The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-24

next day, since which time nothing has
been heard of hm. 1t is claimed that
he was heavily involved, financially,
and if true, this may account for his
prolonged absence.
Mrs. ii. l.. Guide met with serious
mishap on Tuesday, by falling through
the hatchway leading into the cellar,
breaking her right arm little below
the elbow. DIR. Harrington reduced the
fracture, and the lady is as comfortable
rs could he expected, she being up
wards of 60 years of age.
A young man named John Whalen,
brakeman ON the Sioux City road, had
his hand badly mashed while coupling
cars at Kasota on Sunday. He was
brought to Mankato and taken to the
City Hotel. where Drs. Warner and
Harrington amputated portions at the
mangled hand, leaving a part of the
little finger and thumb.
The FREE Press Bindery has just
completed 200 volumes OF magazines OF
various kinds including several elegant
ly bound volumes of Picturesque Ameri-
ca, Art Journals, etc, beside several
large and artistically made blank books.
We turn out nothing but the very best
of work and our prices are as low rs
any reliable establishment in the West.
The plastering of City Hall will he
completed by Saturday night of the
/ present week. Mr.. Swan Johnson who
took the contract has executed IA first
class job. Mr.. johnson took the con.
tract for latbing us well as plastering,
| furnished all the material and the city
will pay but $3.50. Certainly the work
was done very reasonable.
The arm OF justice was entirely too
lenient in the case of Henry Lempke
whose trial came off at ST. Peter on Sat-
urday, for attempting an outrage on the
person of little three year old girl.
Judge Baldwin sentenced the brute to
two and Il half years in the penitentiary,
when ten years would have been more
in keeping with the enormity of the
crime.
Upon the first page of to days pa
per will he found the prospectus of
Harper's Weekly, Bazaar and Magazine,
three of the most popular literary publ
cations in America. Parties desiring to
secure either of these, will save money
by subscribing through THE FREE
PRESS, as will he seen by reference to
our clubbing rates at head of first local
column.
The Mankato Temperance Wide
Awakes, 4 children's organization, will
give an entertainment in the Congrega-
tional church on Tuesday evening next,
commencing at 7:30 o'clock. The
programme consists of recitations, dia-
logues and singing. The price of adj
mission has been placed at 10 cents,
and the little ones should be encouraged
in their cause by crowded house.
"A fellow bought ticket to Chica-
go over the Northwestern Monday
morning, paying therefor $l3.65. He
hadn't heard that the Milwaukee line
was selling tickets to the same point
for Sl.00, but it is safe to presume that
he kicked himself all around the car
when he heard that he was out just
$l2.G5. If the victim had been sub
scriber to The FREE PRESS he would
have saved enough to pay at least six
years substitution.
Tuesday morning witnessed gay
party Of Mankatoites at the G. NJ. & St.
P. depot boarding the train for st. Paul
and Chicago, induced to "go and see
their friends by the liberal reduction
in railroad fare. There were no less
than seventy in the party, and all
seemed to enjoy the % cent rate to the
twin cities quite as much as they would
the regular tariff of 1915. Many were
the thanks bestowed upon manager
Merrill for his kind consideration of the
"dear people who wanted to take "a
ride"
Our friend Milo Baldwin, of Nc
Pherson, noticing the account of Squire
Johnson's large onion yield in last
weeks FREE PRESS, writes that he
raised, this year, on one eighth of an
acre of ground, one hundred bushels of
as fine onions as ever took root in Blue
Earth county This is twenty bushels
better than jamestown reports, and
unless healthier showing is sent in
soon, Mcpherson will be awarded the
chrome for onion raising.
We have an ordinance which says
that "no person shall go upon the plat.
form at or upon the arrival of any train
for the purpose of soliciting passengers
for any hotel or boarding house or for
any hack, omnibus or other vehicle"
For some time this restriction has been
practically abrogated, and on Saturday
it terminated in a rumpus. The Mer-
, chants House runner slapped the Man
; kato House man for what he took as
an intrusion upon his privileges and
y rights, whereupon the imperial party
had his pugilistic friend arrested, and
the court gave him S. and costs. Upon
: complaint beng made, Mayor Maxfield
e notified Chief Young to see that the
It ordinance regulating the conduct OF
y representatives of hacks and hotels at
!. depots be strictly enforced, and here.
+ after the chief will see to it that he who
e so transgresses shall be punished &C.
IT cordingly. Beware, boys!
e. Rolling for 100 turkeys will com.
d mence at Jacob Flachsenhar's bowling
d alley On Tuesday evening next and con
l. tinue until Thursday evening. Here il
e a chance to get Thanksgiving turkey
cheap.