The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-09-11

about seventy men are employed there
at present.
ALI those who trade S25 worth at
the Model Clothing House get one
years subscription to the FREE PRESS
free. If
If you happen to run across some
thing in newspaper that you do not
like, skipit. Newspapers are made
for all classes of readers, and what
might not suit you may be just what
your neighbor is looking for.
Prof. Bechdolt, superintendent of
the public schools of Mankato, re-
ports 1,1O0 pupils enrolled at present,
and believes that this number will be
increased by at least 200 before Nov.
1st, making total enrolment of
300.
Our hospital has at present but
two patients, the young man who at
tempted suicide and the boy who had
his toes cut off by the cars while try
ing to catch ride. How many peo-
pie are made miserable entirely
through their own efforts.
The Faribault county fair opens
at Winnebago City, Friday, Sept. 18th,
and continues two days. The fair
promises to be a great success, and
the display of farm products will, it is
| thought, exceed any former displays
in the county.
1t is a common remark that there
are "a less number of vacant houses
in MaDkato at the present time than
there has been at any other time for
four or five years, and the fact is there
are very few houses standing idle, and
before winter they will all be filed, if
the present demand continues.
The completion of the new High
school building raises the query as to
where the next addition to our excel
lent system of school buildings will
be. The FREE PRESS would like to
suggest that the next locality accom-
modated be on the hill to the east of
the city. A building will soon be
needed there.
VIM. Dunn and Conrad Hagen,
who have put up several brick build
ings under contract at Wells during
the summer, have been sued for 81, 900
damages by Robert Heller, who suf-
fered broken arm by means of scat
fold falling during the progress Of the
work. B. D. Smith is attorney for
plaintiff, and W. r. Geddes and A. M.
Rutan will defend.
Prof. Matter, of the Mankato
Business College reports number of
new scholars during the past week,
and says that the attendance at the
night schools, lat which is taught short
hand and penmanship, is steadily in
creasing. The business. men and
clerks whose time is entirely taken up
during the day have a splendid oppor-
tunity to improve their penmanship
at these night schools.
Farmers are so busy yet tending
their crops that they are not bringing
in much of their smaller produce, but
wheat is beginnfng'to come in, and
those who have anything to do with
that cereal in town may look for no
rest for some time to come, as that is
not the article that the farmers are
going to haul. Not only is wheat a
fairly large crop, but is also of a good
quality. Mankato City Mill report
the mill is running at its full capacity
about 800 buhsels per day.
The board of education will meet
in their room in the High school build
ing, Friday evening, Sept. 18th, to
close up the business of the year, at
which time Thos. Coughlan will be
sworn in to succeed Adolph Deebach,
from the First precinct. Mr.. Dee
bach has served on the board for four
years, and has made commendable
officer. The new board will meet in
the same rooms on the following even
ing to organize and get in readiness
for the the work of the ensuing year.
Some of the farmers in the vicini-
ty Of St. Clair who were struck by the
hail storm last June, have done their
threshing, and the effects of the storm
are much worse than was at first esti-
mated. AS an example farmer cites
the case of James Field, ST., who cut
Is acres of damaged wheat and
threshed Is bushels. or one .bushel to
the acre. Those farmers whose bins
are flowing full, certainly sympathize
with their afflicted fellows.
Returns from the threshers show
that the crops in Redwood county are
simply phenomenal. The John A.
Willard farm produced 1900 bushels
of wheat from AS acres, or 279 bushels
per acre. On the Clark farm $50 acres
yielded over 1000 bushels, an average
of nearly 25 bushels per acre for the
crop. One farmer had field which
returned an average of As bushels: an
other 40 bushels, and entire crops rate