The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-08-02
D. w. Randall, Secretary, Hamline,

e. W. Randall, Secretary, Hamline,
MINI.
Fred Kron has awarded the con-
tract for heating his new block to e.
@. Wickersham.
The wonderful steam roller has
not been used an hour since the first
week of its arrival. For several
months past it has been in idleness,
while the interest on the investment
goes right along, and needed improve
ments are knocked out through lack
of funds.
The greater part of the grain will
be cut this week and some of it in
the stack. + Mr.. John Hitler has
purchased the Walter Garvin farm of
100 acres. The consideration was
$4,000. A special school meet
ing will be held at the Beaufort cor
ners school house to consider the mat
ter of building a new school building,
Good Thunder Herald.
The following have applied for
the civil service examination Aug
3rd, for the position Of carrier: L. n.
Griffith, Louis Bishman, Peter W.
Davies, Geo. A. Beals, Chas. III. Blake;
for clerk: E. L. Iceberg, James F.
Chapman, L. J. Burgess, Harry j..
Wildes. The examination will take
place at the High school.
The work of repairing the South
Bend road has begun. The section in
cluded in the present contract is that
from the top of the hill beyond South
Bend to w. w. ?. McC0nnell's farm.
Ten inches of broken stone is being
put On this road to the width Of six
teen feet. County Surveyor Haynes
placed the stakes yesterday.
We saw sample of wheat yester-
day from the farm of Frank Weder,
which is about half way between this
city and Eagle Lake. The grain
stands unusually rank, the straw be-
ing over four feet long. Mr.. Weder
estimates that 1t will 60 % bushels to
the acre, and although the heads are
short this NAV be so, as the wheat
sL1"us Very ,!iict.-
Mrs. french HATS received Il card
announcing the marriage of Mr.. Mil
ton E. Wilcox to Miss Florence A .
Wenck at Riverside, Medford,
Wisconsin, to take place Wednes-
day, July 81, 1895. Mr.. Will
COX is well known here and
the best wishes of his many friends
accompany him to his new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox will be at home
after September 1st at San Diego,
California.
"A swarm of honey bees becoming
tired OF the small quarters in their
hives have recently taken possession
of dwelling house belonging to c.
NJ. Prentice, at Mapleton. Notwith-
standing that the chimney on the
house is constantly in use, the bees
havechOsen it for their new home,
cleaned it out and are now busy max
ing honey. Efforts have been made
TO smoke the busy fellows out but they
still hold the fort.
The editor of the Amboy Herald
has put his foot into it" SO far as
Lake Crystal is concerned, and will be
received with GOODNESS there. Ia yes
terday's issue he says: "An exchange
says new fad for church sociables is
the Trilby prize. A dozen of the
prettiest girls in the town are stood
up in row behind a curtain raised
just enough TO expose dainty foot
and ankle. Then the audience votes
on the prettiest pair Of feet at ten
cents vote. The new fad will never
become popular in Lake Cry Stal if we
are to judge by the size of the shoe
prints around the lake shore"
Theodore Paukart, well-tO-do
farmer living about mile east of
Smiths Mills, died suddenly Monday
night. He had worked in the harvest
field ali day, aud after eating hearty
supper he retired for the night feeling
in his usual good health. Fifteen
minutes later his wife found him dead
in the bed, having evidently died OF
heart disease. He was SO years Of
age and leaves widow and family OF
grown-up children. The body was