The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-02
From Wednesday DAILY FREE PRESS.

"A gentleman reports seeing grist il
the Garden City mill on July 9th made
from this years crop of wheat. The
miller considered it the earliest of any
year since he has been in the business.
"A fine Towering plant was stolen
from the urn in front of the normal last
night. ANY person giving information
regarding who the thief was will be suit.
ably rewarded. Private families COM
plain of plants being stolen.
Now is good time to have those old
magazines bound. They have laid
around the house until they are in any
thing but a presentable condition, but
up in good style for very tritiing ex-
pense.
Mr.. Becque, of LeRay, had a ten
acre field of wheat, on an average acre
of which he had Al shocks. He thresh-
lied 20 bushels of wheat. The remain
der of the field will yield the same.
Who will go this one better?
The contract for putting in a stone
gutter and curb along the Fifth street
side Of the court house square has been
awarded to John Mccall, for $343.54. w.
sawed stone sidewalk along the same
side, for $l49.50. The tagging will be
the width of the walk.
"A fire alarm shortly after 90 o'clock
this morning revealed the fact that a
small frame house owned by Doughe. "
Bros, and located back of their shop on
W. jackson street, was afire. The blaze
was soon extinguished. The principal
damage was to the roof of an addition
used as a summer kitchen. The damage
will not exceed $25 to $50. The house
was occupied by two families, who got
their goods out in a hurry when the fire
was discovered. 1t is thought that the
fire started from a chimney.
Several Mankato business men have
formed an organization to manufacture
the new style of milk pail which Mr..
some time ago exhibited in this city.
Mr.. B. futile is engaged in the manu-
facture of the pals, and has already
turned out quite number. A few of
these have been sold to mIlkmen and
farmers, and the purchasers are all en-
thusiastic over the new pail. The salty
arrangement makes it sure to stand up
right while kicking COWS are being
MIXED, besides straining the milk as it
is MIXED, and keeping it perfectly
clean. The pail retails for $3.50. After
harvest the manufacture of the pail will
be pushed, and an agent probably sent
out to introduce it among the farmers.
It is thought that its use will become
quite general when its advantages be-
come known.
The Omaha road is to the front
again with late crop report, covering
tine territory in Minnesota, Dakota, 10
wa and Nebraska tributary to the line.
1t is now taken as an accepted fact that
the crop from this territory is assured,
and that 1t is, taken as a whole, the hest
for years. Many of the reports use just
that language. In Minnesota, for exam
pie, Bigelow reports the wheat as "of
unusually fine quality" Window says
"the farmers report the yield as of larg-
err quantity and better quality than for
years" Bingham Lake says the ''crops
never were better" st. James says
chest known in this section for years. |"
Kasota schedules the "best and largest
crop we ever had" Sioux Falls, OAK,
than last year." The entire report con-
tains not one unfavorable return, and if
the entire section were closely Canvass
ed the result would be the same.
The water committee of the council
met last night and talked over the pro-
position to issue bonds for extending
the water mains. The committee was
somewhat divided over the matter, a
part wanting to submit the proposition
to the voters at once, and part wanting
to vote on the issue of small amount
and then only after enough property
owners along the line of the proposed
extension to pay for the service have
agreed to use the water. 1t was finally
agreed to meet Saturday night and have
the city attorney in the meantime draw
up resolution for presentation to the
council, leaving the amount of bonds to
be settled SATURDAY. night. 1t is likely
that the amount recommended will be
$40 900 or $50, 1000. A member ofthe COM
mittee says that the waterworks fund is
overdrawn $27 900 and that the bonds
must be voted In order to return this
amount to the other funds. There
should be no hesitancy about submitting
the proposition or voting the bonds, as
there will be no cost to the city at large.
Only those persons who are benefited
by the laying of the mains pay any water
taxes, which are paid in this way only:
All property owners on the street having
water mains pay five cents front foot
annually, and whoever uses the water
pays an annual or monthly rent, in adj
dition. The fund thus obtained will be
sufficient to pay the interest on the
bonds, pay the cost of supplying the
water, and return handsome surplus
besides, to be devoted to redeeming the
bonds or to extending the mains or tc
be put into the city treasury, as the
| council NAV see fit,