The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-09-13


gravel.
j. A. Willard is an incorporation and
director of the new Highland Street Rail.
way Co., of Duluth, which is to construct
the longest inclined street railway in the
| United States.
An eleven year old boy named VIM.
Whiting was sent to the reform school
thIs forenoon IN the charge in incorrig-
Utility. He Is to remain there six years.
Officer Robel took him up this after
| noon.
| AT the Congregational church yes.
terday subscription was taken up to
clear the church debt of about 500. The
amount was made up and the church
was provided against all deficiencies up
| to Jan. LIST.
Mrs. Geo. Englehart, living at kaso-
ia prairie, died Saturday morning, aged
about twenty-five. She leaves husband
and two children. The funeral occurred
from the German Catholic church at H.
so a. III. yesterday.
A considerable part of the corn has
been cut, and the most of the remainder
Is ont of danger. This week will ripen
the most backward. The hot weather
of the last of August was very good
thing for the corn crop.
Otto Holm, an employee at Mathers
quarry, was badly hurt Saturday after
noon by the sweep beam of the derrick
striking him across the pit of the stom-
ach. He was unconscious for two or
three hours, but is recovering. His
home is in Raudall's addition.
MIR. John &. Noe has opened bids
for the new plate glass front and re-
modelling of his building on Hickory
street, next to the Young Mems Invest
ment Co.'S building. The contract was
let TO VIM. +. Funk, for 81 $40. Perry
Wysong Was the only other bidder, his
figure being 81 ,99S. The work is to be
completed by Jan. lst
Hereafter We will have three sizes
of postal cards-the old familiar size, a
size larger and size smaller. The
smallest will be about three by four and
Il half, and the largest about four by six
inches.
The Lutheran college which was
burned at DEBORAH, Iowa, several months
ago, is to be rebuilt at that place. st.
Paul and Lacrosse made offers for it,
but DEBORAH went them a good deal bet
for and sacurad tho nrize
Rev. Bill, of Faribault, occupied the
pulpit of st. Johns Episcopal church
Yesterday, and last evening announced
that an Episcopal convocation of this
diocese would be held in.this city, Nov.
IL, II and l3. Bishops Whipple and
Gilbert will be present, as well as num-
Der of ministers.
-Flossie Belle Maiers, aged between
five and six months, died at 7:45 a. m.
yesterday at the residence of her grand
mother, Mrs. w. II. Day, on Lafayette
street. The child has been sick with
cholera infantum ever since her mothers
death few weeks ago. She suffered con-
vulsions for two hours before her death.
The funeral occurred from the Methodist
church this afternoon at 400 o'clock.
Mr.. Maiers has the sympathy of his
Mankato friends in his double bereave-
ment.
Mr.. Brandt has taken the contract
to put down an arteslan well at the III
bre-ware works. 1t ID to be six inches
IN diameter, and will probably be about
$50 feet deep. He has finished Geo.
Fletcher's well, across the river. 1t is a
six-inch well, and an ample supply of
water was found at depth of 1874 feet.
The water comes to within lG0 feet of
the top, and is strong vein. Mr..
Fletcher is making thirty-days test of
it, and has been trying for two weeks to
pump it dry, but without success.
"A meeting of the citizens of Lake
Crystal was held in the opera-house at
that place Saturday afternoon to consid-
er the plan of bonding the village TO the
extent of So 900 to be given to Mr.. Baker
of Rapidan as bonus for building two
hundred barrel roller mill. Various
committees were appointed, and the
meeting adjourned to meet Wednesday
evening. The citizens are anxious for
the mill, and in all probability will make
arrangements with Mr.. Baker and put
in an engine large enough to be used in
connection with their water works and
for lighting the village by electricity.
AT the meeting of the board of trade
this morning, President Barr suggested
to the various committees that as the
times are now improving, they should
formulate some business for the board.
Mr.. Noe reported conversations held
with various persons in regard to estab-
fishing new industries in the city. One
was to the effect that the Mr.. Boyce, who
a number of years ago talked of starting
a bagging establishment in the city which
did not come TO pass then owing to the
prejudice of the Southern cotton men
against the fax fibre bags, now consid-
ers the city good place to start the in
dustry, as that prejudice has lately worn
away.
One day of bread and water fare was
enough for the prisoners in the jail, and
Friday night they turned over to the
sheriff case knife, which had been
transformed into a saw. For several
days the Jail officials could plainly hear
saving going on by listening in the rooms
above. It is thought that the prisoners
we're trying to saw their way into the
room above through the top of a cell and
escape in that way. In order to do this
they would have to saw through or re.
move the iron sheeting at the top of one
of the cells. Even If they had gotten
into the jury room it would have beer
difficult to escape as the room is securely
barred. No place could be found where
saving had been done. 1t is not known
!. whether the prisoners have any othel
J instruments, though there is some sus
picion that they have.