The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-08-09
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HOME LOTTINGS.
IFrom Friday DAILY FsEE Pass

INTO the new building this month.
C. : Latin will have charge o
PeaVy * Co.'S warehouse at Amboy dur
ing the coming year.
-Hodapp's canning factory is gettinI
ready for work, and will begin puttlns
up corn and other vegetables in few
days.
1.-THE salaries of tie various city ofiic
ers for June foot up 81, 1881. Besides
this SGgS. 30 Was paid out in yearly salar
les ana rs salaries for special officers.
More potatoes are being raised in
the country this year than for several
years. AS the yield is a large one pota'
toes should be very cheap next winter
Mr.. Brett brought IN a stalk of corn
from Point Pleasant this morning which
measured over ten feet and is good
specimen OF what Blue Earth can do in
the way OF corn raising.
Through mistake a side curtain be-
longing 10 /. +. Hunts carriage was put
into the wrong buggy al Madison Lake
on sunday last. The party finding same
VIII oGlge by returning II 10 this office.
Reports from the country say that
stacking Is getting well along, and with
few more DAYS of favorable weather
Will be completed. Steam threshing EN-
gines are being put in repair for early
service, and the vicinity of the machine
shops are crowded with them.
A narrow ease ofdrowning is report
ed from South Bend. \ small boy while
bathing in the river was taken with
cramps and an other boy went To his aId
The latter was unable however to get
TO shore and both were in imminent
danger of going down when third party
rushed in and saved them.
A new prosecution is to be begun
against J. 4. Presley and 7. A. Sherk
for dealing i'm adulterated cheese. The
complaint IN the cases that We're recent
ly ruled out Of court un a demurrer was
defective, leaving out the very point
that made the handling of the cheese il
legal. With correct complaints the cases
will he obliged to stand trial. The law
itself Is not defective.
Sheriff Geddes says that since the
library was started at the Jail there has
not been One-tenth of the swearing or
card playing that there was previous
iy, and no quaTTeling The prisoners
devote good share of their time to
reading, discussions and holding SPELL
ing schools among themselves. Some of
the prisoners, especially the tramps held
for attempting 10 break into Kohler's
store, are bright fellows, naturally, and
able TO carry on an interesting and INTEL
iigent debate.
The hospital authorities to-day drew
upon the cIty for the total deficiency in
the fund for heating and furnishing the
Duilding-S435. "A. The hospital is now
open for patients, and the first are ex-
pected next week. Mrs. Kenney, of
NT,,.A-,t, Iaa,,
nurse. The Standard Theater Co., will
play at the opera-house during fair week,
and has agreed TO donate the receipts of
the first nights entertainment TO the
hospital fund. This will be Monday
evening, Aug. Goth. Several more books
have been donated to the library, in
Guiding a dozen by Sheriff and Mrs.
Geddes.
The state board of health held a
meeting at Red Wing Yesterday, there
being present DTs. V. Smith and 7. III.
Willard, Of II. Paul; T.. J. DAVIS, of Man
kato; j. II. Phillips, of Preston, and &.
y. Hewitt, Of Red Wing. The members
inspected the work of the office and
laboratories, and listened 10 the report
of the SECRETARY. DIR. Franklin Staples,
of Winona, was chosen president, as sue
cessor to the late DIR. ID. w. Hand.
Joseph Marquette started for Dakota
overland yesterday, with three teams,
intending 10 work in the harvest fields
for awhile and return later. His teams
were covered with chattel mortgages,
however, and the chief of police was
notified and started after Marquette,
who had few hours the start. The lat
ter was caught up with near New Ulm
and returned to-day TO arrange with his
creditors. The officers do not think that
he intended TO defraud anyone.
L. +. Loos, agent of the Western
Publishing Co., Chicago, is canvassing
the county for books, and while about
four miles from tins city this morning
met with serious accident. He was
sitting in his buggy studying out the
roads on a map when two children came
along with small cart and frightened
his horse, which turned aside abruptly,
throwing Mr.. Loos TO the ground. In
his fall he came in contact with barbed
wire fence, which cut cash under one
of his ears several inches long, besides
cutting his forehead and making wounds
all over las body. He was brought to
the city this morning, and Drs. Andrews
and Steel attended to his injuries. He
is at the City Hotel.
Clerk Phelps says that the Saul
paugh House will be opened TO the pub
ic about August 18th. About month or
six weeks, afterwards when everything
is in running order, there will be a
grand banquet and ball, at the house
which will surpass anything of the kind
ever held in the state outside of the
Twin Cities. The principal men all ov-
er the state will be invited, with their
wives, and no effort will be spared TO
make the guests comfortable. The vari-
ougcommIttees will include some of our
citizens, who will be expected to con-
tribute much toward the success of the
affair. The tile for the floor of the office
was delivered to-day. The carpets and
furniture are ready for delivery on a
moments notice.