The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-08-17
We noticed a curious sight last

ed along the same road not over two
hours later, and found that in the
meantime sparks from an engine had
started fire that had burned over
several acres of stubble. The fire had
reached the roadside and had practi-
cally exhausted itself, except where it
was burning fiercely in the trunk OF a
nOn-resinous tree, a bass wood or elm.
The tree was solid to the heart, and
| had as green foliage as any along Broad
street, yet the trunk was so sapless
from the long dry spell that it burned
like kindling wood, and the tree, with
diameter of ten or twelve inches,
was nearly burned through and ready
to fall over, before the fire had reached
half way up the trunk.
The only bid that the board of
public works received for furnishing
curb stone and bed stone for cutters
was from Robt. Buttimer, who bid IS
cents per lineal foot for curb SIX
inches thick, and II cents per lineal
foot for bed stone, eight hundred feet
of each. This will not amount to one
block, so cannot be considered. The
stone quarry owners put in no bids.
The Peoples party county con-
vention for nominating county officers
will be held at Good Thunder, Mon
day, Sept. 3rd. There will be IS dele
gates, of which the city is entitled to
ID. The caucuses will be held at the
usual polling places Saturday, Sept.
1st, at 500 O'Clock p. m.
The board of public works has
received the following bids for build
ing sidewalks: Chas. BeckWith, q
cents lineal foot for six foot walks,
and 81 cents for eight foot walks; j
r. Ashworth, 22t cents for six foot
walks; Ed Halsted, 203 cents for six
foot walks.
Mr.. Award, who lives near Yer.
non Center, lost four wheat stacks by
fire the other day, and Mr.. M. B.
Randall lost five acres of wheat in the
shock. A fire was started on A. c.
Wilbur's farm and one near Mr.. Dill.
ly's. 1t is said that five fires were set
by sparks from one engine.
Attorney w. n. Plymat has just
finished threshing on his farm neal
Mapleton, and secured yield of q
bushels of wheat to the acre, II bush
els of fax, and so bushels of oats
The flax was grown on sloughy piece
of land, which accounts for the light
ness of the yield.
The report of the grain crop il
far ahead Of expectations. Geo. Bar
tlett had 16 acres of barley thresheC
that averaged 40 bushels to the acre
Ezra Masters had 20 acres of wheat
that averaged % bushels to the acre
l-Anaboy Herald.
The Good Thunder Herald says
that fax is the best crop Whereabouts
none averaging less than twenty
bushels to the acre, of fine quality
Ludwig Meyer realized S4OO from g
twenty acre field. Wheat averages
% bushels to the acre.
David Cross, Esq, Of Amboy, was
in the city Friday looking around
among some of his friends and rumol
has it that he may come out as a can
didate for the legislature. David
would make a first class representa-
tive.
Prof. A. T. Bechdolt is visiting Rev
| A. r. Taylor and Mrs. Maria G
Schmitt and family. The Summer
school at Albert Lea is completed, anG
Prof. Aaron f. Schmitt has also re
turned to the city.
The Mankato Journal says that H
| @. Howard, of Lake Crystal, will not
refuse a populist nomination for rep
resentative. and that Hubert Brules
has been mentioned for representative
"A marriage license was granted
Friday to Christian Miller, so1
Eagle Lake, and Hannah L. Hislop
of Beauford. Both have had pre-.
viouS matrimonial experience.
We understand that John Dia.
mond is candidate for county com.
missioner on the Democratic ticket,
to represent the city. He has had
ample experience, and the Democrats
might put up far weaker man.
-Magdalena Schaub was arrested on
complaint of Officer Schuette, on the
charge Of using abusive language, and
as she entered plea of not guilty.
her trial was set for Aug. 18th.
Flowing had begun before the
rains, but the ground was dry and the
work hard. The rainfall will put the
soil in excellent condition for blowing.
and this will soon be undertaken
very generally.
Otto Dollar has sworn out a war
rant for the arrest of Gus Hall, on the
charge of assault in the third degree,