The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-08-09
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The st. Cloud Crushed Granite Co.
has made its first shipment of crushed
granite to the Northern Pacific road
for ballasting purposes. 1t is said the
fine powder that comes from crushing
the granite, will be used for sanding
rails. by the passenger engines.
The divorce proceedings of Augusta
Noll against Johann Noll at st. Cloud
were brought to sudden close by the
death of the defendant
There was 1, 800, 900 tons of iron ore
shipped from Two Harbors during the
month of July.
Albert Haywood, the ten-year- old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Haywood of
ST. Cloud, was drowned in the mill
pond at Fair Haven. He got in the
water beyond his depth.
Gov. Van SAINT has issued procla-
nation offering reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of the unknown
man who assaulted August Moritz
near Elk River, Friday night.
The application of Brundin Bros. of
Albert Lea for discharge from bank
ruptcy was argued before Judge Loeb
rim at St Paul Monday. The ..appli
cation is opposed by the referee on
the ground that the bankrupts have
considerable concealed assets.
The elevator of P. 81. White at
Keating's Crossing, near Prior Lake,
was burned Saturday. 1t contained
about 1900 bushels of grain and was
partially insured.
About three weeks ago young
Italian woman arrived at Hastings
from La Crosse, having with her a
bright baby boy about ten days old.
She sought and obtained work in a
family there, who befriended her on
account of her seemingly destitute
condition. A few days ago she left on
one of her peddling trips in that vi
cinity and failed to return, and the
family has young Italian they would
like to have some one adopt.
Repairs are now being made on the
machines at the prison Irvine plant
and in a few days work ON next sea-
sons output of Irvine will commence.
Small boys at Fergus Falls while
lighting cigarettes in William Whit
sons barn, set fire in the hay and the
barn was burned, together with three
other barns, a residence, ice house
and hall. Two fremen were prostrat-
ed while fighting the flames.
Ernest Elzemeier, young boy, is in
Jail at Buffalo for shooting his play
mate and killing him. The trouble
was over knife, which the prisoner
wanted.
Samuel c. johnson, an old veteran,
is dead at St Cloud. He was a
PIONEER resident of Stevens county.
Rule Cutler, twenty-nine years old,
was killed in a threshing machine &C
cident near Morgan Saturday after
noon. His leg got caught in self
feeder and was torn off above the knee
and was badly mangled near the thigh.
He lived for three hours. His home
is at Little Indian, Ill.
DR.. Magnusson, formerly teacher of
science in the st. Cloud high school,
has been elected to professorship in
the New Mexico university.
Owatonna has new gas plant just
put in operation.
Vandals are reported as tampering
with rural mail boxes in the vicinity
of Blooming Grove and some mail
matter has been destroyed 1t is a
serious offense to tamper with mail
boxes and the penalty is severe.
An infant child of Edward Mcneil
living near Annandale, while playing
around buggy, caught it's head in
the spokes of wheel and was choked
to death.
Mrs. Hattie Miller, living near Wi
mona wants So, 900 from that city be-
cause her horses were frightened by
steam road roller and ran away.
Something over year ago August
Donath of New Paynesville, married a
wife through the aid of a matrimonial
agancy. A few days ago she sud-
denly left him and now he mourns
the instability of earthly things.