The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-05-25


On Saturday night our wide-awake
marshal discovered a couple of tramps
prowling around Chas. Prohl's store.
Not having his revolver with him he
went home after it and in coming
back upon the street one of the par
ties jumped out from behind a buggy
which stood along side of the black
smith shop dealing Mr.. Roe blow
across the breast with a neckyOke.
The blow felled the official to walk and
as soon as he could get his breath once
more he pulled his revolver and fired
at his assailants but they were out of
range. He then pursued them north
ward through Mr.. Starkey's yard
toward the railroad track until he
was again downed, this time by a
barb wire fence which stripped him
Of considerable of his raiment, the
tramps escaping under cover OF dark
ness, but pursued by several bullets
from the marshal's revolver.
The Sterling correspondent of
the Good Thunder Herald says: Mrs.
VIM. n. Plymat, district president Of
the w. G. T. o., will give an address
at the Ridge school house next Sun
day afternoon and at Sterling Center
school house in the evening X
Great preparations are being made for
Decoration day. A speech will be
made in the morning followed by
decorating the graves. After which
picnic dinner will be served on the
grounds. In the afternoon there will
be program given by Mrs. Wells
and Mrs. COTS schools. The Sterling
Dramatic Co. will play Comrades" at
Sterling town hall in the evening.
The county seat war in Jackson
county has been settled. At the cleo
tion Tuesday, Jackson had 200 more
votes than Lakefeld. The building
which Lakefeld erected with the in
tention of giving it to the county as a
court house in case it was successful,
will now be used as town hall. 1t
had been pushed to completion with
great dispatch, and the failure to Sc
cure the county seat will be great
disappointment to the people of Lake
field.
Michael Silkey, whose home is at
the southeast end of Madison Lake,
died Thursday morning, aged eighty
years. He leaves a wife and four
daughters and one son. The funeral
will take place at ten o'clock tomorrow
at Smiths Mills. Mr.. Silkey was an
old settler and a prominent man in
his neighborhood
IS. Merrill, who has been running
a line of boats at Waseca for the past
seventeen years, has moved his boats
to Lake Emily and has leased grounds
OF Ii. G. Davis, who will build land
ings, dredge the lake in that vicinity,
and make an attractive resort.
Norwegian Independence Day.
May 18th, was celebrated at Vernon.
Hon. Gilbert Guttersen delivered an
able address, and literary program
was carried out. The Amboy Herald
says that the celebration was a great
success.
"A Washington dispatch SAYS i:
advertisements for proposals for the
Superstructure complete Except the
heating) of the 'Mankato public bull
ding will be opened about the middle
of June, and work will begin at once"
While crate containing twenty
five punches of bananas was being
opened at f. G.. Heinze's restaurant
this morning, tarantula fell out and
started to run off. 1t was quickly dis
patched and is on exhibition at the
restaurant.
Judge Porter was voted 81 900 bv
the grand lodge of A. o. u. W., for
his services during the past year. He
could easily have been reelected, at a
fixed salary of 1900, but withdrew as
soon as he was nominated. He was
elected representative to the supreme