The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-08-25

good many drunken men on the streets
of 81. Peter last Sunday, and intimates
that they got their whiskey at Mankato.
1t is barely possible, Bro. Moore, but
hardly probable, unless they thought
Mankato whiskey was far superior to
that of their own town.
MIR. Robert Bland, of Kasota, has
without doubt one of the most ancient
coins in existence, it having been pro-
nounced by experts to he $500 years
old. 1t was picked up in the county of
Norfolk. England, some twenty Years
ago, 10y Mr.. b. himself, who also has a
score or more of old coins of lesser
age, but none the less valuable as keep
sakes.
-Jno. Morrow, one of the engineers
nj the big mill, while watching the I'M
loading of the animals belonging to
Coles circus, yesterday morning, offered
old Samson" the big elephant, piece
OF watermelon rind, when the beast
threw its trunk around the waist of
Morrow and WAS about to crush him
against the mill, when one of the keep.
crS rescued him just in time.
A party of gentlemen from Iowa
We're III the city this week, looking over
our ineNhaustable stone quarrcs, with II
view of contracting for several hundred
cords of that building material to be
used in constructing "a bridge across
the Missouri river at Blair, Neb. They
wanted 5000 yards, or 1000 carloads.
Our stone men gave them bid to nibble
upon until they get ready to give a pos
tive order.
II. +. Evans, Esq, of Butternut
Valley called upon THE FREE PRESS
Wednesday, and impaired the in
tclligHce that the goodly fall of rain
we had in Mankato Tuesday afternoon
and portion of the night did not reach
more than 40 rods west of Lyons creek,
about four miles from this city. Stack
ing was the order OF the day in his
ncighborhood Wednesday, and with
fine weather. it is Mr.. Els opinion that
there will Ice no grain of consequence
il the county unstackcd by Saturday
night.
On Sunday evening next, at the M.
+. church, Mr.. Ansley Gray, a temper
ance advocate of no ordinary ability
will speak TO the people of Mankato
upon the evils of intemperance. Mr..
Gray is personally known to the writer
hereof, and We can SAY with all candor.
that those who go and listen to his lee
turc, will he more than well repaid for
their time. Mr.. Gray is a young man,
brilliant and entertaining speaker and
good logician. We bespeak for him a
hearty welcome at the hands of our
people.
The old gentleman Martin, of West
Mankato, owns fine Jersey bull that
previous to last Wednesday had exhibit
ed nothing but the kindest disposition.
For some unaccountable reason upon
the day mentioned, he became enraged,
and getting the better of Mr.. Martin
forced him to the ground and gOred him
severely Mr.. NJ. l.. Lockerby was
near at the time and hearing the cries of
the old gentleman FASTENED to his relief,
rescuing him none To soon, for he
certainly would have been killed by the
iurions brute in very little time more.
As it was he sustained injuries to the
extent of a broken collar bone and one
rib together with some slight flesh
bruises.
Talk about your booming North
western country, and the great yield OF
crops, but the old half-bushel tells the
story, and tells it correct, and when the
final summing up time comes-as il
inevitably must-SOuthern Minnesota
will step in and take the cake. Mr..
Doty, of CORTLAND, just across the river
in NicOllet county, threshed this week
5000 bushels of excellent oats from 80
acres-an average yield Of 100 bushels
per acre. Fred. Ginsen. ESD, of Kasota,
reports - bushels of No. wheat pei
acre, and several other gentlemen whose
names we do not now recall, but who
are responsible for what they say, report
IA yield of from Is to 22 bushels OF
wheat per acre. Who says that South
ern Minnesota cannot raise wheat when
the elements are halfway lenient to
wards us . We would ask that Ou
farmers give us all the information pos
sib!e as to the yield of wheat and Oat
that we may herald to the world th'
productive resources of our prolific soil