The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-08-24
MANKATo FREE PRESS.

sheriff subject to the Democratic
county convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindberg lost their
six months old baby Thursday morn
ing, of summer complaint.
Architect Thayer has been asked
to prepare the plans for new $4,000
brick school house at Morton.
Capt. T. 81. Andrews is moving his
stock across the street into j. A. Pres
ley's store, where he will remain until
the new building is completed.
Ole Olson reports yield from
80 acre field as averaging 324 bushels,
and that from 40 acre field OF 2o
bushels to the e.-Amboy Herald,
j. Faley, of Medo, is about to erect
a house on Pleasant street, next to
Carlos Boynton's property. 1t will be
frame house and will cost about
$1,000.
-Leeman A. Pratt has begun an ac-
ton against Martha Goodnow, Laura
G. Thompson, ct al, to quiet title to
farm in Vernon. Lorin Cray is at
torney for the plaintiff, and Pau q
Young for the defendants.
John Mccall has been awarded the
contract for building the Fifth and
Sixth street sewers at his bid. 1t Will
be left with the council to specify
whether they shall be made OF cement
or vitrified clay pipe.
Bids were opened Friday for
the addition to Geo. t. Bars build
ing, as follows: E. Mahlke, S1,3SS: L.
n. IDay & Co., 81, 1850; Kleinschmidt
Bros, 81 400; John Krume, 1,15O. No
action has been taken in regard to
the bids.
Garden City correspondent in the
Good Thunder Herald: "Runaways
and smashups seem to be the order OF
the day. Prof. E. w. Parker's team
became frightened and ran down the
depot hill. In front Of Mr.. GoodalFs
the team ran into Mrs. Huntley and
daughter of Mankato. The buggies
were pretty we'll broken up but no
body was hurt"
The Democratic congressional
convention of the Second district will
be held at the city hall in this city,
Friday, Sept. 18th, at 1000 a. m. The
basis of representation is one delegate
for each 100 votes or major fraction
thereof, cast for the Democratic con-
gressional candidate in 1892, and two
delegates at large for each county.
The call is signed by w. L. Comstock,
chairman of the congressional COM
mittee.
The case against Lena Schaub,
charged with speaking disrespect-
fully in the presence of Officer
Schuette's children, was dismissed
Saturday for want of prosecution.
The affair grew out of GOODNESS be-
tween the families of long standing,
and the matter was dropped for the
best interests of all, as both families
are highly respectable. Two priests
of the German Catholic church were
among the witnesses subpoenaed by
the defense.
Thos. B. Davis, of Oconto, Wis, ar
rived Friday for visit of two weeks
with his father, w. w. Davis, of South
Bend, and his brother, w. w. Davis,
Jr., of this city. He is accompanied
by his wife, to whom he was married
very recently. He was accompanied
by his sister, Miss Alice E. Davis, of
Minneapolis. Mr.. Davis left this city
four years ago, and is now bookeeper
for w. P. Cook & Brother, at Oconto.
He was married to Miss May, the
daughter of J. J. Ramsey, of OcontO,
a most excellent young lany.
The Milwaukee railroad company,
besides doing a great work in filling in
two long trestles near the LIE Sueur
river, is also renewing all other trestles
and bridges between this city and
Wells. These unusual Improvements
may have some significance, and it
would not surprise us much if the road
was preparing to extend to ST. Paul
from this city, giving Mankato another
through line. Whenever any railroad
building is undertaken, this may be
one of the first moves made.
From the Mapleton Enterprise we
learn that Henry Leroy, of Sterling
engineer with Hugh Erdmann's
threshlng machine, met with an accl-
dent Thursday afternoon, which re-
suited in the fracture of his right leg,
which was crushed while he was at
work about the machine. A son of
Ole Lindeland, of Medo, met with a
serious accident last Sunday, that may
cripple MI, for the rest of his life. He
attempted to get into wagon while
it was in motion, and his leg got