The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
THE "HOODOO". AGAIN.
The Andrews Sleeping Car
"FlorenCe" Bid in at 500 by
The Nor tgageeS.

The Mortgages.
The sleeping car ''Fl0rence,"
formerly used by the Andrews Opera
company, was sold at Sheriff'S sale at 2
p. m. Tuesday to B. Hughes for 500,
who acted for the mortgages, MesSrs.
Clayton and Watson, of Nora Springs,
Iowa.
The sale was to have taken place at
10 a. M, but Hughes Bros, who have
had charge of the Car, postponed the
sale until p. m. to allow Otto Ring
ling, the well-knoWn circus man, to
arrive on the ground from Baraboo,
Wis, to put in bid.
Unmindful of the shriekS and bowls
that emanated from it's rusty wheels
the railroad men hitched the car to a
locomotive at 1 O'Clock and pulled it
from the yards to the platform of the
Northwestern depot. Here it stood
when Mr.. Ringing and Clarence Saul
paugh went through the Car on a
tour of inspection.
1t was easy to see that Mr.. Ringing
was disappointed. The narrow aisle
that runs the length of the car was
white with the deepening snow which
blew in through the loose easements,
and the floor creaked under his feet.
The well-worn upholstery of the
berths were but parody in what was
at one time a palace car on wheels.
There was a mixture of Blue Earth
and Nicollet county soil on everything,
and the wind blew through the venti-
latOrS.
81 had been led to believe" said Mr..
Ringing, as he alighted on the plat
and brushed the dust from the sleeve
of his overcoat, "that the car was in
good condition. But there she is, the
platforms knocked off, the interior
badly worn out and the beams fast
rotting away. That Car is forty years
old if it's day. Do you suppose we
would hitch that Car in train of ours?
Life is too short. There are four
better cars than that on our sidetracks
at Baraboo which we have condemned
as unsafe and which will be sold for
the price of the old iron"
Sheriff Bowen conducted the sale in
the waiting room of the depot in the
presence of ozen'people. Mr. Clayton
and Attorneys Pau and Plymat stood
upon one side, Byron Hughes near the
stove and Mr.. Ringing and G. H.
Saulpaugh occupied seats.
The hotel man offered So, saying he
wanted to run the car on the Manka-
to and Northeastern. e. I. P. Steade
came in at this juncture and raised
the bid to $40. Mr.. Ringing watched
the proceedings with stolid in
difference, and Byron Hughes finally
bid $500 and the "joner" was knocked
down to him.
1t is a good thing and the North
western will now push it along to the
yards and await another process of
litigation.
"The car is hoodoo," said the
rosy Clarence, ''and l wouldn't ride a
mile in it if were built of solid gold"
Mr. N. e. Johnson one of the pros
porous farmers of LeRay, residing
near Nels Nyquist's,is getting materi-
al on the ground for fifteen hundred
dollar residence which he will erect
in the early spring.
Frank Wanen, of Garden City
droveto town Friday with carload
of sheep for Charlie Macbeth.
William Willing and Miss Kate
Funk were married Saturday evening
at the home of the bride by RevL. w.
Beattie. The groom is valued en-
ploye of f. Eichhorn and a member
of the fire department., and the boys
presented the new couple with an
elegant clock.