The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-15
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The Journal says the output of the
clothing mandatory at st. Peter the
past year has reached $40, 600. Employ
ment is given to rs hands.
Two Fairmont butchers got caught
by the state food commission in
handling meats in which some kind of
preventative was used, and paid fines
of $50 each. They say the enforce
ment of the law is all right, and now
are laying for the agent of the big
meat combine.
South ST. Paul will spend SO, 900
for a water works system
VIM. G. Fetstead, aged 20, is in Jail
at st. Cloud, charged with threaten
ing to kill his father.
The postoffice at Underwood, eight
miles west of Battle Lake was robbed
Sunday night. About $50 was taken,
and tramps are suspected Of the job.
Burglars entered the store of Geb-
hard Bros. at Lamberton Sunday night
and took overcoats and clothing to the
amount of$ 1876. There is no clue.
Hamline university has challenged
Carleton college.at Northfeld for an
intercollegiate debate,
Richard Dougberty, the 14-year- old
son of Jarvis, Dougherty of Wayzata
fell from tree and broke both bones
of his forearm, badly decorating the
flesh.
The German Lutherans of Faribault
dedicated their new church Sunday.
1t cost $1,000.
Brainerd will open its new opera
house Dec. I'd.
About 80, 600 bass and croppy min
nows have.been shipped from Hastings
to the state fish hatchery at st. Paul
The architects have sued the city of
Duluth for 81, 637 AZ alleged to be due
on plans for Carnegie library building
for that city.
Plans have been made to watch for
possible showers of meteors atGoodsell
observatory, Mortified, on Thursday
and Friday evenings.
Jacob Sieg killed wild cat in Vasa,
Goodhue county, few days ago.
The postoffice at Red Wing was es-
tablished fifty years ago.
The order of the Iron Chain which
had it's headquarters at Winnebago
City, has been consolidated with the
Bankers Union of the World, located
at Omaha.
Mrs. Henry G. Merriam, wife of
Lieut.. Merriam, has returned to
Faribault from the Philippines, where
her husband is stationed. She was
formerly Miss Bessie Ray of that city
and went to Manila two years ago
with her mother, where she married
Lieut.. Merriam.
The grand jury in session at Fsri-
bault, has seven cases to work upon.
Two boys escaped from the state
training shcool at Red Wing Saturday
night and went to Winona where they
were picked up by the police yesterday
morning. They made their escape
though a window.
A fire in the boiler house of the
Heat, Light and Public Service CO. at
st. Cloud has caused the street car line
to suspend business temporarily. The
public heating plant is also closed
down.
By the blowing out of the cylinder
head of the engine at the mill at Blue
Earth, the engineer was severely in
jured.
The state auditor yesterday received
an inheritance tax of $142 OF on the es-
tate of James Murphy of Faribault.
The estate aggregated $13, 054, and as
it went to immediate relatives, it was
taxed at per cent. AS it was paid in
cash without delay, an additional dis
count of per cent was allowed.
County Commissioner J. G. Jones,
of Aitkin county was accidentally
killed Monday at Sandy Lake, while
hunting. A companions gun was in
some way prematurely discharged the
bullet lodging in Jones heart.
The vault of the bank of Lindstrom
was ruined by being dynamited. The
burglars, however, were unable to
penetrate the inner wall of the safety
deposit vault and 80 failed to get the
large amount of currency in safe-keep-
ing there
Miss Rose Pfunger who was over :
come by gas at the st. James hotel,
Red Wing, is dead. She was found in
her room with the gas jet open to its
full capacity. She was unconscious for
80 hours before she died.
The M. E. ministers of the Fairmont
district are in session at klmore.
Fred Gothic while working in the
woods near jackson, was shot by Floyd
Albertus, who took Gothic for wolf.
A cheese factory is being erected at
LIE Sueur and will be ready in about
three weeks.
Former Congressman, Milo White,
who has been in business at Chatfield
Stree 1866, has retired from business.
He is succeeded by his son.