The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-29

| Cncy nave lar more Calls Tor harvest
machinery than they can possibly sup
ply, and that they are unable to obtain
enough men who arc able to set up the
self binders and get them to work.
A stranger remarked the other day,
after viewing for some time the various
pieces Of horscfesh passing by him, that
if he was u member Of the State Board
Of Equalization, he never would raise
the valuation Of horses in this county.
Our three large dry goods stores, vic
with each other to see which can make
the best display of goods in their front
windows. The passer.by quickly dc.
tects the ingenuity exercised and often
pauses to observe the attractive features.
1t is said that all trains on the Min.
neapolis and st. Louis line, are hereafter
to be distinctly labeled, SO that they
who run may read, and have no excuse
for boarding the wrong trains. This
is rs it should always be. Paint is
cheap, and painters everywhere abound
Things arc lively at the Milwaukee
depot grounds in this city. The COM
pany have about completed a small
tub tor water tank that will hold only
$4,000 gallons Of water. The piling
for the warehouse is all driven and the
building when completed will be
32 100 feet.
Is there not on ordinance in our city
charter prohibiting railroad trains from
running through our streets faster than
four miles an hour If such be the fact,
its provisions should be enforced to the
letter for the safety Of those who are
obliged to cross the track on foot or by
team. "The safety of the people is the
supreme law"
We are in receipt Ofthe Northeastern,
very neat scmi-monthly paper Of 90
pages. issued by students of the North
western University, at Evanston, Ill.
Among Its associate editors, we notice
with pleasure the name of John N.
Hall, jr., son of John N. Hall, Esq. of
this city. Well done, johnny
We have interviewed quite number
Of farmers from various parts of our
county this week upon the status Of the
wheat crop, and find that their state
ments are fully as much ut variance as
the newspapers, but the majority of
them think that owing to thinness, wet
weather and other causes, the crop will
not average much over half of last
years, but oats and most pieces of corn,
look exceedingly well.
Mr.. George Beals, the proprietor of
the City Express, fears that many of
our people misapprohend his mission.
He wants the public to feel that they
have the right to hail him at any time
and demand his services. He wants to
be of service to the public, and it be-
longs to them to say whether they want
his services or nOt-at ten cents trip.
Prof. Soaring returned from St. Cloud
and reported an exceedingly interesting
time Mt the teachers institute held there.
Prof. McCleary read an essay on
" Arithmetic, demonstrating his abili-
ties as Il scholar ON this subject as well
AS on others, much to the qualification
of Prof. Soaring, In whose companion
ship he is to he in the future at the
Normal School of this city.
Hon. II. w. Holly, of Winnebago City,
has the contract for building railroad
from Ontonagon, a town on the shore
of Lake Superior in Michigan, to Green
Bay on the shore Of Lake Michigan.
Mr.. Holly has had large experience in
railroad building and undoubtedly sees
a bonanza in this new enterprise. He
was in the city last Monday and stated
that work on the same would commence
ut once.
Mr.. w. H. Wiswell has kindly left
at the FREE PRESS Office phial Of air.
Stacked lime from the farm of Mr.
Westby, of Candy, Candy County, MINI.
showing degree Of intense whitenesi
and apparent purity exceeding anything
of the kind we ever saw. Mr.. Westby
says he has quarry of the stone from
which this was produced on his farm
Experts will do we'll to take look al
the sample.
At business meeting last evening
the Methodist society voted their pasto
Rev. C. w. Savidge, four weeks va
cation, which he gratefully accepted ant
will leave for the East next Wednesday
In his absence he will visit Chicago
Washington, New York, Philadelphia
Long Branch and the great camp meet
ing at Ocean Grove. Consequently Their
will be no service at the Methods
church until ms return.
We know Of farmer, not in thi
county, but in an adjoining one, who's
real estate tax amounts to nearly $500
, annually, but through carelessness ant
neglect he allowed the payment of
f to lapse and be sold, consequently he
, paying to-day an interest thereo
equal to 25 per cent. per annum. TIL
, question is how long can this farme
, afford to pay such interest withou
. incurring irretrieviable rum.
Capt. Beatty has the stOne-crusher q
work in full blast, and the rapidity wit
] which it chews up stone is wonda
and it don't bite off more than it ca
chew, either. We expect to soon oil
serve work begin, spreading the broke
fragments of rock upon our streets.
we are correctly informed, any privat
parties can purchase the crushed stor
Of the Capt. and use it in filling I'll
occasional mudholes near their prem
SEES.
/. Southern Minnesotians have bee
It highly edited reading daily for Il
+ past two weeks, the glowing crop r
, ports OF Northern Minnesota and Dako
&c and comparing them with reports fro
,e Southern Minnesota where "the crops q
10 scarcely worth harvesting" 1t W
m ever thus and we suppose it will CIV
he. but that does not change the fa