The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-07-27
From Wednesday DAILY FREE PRESS.

i lcEOm wednesday DAiLr fhEk RRESS.I
The German singing society is max
ing arrangements to have an excursion
to Lake Madison Sunday by a special
train.
The residence of Ed. Augenstine,
situated in Lime township, on the line
between LIE Sueur and Blue Earth coun-
ties, burned Tuesday.
President Truesdell and several 9TH
er officials of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
road, with their families, are spending
few days at Greenland station.
The Presbyterian society will give
an ice cream sociable at the residence of
Mr.. ]. H. Long, on Third street, Friday
evening, to which all are very cordially
invited.
I'm the district court Yesterday the
case of Fl. c. Howard, appl't, vs.. Sven
Jacobson and Rasmus Sallank, respt's,
the decision of the lower court was re-
versed. The case was tried in Garden
City.
Geo. E. Brett, ]. A. Willard and G.
F. Piper, of this city, are named among
the incorporates of the Duluth Cham
Der of Commerce Building company,
which filed articles yesterday with the
secretary ofstate. Capital $3.50, 900.
The suit of Oscar ]. II. Miller, adj
ministrator of the estate of John H. Mil
Ter, deceased, against the city of Manka-
to to recover 5000 damages for the
death of Miller has been disposed of.
Judge Severance yesterday sustained
the demurrer entered by the defendant.
Rev. Thompson, pastor of the Epis-
copal Church at st. Peter, passed in his
resignation as pastor a few days ago.
The vestry of the church met last night,
refused to accept the resignation. and
raised his salary $500 per annum. He
has decided to stay another year.
The court house contractors appear
to be in earnest in their attempt to COM
ply with their contract to have the
building completed by Oct. LIST. They
are working their men extra hours and
their progress is quite visible. A month
will likely see the stone work COM
pleted.
Commissioner Diamond states that
the wheat is looking rather poorly in his
neighborhood. Where he had 800
bushels last year he only expects 300
this year. Rust has damaged it greatly
and chinch bugs have made streak
right through his field. This is rather a
pessimistlc view but it cannot be denied
that the crop throughout the county will
The railroad commissioners have is
sued a circular to the general managers
of the different railroads doing business
in this State. The commissioners are
DESTROYS of increasing their fund of in
formation as to details of business done,
ETC., in order to fix rates and they call
for facts to enable them to get what they
want. The circular is considered as a
sort of a continuation of the work of the
commission in the recent conference.
An agent of the Home Life Insur-
ance company of New York was in the
city the other day, and talked with Mr..
Barr, president of the Board of Trade,
about makiIk proposition to the citi-
Gems for erecting a building in this
city. The building was to cost, together
with the lot, from 5000 to $4,000, and
was to be erected on condition that in
surance to the amount of $4OO,OOO be
taken out in the city In that company.
The agent promised to make the propo-
sition to the Board of Trade in writing,
but 1t has not yet arrived.