The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-09-27

old country. All are doing well, and ap
preciate the kind treatment which the,
are receiving.
From Tuesdays DAILY FREE PREssl
A farmers alliance is soon 10 he or
ganized about Mapleton.
A marriage license was granted thi
morning to Edward Barnes and Sadi,
Warren, both of Vernon Center.
Kate c. Bushnell, NJ. D., the note,
! evangelist of the societies OF the White
! Cross and White Shield, is announced
! to lecture in this city Tuesday evening
Oct. LIST, on social purity.
Mr.. Q. Little, in reply 10 question
states that in his opinion wheat will 90
! little lower before the year is over
| What it will do after that II is hard L
predict If tins be the case, those far
mers who are pressed for funds can dt
no better than market their grain a
| present prices.
The horse and buggy that were re
Gently stolen north ofthis city have beer
| identified in Esterville, Iowa, wher,
! two men were arrested on suspicion o
being the thieves. They had one othe
| morse and buggy. Deputy Sheriff Davis
of LeSueur county, has gone down atteI
the men, as the trial will come off il
that county, the horse being taken from
there. 1t was through the efforts o
Blue Earth county officers, however
that the thieves were captured.
DIR. Kilverington came down from
Minneapolis last night, and this morn
ing he and little party, including MAY
or Pau, rode out to ID. l.. Morse's
Great spirit" springs. The report Of
the engineer sent down week or two
ago WAS so favorable that DIR. kilvering-
ton believes that the springs can be
made famous. The flow OF water will
amount to about thirty gallons minute,
and by utilizing the gas that eXudes ii
can be placed into a building of consid-
cradle height. The results of to-day s
visit will be interesting and perhaps
valuable. DR.. kilverington returned this
afternoon. lie speaks in terms of praise
of the springs, this being his first visit
there. He disclaimed any intention 10
make investments there, but not very
deCisively.
The Minnesota conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will open
its sessions at the Central Park churcl
IN st. Paul on the ID of October proXimo
The question of conference division
which came up year ago, will be acted
on. The natural growth of Methodism
in the state as a result of the increase in
population has been large, and the neeC
of two conferences has been apparent
for long time. y year ago commits
sion was appointed TO make Il division
of the state into two conferences, anC
their report will recommend that ali Of
Minnesota north of a line extending
across the state from OrtOnvllle on the
west to Wyoming on the east he included
in conference to be called the north
! Minnesota, and that all of the territory
south of this line, with the exception Of
Chisago county, which will 90 with the
| north, retain the original name of Min.
nesota conference. This would give tC
the north conference about 20 appoint
ments, or more than there were when
the Minnesota conference was organized
Minneapolis and st. Paul would be II
the Minnesota conference. MlnneapO.
lis has % Methodist churches and St
Paul 20, which, with the outside appoint
ments, would leave i'll the Minnesota
conference over lOOappOintments. The
MethOdists propose TO make this confer
ence a memorable one from the fact thai
il will be the last session us a united
! body. The business sessions will be
,
meetings in the afternoon, and in the
evenings Rev. W. w. Satterlee will con
duet revival neutrality-suspicious. RePutE
can.
The board of railroad and ware.
house commissioners has fixed the rules
governing the inspection OF flax seed fOl
the year. in accordance with the law
They will take effect Sept. 25th. The
rules provide that all flax seed inspect,
ed shall be classified according to quail.
ity and condition as follows:
No. FLAX seed that is choice OF
| prime, as also the same moderately IN
| termixed with d-damaged seed, dry
sweet and free from mustiness and hay
ing weight of not less than fifty pounds
to the measured bushel Of commercially
pure seed
Rejected-Flax seed that is damp, i'm
mature, fielddamaged or musty (anC
yet not to that degree as to be unfitteC
for temporary storage
No grade-FlaX seed that is warm
| very musty, wet Tor otherwise untitteC
| for storage, or having weight of les:
than forty seven pounds to the measur
ed bushel.
The grades themselves and the rules
for securing samples and making tests
as TO quality or condition are the same
as those adopted by the Chicago boarG
of trade and now in force in that CITY
The fees provided are as follows: Fol-
each car or part Of car, % cents; fol
each lot in car divided by bulkhead, *
cents; for each 100 bushels from eleva
tor or warehouse to take transportation
50 cents; for each twO-bushel bag,
cent; for each four-bushel bag, cent
for each wagon load, lG3 cents.