Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-12

MANKATo, June 1.-THE Plunkett troupe
is docketed for the 18th at the Opera house,
and will have run of five days.
The Mankato Brick company have got their
new machine in full blast, and now turn out
seventy bricks a minute.
McFarlane's minstrels have been giving
entertainments in the various towns of the
county, with valy ing success.
A farmer from Nicollet county left his
team without being hitched, and because
they ran away he was fined fifty cents.
There was one death from diphtheria, this
week. A little daughter of NJ. J. Sontag
died Monday and was buried yesterday.
S. I. Lidgerwood opens his grand and
much talked of ribbon sale to-day, with q
number of pretty lady clerks to do the hon
ors. Iza !
Gen. Sigel did not have as large crowd
in attendance at his lecture, Saturday night,
as was expected. His address was very in
teresting, and at the close he spoke in Ger .
man about half an hour.
A pleasant social party was held at tbs
Union hall, Saturday evening. Dancing,
ice cream and lemonade constituted the pro-
gramme, and everybody seemed well pleased
" 18th the treatment they got.
Thunder storms in this section are quite
severe this season. The lightning has twice
struck in this city. A large elm tree near
MIR. Geo. Marsh's residence was struck on
Monday morning. No damage done.
New time tables have gone into effect on
the Winona and st. Peter, and the Sout bern
Minnesota railroads., for earlier arrivals );
departing time for the East unchanged. The
S. M. r. r. arrives at 5 P. NJ, and the w.
& st. P. at 3:55 P. N.
The Blue Earth Agricultural society has
come to life again, and they will hold fair
this fall on the old grounds. The opening
day will be September 9th. The officers are !:
j. G. Thompson, president; L. Cook, sec
rotary; L. S. Terry, treasurer.
At the Driving Park, on Saturday, the
best time was made by Jim Raven, with run
ming mate, 2:38, with three starting, Grey
Dick, Dan Wheeler and Jim Raven; in two
straight heats Wheeler made 2:44A. There
was not very large crowd in attendance.
The stock fair was we'll attended. A NUM-
Der of farmers from Nicollet county
were on hand to enjoy
the opportunity to make bargains,
but the bargains were not as numerous as
the seekers. It was plainly demonstrated by
| this, the first, that they could be made sue
cess, SO the board of trade will take mea-
sures to have them the first Saturday in each
month the next will be held on the 9Th of
July.
An amusing incident occurred on Satur-
day evening about the hour of $50. There
comes to this city occasionally, from st.
Paul, young gentleman of good parts, is
popular with the ladies, and of course not
so much so with the gents. Well, on the
evening in question he, in company with a
lady, sought the seclusion of the Franklin
school house steps, followed, we will say, by
q jealous rival, with the fond hope of getting
chance to give him good drub bling. He
sought in a number of ways to get within
hearing distance, and having no success in
that, he thought he would get SO he could
keep an eye on them. To
do this be climbed convenient
cottonwood tree, in shifting his position to
get better view the limb on which he was
seated broke, but he did not fall-the slack
of his pants saved him. Ten feet from the
ground he hung, not near as good stuff in
| them as those Putnam had on at the sport
of the winds. After good deal of wrig-
| Cling and twisting he managed to release
himself, to find that the objects of his solici
tude had quietly gone away. He will never
more disregard the prompting of caution,
but will stick to solid earth and let Penelope
take care of herself.