The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-08-19

e Board of Puplic Works me-
Nafternoon to take steps toward
>uing up of the Silver ravin'
FREE PRESS mum s. Bailey advertising
side tracked at the Mil
TGrr~c---e1 got Monday. 1t contained
rye force of men.
&C. E. Musser has completed TIT
-:prk of remodeling his house, which
AS formerly part of the J. Fl. Lons
o'ci l erty, and now has a neat, conven
ally IL residence.
DR. M,large piece of plastering fel
he ceiling of the Board O.
DOM Monday morning, striking
Che " .Tates upon the head and bruis
ing his scalp.
The Owatonna Journal says thai
the predictions that the crops o.
Steele county would be considerably
3 injured by the recent storms will not
prove true: that while some injury
has been sustained, the total crop OF
ne county will be very satisfactory.
Onicehe duck hunting season opens
ng to law Aug. Goth. Prairie
ch. hos, partridges and quail can.
not b. shot until Sept. 1st. Quite a
number of our sportsmen are prepar.
ing to start out as soon as the law ex.
pires, and some we'll filled bags OF
game may be looked for.
Col. Joseph Bobleter, of st. Paul.
is in correspondence with the citizens
Of st. Peter, the purpose of the same
being to bring several companies Of
the national guard to St. Peter or
September 1917, the last two days oil
the fair. The people here will be
asked to feed and provide shelter fol
the troops.-,St. Peter Herald.
IN. P. Lee drives two as fine year
ling colts as can be found in this part
of the country. They are beautiful
bays, with fine motion and carriage
One is named Mankato Boy, by Area
dian, by EdbuIt, by Hamiltonian 10
The other is Domore,by Dumas, by
Onward, by Geo. Wilkes. Mr.. Lee als(
has fine FLY, Caddie, in his pasture
by Nutwood, by Membrino. He il
justly proud of these three promising
animals, each of which will develoI
speed.
e. J. Jasmer, a travelling man, oc
cupied room 81 at The Saulpaugh Sun
day. night. He arose at $50, closed his
blinds and had no more than gotten
away when someone near the North.
western depot fired shotgun and a
CT roe of shot came rattling against
the, 1tters. Though the shot had
somewhat spent their force they dam.
aged the blinds somewhat, but did
not go through. The man who fired
the shot was standing near car that
was being loaded with brick. 1t is not
supposed that he had any intent to dc
injury to anyone, but such reckless
firing deserves not only condemnation
but punishment.
--Lorin Cray, assignee for W. T.
Mills, has nearly closed deal for the
sale of all the property upon the
northeast corner of Front and Liber.
~ streets. The purchasers are Thos
. lSherk, j. A. Presley, and c.. H.
WSley, and the consideration is
Ezo be $1,000, which is but S50Oless
fs&5he schedule price made out by
Mf%Eills. 1t is understood to be the
intention of Mr.. Sherk to take
the corner lot and the front of the
two lots in the rear upon Liberty
street, and build store upon the cor
ner. Mr.. Lindsey will take the meat
market and the double house in the
rear, and Mr.. Presley the land back
of his store. One or two other deals
are on hand.
Rev. f. M. Rule gave lecture
Sunday evening instead of a regular
sermon and took for his subject the
voyage of Columbus. His hearers
learned many points which they hai
not hitherto known. Mr.. Rule first
analysed the character of the times
when Columbus lived. 1t was an agt
when learning was being revived an(
old manuscripts were being brought
to light from their hiding places, ant
there was beginning to be thirst fol
knowledge. 1t was anage when som,
of the greatest men that ever LIVED
were partly the product an(
partly factor of the times. The
speaker reviewed the twenty years O.
.fruitless endeavors which Columbus
made to interest some one of influence
in his scheme to cross the Atlantic
After many failures, he was finally as
sisted by Queen Isabella. 1t was an
other case where mans extremit.
was woman's opportunity. Three
small ships, the largest no longer thai
a Pullman palace car, were fitted out
but not enough sailors could be oh
tanned to man them, and it was neces
sary to take convicts out of the pris
OnS to fill out the REQUIRED number