The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-07-20
MANKATo FREE PRESS.

-Ihe Blue EarUn City POSt says:
G. M. Fiero, agent for A. G.. Meyers,
of Mankato, has been here the past
week setting some fine marble work
for William Dunn, John Murphy, A.
Grisey, Martin Logue and Mrs. Erick-
son. j. E. Mullen, the we'll known
agent for the same firm yesterday
sold very handsome monument to
Mr.. Rosenau.
The board of public works has
been doing some work on the extern
sion of Shaubut street, and in a few
days will have new road crossing the
Van Brunt slough in Palmer's addi-
tion. For year or SO this has been
dumping grounds for refuse, and this
being now covered with earth, and
the hill on the south side graded, a
new and easy road is made to More
land street and the Cement works.
The country is again in the con-
ditiOn it was before the showers sew
eral weeks ago. Everything is be-
coming too dry, and the farmers are
sending up prayers for rain. A gen
eral rain now would suffice until after
harvest. Blue Earth county needs
rain, but the measure of its suffering
does not compare with that of the
counties north Of us.
The Mapleton Enterprise says:
The administration in refusing to use
Mankato stone for the government
building to be erected at MankatO,
does that city great injustice, and
Injuries the standing of their greatest
industry by casting a reflection upon
its value as building material.
Years of exposure and trial have
found Mankato stone to be of the very
best quality and we can see no reason
for this cruel cut.
Prof. Otto Lugger was in the city
Thursday, and stated that he has re-
ceived reports from large number of
farmers of the county to the effect
that the disease has taken hold of
the chinch bugs and rid the fields of
them. He stated that the weather
has been too dry for the growth of the
disease germs, which are vegetable
and require warmth and moisture.
With the atmospheric conditions as
they have been, he did not expect
many reports of good results.
In the report of the proceedings
of the National Educational Associa-
tion, published in the Asbury Park,
n. j., Daily Press. of July 18th, we
notice handsome compliment paid
to Prof. NJ. V. O'Shea, of this city.
In giving an account of the child
study section, the Press says: '"The
most brilliant paper prepared and re-
ceived for this session was the able
effort of Prof. M. V. O'Shea, of the
State Normal School, Mankato, Mimi,
on The Relation of Expression
through Drawing to Child's Mental
Activity"
"A young giant has been in our city
for several days, attracting consider
able attention. He is Swede, named
Anderson, twenty-one years old, and
is seven feet four and half inches
high, and weighs 354 pounds. He is
well proportional, with no particular
tendency to adlpose, and lis strong in
proportion to his size. He travels for
a cash register house and is stopping
at the St. Paul House. He says that
he has a brother in Sweden who is
thirteen inches taller than he is. Mr..
Anderson says he has received numer-
Gus offers to enter dime museums, but
does not like that kind of life.
The Amboy Herald states that the
mill which burned on July 4th was
built at cost of $4,000 and was in
sured for $4,000. 1t was sold few
weeks ago at Sheriffs sale to John
Mitchell, of Wisconsin, for $4,000, he
holding the first mortgage. The loss
of stock to Germaine & Howe, who
UpC Hill, was pI,OOO, WlUu
$500 insurance. 1t is believed that
the fire was of incendiary origin, as
month before, someone got into the
engine room and braced the safety
valve on the boiler SO no steam could
escape. The mill was in operation a
day before this was discovered. The
depot agent is occupying box car,
and new platform has been built.
The Amboy house was saved with a
great deal of hard labor
The meeting of the Farmers
Warehouse Association last Saturday
was not largely attended, probably
owing to the busy time. The report
of the secretary showed that the
business of the last year was about
double that of former years; that
they had purchased 49,766 bushels OF
wheat, 29,1 bushels of oats, 1885
bushels of flax, 1,423 bushels of tim
othy, los bushels of clover, S,S13 bush
els of corn and 1,766 pounds of hides;
that the business had been run at
nrOfit of about 81 800 for the mast two