The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-08-17
MANKATo FREE PRESS.

The Maple river is the lowest it
was ever known to be, and it's bed is
perfectly dry in many places.
1t is rumored that Nicholas
Bruels will be candidate for treas
urer before the Democratic county
convention. He is as strong man as
the party could put up.
1t is reported that Chief Yates
has withdrawn from the race for Sher-
if. When seen by FREE PRESS re-
porter this afternoon, he said that he
had not exactly pulled out, but is rest
ing on his oars. He is pretty we'll
satisfied with his present position.
His withdrawal would simplify the
sheriff fight somewhat.
-ChaS. Troy, of Sterling, threshed
an average of AZ bushels Of wheat to
the acre from an eight acre field. The
threshers questioned the accuracy of
the amount of ground, and to convince
them of the truth of his statement,
Mr.. Troy had the field measured. Ii
there is larger yield than this of No.
l hard, let he who has it speak out.
The late Geo. II. Fox carried life
insurance to the amount of S15, 900, as
follows: Masonic Insurance Co., of
Chicago, 5000; Equitable Life, $4,000;
Masonic Accident, of Springfield,
Mass, $1,000: Northwestern Mutual,
of Milwaukee, $1,000; and New York
Life, $1,000 OF this, $4,000 goes
directly to Mrs. Fox, and $1,000 to the
estate. The insurance will soon be
paid.
"A dance was held at Madison Lake
Thursday for the benefit Of the local
fire company. There were Sc couples
present, and the receipts were $3.50. A
number of people from this city, in
Guiding several firemen and several
candidates, were present. Among
the latter were Sheriff Glynn, Judge
Torrey, Auditor Randall and ]. G..
: Fowler. The Madison Lake fire COM
pany desire to thank the Mankato
people who were in attendance.
Judge Caldwell has rendered a de-
cision in the case of ]. w. Kalbow VS..
w. J. Glynn, denying the motion for
a new trial Sheriff Glynn levied on
B. f. Smiths farm to satisfy judg-
ment against Lewis Kalbow, who is
70 a
bow is the son of Lewis Kalbow, and
claimed the crops as his. The jury
brought in verdict for the defend
ant. The plaintiff moved for new
trial. Hughes Bros. are attorneys
for the plaintiff, and w. L. Comstock
and B. d. Smith for the defendant.
The 2Sth national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic will
take place this year at Pittsburg,
September 10th to 18th. A special
headquarters train for this state will
be run from Minneapolis, leaving that
city at 80 p. M, Saturday, Septem-
Der Sth. Among the additional ap-
pointments as Aides-de-Camp on the
staff of the commander of this depart
ment, we notice that of DR.. Henry H.
Herring, of Lake Crystal. Also
among the officers, past officers and
delegates who are entitled to repre-
sent the department of Minnesota are
VIM. Thomas and Gen. ]. III. Baker
of the MoOkatO POST
"A dispatch from Mapleton to the
Pioneer Press gives the following
account of a couple of brave girls:
'Near Vernon Center considerable
excitement is caused by series of
fires, four in all, set by sparks from a
locomotive. A Mr.. Award loses four
stacks of wheat. and M. B. Randall a
field of wheat in the shock. Had it
not been for the heroic efforts of Eva
Wilbur and Mabel Force, who rem
dered great assistance by getting on
an engine and whistling for help,
which soon called crowd from town.
the farmers in that vicinity would
have been penniless today"
Carl Kramer writes to the Good
Thunder Herald of his experience
with the chinch bug disease. By
dropping infected bugs into his wheat
field every day he kept the bugs from
doing much damage. He says:
1 'When the barley was cut they
/ marched into the corn and covered
1 about dozen rows. l infected lots
| of bugs and went along the rows
dropping them at every hill, as far in
as they had gone. In week there
was only half as many bugs as there
were before and they had not gone
any deeper into the corn, and in two
weeks after | found very few live
bugs. L examined the ground around
the corn hills with microscope and
| the ground was covered with dead
bugs. / went into my neighbors corn
fields, who had not used the infected
thugs, and found lots of live bugs there.
HUT no dead ones, which shows that
Iwhen the infected bugs get mixed