ize an able bodied whist club, to help
pass the long winter evenings. It's
a good idea.
"A man named Hartung reported
to the police Sunday afternoon that
as he was driving home and was near
the Oil mill three men stopped him
and demanded his money with the al
tentative of being a dead man. He
said he jumped out of his wagon to
dUUttCh UIlS AiSh, "hCi OuS VI UJClu
knocked him down. His team ran
away and the men disappeared with
out robbing him. His forehead was
badly cut, and DR.. Warner was sum-
moned andsdressed the wounds. The
police do not place much reliance
upon the mans story, but believe
that he fell out of his wagon and
struck on his face.
"A man from Good Thunder start
ed to take bath at Ben Ash's, today,
but soon walked out, remarking that it
was too warm. Escaping gas was
soon afterwards discovered, and in
vestigation showed that the man had
blown out the gas in his bath room,
evidently not knowing how to turn
it off.
w. A. Mcclure, we'll known
citizen of Mckay, Ohio, is of the opIn-
ion that there is nothing as good for
children troubled with colds or Group
as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He
laS used it in his family for several |