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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
JUDSON.

Mr.. Joshua Wigley was seen at
Salem and Jerusalem last Sunday.
Rev. VIM. M. Jones preached at
Rev. DR.. Edwards preached at Man
kato and Sion churches last Sunday.
Mr.. Davis, of Mankato, is around
painting, kalSOmiZing, alabaStering,
papering, etc,
Chas. G. Davis has taken eighty
acres of David e Evans farm near
Buffalo Grove on shares.
Owen and Rich Jones went to the
Eagle Lake saw mill after barn dimen-
sions last week Thursday.
Abraham Jones has got splendid
we'll dug on his farm. Walter
| Merdith and Jno. Hughes did the job
| for him
Rev. w. e. Evans, of Mankato. de-
| livered an excellent sermon last Sun
| day at Jerusalem church, from Ephe-
slams 1:13.
School district No. 80 commenced
| it's summer term of school Monday.
Robbie James is the teacher The
attendance the first day was fifteen
scholars.
Mr.. Hugh II. Edwards new barn
went UP last Thursday without mis-
take or accident. Evan Pugh and
Edward n. are hustlers when they get
at anything, and do it right.
| Everybody feels thankful for the
rain we had last week. Some had got
so hard-hearted as to say that it had
forgotten how to rain, but it turned
tout last week different. especially to
those who were coming home from
MankatO at that time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
THE WINDOW SMASHER."

Mrs. Mary Kicks, the notorious
"window smasher," arrived in the city
last evening over the Northwestern
road from ST. Peter. Chief Yates was
Immediately notified, and took her
from the depot to the city hall and
locked her in cell. AS the best rid
dance from her, he bought her a
ticket for some point west of here
and saw her off en- the train last
night.
This woman, who is insane, is being
shipped from place to place ,continu-
ously, because the asylums which are
built for such as she will not receive
or keep her. Her mania is the break
ing of windows, but otherwise she is
harmless. She has been in Mankato
before .-..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
A WET ADVENTURE.
A Presbyterian and Baptist Minister
Immersed i'm Lake Crystal


Last Monday Rev. Mitchell, Presby.
terrain, and Rev. Travers, Baptist,
who supply the pubpits of their re.
spectiye churches in this place every
Sabbath, borrowed Charley Noses row
boat at the foot of Humphrey street
and went out on Crystal Lake for
ride, says the Union. The wind
was blowing fresh from the east, but
boating was not considered dangerous,
yet it stood one in hand to be care
full. The two gentlemen had reached
about the center of that part of the
lake when the boat capsized. Mr..
Mitchell went out head foremost and
one foot caught in the boat in some
way, which held him head downward
for few seconds, but by vigorous
kicking he freed himself and he
and his friend held onto the boat,
one at the bow, and the other at the
stern, In this way they managed to
keep themselves from going to the
bottom. They raised an alarm which
attracted the attention of E. W.
Washburn, and he and Chas. Porter
with a boat started, after the usual
delay which seemed like ages, to res
cue the two gentlemen. Both were
brought safely to shore wet as rats
and thoroughly chilled through. They
went 20 the residence of Mr.. Wash
burn and Invested themselves of their
soaked garments.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
PERSONAL.

Attorney A. G. Dunn, of Winnebago
City, was in the city today.
Prof NJ. H. Robinson, aof Madelia
attended the band concert last night
State High School Inspector Geo.
B. Alton, of Minneapolis, visited the
city today.
Prof. Robinson and e. II. Barnes, of
Madelia, were visitors to the city
Tuesday.
At The Saulpaugh: A. c. Indson
and wife. e. Buoquet, st. Paul; G. e.
Hult, Wells; Frank Fuller. Ottumwa..
e. A. Young, of Finch, Van Slyck
& Young, the wholesale dry goods
house of st. Paul, was in the city last
evening.
Fred L. Warner, city recorder of
Redwood Falls, is in the city Tuesday,
looking after city methods regarding
sewers, waterworks, sprinkling, ETC.,
and bonds.
Sheriff Geo. w. Forsyth, of ST..
James, came to the city Monday and
took the feeble minded boy, Henry
Hickman, back with him this noon.
The boy recognized him at sight, al
though the sheriff did not remember
having seen the boy before.
e. A. Hopkins returned Monday
night from a trip through
South Dakota for the McCor-
mack Harvester Co. He states
that rain fell yesterday for hours at
Brookings and Watertown and that
he was told by the conductor that it
fell as far west as Huron. 1t did not
rain east of Brookings. There is
plenty of moisture in the ground and
the outlook is excellent. Practically
all seeding is done, and the fields are
green with the growing grain. He
states that Sunday was one of the
worst and most clustering days he
| ever saw in Dakota.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
FOUND DEAD.
AN INSANE MAN DIES FROM Ex-
POSURE.
Joseph Peter Giles WanderS Away
From tiome and is Found Dead-=
Had on Only a Shirt and Died OF
the Cold.

