The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-05-04

The three children of Mr.. and Mrs
Clement Schroeder have been down
with the scarlet fever. One is now
well, but the other two have been at
tackled with complication of other
diseases and remain in about the same
condition. Hope is entertained that
they may recover, although the cases
are very serious.
-Wildes' hill, about a mile this side
of f. r. Volk's house, on Lake Wash
ington, is to be improved, and the
contract will be awarded in few
days. The hill is to be taken down
ten feet at the top and filled in at the
base, and the road will be widened
and cutters made on each side. This
will greatly improve very bad hill.
The following teachers have been
elected at Mapleton for next year:
Principal, III. E. Bagley, of Melborne,
Iowa, who will graduate from the
state university this spring; Miss
Emma Garvin, primary Department.;
Miss Lizzie McLaughlan, second pri-
mary; Miss Lillian Dews, intermediate
department..
"A marriage license was granted
today to Frank KreutZer and Miss
Otelle Mahowald. They will be unit
ed in marriage at ST. Johns Catholic
church tomorrow forenoon. The
bride-to-be is daughter of County
Commissioner John Mahowald, and is
very excellent young lady. Mr..
Kreutzer also has a large number Of
| friends. The best wishes of all will
be extended to the young couple.
MIR. Louis Under has received a
letter from Miss Blanche Foulke, of
Chicago, desiring that the Swedish
organization give a concert, and offer
ing to come and sing in Swedish. She
has sung at a number of grand con-
certs given by Swedish clubs at Chi
cago and elsewhere, and sends some
excellent press clippings. Such a
concert would be largely attended,
as MSS Foulke's many friends here
are much interested in her success.
Miss Matte D. Wells, who
teaches in school district 155, Jud-
son, gave her scholars holiday last
Friday and they set out fifty box
elder trees. Last year the same
thing was done on Arboy day, and all
Of the trees are thriving, except three
that were broken by cattle. This is
an example that could well be follow
ed in other districts in the county.
Nothing makes a school house look so
coy as being surrounded by grove of
trees.
The winthrop Neacs says: Ru-
NOR has it that the line of railroad
formerly known as the Cannon Valley
Branch of the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis, but now owned by the Rock
Island Company, is to be extended
from Mankato through to some point
on the main line. Now it seems that
an effort ought to be made to have
that line run to Winthrop. The peo-
pie of New Ulm are anxious to have it
come here and surely the joint effort
of New Ulm and Winthrop ought to
bring it here.
The Washington correspondent of
the Minneapolis Tribune says that John
G. Wise, editor of the Mankato Rerter,
and candidate for postmaster, arrived
at the national capitol yesterday to
push his candidacy. Inasmuch as Mr..
Wise belongs to the Democratic associ-
alton which recently denounced Sena-
tor Hill and others as traitors, "Ben-
edict Arnolds," and applied to them
several other epithets of like uncom-
plimentary character, it would be well
for him to call upon the senator from
New York and other states and
apologize for his membership. The
senate is quite potent factor in MAX
ing postmasters.
We have received a copy of the
Rockford Daily Register Gazette, contain
ing full synopsis of powerful ser
mon delivered last Sunday evening by
Rev. j. n. Hall, on the subject $50
cial Purity and the Breckenridge
Verdict" An outline of his thought
is contained in the pledge of the
White Cross society, which is as fol-
lows: Il promise by the help of God,
first, to treat all women with respect
and endeavor to protect them from
wrong and degradation; second, to put
down all indecent language and
coarse jests: third, to maintain the
law of purity as equally binding up
on men and women: fourth, to endeav
or to spread these principles among
my younger companions and try and
help my younger brothers; fifth, to
use every possible means to fulfill the
command, "keep thyself pure" He
enlarged upon each point, with illus
tration and eXhortation. The Register
Gazette says that Mr. Hall is proving