The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-28
The mouth of the Blue Earth river is
filled with logs, trees and snags that are
in danger of coming down.

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| Wells tram had to he rowed from the
| depot across Van Brunt's slough.
The basement of the FREE PRESS
Office is for rent TO any one who wants to
start "A Turkish bath establishment.
A snag with limbs II foot in thickness,
struck one of the bridge piers Tuesday
noon while the boys were at dinner.
Monday afternoon, Rapidan bridge
and mill all right; also the bridge at
kern's ford across the LIE Sucur all safe.
| j. A. Presley was forced to move 100
barrels of apples and 40 barrels Of vine
ger from his store cellar, II herculean
task.
u. X. johnson, one of the first settlers
here, says THAT water is good for naviga-
ton and making ice. but mighty poor
for beverage"
ii. ID. Tisdale was called upon Sun
day and Monday, to move his entire
lumber yard from the river levee to
Second street.
Tuesday night the rise of the river
backed the water in the cutters so that
quite body of il formed on Second and
Walnut streets.
MInnnsnfa hn al
West Mankato. is rapidly cutting away
the bank on this side as well as on the
opposite side below.
A huge snag came down stream Mon
day forenoon and lodged on the center
pier of the bridge, but was finally swung
off by the watchmcn.
But then you ought to see how the
Democrats rushed pell nell when they
learned that brick brewery from
New Clm was on its way down stream.
A few inches more rise will allow
snags to come across West Mankato,
where if they strike any of the houses,
will be apt to make kindling- wood Of
them.
y Mr. DcLaughter, living on the flat,
strung his organ up to a rattcr by
carpet, and his COW went down the
river, while he and his family sought
safety in flight
Rev. j. Pemberton was urgently called
across the river, Sunday, to marry
couple, and while en- route his boat ran
foul OF Il snae. and obliged him to bail
water. Returning, there were five per-
sons aboard.
Mr.. o. Mendenhall was at Rapidan,
Tuesday, and reports the Blue Earth as
falling four feet in "a hours, and also
said that the Watonwan had fallen eight
feet in 36 hours.
How are your basement rats BY this
time" asked one man OF the other as
they were moving from their respective
residences on the Hat, the other morn
ing. Il don't know anything about
basement rats-it is IN Ara-r0 that !
am looking for now
j. G. Polchow's large ice house. capa-
bile of holding 1000 tons of ice, is Il
total wreck and its contents destroyed.
The extensive wood piles of Mr.. Pol
chow that were To be used for burning
brick, were iloatcd off, but the timely
forming of Il boom saved the greater
share of it.
J. T. King. last Friday, climbed to
the roof OF his house in Cummings adj
dition, and with rosn and bow struck
up the tune OF Hold the Fort" but
Saturday he was observed sitting astride
the ridge pole waving signal of dis
tress and gently murmuring, Life on
the Ocean Wave"
The Milwaukee Railway company
have, like many individuals. learned Il
lesson by experience this spring, that
they are not likely to forget, in the loss
Of their grade between the city and
their present depot. They were re-
peatedly warned that it was policy to
thoroughly rip-rap their grade, which
was nothing but sand, but they hest
tatcd and now all is lost
Saturday, the cry was raised that a
house was coming down stream, and
away the crowds rushed to view the
scene-ladies, children and all. Upon
returning one lady said to another;
Did you see the house ~
Il did
what kind of one was it p
1t was chicken coop"
Another, more observant and more
modest, blushingly whispered some
thing, when they all chorused, OH