The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-10-25
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Chippewa Falls, Wis, Oct 2l.- 4
remarkable dog and dynamite incident
which is vouched by Mr.. Silver John
son occurred near his farm. Severa
men were blasting out stumps will
dynamite and while they had thei
backs turned a dog come by and swal
lowed some of the dynamite, Appar
emily the animal did not relish the
diet for soon it went to lie down neal
a mule and bit the mules leg. The
mule retorted with swift kick that
landed on the dogs stomach and there
was an instantaneous explosion, The
dog was blown to atoms and the
mule was hurled into the air, but
landed upon a. straw stack and escaped
uninjured. incidentally the granary
was torn from its foundation and
most of the windows were broken.
Professor Winchell of the State His
torical society will reach Mankato to-
night and tomorrow in company with
Thomas Hughes, and General Baker
will proceed to the Mitchell farm in
Spring Island where an investigation
will be made of the mound in which
several Indian skeletons were mearth-
ed a number of weeks ago 1t is be-
lieved that more skeletons are yet
to be found there.
The party will make tour of the
Haunted Valley" and look over the
Indian mounds in that historic place.
Not long ago Thomas Hughes pre-
pared a paper on Indian skeletons
and it was read before the Historical
aroused and discussion ensued which
resulted in Mr. Winchell's proposed
visit to Mankato. While here he will
be the guest of General Baker
DR.. d. R. Philip, having been APP
pointed veterinary inspector, of the
city under the new milk ordinance,
began his duties today. He will pro-
ceed to give the tuberculin test to the
COWS of those milk dealers who have
applied for licenses, and to inspect
their barns and appliances for handling
milk, and to- perform the other duties
that the ordinance prescribes. When
everything has been :, complied with,
licenses will be granted.
The following is the full list of
those who have applied for licenses:
Olof Rosquist, Paul Kerfoot, John H.
Will, liver Nicholson, George Filing
son, Mrs. Mary Swapson, ltFuller Bros,
j. w. Mills, j. R. Ashworth, J. F.
Thompson, William : Shoemaker, Peter
Kraus, Charles Henneger, DIR. j. w.
Andrews, C. c. Johnson, Joseph Lang,
Gustaf Lang, Charles c. Dauber,
Philip Humid, Mrs. S. X. Yaeple, Nels
Anderson, d. E. Thayer, Joseph A.
He'll, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. II. p.
Johnson, L. L. Davis, Mrs. Mary Holl-
nickel, George A, Barnard, 20. W.
Martin, l. Sherin, Theodore Schmidt,
Andrew Swanson, Gilbert Johnson,
L tltl W. 'D'hio"i y
Dairy, A. Deike, DIR. A.nF. Schmitt
and I. D. Lambert. 4 gt
This list is sufficient to- supply the
wants of the milk. consumers of the
city, and if there are any Others who
have not applied, they will not be
missed
Doubtful as to the validity of the
salary section in the law under which
he is operating, and over which there
has been some controversy, Public Elk
aminer Schaefer has decided not to
take the excess which the alleged error
gives him.
He announced Saturday that he
would not accept more than $4,lOO
a year, and would Immediately turn
over to the state any amount in. eX-
cess of that figure collected by him
since the law was passed. He says
that there is little doubt that the
insertion of the figure $4,000 was an