The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-27

We acknowledge the receipt of a
very elegant picture of the leading
newspaper men of America, from the
Travellers Insurance Co, Hartford,
Conn.
In Justice to Mr.. John Klein we
are requested to state, that IT elected
commissioner he will serve the people
to the best of his ability. All who
know Mr.. Klein, feel that he will not
neglect his duty to the public.
Election judges in each OF the va
rious towns in the county are requested
to forward returns to County Auditor
Scattergood immediately after the re-
suit is ascertained. If this matter is
promptly attended to, it will greatly
ollige all interested.
Chief Young received draft
Tuesday from the U. s. Mutual Acct
dent Association, Of New York, for
1861. This was in payment for loss
of time incurred by Mr.. Young in Sep
TENDER, through an accident which in
capacitatcd him for official duty for
two weeks.
"A vacant house belonging to
Daniel Morse, in lie Ray township, was
burned to ashes Thursday morning. and
is supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary. Mr.. J. A. Gilmore was
the first to discover the fire, hut it was
past control at the time. The house
was good frame structure, only hav.
ing been built about two years, and the
loss is no small item.
Here is an item of threshing that
takes the premium. Mr.. J. w. Wigley
threshed on his farm, one day last week,
Ace bushels of wheat in four hours and
set the machine twice during the time.
This work was done by ten horse
power threshcr, and is an excellent
showing. Mr.. Wigley realized an Nv
erage yield of wheat of about Is BUSH
els per acre-all No I.
1t is reported that Ii. C. Howard
and Lorin Cray were over in Lincoln
the other evening, and rehearsed to
gathering of good farmers the great
principles of the Alliance. Howard
spoke about all hour and halt, but
Mr.. Cray was more considerable with
his hearers. lie spoke briefly, but
pointedly, remarking that inssmuch as
he was railroad attorney, he did not
expect many votes from the people
of Lincoln, but assured them that no
was heart and soul with them in their
fundamental principles.
"A telegram received by Geo. w.
Mead, just rs We go to press, dated Fl.
Scott, Kas., announces the death at that
place, of Mr.. VIM. c. Durkee. His
remains are expected here tomorrow. BY
Mr.. Durkee's intimate friends, it had
been feared for some weeks that he
could not survive the winter, and when
he babe farewell to the people of Man
kato only few days since, and de-
parted for the South it was felt
that he never would again return
alive. In the death Of William c.
Durkee, the. county is left to sorrow
over the untimely end of most esti-
mablc citizen.
Mr.. Jno. G. Noe, Secretary of the
Southwestern Minnesota Land and I'm
migration Association is in receipt of
the pamphlets setting forth the excel.
lence of this locality as an agricultural
region, ordered through the association
at its last meeting. 1t is book of BE
pages, and imparts only such informs
ton as is valuable to home seekers and |
lovers of grand country such as ours.
Parties living in this vicinity who have
friends in the east, should procure
copies of these pamphlets and distrib.
ute them broad cast. Let us not hide
our light under bushel, but rather
let each individual interest himself in
the future developments of this unsur-
passed region of country sufficiently to
send these documents 70 those seeking
new homes. There is no one but what
can do some good in this way, and let
the effort be made.
The new play, "A Square Man."
which is to be produced at Union Hall
Thursday, Nov. end has had a singu-
larry successful run in nearly all the
large cities of the East. The news.
papers, wherever 1t has been offered.
have been as one in praising its essen.
tial merit, though MS might have been
expected, they have differed in opinion
AS to its detail. If what has been gen
orally said of it is to be believed, it
possesses dramatic virtue in which
few plays excel, and having which, the
questions of locality or fine writing be-
come incOnsequential. 1t will be pre-.
sented here with identically the same
cast that was given it in all the me.
tropolitan theatres, Mr.. Ben. Maginley
himself appearing as Jack Kenyon, the
Square Mana Characterization that
has met only the warmest praise where
ever it has been seen.
Jack" the young fellow who
drives one of Asa Graves hack teams
left the horses standing in front of Union
Hall Wednesday evening for moment
without taking the necessary precaution
to tie them, when they took fright and
ran away. They made the "dust fly"
most beautifully, and were making ex-
cellent time, when they were brought
up standing by collidiug with a tele-
graph pole in block IA, wrecking the
carriage quite badly. No one was in
the carriage at the time, hence the acct
dent was free from personal injury. II
there is not now in force an ordinance
making it fineable otfense leaving teams
unhitched in the public streets, one
should be passed, and il such munich
pal law is in vogue, an example or two
should be made of these careless fell
lows by Bringing them before Judge
Porter to snswer to the COMPETENT
Such a course may save broken boaes
or precious l'Se.
Mr.. T. s. Hayes was selected ss
commissioner by the convention held
at Vernon Center on Saturday. AS Mr..
n was nominated with direct reference