The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-07-20


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Corn is tasseling out finely in all
parts of the county. In some places II
is more forward than in others, but
everywhere it looks fairly well. A gen.
tleman who has this week come from
La Crosse to this city reports that the
crops look rather poor all the way and
does not think that there will be much
over half II crop.
Although the campaign has not yet
opened in this state little groups of in
terested partisans can be seen nightly
gathered in front of some favorite store
arguing the relative merits of the posi-
tons taken by the platforms of the two
parties. Ii is confidently expected that
this will be the hottest campaign ever
known in the state.
1t is reported that the interior ofthe
city well is very badly cracked on account
of the earth in that vicinity sinking
down, owing to the removal of so much
quicksand. 1t is said that the well
would be positively unsafe to remain in
if much more sand was taken out. What
sand was removed caused the sand four
blocks or more from the well TO move.
There is no telling how far this quick
sand extends under the crust of earth IN
that part of the city.
Thieves have gotten in their nefari-
Gus labors in nearly every town in the
southern part of the state within the
past few weeks and scarcely day dawns
but to reveal the depredations of some
silent worker of the night. 1t is evil
dent that little cold lead is needed TO
settle the cases of some of these gentry.
In following ont this idea, however, be
careful that il is real, sure enough
burglar before taking ann Bill Nye
says that the trouble with burglars is
that they don't advertise enough, but it
Is best to be prepared for them even if
they don't advertise.
The Minneapolis 4 st. Louis depot
at Madison Lake was robbed of a trifle
over S23 Monday afternoon. The agent
had stepped over to the hotel i'll the viii
lage and as he went he heard the money
in the drawer drop on the floor. He
FASTENED back TO find that the drawer
had been robbed and that the thief
had disappeared.
LATER-The thief has been captured at
lie Sueur an6 was taken to Madison
Lake and given an examination to-day.
He was found in box car by Eagle
Lake and Madison Lake parties who
were searching for him and is said to
admit stealing from the money
drawer of the depot. He is twenty-one
years old and was engaged in a Kasota
robbery a year ago. He will be lodged
in Jail in this city.
Major Evans, of Garden City, was in
the city yesterday. The Major is as
much pleased over the fact that Harri-
son heads the Republican ticket as
small boy with his first pair of top boots.
He is enthusiastic over the idea of FORM
ing club of 1910 Republicans who voted
for "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" 1t is
said there are about % of these old fell
lows i'll the county, and if so club
should be organized by all means. 1t
would be quite card for the campaign.
Major Evans favors only an informal
organization in each county, with the
understanding that State meeting be
held at st. Paul later in the season and
state organization effected. The idea
is a good one, and if it 80 strikes others
of the old Tippecanoe men they should
get together and decide upon some plan
of action.
In recent tariff argument between
several MankatO gentlemen and travel
ing man the latter asserted that the Bea-
yer Dam, Wis, WOODEN mills import
their raw material from Europe, the Am
erican product not being good enough.
This Is a frequent argument Of the Dem
ocrats. One of the gentlemen wrote to
the proprietors of the Beaver Dam mill
asking him if the statement of the trav-
cling man was true, and received this
answer: "We have never used a pound
of foreign wool in our mill. The gentle
man who thinks otherwise is very much
mistaken, and you may bet your bottom
dollar that wool grown in this country is
as good as We want to manufacture fine
goods from. The drummer evidently
was working in the interest of free trade
and foreign goods, and such should have
no place in this land"
No further attachments have been
made on Miner Porter's restaurant. An
invoice of the stock on hand has been
made, and it amounts only to $3.50 to
$500. These are the only assets. The
liabilities, as stated Yesterday, amount
to about 81 600. Mr.. Porter has not vet
returned from st. Peter, whittier he
went last week to dispose of a farm
which he owned in Nicollet county. He
had tried hard during the week to dis
pose of this property, which was his only
possession, and finally found a purchaser
who paid So 800 for the land. There is
a mortgage on the farm amounting to
81 1000 1t is said Mr.. Porter has between
s., 400 and s., 800 IN cash with him, and
that he promised faithfully last week
to settle all of his bills with the proceeds
of this sale. His wife is in the city, and
expected her husband home yesterday.
The creditors are awaiting further devel-
opments with interest.