The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-07-16

storm path.
Mr.. ID. J. Mulhgan has opened a
bureau of rent and employment IN rooms
next to Thoms' barber shop. Any one
having houses or rooms to rent, or wish
ing to employ any kind oflabor, or those
seeking employment, will do well to
communicate such facts 10 Mr.. NJ. He
is a good business man, and those en-
trusting business to him will receive
prompt returns.
According TO the Tribune, the st.
Peter Gun Club will give Il three days
shooting tournament commencing Au-
gust 3rd. An invitation has been ex-
tended to sportsmen throughout Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota. The
amount of Sl720 will be given in prizes.
Our Mankato club hes number of fine
marksmen, and it is possible that the
boys may conclude to take Y hand in
the sport.
AT the regular meeting of Mankato
Lodge No. Is, l. o. O. F. Monday even
ing, the following officers were installed.
Me-. w. Fowler.
V. G.-Rev. J. G. Ogle.
Sec.-Jas. Morrison.
Treas.-H. p. Jensen.
X. :. y. G.-S. w. Burgess.
l.. :. \. c. Barnes.
X. :. V. G.-J. Wagon.
l.. :. V. G.-J. G. Hansen.
I.G.-R. Ii. Pay.
C.-H. Zimmerman, jr.
WYNN. Buckholtz.
Blue Earth county will be well re-
presented at the q. \. r. Encampment
in San Francisco. VIM. Thomas, De-
partment Commander of Minnesota,
Geo. F. Long and Mr.. Pfetfer of Manka-
to, will leave Tuesday. They will be
joined here by Mr.. and Mrs. H. Cum
minis, Miss Brooks, Mr.. and Mrs. W. w.
Phelps, d. A. Selleck and Mr.. Bartholo-
new, all of Eagle Lake. There will
likely be others from this county who
will also accompany the excursion, but
the above are the only names thus far
reported.
The barley harvest is about over
and wheat is nearly ready for the bar-
vesIer. Inc storm vi II week ago uiu
considerable damage in certain locali-
ties, while the recent very warm wealth.
small grain. However, the yield in this
particular locality will be very fair and
our farmers are doing very little fault
finding. Corn has made wonderful adj
I,n not 70
with favorable conditions from this time
forward, will afford an unusually heavy
yield.
The rejected postmaster begins to
find out how il Is himself. During the
incumbency of the suspended official
the columns of the RerieW contained dir
ty slurs almost weekly about the manage
ment Of the postotfice, which were as
contemplate as they were false"
Now that he is getting little of his own
medicine, so to speak, he squirms ter
ribly. Whatever has been said in the
columns of this paper regarding the r.
p. m. g management of the office is sus-
ceptible of proof, and no reference
thereto has been made with any spirit
of revenge. Mr.. Wise should not mea-
sure other people with the rule of his
own standard.
-Rey. NJ. Evans, brother to Hon. ID.
C. Evans, of this city, and resident of
Dodgeville, Wis, delivered a temper
ance address in Old Zion church, South
Bend, Monday evening. While Mr..
Evans is an ardent temperance man, he
does not believe that you can coerce
men to abstain from strong drink. This
desirable result must be attained through
the presentation Of convincing argument
and plain logic. In other words he is
not one Of those over-zealous prohibi-
tionists who believes that the liquor
traffic can be wiped out of existence in
a wear. 1t takes long time to work
radical changes and particularly 80
when it comes to dealing with ones APP
petite.
No little disappointment is felt over
the new depot building now being erect
ed in this city by the Northwestern
company. The people all along expect
ed that the building was to be two
story structure, gothic in design and
handsomely embelllshed, but instead
the company is putting up a one story
brick, painfully plain, and altogether
unsatisfactory in outward appearance.
Being located as it is, on the main bust
ness street of our city, and receiving the
favors that the company has from the
city authorities as well as the liberal
patronage of our business men, we had
right to expect something more in
keeping with the growth and pride Of
Mankato than the barn-like structure
that is placed at our service. Verify
the Northwestern folks have done that
which they ought not to have done, and
left undone that which they ought tt
) have done.
The Sleepy Eye Herald gives the
= following particulars of frightful acct
, dent which occurred in the town o
: Prairieville last Wednesday: The wife
= of Lars Edwardson was driving NOW
: or near the railroad track and when TIN
train came along the horses got frigh
tened and ran away. Mrs. EdwardsOl
p was thrown from her seat and was rul
J.. over by the mower. The machine wa
h a heavy one, of the old style combines
e reaper and mower. The driving whee
n passed over her, breaking her left leg
= and crushing it badly from the knee t
: the ankle. In one place the bone wa
r driven through the surface. Her seal
was torn until the top of her head wa
g laid bare. One thumb was severed fror
II her hand and her right hip was badl
+ bruised. The trainmen. having notice
10 the accident, stopped the tram and too
9 the injured woman on board and brougl
Is her TO Sleepy Eye and placed her
is charge of Drs. Marcellus and WELCOME