The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-10-13

a load or potatoes ana AFTER having
disposed of his product, hitched his
team, and shortly afterwards some
one hitched horse and buggy to the
to the rear of his wagon. When the
| busy farmer got ready to start for
home he did not notice the addition
to his vehicle and deliberately drove
away. OF course the EOrse and buggy
had nothing to do but follow on, and
it is said of the farmer that. he had
wendell his way some distance home
ward before discovering that he was
in possession of ansextra rig. Know
ing the farmers previous good record
we reluctantly Withhold his name.
The September number Of the
Mankdt0niaq1 is out and is full of in
teresting reading matter. 1t is pub
lished in the interest of the Normal
school and should be in the hands OF
every student. The price of subscrip-
tion is but Is cents and should be
within the reach of all. Vol. Ill, No.
1, announces the following editorial
force for the coming year: Managing
editor, |. M Andrews; business man
ager, Ross A. Mason; literary, Isabel
la A. Cornish; paragraphs, Nora Hell
gesen; rostrum, Mary johnson, Louie
I'll, bbell; model school, Ida j. Tuberg;
exchanges, Roy Jones; alumni, Clara
M Garfield, Cora A. n. Carney: soci-
cites, M. L. Jacobson; locals, Alice
Turrittin, Albert H. Lassow, Luther
j. Burgess.
Monday S Reuie,o contained an
article wherein it asserted that the
city attorney was not on duty when
the case of L. G.. M. Fletcher VS.. the
City was called in the supreme court.
This assertion is true except that Mr..
Young was there and except the case
was upon the calander. The supreme
court or any other court will never
entertain cause which has been set
tied, and the Fletcher case having
been settled could only continue to
being before the supreme court
through deception on the part
of the parties to the action.
Any one may verify this statement
by an examination of the supreme
court calender of the October, 1893,
court.
The Minneapolis Tribune says: A
possible electric innovation in the
Twin Cities is the application of the
electric hearSe for funerals, some.
thing after the plan that has been
adopted in San Francisco and other
progressive cities. There would b
cars for each city fitted out as hearses
and the funeral train would meet the
funeral party at an appointed place
The hearSe Car would receive the cas-.
ket and the pail bearers in specially
arranged car, the friends and mourn.
ers occupying as many as necessary
ordinary cars. Thence the train would
run to the cemetery All of the GENE.
teries of the twin cities are acces.
sible to the Car lines, and the plan
could be easily put into effect. Where
the system has been tried it has prov
ed successful, the sable trappings OF
the train giving it an impressive and
es pectable appearance.
English as She is Spoken.-A
Frenchman of some literary dlstinc'
tion, after studying English for few
months, wrote to an American friend
SIN small time I can learn so many
English as l think | will come at the
America and 60 on to tine scaffold tC
lecture"
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Strunk will
start in about ten days for their new
home in Riverside, California. They
are now packing their goods and Mr.
Strunk will also take his fire horses
and colts as he expects to start q
stock farm there. The house vacated
by Mr.. Strunk will be occupied by III
@. Akers and family.
North Front street hill has beer
so completely transformed by grading
that it is now one of the finest streets
in town. Side walks will soon be built
and the top of the hill will be very
desirable place to live.
The MCGEE brothers passed
through MankatO today on their COG
mile bicycle tour. They came from
Net raska and from here will go tC
the twin cities and thence to the
worlds fair on their wheels, expect
ing to make the distance in eight days
Have you noticed the handsome
ribbons in Miss Redner's millinery
window which she is selling at hall
price.