The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-12-13
FOUR INDICTMENTS
THE GRAND JURY NOT YET
THROUGH.
Several of the Parties Bound Over
are Discharged, no indictments
Having Been Found Against Them
Prize Fight rlatter Up School
Board Wins Its Case-A Bank Gets
a Judgment.

| Saturday, having considered all
of the cases that have been bound
over to it. Four indictments were
returned, and the following persons
were discharged, no indictments hav-
| ing been found against them: Joseph
Sorg, Geo. Knapp, HelenGaylor, Salim
Michel Zenni, Frank DolliVen, Archie
Northrup and Oliver Drake. Miss
Gaylor was willing to go to the House
of the Good Shepard, at st. Paul and
Sheriff Bowen will take her there.
This would leave Robt Craner, Ben
Haggerty, Chas. o. Langsan, John
OFT. Herman Gutenberg and Daniel
! Belforde as the p ersons from whom
| four are indicted.
The jury was summoned to appear
Monday, to the surprise of the mem
b9rs, and it is understood that the
prize fight cases will then receive
the undivided attention of the jury
until they are disposed of.
The jury submitted the following
reports:
We, the grand jury of the county of
Blue Earth, state of Minnesota, re-
spectfully report that we have visited
the Blue Earth county poor farm and
| find nineteen inmates therein, being
! twelve males and sevenfemales.
We found everything in clean con-
ditionat said poor farm and all of
said inmates were happy and satisfied
! with the treatment they were receiv-
ing atsthe hands of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
p. Lewis We are satisfied that the
Blue Earth county poor farm is being
properly managed and run under the
careful supervision of it's present
overseer, w P. Lewis.
We al9plg recommend that a poarch
/ be bull westerly side and south
end q, Tie new addition to poor house.
Would also recommend that there be
new barn built on said poor farm;
also that floor in the cellar of the
old part be made Of cement; that the
county commissioners of said Blue
Earth county proceed to make such
Improvements as soon as possible.
We found On the poor farm five
horses, seven cows, three one year
old cattle, five calves, one bull, 3S
pigs, 125 chickens, IL ducks. We
! found that there was raised on the
/ said poor farm during the season OF
1895, 466 bushels of wheat, 600 bushels
! of oats, APO bushels of potatoes, 800
| bushels of corn, 200 bushels of mangle
WORTHLESS, % bushels of onions, 20 bush
els of tomatoes, bushels of beans,
| bushels of carrots, bushels of table
! heats. l25 head of cabbage.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted. w. B. TORREY, foreman of
Attest: grand jury.
Nicholas Bruels,
clerk Of the grand jury.
We, the grand jury of the county of
Blue Earth, state of Minnesota, re-
Spectfully report that we have visited
the county jail of said county and find
confined therein twelve prisoners, one
female and eleven males We found
everything in clean condition under
the efficient management of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. T. Bowen. We would recon-
mend that cotton mattresses be placed
in the lower tier of cells in said jail to
keep the cold from coming up from
basement of said Jail.
All Of which is respectfully SUBJ
mitted.
w. B. TORREY,
Foreman of Grand Jury.
Attest:
NICAOLAS BRULES,
Clerk of Grand Jury.
The jlry was not out long last even
ing in the case of W. J. Love vs. the
school board of Mankato, and brought
in verdict for the defendant. A stay
of twenty days was granted.
The case of the First National
bank of Whitewater, Wis, VS.. Chas.
Tillman was tried and submitted ION
the pleadings without argument or
evidence. The court instructed the
Jury to find for the plaintiff, which it
did. A stay of sixty days granted.
Thos. and Evan Hughes appeared for
the plaintiff, and G. o. Daily for the
defendant.
At 11:1O a. m. the petit jurors were
excused until 1000 a. m. Monday.
There will be several addresses at
the Freeman services in the after
noon.
MODERN WOODMEN ELECTION.