The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-08-23
LOCAL ITEnS.

"A pension mas D66n felSSueQ TO
Victor Golf, of Mapleton.
-WANTED-Best of wages will be
paid for a competent girl to help in
kitchen, at l26 Glenwood avenue.
-LosT-Between Kasota and Man.
katO, a. black silk parasOl. Finder
kindly leave same at this office.
The Mapleton village council has
levied tax of $1,000 for general vii
lage purposes.
-FOUND-A black silk and lace
cape. Owner can have same by call
ing at this office and paying for this
notice.
Mr.. w. B. Kidder brings US a.
sample of corn from his Indian Lake
farm which is most excellent. 1t is
already glazed and is NOW out of
frOSt'S harm.
Charles Yaeger, of Spring Island,
has threshed his wheat and oats,
'succOtash, and secured yield of 40
bushels to the acre. The wheat pre-
dominated and was of fine quality.
Judge Mead has made an order to
hear petition for the appointment of
guardian for Hanna Leisner, insane.
Mrs. Leisner is the widow of the late
Charles Leisner.
There will be box sociable held
at the Spring Island school house on
Saturday evening, August oath, for
the benefit of the church. All are
cordially invited.
Judge Mead yesterday made an
order for hearing a Petition for license
to sell land in the matter of the estate
of Ellen Bishop, deceased; also an
order to examine accounts of the ad-
ministrator of the estate of John o.
Selland
Game Warden Mendenhall states
that the chicken season is being an
ticipated by some, principally farm
ers, and that he will be On the war
path from now until Sept. 1st, when
the season legally opens. He has his
eye on some parties whom he will
watch Sunday. -....
The state high school board has
accepted So applications for inspec-
tion from high schools of the state,
under the law of 1895 granting 5000
state aid. Lake Crystal is included IN
the list. The applications of Man
kato and Spring Valley were not re-
ceived, and will be Investigated and
if the schools meet the requirements
the aid will be given.
The gentlemanly proprietors of
the Gable Mill conduct a small farm
in connection with their milling bust
ness and to show the enterprising spir-
| it Of the firm, we would state that ON
one day of last week field of wheat
was threshed, the wheat ground into
flour and portion of it made into
bread, all on the same day. There
was seven acres of wheat which aver
aged 374 bushels per acre.-Good IAon-
der Herald. --t "#
Judge Mead has made an order of
license to sell land in the case of the
estate of Mary H. Parrett; also an
order appointing Ira Bishop admins
traitor of the estate of Ellen Bishop;
also an order to heara petition for ad-
ministration of the estate of Chas.
Leisner, deceased; also issued letters
of administration to Sarah A. Chilson
in the case of the estate of David
| Chilson.
Sterling Center reports of those
who have threshed, we learn that
wheat is turning out from Is to q
bushels per acre; oats, from 40 to so
bushels and flax from to 10 bushels.
Grant Hazel had a field of succotash,
mixed wheat and oats-mostly OATS
that went 40 bushels to the acre.
R. G. Hill, Of Medo, secured a
bargain this week when he purchased
the Fitzloff farm in Decoria town.
ship, consisting of 220 acres for $25 an
acre. Land in this county is bound
to go to $50 per acre Mapleton Enter
prise.