The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-06-28

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weather is over.
Jacob Sanger, of Rapidan town.
ship, had the great toe of his left foot
amputated Mondaymorning for senile
gangrene, by DR.. Davis assisted by
DIR. Andrews, at the hospital. Mr..
Sanger is y years old and a veteran
of the Mexican war, and was wound
ed by minnie ball which passed
through that leg in one of the battles
of that war.
The agitation regarding the city
census is bearing good fruit, and many
names are being handed in of persons
whom the enumerators had missed.
The enumerators are active in their
efforts to secure all the missing ones,
and are now engaged in going over
much of the ground again. The right
spirit is being everywhere manifested
in the matter, and the good work
should be pushed ahead until every
person is counted.
st. Peter Journal: The race for
the pennant in the National League
| is very pretty one. Six clubs are
punched for first place, with Boston
in the lead. In the western, Indian
apolis seems to have lead pipe
cinch. while in the Southern Mime
sofa it will be hot pace between ST.
Peter and Mankato with the indica-
tions slightly in favor of the former.
Judge Shissler has discovered an
error in the punishment act of 1889
as published in the new statute of
1894. Itprovides that wages up to $40
earned during the previous ninety
days are exempt. The supreme
court in 1898, in the case of Ed. S.
Bean, sheriff, VS.. the Germania Life
Insurance Co. held that the eXemp-
tion shall be S25 earned during the
preceding thirty days.
The board of public works met
Mondayafternoon and made an assess
ment of the benefits, costs and ex-
penses arising from the grading of the
alley between Cherry and Liberty
streets through block 10. The
amount to be assessed was $45, and as
1000 feet of property is benefited,
the cost per foot will be but As mills
on each side. The assessment was
levied on this basis.
-On Tuesday morning, while en-
gagged at work on the Malzahn build
ing, at Good Thunder, a heavy plank
fell from the second floor, striking r.
Reetz severe blow on the back ofhis
head and knocking him senseless. He
remained in comatose condition for
nearly five hours, but finally regain
ed his senses and unless some injury
is done to the brain, or the blow proves
more serious than thought he will
soon recover.
Since being used on Moreland
avenue, some week or ten days ago,
the street roller has been holding
down a vacant lot near the City
Hotel. Whether there is no more
work to be done, or the city has a
"white elephant" on it's hands is not
stated. If there is no work to be done
in the city limits, it might be well to
rent the roller to some of the adjoin-
ing townships to improve the country
roads. ..-
Our readers will remember an ac-
count in the FREE PRESS last winter
of the life and habits of our old color
ed citizen, Washington Yaber, of
Mankato township. Mr.. Yaber was a
regularly enlisted soldier in the
Union army during the Revolution.
He was detailed as cook for the COM
pany commanded by Captain Reed,
formerly of Sterling this county. The
old gentleman applied for a pension
some time ago through w. R. Geddes,
of this city and Mr.. Geddes received
notice this morning that the claim
has been allowed. Mr.. Yaber will
get several hundred dollars back pay.
He makes his living on little piece
of land he occupies and this aid from
Uncle Sam will fill a great want in the
old darkey's latter days.
The council made short shift of
the 'Siemens & Halske ordinance.
1t was probably the most important
matter to come before that body this
year, yet it was cast aside without so
much as being read before the meet
ing. The committees report may
have been justified, but it would
seem as though it would have been
proper to have allowed the ordinance
to have been read. Only the petit
tion for the ordinance was read
There are good many people who
have not found any reason why the
ordinance should not have been pass
ed. There was nothing in it to pre-
vent the city doing its own lighting,
and with the electric street cars,
cheap heating and power, it would
seem that it had some highly com.