The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-01
From Saturdays Daily.
LAKE CRYSTAL ITEMS.

Stacking of grain is over-plowing
and haying are progressing fast.
d. A. Reed and wife started for
Jackson Park, Chicago, on the p. m.
train Thursday to remain away two
! weeks.
A. }. Stackpole Jr. has returned
with his family to live here. They
will occupy the Davis house corner Of
| WatOnwan and Hunt streets.
A "Mid-week Sunday" was held at
the tent meeting grounds on Wednes-
day. Rev. Bergstrom of the First
Baptist church of MankatO preached
dt HOO a. NJ. Rev. j. Roeig at 2:30 p.
m. and Rev. j. w. Crooks at 1870 pm.
The steam launch "Crystal' was
taken out of Crystal Lake on Tuesday
and moved by wagon to theMinnesota
river near Mankato where it will
make trips up as far as Judson if the
stage Of water will permit.
J. Alfred Trimble is once more
resident of Lake Crystal. He is ready
to write book upon "The SissetOn
Reservation as it was and as it now
is" The opportunities there for any
young man with pair of red and
restless steers to acQ lire home and
soak his system full of useful knOwl-
edge has never been surpassed any
where according to Mr.. F's narration.
Attorney Pfau of Mankato spent
part of Friday at this place looking
after business.
Nearly all The depositors in the
MarstoD, Larson & Davis bank have
come in and signed an agreement to
extend the time of their deposits and
it will be a matter of only few days
when the bank will resume business.
Geo. Welcome delivered the keys to
his harness shop to A. @. Hidebrant
the purchaser last Thursday evening.
According to previous notice daily
given Geo. Scherer Co. Supt. OF
Schools is propounding questions to
the teachers of this locality concern
ing the best methods of teaching the
alphabet to children, etc. at the
school building today and tomorrow.
Naming the baby will be the "bone
of contention" IN Fred Jameson's
family for some time to come. She is
a lit tie daughter and deserves good
name.
Visiting friends andd relatives at
this place, j. E. Cagwin of Boone, la;
Mrs. Clyde Gilman, Madelia; Rev. l.
Bergstrom & wife, MankatO; Allen
Morris, Utica, Wis; Mrs Baymer,
Omaha: Mrs P. Mayer, Colorado
Springs; Norman Larson, Minnea-
polls; Miss Thora HalverSOn, Minnea-
polls; Esperson Bros, New Ulm; Har-
ley DeWolf and family, Iowa.
For a purse of 800 the ST. James
base ball club will play against the
Lake Crystal club at Mankato Friday
afternoon Sept 1st. A large crowd
from both places will attend this
game.
VIM. Thomas has let the contract
to remove his vacant house on south
Murphy street to John Littun who
came back from Minneapolis with his
family few days ago.
10. Granlined who has been at
San Francisco, Cal. for the past six
years is at this place spending the
summer. He will attend the worlds
fair before returning to the cost
again.
f. w. Hunt of the FREE PRESS is
looking after the interests of his
paper n this village and will remain
to hear The Midnight Bell at the
opera house.
There was as large an audience at
the second presentation of Midnight
Bell" last night as there was on the
first occasion. The play went off very
smoothly. The amateur and local
talent who assisted S. A. st. Cyr in
the production of the play were Mrs.
Daisy Orr. Mrs. HI. Ray Howard, Mrs.
w. II. Humphrey, Misses LuluWells
and Effie Holley,W M. Cooley, Fred
w. Davis, J. E. Hall, H. Ray Howard,
and Eugene Hickok. The play was
unusually we'll given and reflected
extreme credit upon all who assisted
in it's presentation.
After the play the opera house was
cleared, and the select dancing party
given by the D. of T. club took place,
This was very pleasant affair and
}, was attended by about fifty couples,
inoludng about twenty young people
from Mankato. 1t was delightful
party and greatly enjoyed by all pres
emit. Refreshments were served in the
restaurant below.
Twenty teachers attended the
teachers examination yesterday and
today.
Some nerSOnS presumably bows,