Daily globe., 1879-06-19
MANKATO NEWS.
ESPECIALLY REPORTED FOB THE ST. PAUL GLOBE


MANKATo, June 18.-Tramps are in this
place in great numbers. A special police
force is kept busy looking after them. They
are gathered like lambs to the fold the city
hall-and given beds on the soft side of a
plank, at the rate of twenty to twenty nine
a night.
The pipe for the water mains is being dis.
tributed through the city. Still the good
work goes on.
The Plunketts played "My Mother-in-
law" and the "Irish Diamond" to a fair
house last night.
Sheriff seems to be the choice of all candi-
dates for Office in the county so far. There
are at this writing, as variously estimated,
nine aspirants.
The Free Methodist camp meeting was in
full blast at Barrow's grove, on the Maple
river in the south part of the county, yes
terday afternoon.
Adolph Deebach, compositor on the
Peobdchter, is very sick with diphtheria.
There are quite number of cases still in
the city but no death reported.
Crops in the vicinity of the city look e1-
tremely we'll. And like reports come from
all parts of the country. If thers is any
failure this year it will be from o3ergrowth.
The White Stocking base ball club has
been reorganized and are actively practicing
to fit themselves for a brush with the Cres-
cents, also of this place, for the champion
ship of the county and the silver ball.
Crowley is the man. He worked till he
had all of $40 earned. He drew it because
his wife wanted to leave town as she was
afraid of the diphtheria. He told bis wife
he would get her nice hat. He returned
not; neither did the hat, and it was Crow
ley thus to 60. The poor woman and her
child are in destitute circumstances and
among strangers.
First communion was partaken of by
seventy children at the Catholic church on
Sunday last-thirty- girls and thirty
two boys. The several affairs were very
tastily decked with flowers and other appro-
pirate articles. There we're few of the
children who succumbed to the weariness
and fasting incident to such an occasion by
fainting, and it savors good deal of the in
telligence of the Indian sun dance to persist
| in such custom. But we never saw fnel
lot of children.
Railroads and high freight are the all
| engrossing topic these times among all
classes of men. In Mankato this is espec-
tally the case, and as the Revte,l
makes no hesitation in making
all the points clear they perfectly understand
what they are talking about. There is moi
q doubt but what the rates are as high, and
the petty acts of discrimination as charged
are true. Yet can see no cause for ex
pressions of exultation after the possibility
that the Milwaukee and st. Paul company
will get control of the Sioux road, as tkeil
business will be narrowed down to competi
ton between two companies, and they car
very easily pool on freights.
"Frailty thy name is woman" the mao
Hamlet said. Doubly true is it in this day
if we would judge as we go. A woman, the
mother Of numerous progeny, won by, il
may be want, the insidious power OF the
almighty dollar. or a yet more subtle pas
sion, love of lust-from the path OF
virtue, has for some weeks promenade
almost nightly the streets of the town. Hei
husband resolved himself into committee
of one to investigate and started out on {
still hunt. He met the dame number O.
times. At last her ire got the better of he
| discretion and she went for him in shor
order called him liar and other swee
names in such loving tones that he weaken
ed, acknowledged his fault, and they wen
home together.
Hackensack Republican: Some gossipy WON
ems mouths. like drug stores, are open at al
hours, and contain more poison and venom
than all the asps which bask in the sunshine o.
the shores of tho Nile.