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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-25
A PERSISTENT BRIDEGROOM
A Young Couple have Trouble i'm Get
ting Married.

The road to matrimOny is not al
ways perfectly smooth and obstacles
sometimes arise. Ii the people are
obstinate in their purpose and at
tempt to overcome what appear to be
insuperable barriers, success usually
follows. Such was the case with a
bridal party which visited ST. Peter
last Tuesday, their homes being in
Lime township, Blue Earth county.
The bridal party, seyen in number,
says the st. Peter Herald, arrived
early on Tuesday morning, the princi-
pals being Miss Zula Burt and Thomas
McTighe. The young man proudly
walked into the office of the clerk of
the court and asked for license.
The clerk on finding that neither
were residents of this county, refused
him the desired boon. The young
man then tried to rent a bicycle or
other rapid conveyance by which he
could hasten to Mankato to secure it.
The license was secured and at two
o'clock the party repaired.to the Pres
byterian parsonage to be married.
Disappointment was again their lot
for the parson had been called out of
town. Undaunted, the party entered
their vehicle and made sally upon
the office of the judge of probate.
Mercury dropped few points when it
was found that Mr.. Peterson was also
out. They were directed to the home
Of Rev. Joscelyn but he too was not at
home and the party entered state
OF despair. Another clergyman was
looked for and not found and in fit
OF desperation they started for the
office of Justice Hanscome. The
judge was there and in moment the
beautiful service of the justice court
was read and the two hearts made
one. The groom saluted the bride,
told the crowd that the stuff was off
and went to the Nicollet for supper
they had indeed earned.
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DUCK HUNTERS SCATTER.
Game Will be Plenty i'm Tlankato
Next week.

Very few northern ducks have yet
come down, but the local ducks have
made good sport at the lakes lately.
The northern flight is expected very
soon, as the days have been growing
chilly up in the northern lakes and
swamps. 1t is expected that within a
week long lines of mallards, canvass
backs, blue bills, pin tails, red heads
and blue winged teal will be moving
southwards in their semi-annual mi
grafton, and local hunters are prepar-
ing to have some sport. Many do not
take their vacations until October in
order that they may get away in time
to participate in the fun. A number
of parties are splanning to start out
tomorrow, to be gone from four days
or week up to two weeks, or as long
as good shooting lasts. These will
generally take their own boats, stoves,
camping outfit, etc, and will be pre-
pared to rough it in the free and easy
style that only those who have tried it
can appreciate. Among these parties,
we have heard of the following:
Jno. r. Thomas and John B. Robb
to Swan lake, and from there to Chain
lakes.
Ed. Hill and Harry Alleman to
Swan lake.
A. d. Beach and C.. E. Wise to Swan
lake.
VIM. Davis and A. III. Beebe to
Middle or Jefferson lake.
@. T.. Benedict and family to Swan
lake.
Phil. Lease and Jack Gardiner to
Jefferson lake.
Henry Dreher, Ed. Pfffer, A. Ross
and-Kohler to Jefferson lake.
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nUST BE CONSIDERED.
Important rlatter Connected With
Track Removal.

Several years ago when A. M.
Haynes prepared the maps and re-
ports looking to the removal of the
Omaha track at that time, he includ-
ed some information which is even
more applicable today. He showed
that the present track is within 700
feet OF all Of the twenty three
churches and school buildings in the
city, and within 300 feet of eleven of
them. This means that all of them
are within two blocks, and half of
them within one block of the track.
Thousands of school children cross the
track several times day.
Another important point which Mr..
Haynes made is that there are twenty
seven highway grade crossings over
the present track, and seven more are
expected when the streets are opened
through, while there will be but seven
over the proposed new track. Almost
all of the trade coming to Mankato
from the country has to cross the
present track.
These points are in addition to
those already brought out, and with
such an array of reasons why the
track ought to be removed, there
ought to be no question about the
prompt and unanimous passage of the
ordinance granting the right of way
over streets, alleys and public grounds
for the new track.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-25
COURT MINNEOPA ORGANIZED.
Foresters of America Get Start in
MankatO.

Court Minneopa was formally
opened by w. t. Jackson d. s. G. r.
Friday in the Odd Fellows hall,
corner of Second and Jackson streets.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing term:
Chief Ranger-Maurice S. Dean.
Sub-Chief Ranger-M. f. McLau-
rim.
Treasurer-H. E. HeydOn.
Financial Secretary-Soren Nelson.
Recording Secretary-H. w. Brown.
Senior Woodward-H. E. Pomadt.
Junior Woodward-John Rohlend.
Senior Beadle-John B. Johnson.
Junior Beadle-R. E. Guenther
Physician-Dr. Webster.
Hall Committee-BroS. Dean, Hey
don and Rohlend.
The next meeting of the Court will
be held in the same hall next Thurs
day evening when the initiation cere-
monies and installation of officers
will take place; last invitation is
extended to all who wish to take char
ter membership. The court started
with thirteen members, and next
Thursday some Waseca and St. Peter
members are expected to be present
Meetings will be weekly. Trustees
and a lodge deputy are to elected
later.
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BONDS NOT TAKEN.
This Causes Delay in the Electric
Plant Matter.

