The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-04
We have in our office a bunch {


wild strawberries picked today in
Belgrade by /. A. FELTON,. The most
of them are ripe and tempting look
ing, and few are yet green. This is
pretty good for Sept. 9th.
The many friends of DR.. Dorm
berg will be pleased to learn that he
is slowly recovering from his injuries
caused by the runaway sometime ago.
He was out in his yard yesterday for
the first time since he was injured,
DIR. Baudeaux, assisted by DR..
Harrington, performed an operation
upon John Bushey today, removing
growth from his head which re-
suited from an accident seven or eight
years ago. 1t was entirely success
full.
Judge Mead today made an order
confirming the sale fland in the state
of Ellen Bishop; an order for hearing
the petition for final settlement OF
the estate of John Beckman; and an
order for hearing proofs of the will of
Rufus Thornton.
Mrs. A. C. Barney and daughter,
Mrs. Blanche Carleton, arrived this
forenoon over the Northwestern
road, bringing with them the remains
of baby Dwight Carleton. The funer-
al will take place tomorrow forenoon
at 10 o'clock at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. A. @. Barney.
"A derrick broke at the govern
ment building this morning, while
transporting load Of brick. For
tunately. no one was working this
morning on the side that the derrick
fell on. The accident was caused by
the beam coming in contact with a
rope of the other derrick.
All Sunday school superinten-
dents in Blue Earth county are asked
to send at once report OF their
schools giving name and location of
school to Mr.. Horace Cummins, presi-
dent of the county association. Please
send report to Mankato, MINI.
Mr.. O'Donnell, of ST. Paul, a fore
man of the Northwestern Telephone
company, is in the city to take charge
of the construction crew that is at
work rebuilding the plant in this city
and to Lake Crystal. Another fore
man and crew are expected shortly.
The Northwestern means business.
ALL the members Of the executive
committee of Sunday school associa-
tion of Blue Earth Co. are requested
to meet Mr.. Horace Cummins, presi-
dent of the association, on Tuesday,
Oct. 1st at 2 p. m. in MankatO House
Block room As for the purpOse'of elect
ing a new secretary for the balance
of the ensuing year.
E. Burrill, of Belgrade brought to
our Office today half dozen Of the
peachblOw variety of potatoes, which
are the largest Of that kind we ever
saw. Some of them will weigh two
pounds apiece or more. Mr.. Burrill
says he has about a quarter Of an
acre of them and expects to dig about
100 bushels therefrom.
"A. M. Haynes is preparing plat
of a new subdivision of the east 1863
feet of lots one and two, block %,
Burners plat of Mankato, for J. R.
Cummings. This property is on the
south side of Hickory street, between
Broad and Second, and is being cut up
into business lots. J. E. Neff has just
purchased one of these.
observer Parks, of Pleasant
Mound, says that the rainfall last
Saturday and Sunday was little over
81 inches as shown by the U. S. wea-
ther rain guage at his place. For the
month of September up to Tuesday
81 inches is shOwn.-Amb0y Herald.
This is about what the fall was in this
city, as judged by competent observ-
erS, and is an extraordinarily large
rainfall for two days.
The actions of Mic Peterson
against VIM. Powers, and Mrs. Jennie
Powers VS.. D. T. Bowen were COM
menced in the municipal court yester-
day. Mr.. Bowen disclosed as garnis-
hee in the first case that he had
1914 given him by Powers. Mr.. Peter
son has Judgment against Powers
for S1O4, and Mrs. Powers claims that
the money belongs to her. A jury of
six was drawn in the latter case,
which will be tried tomorrow.
Mr. Chas. Yeager, from near
Tivoli, is lying in very critical con-
dition at the residence of MI. Schwick-
ert, some two miles from the city,
as the result of being run over. A
few days ago he was coming to this
city with heavy load, when he was
thrown to the ground, and the wheels