The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-07-12
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I
ed at Eagle Lake about the middle q
this month. VIM. Underhill is the pro
prietor.
st. Peter is having much troubl
| over her new water supply, the waite
having been examined and pronounce,
unfit for food.
The funeral of Austin Shoemaker
who was drowned in Lake Crystal Sun
day, took place yesterday forenoon. Tn,
fire department and band and larg'
| number of citizens attended.
Joseph Nauzenski, boiler maker il
the employ of the Mankato Manufactur
ing Co., died last night of inflammation o
the bowels, after a few days illness, a
his home near the city hotel.
The annual election of the officer
Of the street railway company was held
yesterday afternoon. The old officers
Were reelected as follows: w. NJ. Farr
president and general manager; John &
Noe, secretary and treasurer.
Lieut.. Col Mead has been assigned
TO the command of the regimental rifle
team for the year 1889. The contest
will take place on the Fort Smelling
range, probably in September. The APP
pOinlment is mark of honor which is
deserving.
The contract for grading the new
high school grounds has been let to l..
ID. Saylor for $3.50 and the barn. Work
has ali eady begun, the spare dirt being
used on the court yard. This is saving
of several hundred dollars over the or
binary cost of grading.
The poll lists for the coming school
election have been posted and the judi
ges will be at the polling places on the
18th inst, from 9until o'clock, for the
purpose of revising the lists and accept
ing the names of such voters as have not
previously registered.
A grand rain began falling yesterday
afternoon and continued for several
hours. 1t set in again last night and
rained part of the night. 1t will do a
great amount of good. 1t is too early
yet for il TO effect the wheat, even if the
rain should be succeeded by hot sun.
The board of public works will meet
July Sth, at 200 p. M, to assess the cost
of opening, wideping and extending W.
Fourth street, in West Mankato, 10 Front
street. The east end of lots / and =,
block /, HalfhilPs addition, will be con-
demned. The board also meets July
Goth, at 200 p. m, TO hear objections to
the Second street sewer assessment.
The big mill received the following
London cable yesterday, which will
prices: 1.-The wheat crop in England is
very promising. Continental reports
are very promising, except in Russia and
Italy. Reports of damage vary. In
Hungary the crop Is suffering from
drought. Amount of wheat held by far
mers is large for this time of the year."
Reports from various parts OF South
ern Minnesota and Dakota indicate that
the prairie chicken crop will be large
one this year. The chickens wintered
well, owing TO the mild weather, lack of
snow, and unharvested grain. The
spring was dry and favorable for nest
ing. The shooting season opens i'll about
forty days. Quails and patridges are
also plenty.
The election of members of the
school board occurs week from Satur-
day. Thus tar there has not been much
general interest manifested in the mat
ter-not as much as its importance de-
mands. 1t is the term of Mr.. Geo. 7.
Barr and not Mr.. Mcconnell, as here
tofore stated, that expires in the Third
ward. Mr.. Barr, though having served
but two years, positively refuses to allow
his name to be used again. This is to be
regretted, as no one is better qualified
to look after the interests of the schools
than he, and his influence has been felt
many times for the good of the schools.
The name of Mr.. III. z. Christensen has
been suggested as fit successor to Mr..
Barr, and this seems an excellent sug-
gestion. Mr.. Christensen has the best
Interests of the schools at heart, is man
of progressive and broad ideas and is
well qualified in every way for the posi-
ton. He has more than once addressed
the board of trade on the school question
and made suggestions which 1t would
have been wise for the board to have
followed up, had it chosen to listen to
him. There will be two vacancies in
the Fourth ward, but no names have vet
been mentioned to fill them. Mr.. Geo.
w. Scherer is a candidate in the Second
ward, and Mr.. Adolph Deebach, the
present member, and Mr.. l.. Il. NJ.
Fletcher have been mentioned In the
First.
Hon. Ira p. ShIssler, of this city, de-
hvered the Grafton at the 4th of July
celebration at Springfield. The AdUdnce
gives the following account thereof:
At this point Mr.. Ira z. ShIssler was
and delivered the only ora
ton of the day. He is gentleman of
fine presence and possesses voice of
sufficient compass to make himself
heard by large audience. His ad-
dress was an eloquent and patriotic eff
fort, and elected many compliments
to the speaker from those who were so
fortunate as to hear it. The speaker
gave the early and late congresses great
credit for their dedication to the set
tiers of lands for educational purposes,
and claimed that this with our free
school system, had considerable to do
with the present happy and prosperous
condition of the Union.
He warned the parents of the misfor-
tunes that are in store for the uneducat-
ed, and bode them do the best in their
power, as the youth of to-day is the hope
of tomorrow. He affirmed that the I'M
ion was the strongest nation on earth,
that the sun could never set on her do
main, and that her people were the
brightest, the most intelligent and the
most industrious to be found. He drew
a glowing picture ofthe prosperous con.
dition ofthe great northwest and espec-
tally of southern Minnesota. We would
gladly give more detailed account Of
this address, but time and space will
not permit.