The electric light bonds have not
yet been accepted, nor has anything
been heard from Farson, Leach & Co.,
to whom they were awarded, for the
past ten days. The firm sent for
proofs of the legality of the bonds,
and City Recorder Smith sent on a
number of papers, including affidavits,
etc. 1t is considered strange that
nothing has been heard from the
firm, which is reliable one. Until
the sale of the bonds is assured, the
awarding of the contract for the city
light plant must be delayed. A let
ter has been expected every day this
week from Falson, Leach & Co., and
if they find no legal hitch they will
no doubt take the bonds,
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AnBOYA NOTES.
(From the Herald.)

from the Herdld.)
ID. G. Glow, of Pleasant Mound
township, is away ahead of the pro-
cession in big wheat yields. He had
IA acres that averaged 4O4 bushels
per acre. We believe this is the larg-
est yield reported in the county this
year.
The first carload of machinery for
the new mill arrived Monday, and it
will continue to arrive as fast as the
mill experts can place it in position.
The engine is at the Mankato shops
already for shipment and will be
here as soon as the engine room is
ready.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Cooper were in
Mankato over Sunday, and it is rum
ored that Claud spent Monday among
the contractors at that place in rela-
tion to building nice brick in Am
boy in the spring on the vacant lot
adjoining Thos. Randall's business
building.
William Boeck, who has lived in
this neighborhood for nearly twenty
years, is missing. He is man about
feet 6 inches in height, dark COM
plexion, and about 40 years of age,
and wears a dark cotton suit; was
last seen north of town near the resi-
dence of Mr.. @. Bailey. 1t is believed
that Mr.. Boeck is demented, and any
information leading to his return will
be literally rewarded by his brother,
George.
Rev. Wareham attended a meeting
of the Waseca Chautauquastock hold
ers at Mankato Tuesday. The man
/ agement is already arranging for a
big program next season. Mr.. Ware
ham informs US that the program will,
include entertainments for the whole
month of July. Lectures by Bushnell
Blackburn, Mills, and Fourth OF
July grafton by Sam Jones is on the
program. Three thousand dollar;
was appropriated for literary enter
| tainment during the month.
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fourteen foot and three sixteen foot
dining tables made, which will ex-
tend in three rows across the tban-
quoting hall, and will seat 225 people.
They will be completed by Tuesday,
the day of the dedication. The lodge
will also own sufficient number of
chairs, and already has "a card tables.
Nothing will be wanting by Tuesday
night, and the lodge is to be envied
for its possessions.
Mankato lodge No. &c. Knights of
Pythias, has subleased the hall, and
meets there Thursday nights. The
Royal Arcanum and Elks lodges
are considering the subleasing of the
hall for other nights. The United
Workmen meet Wednesday nights,
twice month.
Blue Earth lodge No. 80 has mem
bership of 265, and expects to increase
this to 800 before JAM 1st. 1t is nearly
% years old, and has been very sue
cessful. The officers are as follows:
M. j. Jordan, past master workman.
ID. p. Hayes, master workman.
e. l. p. Staede, foreman.
Geo. Krost, Overseer.
A. j. Nelson, guide.
G. f. Hallman, recorder.
@. Schildtknecht, fnancier.
j Krost, receiver.
II. p. Hanson, inner guard.
The insurance is $4,000, and during
the last five years the assessments and
lodge dues have averaged only S2l.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-25
MILWAUKEE, EXTENSION.
A New Road to Minneapolis Advo-
Gated.

Gated.
The business men and citizens of ST.
Peter and Henderson are reviving the
project of having the Milwaukee
railway corporation extend their line
from Mankato through st. Peter and
Henderson to connect with it's line at
Benton Junction, to give us a direct
line to Minneapolis and more railroad
facilities and a competing line, says
the St. Peter Tribune. AS it is now,
it is claimed that the two roads we
have are operated by the same cor.
poration, and in self-defence will in.
sist, as matter of necessity, that
the Milwaukee build the desired link
that would connect US with Mime
apolis. 1t would require the building
of only about fifty miles to obtain the
desired result, which would be of in
estimable advantage to ST. Peter, and
especially to Henderson, and of great
and paying advantage to the Milwau-
kee. Off and on for a number of years
this project thas been before oul
people, and now, with a more
determined spirit than ever, the
Milwaukee corporation will be urged
and insisted upon to comply with
the wish of all the citizens
along the proposed line. From d
business standpoint they will insist
upon it's construction, and if Mime
apolis business men are alive to theil
interests, they will use every means
in their power to further the enter
prise, as it would give direct line tt
Minneapolis, and instead of stopping
at ST. Paul, as many of our business
people do, it would turn the tide tt
Minneapolis. A meeting will be
called in the near future by Mayor
Moll to revive the subject, and it i:
hoped that when called there will bt
general response.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-25
Southwark HO!

Farmers who are seeking to better
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churches. Hospitable people. Send
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RINEARsON, G. P. A, CINCINNATI, O.
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Take Notice.

