The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-07-09
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-Winnebago Agency celebrated on
Saturday, the Srd and a large crowd at
tended. Hon. Ira F. Shissler was the
orator, and his remarks are highly COM
plimented by those who listened to him.
The old directors of the Austin, Manka-
To X st. Cloud road were hung in efiigy
for selling the road out and likewise the
people.
AT the prohibition convention held
in this city Monday. T. L. Reeves, Gard
ner barr, J. ID. Evans, ID. Carpenter and
II. A. Wyman were appointed delegates
To attend the district convention to meet
in Mankato July Goth. The name of Ira
Il. Reynolds, of Eagle Lake, has been
mentioned in connection with the con-
gressional nomination.
Speaking of the celebration at Made
liza, the Lake Crystal Union says: "Judge
Severance, of Mankato, delivered the
Grafton. He said many good things and
some very ugly ones" Will Bro. Neff
be kind enough to enumerate a te,c of
the ugly remarks made by Judge
Severance? If the Judge has been say
ing naughty things, we want to know it.
T. NJ. Pugh, ESD, came in from his
farm this morning and informs us that
the severe storm of lest night did great
damage To crops i'll South Bend. The
hail mutilatcd corn badly and cut down
wheat and oats. L. NJ. says his boys
found Il half dozen birds lying dead up
on the ground, killed by the hail stones.
How much damage the storm did in tins
county is not known.
The celebration at Napoleon on
Monday brought large number of pa
triotic people together, and most en-
Ijoyable day was spent. Prof. Parker
was orator of the day, and his speech is
pronounced the best ever delivered in
the county. This reminds us that Mr..
Parker will he 4 candidate this fall for
the Republican nomination for county
superintendent of schools, and his abili-
ty To fill this position cannot he ques-
toned. He is young and energetic
gentleman, and his experience i'll teach
ing renders him exceptionally desira-
bic for the position.
MIR. John Barnard, of Mankato,
showed us ripe cherry tomato picked
from his vines this morning. He is GER
tainly way ahead on the tomato question.
lie informs us, also, that he has corn five
feet seven inches in height, which was
-, l,n Of In hoS
some early Minnesota sweet corn plant
ed on the 3rd of June, which measures
four feet and four and half inches. is
all tasseled out and set for ears. This
beats anything We have heard of. Mr..
Barnard lives in West Mankato, and his
land is somewhat sandy, which may in Il
measure account for this wonderful
growth and early maturity.
"A large number Of Mankato people
visited Lake Madison on Monday and
enjoyed the lake breeze hugely. 1t
was the warmcst day of the season, but
those who were at Point Pleasant en-
durcd no such fatigue Us the unfortun-
ates who mingled with the dust i'll the
city. What pleasure it would be if
we had railroad communication with
the lake. Hundreds of people would
spend the night there during the heat
ed term and return To their business in
the morning who are now deprived of
this pleasure from lack of rapid transit.
The entertainments given in the
Opera House Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings by q. Paul Smith, were the
richest, raciest treats afforded our peo-
! pie for a long time. The circus drew
the crowd the first night, but the at
tendance Wednesday evening was good.
As character impersOnator Smith can
not be beaten, while his crayon sketches
are simply fascinating and wonderful.
q. Paul is a youthful appearing fellow
with beardless face-in fact he is young
in wears but old in eXperience-and
gives an entertainment that no one can
afford to miss. He was here under the
auspices of the Il. \. Il.
The streets of MankatO were lined
with people at an early hour Tuesday
morning, and until after twelve o'clock
perspering mass of humanity prOmen-
AIDED about the city waiting for the CIR
Gus parade. Mothers carrying infants
in theirarms and followed by from three
to five small children could be seen &C.
cupying seats wherever they could be
obtained, or standing on the sidewalks
with the burning rays of the midday
heads
But they had come a long way to see
the parade and the little folks would
. Weld to no kind of persuasion that
should deprive them of this treat.
M. w. Mendenhall, Esq, of Rapi-
dan, brought into our office this MORN
ing samples of wheat, barley and oats
which he took from fields on his way to
the city this morning, and they give
: evidence of severe hail. He says that
, i'm the storm belt which was northwest
: to southeast, about two miles in width,
small grain is almost ruined. The bar
/, lev which he left at this office, if sam
pie of the field, and Mr.. Mendenhall
says it is, will not pay for harvesting.
Herbert Buel, of DecorIa, has nearly Il
half section in small grain, and he says
the storm struck it with such force as to
render it almost worthless. The loss
falls heavily upon HIM. In his locality
the storm path was about mile in
width.
The assertion in the last ReoieU that
) close-co-pOration has existed among
few of the postal clerks on the night
line Of the Omaha road, which has had
the effect of forcing Democratic APP
: pointees to resign on account of the re-
fusal of the old clerks TO give them in
formation or assistance will hardly
stand investigation. The true facts in
the case are that some of the new APP
= pointecs lacked the ability to fill the
bill, others resigned because the posi-
ton failed to pan out to be the "snap"
they had figured on, while others were
: transferred to shorter runs, being una
bic to endure the long run and hard
work. The ReU;eU has evidently been
: duped again.
The charge of TIE FREE PRESS that
[ any patrons of the postoflice are incOn.
i venienced or deprived of their mail by
clerks in the postoffice taking papers
from boxes TO read, is as contemplate
: as it is false. 1t is not an uncommon
r thing for papers to have their wrappers
: torn off in transit through the mails,
sometimes they are opened before reach