The Mankato free press., 1889-08-16
From wedncsdaysDAILY FREE PRESS.


day to Ellis l.. Jones, of Butternu
Valley and Mary L. Jones, of Cambria
-Chas. Crouch turned up smiling
this morning with the announcement
that an eight pound boy had made
his appearance at his home this morning
F. G. Heinze has just broken ground
for 56-feet brick addition to the rear ot
his store room on Front street. This
will lengthen the building to the same
dimension as Brett's store, and will af.
ford much needed room.
st. Paul Is trying to squelch the noisy
paraders of the Salvation Army. There
is such thing as making too much of q
disturbance when the tambourlnes.
drums, and shouting songsters all get to
working at once.
The various permanent employees
to- morrow, in order to learn the loca-
ton of the various rooms completely.
When the corps of employees is COM
pleted it will be quite large. The dining
room walters will be girls, the present
head waiter of the Mankato House
taking that position in the new hotel, it
is reported.
The city attorney has thus far heard
from Rochester, Duluth, Watertown,
Sioux Falls, Fargo, and Madison, Wis,
in regard to the prices paid for lighting
those cities. The prices in each city is
fully as high as in Mankato, and in one
or two of the cities it is larger. The av-
erage will be trifle higher than here.
Lacrosse, Council Bluffs, Winona and
saltwater are yet to be heard from.
Edward Sanasec sold team of mort
gagged horses and harness, upon which
W. b. Walker held the mortgage and
the fact that he prepared to move to
Montana this morning created quite a
stir among the police. Complaint was
made against him by Mr.. Walker, but
the matter was settled without any ar
rests being made, and Sanasec, who is
teamster, left this morning with his
family.
The sportsmen of this city who de-
sire to stop the illegal shooting of chick
ems before Aug. Goth, should adopt the
plan that Fergus Falls sportsmen are
successfully pursuing. They have raised
a subscription of 500 to 5000, with which
they are hiring reliable men to watch
the country, each taking certain terri
tory. These men will be on duty until
the evening of Aug. 10Th, and will have
every violater of the law arrested. As
the fine is from $40 to $50 for each chick
EN- or duck killed out of season, no one
cares to run the chances of being caught.
One-half the fines go the informer.
The New Ulm ReoieoC records the
death of Solomon Lind, a brother OF
Congressman Lind, which occurred last
Friday at his home in Sibley county.
His death which resulted from con-
sumption, was neither sudden or unex-
Co. esx hn
been victim of that dread disease.
The deceased was comparatively young
man, and was engaged in farming al
Cornish, small place u miles north OF
New Ulm. He is spoken of as a quiet
unassuming man, and had the respect
of all who knew him. Congressman
Lind has our sympathy, as well as that
| of his many other friends in the city,
in his great loss.
The funeral of the late J. w. Hoerl
occurred this morning at nine O'Clock
from the German Catholic church. The
| funeral was one of the largest ever held
in the city, and the line of carriages eX.
tended from the Catholic church to 8
| block past the American House. The
| floral decorations were fine. The pal
bearers were Anton Busch, Henry Guth
John Lorentz, John Klein, Geo. Kieffer
Stephen Lamm, - Sauers, and l.
Troendle, of Mapleton. The remain:
were inferred in Calvary cemetery IN tine
presence of friends from all parts of the
| country and numbers of the former as
sociates of the deceased.
The furniture for the Saulpaugl
House has begun to arrive. 1t requires
a vast quantity to fit up the eighty sleep
ing rooms, besides what is needed il
other parts of the house. The work o
laying the carpets has begun, and al
ready 80 to 40 rooms are done. TIL,
fourth floor is now complete and tn,
third floor nearly so. The elevator ha
come and is being put up, while the til,
| flooring i'm the Office is nearly laid. TIL,
carpenter work in the building will b'
completed this week, and Supt. Pass ant
his men will be discharged. There ar,
now rs men at work in the various part
of the hotel, bringing it to completion
very rapidly.
Reports received by the Omaha rail
way, state that all crops at Windon
need rain badly. At Butterfield whes
averages 10 bushels per acre, oats e
barley 30, fax II and corn 60. At l.
Sueur corn is doing nicely, all wheat GU
and stacked and will average % to 2
bushels per acre. At Blue Earth Cit
threshing has begun; no rain for thre
months. At Jordan wheat averages 2
to 25 bushels. Stacking is mostly don
at Lake Wilson, Dundee, Woodstaci
Rushmore, Magnolia and Beaver Greek
Threshing is well under way at Slaytor
Heron Lake and Luverne. Corn an
fax need rain at Valley Springs, Bran
don, Sioux Falls, Hartford, Montros.
Salem and Spencer, Oak. In Nebrask
corn is doing well at Blair, Ponca, Emel
Wakefield Isd.d vsN Wayne pAi%d;hb, W1side, No. No.
Io,R, boRn oohSSfS acEson arrS DAKOTA tv Psnds
Bancroft, Lyons and Oakland. At I
Mars, Iowa, stacking is all done and cor
is maturing rapidly, some stalks beir
shown 13 feet 0 inches high.
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