Joseph Peter GILES, an aged insane
man, was found dead about seven or
eight miles north of the city this
morning. He had no near relatives
and was living with his nephew,
Joseph Peters. in the town of Lime,
this county. He left the house at
about half past six O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, unobserved by any mem
bers of the family, and wandered
away. Search was made as soon as 1T
was discovered that he had gone, but
it was not until eight O'Clock this
morning that his body was found.
About half mile from the house he
had entered a grain field, and had con-
tinued on in this for nearly mile, as
his tracks plainly indicated. lie had
reached the edge of a piece of woods
nearly mile and half from the
house, and it was at this point that
his body was found, lying on it's back,
and it was clothed only in a shirt.
The man had apparently craWled on
his hands and knees for the last
twenty or thirty RODS.
1t is probable that death was caused
by exposure during the night, as the
unfortunate man was eighty-Seven
wears of age. He had been insane
ever since last December. He was
born in Germany in 1908, and was a
small man, not over five feet and a
half high with blue eyes.
Those who found the body left it
lying there, and the constable of Lime
township came to the city and notified
Coroner Paddock, who drove out to
the spot and viewed the remains and
made inquiries which elected the
facts substantially as given above.
He decided that no inquest was neces-
sary, as the facts were plain, and the
body was removed to the house.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Fish Warden Hawkins Shot at ON
Lake Washington.

Fish Warden Fred Hawkins, of
Lake Washington, narrowly escaped
being assassinated one evening last
week, while he was out in boat on
Lake Washington. Hawkins has
been very active last winter and this
spring in prosecuting violators OF the
fish law, hence has made bitter
enemies, and it is said that threats
have been made against his lite,
which would seem correct, for the
night in question bullet was fired
by some one which passed between his
legs and inbedded itself in the bow of
the boat.
We met Warden Hawkins on Mon
day, last, says the St. Peter Tribune,
and he said that when he approached
the boat of the spearers they warned
him to come no further, but he went
straight for them, when man whom
he recognized as Ed. Vernon fired a
rifle, the ball passing between his legs
and tearing into the side Of the boat.
He then raised his gun and ordered
them to stop, or he would fire. They
threw down their oars and laid down
in the bottom of their boat, which he
boarded and secured their spears and
| fish-bass, pike and pickerel. Mr..
Hawkins was at Kasota Monday to
swear out a warrant against Vernon,
the outcome of which we have not
learned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
COUNTY NEWS.
Correspondence From Surrounding
Towns of the County.
GARDEN CITY.

GARDEN CITY.
Listen all ye, for wedding bells will
soon be ringing.
Mrs. M. r. Bly,, of Mankato, visited
this week with friends in this vicinity.
Will Osgood has the contract for the
new creamery. 1t is to be completed
by May 1st.
Ralph Torny visited friends here
Sunday. He came up from Mankato
on his bicycle.
Hon. e. T. Champlin made a bust
ness trip to Fergus Falls and the twin
cities this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Swan, of Man
kato, spent Friday with their son, >.
O. Swan and family.
The many friends of Miss Ella Ken
dali will be pleased to learn that she
is much improved in health, SO much
so that she is able to ride out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
RAPIDAN.

