The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-04-23

| "A llttlc son OF Emory Carr was Sc
verely bitten in the arm Wednesday
morning by a dog belonging to j. III.
! Long. II seems that the little fellow was
coming by Long < Co.'S establishment on
his way to school, when for some reason
the animal attacked him, taking hold of
his left arm on the fleshy part near the
shoulder, and setting his teeth through
the muscle.
Mrs. NJ. q. Willard, of this city, is a
former school mate of Miss Rose Cleve-
land, mistress of the white house, they
having been brought up in the same To-
cality in New York State, and been to-
gethcr n great deal in their childhood.
Mrs. WIS father, who is living with her
here, says that Miss Cleveland rode in
his buggy with him many and many a
time when she was little girl. They
were also well acquainted witt. the Pres
ident years ago.
Tuesday night the residence of Ho-
mer Daniels, Esq, was entered by burg
lars. and that gentleman's watch taken
and things overhauled in general. Mrs
Daniels purse, containing small amount
of change, was taken, but Mr.. ID. IS wallet
with 5000 enclosed, was not found, for.
tunately. Mrs. Daniels, nee Clara Mead
is former typo of this office, and the
FREE PRESS corps regret that her home
has been thus feloneously "pied.'
clock up" better.
B. +. Steadman, ESQ.,, who has beer
salesman for large spectacle manufac
turing company of Philadelphia, has &C
copied permanent position with the
same firm, and will remove his family tc
that city in day or two, where his work
will be ut the general business house
He receives a remunerative salary, will
prospects of material advance soon
Mr.. :. settled in Blue Earth county ovel
20 years ago, where he has been engaged
most Of his time in teaching school.
Last Friday night another of the ole
settlers of this county, who braved the
adversitics of pioneer lifo to develop the
land of his adoption, passed from eartl
Evan Evans, of South Bend. Mr.. +
was native of Wales, and was 81 year.
old at death. He settled here in 1855
: where he has resided ever since, ant
leaves an estlmable character as either
and christian gentleman. He had beer
failing in health for some time previou
to his death. The remains were inferred
ut Minneopa Wednesday afternoon, an(
the last rites were attended by large
concourse of his countrymen and others
Prof. +. Soaring, of the Mankat,
Normal, received letter this week from
gentlemen in Fairmont, inquirin,
into the authenticity of the story told b.
deaf and dumb man who was in tina
: village selling chemicals and chemica
apparatus for use i'm schools. The d. ant
d. individual communicated by means o
writing, and claimed that he had a com
mission from the Commissioner of Edu
cation at Washington to sell the articles
and purported to be nephew of Prof
Soaring. Of course the latter gentleman
3 replied that the good people of Fair
E mont had been taken in, so far as he wa
Y concerned, for he has no such relative
The chemical man has duped othe
: towns in similar manner.
We frequently observe accounts q
cold settlers organizations" holding i'm
teresting meetings in various localitie
throughout the State, and it seems al
most lack of enterprise that Mankat
q and locality hasn't one. This vicinity
and the county at large, have about
G great proportion of pioneers anon
n the populace as generally the case, an
r yet the rising generation know very lii
e tie of the deprivations, sorrows, an
d heart-achings suffered, or the sacrifice
C made to found and nurse to life the mag
e nlficent commonwealth whose comforts
;, luxuries and conveniences We are no.
v enjoying. Such an organization wit
n periodical meetings would prove tn
II most accurate and instructive historic
attainable. Someone move.