The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-25
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Southern
Minnesota
Happenings.

There was but one ticket. but the con-
test was as to whether the library to
be built by Carnegie should be located
In Central park, a tract of ground
covering one block, or not. The pro-
position was voted down more than
three to one. The ticket chosen was
made up as follows: Three years.
Clint L. Luce, Mary II. Day, Hattie
Smith Fuller; two years, W. G.
Chamberlain, Martha J. Skinner.
Mary A. Hewitt; one year, G. A.
Ransom, Ida M. Bliss, Emma Fl.
Jones' All were members of the old
board except Mrs. Jones.
At LIE Sueur Sunday night Anton
Schneider discovered his wife and
brother, Alva Schneider, in an unused
barn. Anton fred four ineffective re-
volver shots at the brother and then
beat him severely over the head and
face with the weapon. Alva is under
arrest on statutory charge.
A west-bound freight killed child
OF John Ryan yesterday afternoon at
Madelia. The train was heavy one,
with two engines, and as the child,
which was only az years old, came
out of the weeds just ahead of the en-
CINE. there was little chance to save
it, although the fireman of the head
engine made an attempt to do so. but
only got upon the cowcatcher in time
to see the child knocked down.
Charles Wiegand, a German carpen-
ter, committed suicide at GAINESVILLE
yesterday morning. He was a peculiar
character. Some time ago he built a
Ferris wheel and took it to Waterville,
but the venture proved Improbable.
He was badly in debt. He shot him
self and was found by his daughter in
a shed. He was splendid workman
and we'll thought Of
A vigorous campaign resulted in
the election of W. W. Smith and Jesse
Palmer as members of the board of
education at Sleepy Eye.
Lamberton is experiencing build
ing boom, especially in it's residence
portion. The following have houses
in course of construction: Cashier L.
Redding, So, 600; Pliny Terry, So, 800 ;
Attorney Albert H. Emerson, So, 900 ;
Percy J. Eykyn, SO, 800, Knute Ander-
son, So, 300; John Werner, SO, 200. The
village is also building new brick
Jail, with all modern conveniences.
The engine house for the new gas
plant and for the pumping engine is
also in course of construction. At a
recent meeting the council let the con-
tract for putting in a gasoline gas
plant to the Mason City Gas and Fuel
company to cost So, 700 complete.
The gang of horse thieves operating
in southern Minnesota for some time
past has reached Winona county. On
Sunday night a valuable team, con-
sisting of a bay gelding and a bay
mare were stolen, from the barn of
William Lewis, two miles north of
Lewiston Sheriff Lins is endeavoring
to run down the thieves, but there is
little upon which to work. Close to
one hundred horse thefts have been
committed in that locality la the past
few weeks and the thieves are still
at large.
The receipts of the New Ulm post
office have exceeded the $40, 900 mark
and an application has been made to
the department for carrier system.
1t will require two and possibly three
carriers to cover the city properly,
and it is expected the petition will
be granted and the new system started
before the beginning of the new year.
Winona's real estate valuation, just
completed by the assessor, shows a
slight decrease from two years ago.
the total figures for the city being
81, 951, 526. The appraised value of
property in the city not subject to
taxation is given as $942, $50.
Chief of Police Martin of Sioux
Falls on Monday arrested tramp on
suspicion of being the man who on
Saturday night, at the point of a gun,
held up a conductor and brakeman
on train at Jasper, MINI. They
had ordered him to leave the train
upon which he was stealing ride.
After vicious fight with the two
railroad men the tramp jumped from
the moving train and fed. The pris-
oner, who admits having had trouble
with trainmen at Jasper, gives his
name as Elmer Herring. Sheriff
Black of Rock county, has taken the
prisoner to Luverne.
The forty-first anniversary of the
battle of Bull Run was celebrated on
Monday afternoon at the home of Cap
tain Matt Marvin at Winona by some
of the resident members Of the First
Minnesota regiment who participated
in that famous battle. A musical
program was carried out and supper
served
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