The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-08-26
The canning factory at the west


end of the bridge starts up this week.
There will be large output of sweet
corn.
An Alliance mass convention will
be held in this city Saturday, Sept.
Bird, to nominate candidates for coun-
ty officers.
The Board of Public Works will
meet at 200 p. M, Sept. Sth, to assess
the damages and benefits of laying
out and opening street &c feet wide
from the east end of Minnesota street
to the westerly line of Pike street.
The necessary land will be condemned
together with the building which L.
NJ. G. Fletcher lately put there.
r. D. Hubbard states that this
years wheat crop is the poorest in
seven years. While the average last
year was from 20 to "a bushels and the
price in Minneapolis was a dollar a
bushel, this year the yield if but from
Is to Is bushels and the price 20 to 30
cents less, while the wheat does not
grade as high as last year. The in
come OF the farmers from this source
will therefore not be half as great as
last year.
The Board of Public Works will
receive sealed bids up to 200 p. M,
CAN'T Op5 for tho crrbipn rr1ttoripr
and improving Front street in the
Third ward. Also for curling, gut
tering and improving Second street
from Byron to Liberty. The Board
will meet at it's Office at 200 p. M,
Sept. 9Th, to hear objections to the as
sessment of benefits and damages for
the laying out and opening of the
Silver Ravine road.
Someone should be at the city
hall during every minute of the day
and night. When the hall is abso-
lutely vacant, call for police or the
fire department would be unanswered,
and serious consequences might re-
suit. The police make it point to
have one Of their number there as
much as possible, still there are times
when no one is on hand for a consider
able space of time. If the police are
otherwise engaged, someone should be
appointed to stay there. The wisdom
of this will be apparent to all.
-RumOrs have been in circulation
that the city reservoir was recently
cleaned out and the bodies of seven
or nine babies found We learn from
members of the Board of Public
Works that there is no truth in this
report. The water in the reservoir
was recently lowered for the purpose
of examining the sides, and it was
found that several very narrow cracks
extended from the top to about four
feet below the top. These can easily
be repaired. They were probably due
to the frost.
Concerning the death of Carl
Peterson, which was mentioned in
Monday evenings FREE PRESS, we
clip the following from dispatch
from Henry, S. D., under date of Aug.
22nd to the Minneapolis Tribune:
"Carl N. Peterson, a single young
business man of prominence of this
place, was shot in the head and in
stantly killed while hunting chickens.
The gun was discharged at distance
of 20 feet from the unfortunate man
by boy of Is named Matthew Elgie.
The boy was in the act of raising the
hammer when he stumbled, the ham,
mer slipping from his grasp, discharg-
ing the fatal load, which struck the
base of Petersons skull behind, pene-
trating the brain and breaking his
neck. The young man was brother
ip-law of w. r. Thomas, of Water
town, S. D., and w G.. Walz, a promi-
nent business man of Ell Paso, Texas
Knights of Pythias lodge of this place.
The order will take charge of the
burial. He was a general favorite.
The funeral will be held at 2 pm. to-
morrow. The remains will be inferred
in the village cemetery. His aged
parents are beside themselves with
grief and the occurrence cast deep
shadow of gloom over the whole COM
munity."
The gentlemen of the Board of
Trade Monday morning discussed
various modes of benefiting Mankato.
One Of those present, in telling his
own experience could have given as
valuable information toward the end
sought as anyone. He received a few
days ago letter from an outside fur
niture company, as follows: about
your new house, are we going to be
in it?' No, we do not propose to give
you up. You will probably hear from
usat intervals during the bal
ance of your natural life. Dismal
prospect, isn't it? We want to sell
you, if only one or two articles, that
we may make ourselves solid for
future business. We propose, sooner
or later, to sell every householder in
the entire northwest, and we want it
to be sooner" The gentleman ans
wered it today as follows: mo, can
didly | hope you will not send me
printed matter and circulars setting
forth the bargains to be had for the