St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-22
Special Reports from the GLoBEMankato office
July 81.
MnnEntO Dots.

tomorrow is DuICer gay.
Hon. E. P. Freeman spent Sunday with
lis family.
The auctioneer has about disposed Of the
smith Fair store stock OF goods.
There is a large amount Of work on hanc
for the street commissioner.
The train from Saiut Paul yesterday was
delayed about forty-five minutes.
Miss Eliza Jones. former normalite, vii
leave this fall for Idaho territory, where sht
will teach school.
Mr.. Vanlien, of Van Vert, Ohio, spent
last week at Lake Madison, pulling fish out
of the lake with hook and line.
Rev. A. w. Edwards, of the Methodist
church of Mankato, conducted the services
at the Methodist church of st. Peter las
Sabbath.
The county commissioners met yesterday
as a board of county equalization to equaliz,
the assessments of the several townships o.
the county.
A meeting will be held at Union hall on
Friday evening at s O'Clock to organize {
Cleveland and Hendricks club. All Demo
Gratis should attend
Minneopa Falls is visited by Mankato par
ties daily. As place for picnics the Falls
cannot be beat, and are being appreciated by
pleasure seekers.
The testimony in the Morris divorce case
now before Judge Severance, is all in, and
all that remains is the arguments of the
counsel for the respective sides.
Mr. Henry j. Parry leaves for Minneapolis
and, aftes staying there few days. will &C
to Chicago. Henry intends to re-enter the
school OF pharmacy at the latter place.
o. D. Hart, of Mankato, defeated Chas
Koening, of st. Peter, in a 200-yard foot
race at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon
by about four feet. Time 2135 seconds.
Owing to urgent private business, Capt j.
L. Washburn will be unable to 90 to the
Minneapolis National encampment and
First Lieut.. D. +. McGraw will have charge q
Co. L.
Mr. II. I. Cleveland, formerly Of Mankato,
but now editor of the Hastings Ulaon, visited
his Mankato friends yesterday. Harry is
looking and feeling well, and is well pleased
with Hastings.
Rev. a. w. Edwards left yesterday morn
ing for Plttsburg, where he will be in attend
ance at the national Prohibition convention.
This convention will nominate candidates
for president aud vice president.
A trip through the farming portions Of
his county reveals the crops in the finest OF
condition. Wheat is in an particularly ex-
cellent condition and the prospects for good
harvest are now exceptionally brilliant.
Mr., D. Wagner has secured the agency OF
:he Agricultural Insurance company, Of
Watertown, n. Y, which has added to his
agency. The Agricultural is one of the sold
reliable' aud insures against fire and tor
nadoS.
The police force Of Mankato appeared on
Sunday in their new uniforms. The uni
forms are of the latest style and the officers
present a fine appearance. Every day Man
kato is adding metropolitan airs and this we
suspose is one OF them.
Threatening clouds gathered yesterday
afternoon and the timid feared Il regular
cyclone, but Il severe rain and lightning
storm was all that it amounted to. In the
country some grain was laid low, but will be
up again this morning.
S. Young ''teuton," indulged in toe
much lager on Sunday and was run into the
cooler in the evening as drunk and disor.
Derby" He was brought before hizzoner,
Judge Porter, and was let loose upon paying
costs, amounting to SO.
A special train consisting of ten cars
passed through Mankato yesterday morning
for the national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Minneapolis, Mimi.
On the train were many old veterans from
Colorado and the far west.
The old horse Frank, well known as the
'Scattergood horse" died at j. B. Swans
stables on Friday last. He was thirty-four
years old, having served three years in the
army during the war, and was used two years
on stage from st. Peter to Waterville; and
sfterward used by the company and by Mr.
Scattergood rs II family horse.
For same time past boys and men hav,
been in the habit of bathing in the Mime
spta river in clear view of houses in Cum
Mugs addition Many of the parties hav,
haen warned by residents of that addition
but most Of them have paid no attention t
the warnings. On Sunday number were
in bathing, when a resident near by tolG
them of the ordinance OF the common council
prohibiting, and showed them ''no bathing
here" notice, but one of them replied in al
uugentlemanly manner. The gentleman
then went to police headquarters, but before
Chief Welsh could get to the river where
they were they were out of that neighborhood
Chief Welsh declares his intention OF arrest
ing all men and boys found bathing in the
river near the city and if any one found il
may 60 hard with them as there is a fine i'm.
posed under ordinance No. 40 of not less
than 81 or more than 500 for each violation,
in default Of payment of which not more
than 30 days may be imposed. Fair warn.
ing is given to all.