The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-02-13
From TUESDAYS Daily. |

IFrOm TUESDAYS Dally-I
Philip Phaling, of Nicollet, has
been granted an original pension of
SO per month.
Chief Fowler has sold his three
year-old colt to G.. w. Cryer, of ST.
Peter, for $3.50. The horse is from
Blood Chief and has the making of
| fine animal,
The friends of Mr.. Richard Wig
ley, of Judson, will regret to learn of
his illness. He has been sick for some
days, and symptoms point to typhoid
fever. His speedy recovery is hoped
| for.
We have on hand number of
horse breeders service books, which
will be found invaluable during the
coming season for those engaged in
the business. They will be mailed to
any address on receipt of fifty cents.
Engineer Haynes is preparing a
set of detail maps of our water sys-
tenn on a scale of so feet to the inch.
He intends to show every building on
streets where water mains are laid,
with the location of service pipes and
city shut-offs. 1t is work requiring
much time, and when completed will
be of much value to the city.
The program of the Mankato Els
teddfod has been issued in pamphlet
form by the FREE PRESS job depart
ment, and is now ready for distrtbu-
ton. Besides containing the program
for the session, the pamphlet also con-
tains advertisements of the leading
business firms of Mankato and Lake
Crystal.
IS. NJ. Wright, the negro barber
who buried his wife yesterday, is in
very poor circumstances and has
family of small children depending
upon him for support. This forenoon
John B. Richards and A. ]. Yorker
looked into the case and took up
collection for the family. They Sc
cured S27, which was turned over to
Wright, and will assist in keeping
the wolf from the door for some time
to come.
D Strunk, his son and brother
in-law, have purchased forty-acre
farm in West Riverside, Cal, and will
plant it to oranges. 1t is located but
six miles from Riverside, has water on
it, and is fine piece of property for
an orange grove. Mr.. Strunk was in
duced to stay, from the fact that he
believes that the climate agrees with
him, causing an improvement in his
health. His Blue Eearth county
friends will extend him their best
wishes.
The first petitions for the
Communication of VIM. LentZ's sentence
to life imprisonment was sent to
Gov. Merriam yesterday afternoon.
1t contains about $50 names, includ-
ing most of the professional men and
principal citizens of Mankato. If
necessary the number of signatures
will be increased to 1000. Judge Sew
erance did not see Gov. Merriam last
week, as he was absent, but presented
the case to his private secretary. If
necessary he will again go to ST. Paul
and have an interview with the gov
ernOr.
"A young man named Manderfeld,
living in the country, was arrested
yesterday on the charge of manning
P. III. Sierks. They had an alterca-
tion in Manderfeld's house, and the
latter claims that his wife stepped
between the two and that Sierks
struck her. He is charged with bit
ing Sierk's thumb badly. He waived
an examination and was bound over
to the grand jury, being released on
$500 bail. He Immediately had Sierk's
arrested for assaulting his wife.
Sierks pleaded not guilty, and his ex-
animation was set for Feb. 18th.
The decision of the War Depart
ment to use Kelly Island stone for the
facing on the lock at the 500, which
was announced Saturday morning by
Secretary Proctor, is a great disap-
pointment to our stone quarry men.
They felt that the Mankato stone is
every way the, equal of the Ohio stone,
but the engineer had used the Ohio
stone, and was prejudiced in its ia
vor. The first thing that our quarry
men should do is to send samples of
our stone to Washington, there to be
tested as to their tensile strength and
the results put on record. Then they
will have something practical to point
to when they bid on the Mankato pub
lie building, or other government
work.
We copy the following from the
Winona Republican,: ga Metropoli-
tan paper has this to say about the
local press: Every year the local
press gives from 81, 900 to S., 900 in free
lines for the sole benefit of the vicin-
ity in which it is located. The local |
editor in proportion to his means, man