Matt Reddy is down from Madelia.
Miss Clara Piper spent Sunday at
home.
Items are decidedly scarce in this
neighborhOOd this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clough expect to leave
here Thursday for Plainview, where
they expect to make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Parks, of Pleas
ant Mound, spent Sunday with the
latters parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Waite.
f. H. Marshall, pastor of the Chris
tian church at Garden City, will
preach in the school house at this
place next Friday evening.
Easter Sunday was one of the finest
days we have had this spring. The
Methodist and Christian churches
were nicely decorated in honor of the
day, especially the former. Both
pastors preached sermons appropriate
to the occasion. The Endeavor So
ciety also remembered the significance
of the the day in their meeting. There
was no other service in the Christian
church, all meeting together at the
M. E. church to witness an elaborate
program carried out by the Sunday
school of that church.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19

work. Six inch pipe will be laid, and
there is just enough pipe on hand to
lay this. The other mains ordered
cannot be laid until new pipe is order
ed. The new pipe will cost consider
ably more than the last lot was pur-
chased for, probably several dollars
per ton more.
Prof. James E. jerks and lady,
Chas. Jenkins and lady, and G. d. OFT
and lady, of Lake. Crystal, attended
the Gilmore band concert last night.
The Populists of the county are
to hold a meeting at Good Thunder
June lst to organize county Peoples
Party League. 1t is promised that a
good speaker will be there.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Barnard, of
West Mankato, lost their only child
at 4 o'clock this morning. 1t had
been sick for some time with scarlet
fever. 1t was two years old.
We are informed from Amboy
that the funeral of the late G. NJ.
Green will take place Sunday. The
remains will arrive Saturday. Mem
bers of the A. f. and A. Nj. and l. 0.
0. T. take notice.
The Lake Crystal Boat Club will
proceed at once to clean up the park
and put things in readiness for the
coming season. A new steamer is
talked of, and many other improve
mentS are to be made.
The house on the farm of John
Lewis, near Rush lake, occupied by
David Bowen, was burned to the
ground last Sunday. The fire started
from a defective chimney and had
gained such Roadway that when dis
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
ENROLMENT REACHES ia.

The total enrolment at the Normal
school has been footed up this week,
and including all departments the en-
rollment to date is ia. This is much
greater than ever before. The enroll
ment for all of last year was 634, or
eighty less thar thus far this year.
This has been the best year that the
Normal school has had in it's history.
-S150O.00 or less to loan on farm Sc
curity at reasonable rate. Inquire at
this office.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-19
PROBATE NOTES.

Judge Mead today filled and APPROX
ed the administrators bond, and issu-
ed letters of administration to Oscar
Bierbauer in the matter of the estate
of Harry Morrison, deceased.
An order was made appointing
Mary j. Swanson administrators of
the estate of Andrew P. Swanson, de-
ceased.
An order was made appointing
Edward Bartholomew administrator
of the estate of Dexter Bartholomew,
deceased.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
Malmgren was second. Boyden

