The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-02
WORT he's be.n abandoned for IN,

3 Work has been abandoned for tn,
n present at the natural gas well at Free
It born, near Albert Lea, the machiner'
n being used for shutting the water havini
y been broken, and the well, now abou
/. 900 feet deep, will be left. A PROPOSE
ton has been submitted by Mr.. Guthr,
}. to sink another we'll 900 or 1000 fee
!. deep, and the managers will doubtless
!, accept the same.
y The street car extension is complet
4 ed and the cars began their regular trip
z to the Blue Earth bridge yesterday af
Q ternoon. The cars run every fifteen
minutes. The company has been very
, prompt in carrying out its agreement
: with the subscribers to the bonus, hav.
/ ing completed the line just month earl.
Ter than the agreement called for. The
. line Is now two and half miles long
, and the cars transport passengers that
, distance for five cents. The line runs
, near the park and everyone can now af-
ford to visit that pretty spot. The cars
, will be indispensable during circus
, and fair times. Those who have wanted
the extension so much should not forget
to patroniZe il, as 1t takes more than
mere good will or empty pledges to run
the cars.
-Mankato is to have new doctor,
DIR. Hoyt, of Duluth, having decided to
remove here. He is at present visiting
in Iowa, but will arrive in this city in a
few days. He has rented the rooms
above J. X. Jones' drug store, occupied
by j. p. Christensen, and will have his
home and office there. The Duluth
| Tribune has this complimentary item in
regard to him:
| DIR. o. N Hoyt the well-known Homoeopath-
ic physician, who has for the past SIN years
| practiced his profession here most successful
| ly has decided to remove to Mankato, ana ne
| left for that place yesterday evening. BY this
| change Duluth loses and Mankato gains good
citizen and an experienced and skillful Physi-
| clan. The many old friends here OF the doctor
and his wife will wish him success in his new
| field of labor.
The work of repairing the M. f.
church began Tuesday and will be COM
pleted, it Is hoped, by the first Sunday
in September. Ii will be necessary to
miss the regular services on only one
Sunday.
The city treasurers report for July
shows the following totals:
On hand July 1st...... ...........S $50. %
Expenditures (inciudinr $4,000 note re-
deemed) .......... ..... --.........' i5'Sos.S3 |
On hand ..-.....'..'''....' '..' ''ioi'oi !
Sophia, wife of Henry LeClaire, of
Lake Crystal, died Tuesday night of
consumption. Geo. Klein brought the
remains to this city in hearse to-day
and the funeral services were held at
st. Johns Catholic church this noon.
Mrs. LeClaire was quite well known in
the ncighborhood of Lake Crystal.
The trial of VIM. Hubmer for keep
ing his saloon open too late occurred
this afternoon. He admitted that il was
open until go a. m. on the morning of
July 9Th, but said that the constable,
James Nape, told him that he might
keen il open, seeing it was Fourth of
July night. Nape did this because there
was dozen people in the saloon who
refused to go out when the time came
for closing.
John Theissen, son of Mich. Theis-
sen, was badly hurt on the Omaha rail-
road Yesterday. He had been doing
some painting for the road at st. James
and was on his way back. While walk
ing across the track his foot became
caught in frog and he was unable to
loosen it in time to escape from an APP
train. The foot was badly
crushed along the outer side.
Mrs Geo. A. Clarke, before leaving
for the South, left with Mrs. Craig five
volumes of magazines and several books
to be gwen to the hospital when it
should open. To-day Mrs. Craig de-
livered the books. This is the begin
nng of what should become quite a
large library, as nowhere is reading mat
ter more needed or more acceptable
than at the hospital.
The State Fair Association has COM I
pleted its arrangement for securing the !
Texan cowboys presence during the en- {
lire fair, with their wild steers and po- =
MES. The performance each day of the +
fair will be most thrilling. The lassoing i
Of cattle. wild races of the plains, all of Q
he tricks in tanning unruly steers. and b
he ludicrous spectacle of tying steer @
.nce of the national state guard in a +
,rand competitive drill, will constitute q
1ne of the most remarkable military ex-
ever given in the state. The
purses offered will be sufficient to put
each company on Its mettle, and from
he infantry, through the battery, and
o the cavalry there will be given most
,killful and enthusiastic display. The
Irand Army Veterans are to be taken
are of also with the post of honor and
lay especially devoted to their enter
alnment and comfort. The farmers
will find an unequalled representation
If life stock and every product of the
oil of Minnesota. The association has il
ssued this week its first annual estimate o
# the crop yield. The averages obtain il
ID are: wheat, ~ to Is bushels per acre. e
potatoes about 10, oats 81 to AZ, corn SO t.
O 40, and barley 25 to 80. The fair and "
God crops promised will be the two t.
eading events of the year. The fair &C. II
urs September 9th, 18th, 9th, 10th, 18th, a
9th, 18th and 18th inclusive. e
The trial Of August Rheinboldt on Y
he charge of illegal voting at the But u
ernut Valley school election was adj
burned Yesterday afternoon for month, Z
n order to allow a disputed point of law I,
o be settled. The point is whether the u
moderator of school meeting can be y
elected otherwise than by ballot. The .,
lefense claims that he cannot, which 7,
would render the vote for moderator of ).
he meeting in question illegal, as 1t II
vas vive voce vote. 1t 1t was illegal, a. q,
hen those who voted, even if not EMIT 81 81
ed to vote at the meeting, did nothing p
contrary to law. The case will be SUBJ "
nitted to Judge Severance for his decis-
on and upon it will depend the further
rial Of the case. If the election was IL
egally conducted the case will be DIS
missed. The election of the school Of G
icers is also being investigated. II "
Gems that hat was used as ballot N
,ux and when the meeting adjourned o.
or a week before counting the votes, 1t n
s stated that the owner of the hat put b
he ballots in his pocket. When the fe
,allots were counted at the adjourned al
meeting last Saturday the defeated side %
claimed that the ballots had been tam is
,ered with. If, as claimed, the side Il
hat was defeated had an actual majority a
It the first meeting, il seems very h
strange that it should permit an adjourn T
nent before the vote was counted. 1t a,
ooks as if the majority had allowed it o
elf to be bulldozed by loud-mouthed r,
minority. The majority say that one OF Il
heir leaders counselled moderation and d
IN adjournment and, if necessary, an n
appeal to the courts rather than have ID
rouble and that they followed his adj 81
nee. n
YOUNG BUT TOUGH. ii
On June 18th the new house Just built y