The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-21
MANKATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY APRIL 81. 1893.

day sports on May 3Oth. Preparations
are already being made.
Alma, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. l.. A. Linder, is very sick
with pneumonia, but is somewhat
better today.
Blue Earth county comes in for
500 in the omnibus road and bridge
bill. The fund has been overdrawn
for several years, however.
Attorney GeneralChilds has made
an order to show cause in the Porter
ShisSler municipal court matter,
returnable to the Supreme Court
April 18th.
w. l.. Bradshaw started out today
with another new wagon of Jensen
& Andersen's make. 1t is beauty.
This makes four new wagons Of the
kind made for DR.. Wards remedies.
AT the state conference of char
titles and corrections at ST. Paul Fri
day, John Mahowald, of this city, was
appointed member of the committee
ON permanent organization to arrange
for the next conference.
in the municipal court Saturday.
the cases of T. r. Coughlan & Co. VS..
G. e. Estelle, p. Riley, and G. M.Cole
VS.. Annie r. Johnson, A. w.
Johnson and j. E. Swenson were set
tied and dismissed.
Bids for the erection of residences
for Geo. Dauber and r. +. Lamb were
opened at Architect Gerlach's office
Saturday afternoon. Earnest Mahlke
secured the contract for the former
at 81 ,4SS, and VIM. Lowe for the lat
ter at 81, 165.
The ProhibitioniStS of this city
! will give an entertainment at the
! Congregational church Monday even
ing at 100 Program to be furnished
by othe ladies of the w. G. t. U. for
whose benefit a collection will be TAX
en-. All are invited.
City Treasurer Shepard is unable
to qualify, owing to the fact of the
council failing to meet. He cannot
assume the office or draw salary until
his bond is acted upon. The matter
should have been attended to Mon
day night.
Co. F met Tuesday for the ,pur-
{ pose of electing a second lieutenant.
Philip Helmer received % votes to II
1 for Geo. Flanagan and was elected.
Col. Mead afterwards conducted a
platoon drill for an hour and half.
The company is now in good condition.
The crossing at the corner of
Broad and Main streets is very
dangerous. Saturday evening the
springs of wagon were broken while
going across, and other accidents
have occurred. A covering should be
made. bringing the road level. 1t is
now the most inconvenient crossing
I in the city.
WIN. Taylor, who was arrested
Monday for assault in the second
degree upon James Taylor, will have
his hearing April '22nd at 10 o'clock.
He was allowed to go on his own rec
ognizance. 1t seems that VIM. Tay.
lor owed James Taylor Is cents and
that the trouble occurred when the
latter went to get it Saturday noon.
The old cottonwood trees around
J. A. Presley's residence, on State
street, have been cut down and re-
moved. Every cottonwood tree in
the city should meet sim liar. fate
They have served their purpose ano
are now only nuisance. Better
trees have grown up to take their place
land Arbor Day might well be cele
brated this year in cutting down the
remainder of them.
Tuesday twenty-one Russian
! immigrants passed through the
city on their way to Warrington
They came in over the Minneapolis
: & St. Louis and went out over thu
[ Chicago & Northwestern road. They
z were well supplied with money. l,
is against the regulations of thu
steamship companies t. take immi
grants from Russia, but these cane
through under the pretext that the
were Germans. With the STEAMSHIP
companies trying in every way t.
evade the regulations, it will be SUI
prising if cholera is not brought int
the country before many weeks
Immigrants pass through the cit.
every few days and the strictes
watch should be maintained.
1t is doubtful if any city of tn
size of Mankato in the world Ca
! show better fire record than thi
city. The losses during the year enc
| ing March 3lst was but 81, $50, and a
there was $4,000 of insurance the ne
loss is only $3.50. This includes dam
age by water as well as fire. Their
have heen several wears when the rel