The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-01-11

become superintendent of several sa
. mills, where hardwood lumber is turne
. out. He and Mr.. c. M. Marsh are il
terested in mills, as we'll as tract
hardwood timber. MI. Foster has bee
" gradually getting out ofthe law business
:, and Mr.. ]. A. NOVEL; will succeed to tn
business of the office.
(From Mondays Daily Free Pressl
The city schools opened to-day afte
. a rest of over two weeks. The attend
ance was large.
H. p. Christensen reports the sal
of 100 acres IN section Z, town of Lin
coin, to Chas. Ruder, for &, 400.
Mr.. j. A. Willard is named amonl
> the incorporators of new street rail
way company to be organized at Duluth
The churches of the city seem L
have resolved upon united etior
against the hosts of Satan. As result
of a political year there are plenty o
sinners.
The drawing of the Epiphany rims
at Mrs. Geo. w. SHADES Saturday even
: ing resulted in favor of Harry w. Brown
who will entertain the society and vestry'
men next year.
The new county officers have all filed
the necessary bonds. The county treas
urer's bond amounts to $4,000 to the
county and $4,000 to the state, which he
had no difficulty in procuring.
The county commissioners granted
a year ago four saloon licenses in the
county, at $500 each. Thus far only two
have been granted this year, one at Hill
ton and one ut Good Thunder. This is
a reduction of one ateach place.
DIR. Strong, president of Carleton
college, Mortified, preached at the Con-
gregational church yesterday. The
church was crowded with congrega-
ton which was alighted with the able
and convincing discourse presented.
| Major Clarke reports the sale of lot
So, Point Pleasant, to J. +. Meagher and
Geo. +. Brett, for $50. This lot is situa-
ted back near the swamp, and it is to be
used as a location OF a stable.
Robert Roberts, Geo. +. Brett and
b. ID. Pay, of this city, and Chauncey
Croker, of Amboy, have been drawn to
serve as jurors in the U. S. court at st.
Paul, to be in their seats at the opening
of court tomorrow at ten o'clock.
The county attorney is about to
bring action against c. Hypsch, of Rapl-
dan, to cause him to support his father.
The latter is in the county poor house,
driven there, it is said, by the cruelty of
his son.
The Methodists and Baptists COM
menced special services last week,
which will be continued for the pres
ent, and the Presbyterians open this
evening with an observance of the week |
of prayer.
MIR. c. c. Gossard, who for several
months past has held the agency of the
c., st. p. d o. railway at this point, has re-
signed the position, and is succeeded by
Mr.. A. A. Burdick, who comes from
Mitchell, Oak.
Sheriff Geddes to-day announ ced
the appointment of Mr.. Geo. w. Phil
lips as his deputy sheriff, and Mr.. Chas.
d. Geddes as jailor. They are both
good men. Mr.. Glenn, the former dep
uty, has not yet decided what business
to engage in.
Many cutters were out yesterday
for the first time this winter, and the
sound of sleigh bells sounded right good.
A little less than an inch of snow fell In
the morning, but was not enough to
make sleighing. II began to thaw at
most as soon as it reached the ground,
and has been going off slowly ever since.
AT the time of the Lake Crystal bank
failure Blue Earth county had on de-
post in the bank the sum of 81, 100, in
round numbers. Since the failure $500
has been paid back. The county attor-
ney will proceed to collect the remain
ing 81 800. This amount is secured by
good bondsmen, and it is not anticipated
that there will be any difficulty in secur
ing it.
The new county board met to-day,
but transacted little business. Mr.. Ii.
K. Lee was selected chairman. Appli-
cants for, county positions are quite nu-
merous. Mr.. S. NJ. Marston has de-
clined to run again as superintendent of
the poor farm and will devote his time
to his farm near Garden City. He mas
made one of the best superintendent
the farm has had.
The new county officers took pos
session of their offices this morning.
Both they and the old officers who were
reelected took the oath of Office last
week, when they filed their bonds.
County Treasurer Jones was present to
turn over the Office to Mr.. Lloyd, who
has already got the run of affairs in the
capacity of deputy. The only other new
county officer is Sheriff Geddes. who is
also familiar with the duties of his Office,
having been deputy sheriff for some
months.
-Sergt. Lyons, of the st. Paul signal
service Office, is reported as saying:
There seems to be fair prospect of an
pen winter. At any rate the season
will be short one and ithe builders of
me ice palace may encounter serious
difficulties by reason of thaw the lat
ter part of January. There have been,
according to the records, two Decem-
Ders like the one just passed, in which
the thermometer did not 90 below zero,
and both were followed by mild, open
winter. The months referred 10 were
the Decembers of 1877 and 1881. By
the bulletin / see that the barometer ID
high all through the northwest, which,
taken with the warm weather, means
that present conditions are likely to
continue for some time"
The new artesian well was this morn
ing connected with the big mill pipes and
a test of the capacity made. Without
the use of the pumps the flow was about
400, 900 gallons an hour, with pressure Of
thirty pounds to the square inch. The
pumps were used for short time as
test, and the flow was increased to $685. |
600 gallons an hour, which it is thought
can be steadily maintained. AS it will
not be necessary to have this amount of
water the pumps will not be used. The
water was turned into the city mains,
and the pressure of the well was imme-
diately felt. The present pressure on
the mains, without the use of pumps, is |
thirty pounds, which will throw the wa
ter to the top of the big mil This will
give some idea of the benefits of the ar
tesian system, merely as a fire protec-
ton.