The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15
From Fridays Daily.


Mr.. B. Roemer, of West Mankato,
is making a considerable number of
improvements about his premises.
New licenses for dogs will be is
sued on the first of May, and all ca
mines who roam about the streets
without brass tag, properly num-
bered, stands an excellent chance OF
being confiscated.
Mr.. Homer Graham, of Good
Thunder, is again in the city. He
will 90 to work for the Hanford Pro-
duce Company on Monday, April 18th.
We are pleased to see Mr.. Graham
among us once more and also that he
is to associate himself with such an
excellent company as the Hanford.
-Amboy Herald: A very pleasant
event occurred at the home of MI.
and Mrs. Nelson Latin, last Wednes-
day. 1t was the celebration of their
18th anniversary, and there were
present about fifty Of their friends,
gathered from all over the country.
A bountiful dinner was served and
very pleasant time had by all. A
large number of presents, both useful
and ornamental, were received by the
host and hostess.
An alarm Of fire was given about
half-past nine o'clock this morning,
by the blowing of whistles and the
ringing of the city hall fire bell.
From mouth to mouth the cry went
forth "The Creamery Package Com
pany building is on fire" In short or
der the fire boys rallied to the call to
duty and by the aid of teams the fire
apparatus was hauled to the supposed
scene of the confagration. We learn
that a chimney of Mr.. Ewing had
caught fire, but the boys did not find it
burning when they arrived conse-
quently went home again. Had 1T
proved to have been the Package Co.'S
building nothing would have saved it
as the wind was blowing f1ercely
Prof W. r. Thompson and Miss
Martha Lansing, of ST. Peter, were
married on April 9th, by Rev. Mr..
Bergstrom. The couple will spend
few days at Garden City and also at
Minneapolis and will then return tC
Bottineau, N. D., where they will
make their future home. Professor
Thompson was the principal of Frank
lin school for number of years and
was well thought of, not only by the
pupils but by the community general
ly. The best wishes of friends go
with the newly married couple to
their new home.
The Southern Minnesota shooting
tournament which is to be held at
Mankato May 10th, 18th and 12th,,
under the management of J. II. Block
OF st. Peter, promises to be the biggest
tournament ever held in the north.
west, says the St. Peter Herald
Many crack shots have already signi.
fed their intention to be present, and
the meeting promises more sport tc
the acre than has ever been witnessed
in a gathering Of spoTtsmen in the
Southern Minnesota Valley. 1t re-
quires the utmost skill to manage
such tournament, but our Block will
be equal to the occasion, as there i;
not man in Minnesota that under
stands the rules of trap shooting bet
ter than he.
MIR. Fred Polchow, of the firm Of
Willard s. Polchow, who was serious
ly injured last Tuesday, was some.
what better this morning 1t ap
pears that Mr.. Polchow was crossing
the Milwaukee track, near Front
street, when a hand car, handled by
five men, came along at the rate OF
40 miles an hour, according to DR.. L.
K. Waite and Mr.. Demaray, the eX.
preSsman, who witnessed the acct
dent. Before Mr.. Polchow could get
out Of the way the car stuck him
on the calf Of one of his legs and
knocked him down, piece of iron on
the car striking the back of his head,
cutting deep hole in the same. He
was unconscious for time but man
aged to get home. Dr. Waite was
called in and dressed the wound and
the patient under his care is doing as
well as can be expected under the cir
cumstances. If the hand car was GO
ing at the rate of speed mentioned
and we have no reason to doubt the
word of e-witnesses-therei is good
chance for Mr.. Polchow to recover
damages. There is an ordinance in
this city regulating the speed of rail-
way trains, and we believe it will COW
er the running of hand cars as well.
From Saturdays Daily.
Rock Co. Republicans have invited
ex-senator Ingalls, to address them