The Mankato free press., 1889-08-16
From Mondays Daily Free Press. }

and engines are IN great demand.
Chief Oil Inspector Nichols reports
having inspected $50 barrels of oil in this
county during July.
The SUNDAY schools of the Christian
churches IN this city and Garden City
will unite in holding picnic at Mime
opa Falls Wednesday, Aug. 2lst.
New Ulm hopes to get branch from
the Hastings 4 Dakota road to run
through that town, and the committee
| it.
Rev. F. NJ. Rule preached the fun
eral sermon of the late s. b. Pollard at
the Christian church yesterday after
noon to large audience. The remains
Edmund Ore brought in some stalks
of corn which he is raising on the Peter
Hoerr farm. They measure fully twelve
feet and are fine specimens of the growth
which the soil of this part of the state is
capable of.
"A motion was made before Judge
Severance Saturday for the appointment
of some suitable person as receiver of
Jensen 4 FirestC mes business. August
18th was set as the date for hearing ar
guments.
The alumni reunion and quarter
centennial of the Winona Normal will
be celebrated at that place Aug. q and
2S. A fine program of festivities is be-
ing arranged and reduced railway rates
may be obtained.
Adj. Gen. Mullen has issued a gen.
eral order that hereafter no company of
militia shall participate in any military
or civic parade or entertainment with
out permission from the Colonel OF the
regiment, or leave town under arms
without permission from the state head
quarters.
Anton Shippel, a well-known farm
er living near Eagle Lake, died this
morning at the age of 81. He had been
ailing for about two years, but was seri-
ously i'll but about four weeks. The fu-
neral will be held at the German Luth-
eran church in this city at IL Il. IN. We'd
nesday.
The executive committee of the To-
cal union of y. p. S. c. +. held meet
ing Saturday night and arranged for the |
union meeting. 1t will be
held at the Congregational church Fri |
day, Sept. 18th, afternoon and evening. |
A program was arranged, and the pros
poets are that the meeting will be as
successful as the last one.
Nothing has been heard of the man
who shot Officer Robel. Yesterday the |
officials of Madison Lake brought in a |
tramp whom they thought would ans
wer the description of one of the men |
but it proved to be the wrong |
one again. MIR. Robel is much better |
and will be up in a few days if nothing
sets in.
AT the meeting of the board of trade
this morning President Barr appointed |
Messrs. John &. Noe, +. M. Pope and |
John n. Hall committee to represent
the board at the convention Of CONNER
cial bodies to be held at Minneapolis |
Sept Sd. This convention is called |
to consider the proposed bank
ruptcy law. No other business was done.
The board of public works met Sat
urday afternoon to consider the assess
ments levied for the extending of w.
Fourth street and the Bunker hill road.
The consideration of the latter Was post
poned until the 18th. There was copsid- |
erable objection TO the assessment for
the w. Fourth street improvement,
mainly owing to the fact that the assess
ment had not been extended over the |
entire street as far as the Blue Earth |
river. The board saw some justice in |
this objection, and set aside it's previous |
and will advertise new as
-WilKin Post has accepted an invita- |
ton to attend G. A. X. encampment to
be held at ElysIan, Aug. q, 22 and %.
Some half dozen other towns will also |
be represented. The post will go in a |
body, and will also appoint committee |
to represent il at the business meeting. |
1t is the purpose to organize new dis !
trict encampment, of size small enough !
to allow the smaller towns to entertain |
the encampment. There is talk of hav- |
ing the members of the former post at |
Lake Crystal mustered into Wilkin post. |
The post became so scattered that when |
the fire burned all its records and prop
erty the meetings were given up.
MIR. w. w. Cargill, of Lacrosse, Wis.,,
senior member of the well-known eleva-
tor firm of Carglll Bros, was in Mankato
Saturday, and spent the day looking
about the city. This is the first visit the
gentleman has made here for three
years, and he expressed himself as high
ly pleased with the growth of the city.
Mr.. o. Little is agent for the firm, and
80 well does he conduct the grain and
wool business for them, they do not
bother themselves much with his branch
house. While here Mr.. Cargill ordered
some improvements in the elevator
building, which will give more grain
storage room, and he also authorized
Mr.. Little to begin the immediate erec-
ton of coal sheds, preparatory to putting
in large stock of all kinds of hard and
soft coal of the best varieties, which ar
ticles will be placed on the market for
retail trade.