The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-08

Nihp>' ihhI'iSSa'', aii iN"hN'hiVi''
that will hereafter be obviatcd.
We neglected Ia mention last week
that Mr.. ". 4. Mills has taken the
lease of his property on Fourth street,
back from Lawrence, Straight II Go.
and will carry "n the business of buy
Ing butter and cggs rs usual. Mr..
Mills has engaged the services of Mr.. II.
NJ. Marvin, formerly with Lawrence,
Straight Il Co., gentleman well i'll
formed rs regards butter, eggs and
poultry.
Word has been received from the
Albert Lea MALTA comp any that they
have accepted the invitation Of our boys
To appear in Mankato on the Fourth
and will be here in body. Very like
IL the company at Austin will also lie
present. and pretty definite information
has been received that the New Tim
company will join us. with II prospect
that the boys of st. Peter and Fairmont
will fall in. Come on, boys, We go
ing tn have a booming time.
Mr.. Bruce Garrett has taken the
agency for Blue Earth, Nicollct and Le-
Sueur counties for the l'urinton Agri.
cultural boiler and feed steamer, which
is said To be, by those who have used
it. just the article for farmers use. The
generator is adapted for cooking or
steaming grain, meal, roots, vegetables,
hay, cornstalks, &c, for all kinds of
stock, and inasmuch as cooked food is
held 10y stock men To he far preferable
To uncooked, farmers will not he slow
to investigate and invest. The boiler
can he used for numerous purposes, and
the price being only Se5, will operate
AS an active agency for introducing it
into general use.
A little unpleasantness occurred
Monday between Messrs. ID. Z. Evans
and Geo. A. Clarke which resulted in
Mr.. Els knocking Mr.. c. down, and
giving Inn IA double amount of slip,
which of itself is entirely superiluous
and superficial. NJ. Clarke had ID. {.
arrested for assault, AMI the latter
plead guilty, paid his fine, and then re-
ciprocated by having Clarke arrested for
using proianc language upon the public
streets. The trial has been postpOn
ed until next week. The difficulty
grew out Of IA difference Of opinion on
business matters and to say the least II
was not very elevating spectacle TO
behold. But it may be excusable on
the ground that the lesson will prove OF
practical benefit II our real estate agent.
Parties desiring 10 send their
friends in the east complete, comprc-
hcnsiye and altogether valuable drscrip-
ton oi Mankato's industries, portrait
IRE of the Indian massacre from the
original plate, good description Of our
country, its resources, &c, combinded
with a brief review OF each and every
town in the county, should procure a
copy of the large FREE PRESS issued
about II year ago. Every line contained in
hat paper is us fresh as ever and we have
some two Thousand copies which should
he sent broadcast over the land. There
is no doubt but what this very paper OF
which we speak has done rs much, II
not more, than all else to induce the
boom that MankatO is now enjoying.
Over 5000 have been circulated, and
this number has been pcrused 10y not
less than 10000 people. Price, $3.50
per hundred.
The action Of the Omaha road in
reducing the salary of its employees is,in
some instances at least, uni ust and I'M
warranted i'm fact. Mr.. w. Robinson,
aho recently resigned his position as
agent of the company because Of the re-
duction in pay, informs us that the earn
ings of this station in May amounted to
about $l3,OOO-a considerable increase
over any month since last October. With
this statement as fact, il is not quite
plain why salaries should be decreased.
Mr.. Il. +. Clark, Assistant Superin-
tendent has also resigned, and succeeds
to the general SUPPLEMENTARY Of the
Minneapolis Il st. Louis road. 1t is
quite likely that other officials will fol-
low, as competent men can always Sc
cure desirable situations ut fairly re-
munerative figures, and if they cannot
get it at one place they will certainly
90 to another.
What came near proving very
disastrous accident to human life &C.
CURED Mt Mr. VIM. Bierbauer's brewery
on Wednesday. OF the old brewery
vaults there were two with a space of
about six or eight feet intervening be-
| INccu tiltIH. "oihuiCh nav DSSh Sh
gagged tor several days IN excavating
with the view of convcrging these two
vaults into one, and the earth covering
had been removed. The recent wet
weather had softened the earth about
and lo0sened the walls, and on the day
above mentioned, while Mr.. Becker was
engaged in shoveling dirt, the inside
wall of one of the vaults caved in, part.
ly burying him beneath stone and earth
Mr.. Albert Bierbauer, who had but a
moment previous left the vault, and
thereby narrowly escaped instant death
from the accident, hastened, with Others
to rescue the unfortunate Becker from
his perilous position. When extricated
il was found that he had sustained sc
rious fractures. One limb was broken
and il is feared he may have sustained
internal injuries. TO say the least, j,
was a very close call, and the complica
ted injuries may yet prove fatal, al
though the attending physician, DIR
Warner, has hopes of his recovery.