| sol 3-5. Malm gren was second, Boyden
third.
Only three came out for the second
| heat-G. Navlet, s. J. r. c., 125 yards; J..
j. Carroll, S. J. R. c., 225 yards, and R..
K. Belden, U. c., $50 yards. Belden won
| in 40 3-5 from $50 yards. Carroll was sec
| ond, Navlet third.
| The starters in the third heat were: F.
A. Mcfarland, S. J. R. c., 70 Yards; R..
Hogg, S. J. R. c., $50 yards; c. NJ. Smith,
G. G.. c., 75yards; V. A. Benson, S. J. R. c.,
100 yards, and J. WEIGH, S. J. r. c., $50
yards. Mcfarland had hard ride trying
| to catch the leaders, but succeeded on the
second lap. In the final sprint Smith won
from 1z5 yards in 4:48 2-5. Benson was
second and Mcfarland third.
There were six starters in the fourth
heat and Mott seemed to have the best
chance, but broke his wheel on the first
lap and had to stop. The starters were:
P. r. Mott, A. c. W.. rs yards; G. Harden
brook, S. j. R. c., lbs yards; c. R. Crit
tiths, R. c. W., ITO yards: NJ. Quimby,
A. c. c., 200 yards; NJ. ]. O'Brien, S. ].
R. c., 225 yards, and G. Johnson, unat-
tached, $50 yards. Griffiths quit ON the
fourth lap. Hardenbrook won from 125
yards in :57, O'Brien second, Quimby
third.
In the final of the two-mile handicap,
class A, the following had qualified in
their heats: o. B. Smith, G. c. c., $50
yards; E. Malmgren, P. V. W.. 300 yards;
r. K. Belden, U. c., $50 yards; ]. J. Car
roll, S. j. r. c., obs yards; G. NJ. Smith,
G. @. c., 175 yards; V. A. Benson, S. J. r.
c., 100 yards; G. Hardenbrook, S. j. R. G.,
125 yards; NJ. ]. OBrien, S. J. r. c., 225
yards, and P. r. Mott, A. G. W., IS yards.
The race was very pretty when the men
got punched on the fourth lap. In the
final sprint Smith won from LIS yards in
4:4. Benson was second, Carroll third.
Tonight the Road Club held reception
to visiting wheelmen at their clubrooms,
and the prizes won at the races were dis
tributed. Tomorrow all the clubs in this
vicinity will go on joint club run to Sar-
gents, some thirty miles away, where the
San Jose wheelmen will be treated to
barbecue by the Tribune Cyclers OF Gilroy.
SUMMARY
Final one-mile novice-G. Hardenbrook S. ].
R. c., first; R. X. Belden. U. c., second; T. Bel
loli S. ]. R. c., third. Time, min. 40 sec.
Final one-mile scratch, class At. Delmas,
G. C. c., first; II. c. Smith, G. C. c., second; ].
c. Smith, G. C. c., third. Time, min. 40 As
sec.
Final two-mile handicap, class B-F- McFar-
land, s. ]. R. c., first; T. Belloh, S. J. r. c.,
| second; P. r. Mott, A. c. W., third. Time, 2
min. 81 As Sec
Judges-F. Fl. Kerigan, B. C. W; A. f. Meri-
got, S. ]. R. c.; Ross Sergeant, T. C. c..
Timers-George n. Strong, r. A. c.; E. s.
Gilbert, @. C. c.; II. NJ. \. Spring, G. c. c.;
George P Wetmore, B. c. W; L. w. Hardie, A.
C. W.: James Joyce, o. C. W.
Umplres-L. E. Whiting, G. c. c.: C. E. High,
s. j. r. C.; c.. r Benjamin, S. ]. E. c.; D.
Hoen. S. ]. z. C.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
Lullabies for Cattle.

Among the Danish peasants the prini.
tive instrument known as the lure is used
for the purpose of soothing the cattle
herds, and calling them together in the
evening, precisely as the cowboy does on
the plains at night. He rides in a circle,
gradually narrowing into roundup"
The cattle lie down and drop off into rest
and slumber under the witcherv of a
human voice known to them-the voice
serving the purpose OF the lure.
The cattle are collected together in two
or three small herds, the property of so
many different families, and in June they
are sent up into the Scandinavian Alpine
meadows, which are no sooner bare of
snow than the regular twenty hours sun
shine andsthe twenty-four hours daylight
cover every single foot below the glaciers
with the most nutritious and juicy grass
sward.
Here they thrive well, and grow rapidly
fat. They are in charge of the oldest peas
ant girls of the families that own the cattle,
but they do not herd them. They go loose
very largely. The Danish pauvrette is
there to milk the COWS and to convert the
dairy produce into butter and cheese.
1t is in the evening when the herd is re-
called from the surrounding pastures that
the lure comes into play. Many of the
girls become quondam artists in its use,
and manage to evoke good deal OF music
from the primitive instrument. It has,
however, also purely romantic use, more
especially among the high-spirited peas
ants of the Terendheim districts of North
ern Norway.
When peasant-girl has an engaged
swain at work on the home farm, he is
supposed to be on the lookout for a lure
signal from his prospective bride at any
time, but more especially so on the Sab
bath morning. Selecting the most com
handing peak above the valley in sight of
the home farm. she seats herself on its
summit at sunrise. sending down over the
betting crags and canyons the choicest
lure selections she can conjure with. 1t is
challenge to her lovers devotion and
punctuality, and woe to him if a prompt
and melodious reply on the home lureid
not at once forthcoming, for she is entities
to demand any act of penance which she
deems adequate to his offense.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
MILLIONS OF OYSTER SHELLS
Twin Hills in the Central Dakota
Prairies Made Up of Them.

