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


ed TO raise the necessary funds, 500
and thew will call upon those intereste,
in such work the first of the week.
From Mondays Daily Free Press.I
-Messrs. Brewster and Mcconnell at
tended Sunday school institute held al
Vernon Center Yesterday.
The gas fixtures for the new hote
have been received, and men are al
work getting them III place.
200 denizens OF the plains compose
the Wild West contingent now attached
TO the great Forepaugh show, which will
be here Aug. II.
Corn never looked finer, and will be
a very profitable crop. The stalks are
large and tall. and the ears are forming
large. much larger acreage than
usual has been raised in this county,
probably on account of the larger stock
interests.
Several exchanges are catching on
to the fact that Noah Armstrong, the
owner of Spokane, formerly lived in
Mankato and are detailing the informa-
ton as though il was something new.
The FREE PRESS gave the facts in the case
several months ago.
Orange Little took his family down
to his farm in the neighborhood of Lake
| Crystal Saturday afternoon to see the
harvesting done. When they arrived
the tenant had the grain all cut and
was blowing for the next crop. 1t was
a joke on Orange that was not displeas-
| ing.
Contractor Brandt has moved his
machinery ont to Geo. Fletcher's farm
and is putting down. an artesian well for
him. lie saws that if the we'll was put
down deep enough, even on the high
bluff, the water would probably come to
the surface. Mr.. Brandt will not begin
work on the we'll at the foot for Wash
lngton street for some little time.
Mr.. Powell, an :gent of the c. NJ. Il
81. Z. road, was in the cItv yesterday in
speeding the road. The board of public
works showed him what grading and fill.
ing the road should do, and also urged
that the warehouse on Main street be
removed. He did not say much, but
the few remarks that he dropped seem |
ed To encourage the belief that some |
thing would be done before long.
The big mill has some fine samples |
of wheat that was grown in this county. |
Heads of blue JOINT wheat are four to |
five inches long and average three dOz. |
en grains To the head. The grain is large |
and plump. The Scotch fife wheat is
smaller, but brighter and will make bet
ter flour. Both will grade Mol. These
are fair samples of the average crop in
the county, though in some parts the
yield Is much better,
Some parts of Glenwood avenue
are in very unsafe condition and the
city is liable TO be the defendant IN a
damage suit at any time on account oft.
The road in places goes within foot of
Il steep embankment having a precipi-
tate fall of six to eight feet, There is
nothing to prevent a person from driv-
ing over the bank after dark. A small
outlay would remedy the dangerous
places; or, at least, guard rails could be
put where necessary. The matter should
be attended TO.
Captain BOgardus, the champion
marksman of the world-scorer of a
thousand victories-"the man who
shoots to KILL" will give at Forepaugh's
show exhibitions of his wonderful pro-
ficiency in all kinds of fancy and trap
shooting, illustrating the English and
American manner of holding the gun,
and perform the unparalleled feat of
breaking ten Peoria blackbirds in twen-
ty seconds. Introducing also his four
talented and youthful sons. Eugene, Ed
ward, Peter and Little Henry. All
'chips of the old block" admitted to be
the handsomest, youngest and most ac-
marksmen in the world.
They form prominent features in the
great Forepaugh shows.
-Messrs. J. A. Willard and James
returned Saturday afternoon
Sayara1 lox,oI 10 |
They went as far as Granite
Fails, 10 miles northwest of Mankato,
and found the crops in splendid condi-
ton. The wheat crop is about the same
as ia Blue Earth county, except that it =
is lighter in Yellow Medicine county
and the western part of Redwood
county. The Oat crop is generally much
heavier than in this county. Wheat is
npe, but the farmers as general thing
are little slow in getting it cut. The
farmers are happy, and the country is
MIR. II. w. Mendenhall, of Rapidan,
was IN the city to-day with a supply of
his delicious honey, which is this year |
Of an unusually fine quality. The bees
have also worked with what would seem
more than the usual degree of industry, I
and Mr.. NJ. reports that from q single I
hlNt ne HIS ldheIl 10 pOuuub Vi HOuty. |
Orders sent to the gentleman at Rapi- {
dan will be promptly filled.
The harvest throughout the county
is fully half done, and in the wooded
districts it is practically completed. This
week will see the last of the wheat cut.
has not yet begun to any ex-
tent, and yesterdays shower, wherever
1t extended, may put it back little.
The rain could have little other effect,
and was not general. very few farm
ers were at work Yesterday getting their
grain cut. Flowing has been commenced
by few farmers, but this will not be &
undertaken for some time yet. 1
Not few have some Hungarian grass
seed on the fields from which thew have
harvested their barley, and this grass is I
now coming up nicely, and will make a {
good crop of fine hay. This seems to be |
perfectly feasible, and gives the farmer 1
a double crop with yerv little work,
while both crops are profitable. The /
poor hay crop can in this way be partly {
made up. 1t is not too late now to SOW
the grass or seed.