The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-06-21
From Mondays Daily Free PressD

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closed during the remainder of the va
cation, and no one can gam entrance.
Miss Emma Bunse, daughter of Rev.
Bunse, formerly of this city, and Rev. h.
Mueller, of Appleton, Mimi, also for
merIv of this city, will be married at
Minneapolis tomorrow.
The basket picnic of the Blue Earth
Valley Burns club in Sterling Saturday
was a great success. There was good
representation of the many people of
Scotch descent who reside in this
county.
The funeral of Miss Mary Kelly, of
Lake Crystal, was held at the Catholic
church IN this city Yesterday. There
was an unusually large turnout, showing
that the deceased had a very extensive
acquaintance and many warm friends.
The union observance of children's
day ut the Baptist last evening by the
Sunday schools of the Baptist and Con-
gregational churches was very success
| ful event. The church was filled, and
the exercises passed off very satisfactor-
! lily, members of both schools participa-
! ting.
One of the features of the assembly
at Waseca this year will be q. A. Il.
and soldiers day, July 9th. Bishop j.
| Z. Newman has been secured TO give his
great lecture on General U. s. Grant.
| Rev. Newman was Grants pastor in
| Washington, and went around the world
with him as Inspector of consulates, and
attended the general at his death-bed.
! His reputation as an orator is known ev-
erywheTe. The bishop will also preach
Sunday, July 7tn. Special invitations
are extended to all Grand Army posts
in the state, and all the state militia.
The board of public works has lev
| led an assessment on the property on
! Marshall, Willard and Fulton streets,
benefited by the grading ofthose streets.
The assessment amounts TO about 81 800.
4 large number of property owners APP
peared before the board Saturday and
protested against the whole cost being
| up ~ lllClll. IhCg 1h0e
they understood that the city would pay
one-fourth of the cost, when they petit
toned for the grading. The board did
not feel that it had right to tax any Of
the cost against the city, under the new
charter.
"A sad consequence of infidelity in
love was seen in Judge Mead's office this
morning. Johannah Schultz was engaged
to be married to a young man in st.
Paul. She went to Chicago to work and
a short time ago started for st. Paul, hav-
ing learned that her betrothed was
proving untrue. She became crazed OH
the cars and attempted to get off several
times. She was finally brought to this
city, and has since been insane ON the
subject of love, often going to extrava-
CANT extremes. The girl says her lover
proved false, but one of her relatives
saws that she did not want him, and that
this affected her mind. A board of
physicians found her insane, and she
was ordered committed to the st. Peter
asylum.
If the corn did not grow yesterday
and to-day it never did. The weather
was Just what the crops have been need
ing, though n little uncomfortable for
some OF our citizens. A great many re-
sorted to the lakes yesterday and found
comparatively cool retreats. To-day
was even hotter than yesterday. 1t is
hoped that when the Cannon Valley
road is sold the purchaser will run the
r trains at such times rs to accommodate
people desiring to spend the day al
! Lake Madison. If this is done, the lake
will be largely resorted to, especially on
Sundays. The present management of
fers TO run the trains on week days al
satisfactory hours il a certain number
of tickets are guaranteed daily. Many
! are willing to guarantee one or two tick
E cts, but not enough have yet been found
to make it an object 10 make the change