The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-05-24

Washington, only two knew that Hon
William Window is Secretary OF the
Treasury, not one could give the name
of the living ex-vice president, none
could name but one living ex-president
It is true that after Prof, McCleary had
added some suggestive questions there
were others who raised their hands, but
at first they were either ignorant OF
bashful, as we have stated.
There is a great deal of complaint
about the carelessness of the herd boys,
in allowing cattle to run over lawns
where the fence is down. The bows act
as If they were responsible to no one
and their recklessness is becoming in
tolerable. If there is no ordinance for
bidding the boys to allow the COWS to
roam around at will the council should
hasten to remedy this defect in the or
dInances before the complaints become
too loud. Otherwise the fences must be
restored and perhaps litigation started.
President and Mrs. Soaring enter
tanned the normal faculty and graduating
class at their residence last evening.
The sixty guests filled the house. Re-
freshments were served, and with the
aid of music the evening passed very
pleasantly. The reception was in &C
cordance with custom established by
the president several years ago, and
makes it pleasant for the class and facul-
ty to come together in a social way just
before the final separation. A pleasant
incident of the evening was the presen-
tation by the class TO President Soaring
of an elegant gold-headed umbrella,
Miss Goldberg presenting it in a few
well-chosen remarks. The recipient
was taken entirely by surprise, but re-
sponded appropriately.
President Angel, of the University
of Michigan, who lectures at the opera
house Monday evening TO the Normal
Literary society, has chosen ''The Think
err and the Doer" as his subject. The
we,l-known literary and oratorlcal abil-
ity OF DIR. Angel insures that this will
be about the finest address ever listened
to by a Mankato audience. Admission
will be free to the friends of the school,
but only upon tickets, which may be
obtained from members of the Normal
faculty. Reserved seats can be had for
twenty-five cents extra by applying at
Williams 4 Payne's. Admission will be
upon the same plan next Wednesday
night, the occasion of the graduating
exercises. Seats can be reserved for
the same price by taking your tickets to
Williams & Payne's.
Yesterday while the workmen on
the sewer were eXcavating across Cherry
street they dug up a quantity of bones
at depth of sixteen feet. Those capa-
bic of judging pronounce them the re-
mains of some hinge carnlverou5 mon
ster, and the depth at which they were
found indicates that they were deposit
ed there during the glacial period. They
must therefore have been there for
thousands Of years. Messrs. ID. l.. Rose
and u. Paddock have the bones, and the
former will try to ascertain what kind
of an animal they belong to. Several
bones were also found in an excavation
for a side connection in front of Jensen
& Firestone's warehouse. The tools of
the workmen broke most of the bones.
1t is to be regretted that they didn't
search further for IT is probable that
other remains might have been found.
That part of Second street is the natural
ground and has never before been dug
into.
An invention has recently been ex.
hibited in Boston, the model of which
worked with perfect success, that is
likely to revolutionize the whole bust
ness of parcel, post, and letter mail
and perhaps the carry
ing of passengers, if il works as well up
on large as it has upon a small scale.
The device is long, narrow car or box,
with wheel at each end fitting single
rail. At intervals along the track are
placed hollow coils of insulated wire,
which current of electricity is
passed. The car itself is magnet, and
the principle upon which it operates is
the tremendous power and rapIdity
which a wire coil under these circum-
stances exerts in drawing magnet to
its center. The power of each coil is
cut of when the car reach
es that center and the next draws it for
ward, the whole being arranged so that
the motion is continuous. 1t is claimed
not only that the car will make the dis
lance from New York to Boston in two
hours, but that practically there Is no
limit to its speed, the only obstacle be-
ing friction and resistance of the air.
The inventor, Prof. Dolbear, ls conf
dent that before long people will make
the trip in the same manner and time as
letters and packages. Should the de-
vice work in actual service as well as 1t
does over limited distance its value to
the mercantile public, newspapers, and
correspondents generally will be almost
and its value to the post
al service in obviating accumulations of
of mail matter will be at once apparent.