The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-08-04

| caused MN 10 swear, the authorities
fined him for using abusive language.
The dedication of the new church
81 miles northwest of Winnebago City
which was postponed by rain last Sun
day, will take place next Sunday, Aug.
9th. Rev. G. l.. Taylor, of Illinois,
will conduct the dedlcatory services.
The Blue Earth County anti-horse-
thief association, which met in this city
last week, elected officers for the en-
SUNG year rs follows: Geo. w. Monks,
President; j. &. Currycr, Secretary
l. o. Hunt, Treasurer; ID. Buck, Capt.
a. J. Murphy and c. II. Piper, execu-
tive committee. The rules and regula-
tionS which are to govern the protec.
tive society, will soon be published.
The Window Reporter of the 27th
ult., has the following pleasing article
upon our distinguished citizen:
Judge Severance sent pair of gold
bracelets to the little girl baby whom
Mrs. Grimes is nursing, and whose
mother in st. Paul has been very sick
hut is now recovering, and in a note ac-
companying them he tells her to remem-
Der that gold without demands gold
Within" IL note that the baby will no
doubt appreciate if she ever reaches
Years Of discretion.
Mr.. ID. f. Hardy has been appoint.
ed Station agent at Minnesota Lake IN
place of j. 4. Donaldson. Mr.. Hardy
i'll writing us, last Saturday, says that
the grain crop in the vicinity of MINI.
Lake is not very ilattering, although the
heads of the wheat are long and well
filled. but the stand is thin, hence II
yield of over l2 bushels to an acre on the
average, cannot be expected, while
there is occasionally a piece on high
dry ground that will probably go 25
bushels.
One of the substantial farmers OF
lie Ray, in the person of II. G. Wood,
called into THE FREE PRESS office Mon
day, and gave us an idea of the pros
pective yield OF various crops. He es-
Inmates that in his locality, wheat will
average fully IL bushels per acre, po-
tatnes far above the average; corn poor
and unless exceptionally favored will
not yield over 81 per cent. of last years
crop; timothy never better; barley and
rye above :hc average.
VIM. Caller, of Rapidan township,
was before the Municipal court We'd
nesday for adultery, and was bound
over to appear before :he Grand Jury
in November. He was arrested
at the instance of his wife whom lie
deserted in June last and eloped with
Il married woman named Ratcliff,
of Eagle Lake. Sheriff Monks ascer-
tanned that the bigamists wero living
in EaSton, this State, and forthwith
brought them to Mankato, arriving here
on Thursday evening Of last week. No
complaint having been entered against
the woman, she was allowed to go her
way unmolested by the hands of outraged
justice and insulted society.
1t Is quite a common remark to
hear that this or that railroad sis being
land at the rate of mile day." while
but few fully appreciate the meaning of
the expression. The Railway Age, vol
untcers the information that to accom-
plish such feat requires the carrying
and placing in exact position from 2,640
to 1900 ties bringing forward and laying
down, exactly the right distance apart,
252 rails Gf of 60 pounds to the yard
each 30 feet long and weighing 900
pounds, or an aggregate of nearly 941a
tons, or 200 pounds, and fastening
the rails TO each other 10y fish-plstes and
bolts, and to the ties by four spikes in
each tie.
The committee appointed to in
spect the old Novelty building and
grounds, did so last Tuesday, and were
surprised to find everything in better
shape than was anticipated. Messrs.
J. 4. Willard & Barney, who own the
property, have made proposition to
put it in as stock at $4,000, and
add 81 900 cash, in order to start
the axe and edge tool mandatory,
which has been talked so much about
of late, providing our people will sub
scribe 5000 additional cash for the
same object. At this date there has
been something over 100 shares sub.
sCrlbed and an extra effort is being
made TO raise the list to two hundred
which, if done, operations will at once
commence.
Many Of the cows of the city don't
pay any attention to the city ordinance
which says they shall not run at large
from 0 o'clock p. NJ. until 6 o'clock A. NJ
but on the contrary ignore the mandate
entirely. OF course it is the cows OWL
fault, and their walk upon the sidewalk,
their browsing of shade trees, thcil
entering of unsuspecting open gates and
dcvnuring of ones garden truck is all
right, except to those who arc not thus
molested. And it is such u pleasan,
diversion for one to get up in the morn
ing and find flower beds tramped down
his few hills of carly corn laid low, hi
sidewalk broken and bclittcred. Yes
it is all right, but repeal the oh
noxious ordinance so that it may not b,
an apparent barrier for any one who de
sires to tie up the gentle bovine for dam
age committed.
"A trip to the country in whatcve
direction, reveals the harvester at worl
laying low the ripencd grain. Ant
upon high land which was plowed las
fall and sown early in the spring,
good yield is expected, but upon low
r ground, plowed last spring, the ylel,
: will lie light. Farmers inform us tina
Il third more seed was required to b
. sOwn this season than in ordinary sea
, sons on account Of the poor quality O
5 seed used, but many who did not hee,
this precaution are now reaping the re