In the south central portion of North
Dakota lies butte, or mountain, which is
wonderful relic of an ancient era when
Minneapolis Journal.
1t is really two buttes, 300 or more feet in
height, which are composed of little else
than oyster shells. They are in the ex-
IRENE southwestern part of Logan County,
about seventy-fve miles southwest of this
city, and probably thirty-fye miles east OF
the Missouri River.
The base of the butte, which at height
of about 100 feet is divided and forms two
peaks, each about 100 feet high, is about
three-quarters of mile in length, OBJ
long in shape and lies extended in a north
eastern and southwestern direction. The
sides are precipitous, except at the south
ern extremity, where it is possible to drive
part way up.
The butte lies in region almost en-
tirely settled by Russians, and none, SO far
as could be learned, have even visited it or
even given it q name. 1t is conspicuous
landmark, visible for miles in every
direction, as it towers above the sur
rounding rolling prairie and the valley
OF the Beaver, a tributary of the Missouri
River, near which it is located Very little
vegetation is found on the butte besides
prickly pear, and, in favored spots, punches
of grass. The northern end of the butte.
which has borne the brunt of storms for
numberlesS centuries, is SCARED and eaten
away and presents almost vertical walls to
the northwest winds. Here and there on
its face are huge blocks of the cemented
shells, which form kind of rock, which,
from distance, appears to fall outward
and downward with a crash. The jutting
crags and rocks make wild ana pictur-
esque sight.
The southern peak, which can only be
surmounted by stiff climb, is nearly fat
on top, oval in contour and nothing is visi-
bic on the surface but oyster shells, some
OF them whole, as though just opened OF
their contents, some crumbling to dust, as
hand are broken shells of all sizes. An
excavation on the surface reveals naught
but more shells and slight intermixture
of gravel.
The other peak is somewhat different in
character and contour, though this, like
the other, is composed of nothing but
shells. 1t is rougher and the shells seem
to have been united into a kind of rock,
which defies the wind and weather. This
is separated from the butte by a huge
block ten or twelve feet square and
is almost as true a cube in general outline
as though the hammer and wedge OF
the stonecutter had fashioned it. Here
and there projecting from the sides are at
intervals large shells which countless frosts
have failed to loosen. A small cave has
Shells form its roof, its side and it's floor.
The butte is isolated, with no hills ap-
preaching it in height to be seen in any
direction for miles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-02
HISTORY OF GOLF.
The Game in the Essentials UnaIt cred
During Four Centuries.

Golf is very old game. The Scots Par
lament tried to check it in 1457 for the
purpose OF fostering archery. Covenant
ing ministers use many very irreverent
illustrations from golf in their sermons,
and the great Montrose, their enemy, was
a great golfer. OF the Stuarts, James VI
his mother, the martyred Queen Mary
his sons, Henry, Prince of Wales and
Charles l; his grandson, James II, and
his reat-great-grandson, Prince Charles
(who first introduced gold in Italy}Ewere
all players. The house Of Hanover has
done nothing for golf. 1 draw no political
conclusion, writes Andrew Lang in Har-
per's Magazine.
Flemish Ms. of 1500-1520, at the British
Museum. Here we see two men putting at
the hole, while hard by another IS address
ing himself TO his ball at the tee. Thus
IN essentials the game has been unaltered
for nearly four hundred years, and prob
ABLY is much older, as it needed law to
put it down in 1547. The chief changes
have been indicated. Improvement in
the links, additional vigor in the driving.
variety in the iron clubs and the scientific
use of iron clubs for "approaching'' are
the most important modern developments.
The great popularity of the game (Which
will fade Ike other fashions) brings a
larger number OF athletes into the field. so
it is natural that higher level of skill
should be attained. But, allowing for
changed conditions, nobody is ever likely
to be essentially better golfer than John
Patterson, Allan Robertson, or young
Tommy Morris, not to mention kings and
cavaliers of whose feats we have no pre-
else records.
Reformers or "Idolators," kingsmen OF
queensmen, Cavaliers or Covenanters,
princes or artisans, Jacobites or Wings
our ancestors in Scotland were all golfers
And we still keep up the classical severity
of the game, not disdaining Improvements
but despising fads, fashions and queer
new-fangled patents. 1.-The English buy
them