The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-05-26

The plan of turning the Van
Brunt slough into a lake and using
the water power at the dam has caus-
ed great deal of favorable comment.
We learn from Nelson Weed that the
beautiful lake which is such an at
traction at Albert Lea was made in
the same way. A creek ran through
what is now the bed of the lake.
This was damned up below the city
and lake more than mile long and
having some fine points and sandy
beaches was formed. The water
power was used in running mill.
The lake is great attraction, and
has drawn several wealthy Eastern
parties to build fine homes on its
banks, who would not have located
there except for the beauty of the sur
roundings. Were the Van Brunt
slough to be turned into a beautiful
sheet of water it would attract many
wealthy men who have retired from
active business to locate on it's banks.
We now notice among our eX-
changes the Cottonwood County Citi-
zen, published at Window by A. NJ
Morrison, of this city. 1t is the Sec
ond number since he became propri-
etor and editor, and it reflects credit
upon both himself and the prosperous
LITTLE nitu in which II ic rI1h1ichn6
is an eight-page, siX-column paper,
bright and newsy. and is Populist in
politics. There is but one other
paper in the county and both are well
patronized. Mr. Morrison will spend
the greater part Of each week at Win
dom. His time is we'll taken up man
aging three papers. We wish him
success in his new venture.
Fred Widell now has $50 men at
work in his principal quarry and 80
in his lower quarry, He also has 20
men at work at Minneapolis. He is
getting out vast quantity of stone
to fill his various contracts. A new
derrick has just been put up in the
quarry and is the largest one in the
city, the boom being 20 feet long. A
derrick has just been completed for
use on the Minneapolis contracts and
is made of the best Northern pine
Alderman Gust Widell has charge of
all the work in the quarry aud is the
busiest man in Mankato.
Strawberries took Jump to %
cents box Saturday. A few days
ago they were as low as fifteen cents
box, but during the past week the
wholesale prices have advanced Sl.75
crate, or about sixty per cent. This
is due to the failure of the crop in
Tennessee. The strawberries now on
the market are from Illinois, and so
many more than usual are required to
supply the Chicago marked, owing to
the Worlds Fair, that there is a
strong demand for the berries. Prices
are not expected to drop until the
Michigan crop is put on the market,
which will be in about a week.
The following scores were made
at the weekly gun club shoot Fri
day afternoons: Albert Bjerbauer 13,
Geo. B. Owen Is, A. HI. Beebe IA, Ben
Powell IL, Fred Kruse IA, A. f. Rabe
IL, w. Minke 13, John Lulsdolf 10.
Mr. Owen will wear the gold badge
during the coming week.
We are in receipt of the first num-
Der of cthe evening Tribune of Fari-
bault. 1t is well gotten up paper
and is credit to the proprietors. The
business manager is A. M. Chiquet,
formerly with the FREE PRESS. He
is rustling young man and will no
doubt make the paper success.
The graduating class OF the State
University numbers 81. J. w. Powell
will graduate with the degree of bach
elor of arts, Eugene Lester Patterson
with that of bachelor Of science, and
Jack Sweet will graduate from the
law 6enartment