We have sold our business at Man
kato and wish interested parties to
known that after October 1st, 1895,
we shall place all accounts and notes
due US in the hands of our attorney for
collection. If you wish to save costs
you will call at the Office of the Man
.kato Lumber Co. and settle before
that date. Respectfully,
CAREY LOMBARD LUMBER Co.
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WOOD WANTED.

Proposals will be received by the
undersigned up to Nov. lst, for TO-
cords of hardwood and IS to 100 cords
of soft wood, to be delivered at the
various public school buildings Of the
city. Bids on the whole amount or q
part will be received, and the right is
reserved to reject any or all bids.
G. p. WILLIAMS.
Pres. Bid. of Education.
MankatO, Oct. 9th, 1895.
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ADVERTISE FOR BIDS.
A Suggestion Which is Worthy of
Consideration.

Now that the bids for a city light
ing plant have been received, and the
city knows what one will cost, and
what it will cost per year to operate it.,
it has been suggested by prominent
business man in no way connected
with the local lighting company, that
the city council advertise for bids for
lighting the city. When bids for do
ing this are opened, the council will
be in position for the first time to
Judge whether it ischeaper to operate
city plant or to hire the lights from
private plant. The specifications
should call for as many lights as the
council proposes to furnish with city
plant. If the bids are higher than
what Prof. Shepardson says that the
city lights will cost, no harm has been
done in receiving the bids, but an i'm
portant question has been solved in
the only way that it can be. If the
lights can be secured more cheaply
from private company, then GER
tainly point has been gained, for the
city has no money to waste in extrava-
gance.
The suggestion is certainly worthy
of consideration.
The gentleman further stated that
if private company had the contract,
there would then be good chance. OF
securing an electric street railway,
with a line to St. Peter, which has
taken hold on the public mind which
it's thorough practicability warrants.
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Notice..

Whereas, my wife, Mary L., has.
without just cause or provocation left
my bed and board, l forbid all parties
trusting her on my account, as will
pay no debts of her contracting on or
after this date.
DANIEL BRoCKwAY.
Mankato, Mimi, Oct. II, 1895.
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PARDONED.
President Cleveland Grants One te
Van Leuyen of Pension Fame

Special to the FREE PRESS:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S-George M.
Van Leuven, of pension fraud fame,
who operated in Southern Minnesota
and Iowa, was pardoned today by
President Cleveland.
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For SALE-CHEAP-A scholarship
emitting the holder to pursue the
Shorthand Course" in the Mankato
Business college. Inquire of H. L..
SCHMITT, 2l5 Y. M. I. building, city.
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To the Farmers.

l want your chickens, calves, hogs,
cattle and sheep, and will pay highest
market price at the packing house.
Chas. J. Macbeth, Mankato. 14tf.
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Honey to Lend.

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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
The Minnesota Curiew.

The residents of Saltwater, Mimi,
are we'll pleased with the socalled
"curfew bell enactment. About the
middle of February the Council passed
an ordinance providing that, begin
ming March l, the bell on the engine
house should ring at nine clock every
evening, and that after that time no
children should be allowed Oh the
street. The scheme met with consid-
cradle opposition at first from the
boys and from some parents who had
allowed their children to run the
streets at night, but few arrests soon
demonstrated that the Council meant
business and quieted most of the com
plainants. Occasionally venturesome
boys stay ont after the allotted time to
annoy policemen. \ few nights ago
an officer chased such q one several
blocks and landed him in the station
house After lecture he was re-
leasel. Now, as n rule, when curfew
rings, there is general skurrying
among the boys to get beneath the pa
rental roof.
Anoka, Il town of 5000 inhabitants,
has recently passed a similar ordI-
nance, and thus far finds that it works
we'll. St. Cloud ard Fergus Falls and
FArlbault are also considering the plan.
The success of the Saltwater expert
ment has excited considerable atten
ton throughout tae State, and the
probabilities are that many of the
smaller towns will try it. Whether
the larger cities will attempt to regu-
lase the youngsters is predetermined.
In Minneapolis the Board of Eluca
ton talked over the plan and inform
ally decided that it would be a good
thing in connection with law enforc
ing compulsory attendance at schools,
So far "a known. the scheme has not
vet been considered in st. Paul.
Louis Giobe-Democrat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19
NTRY WITHOUT a NAVY.
l<inGdOU, of Belgium Has Water
Front. but No Ships of War.

Kingdom of Belgium Has Water
Front. but No ships of War.
No invitation has been extended TO
the naval authorities of one neighbor-
ing country To participate i'm the fes-
tivitieS ut the opening of the ship
canal between the North sea and the
Baltic. which are to attract the armed
ships of various European and Amer
lean governments That country. says
the New York Sun, is Belgium. and it
is pcccliar among European countries
having water front from the fact
that il has no navy
This is the more remarkable when 1t
is considered that Belgium includes
within it's borders one of the oldest
harbOrS i'm Europe - Antwerp which.
at the zenith Of its commercial sue
cess. bad as many as 1000 ships The
commerce of Antwerp is still consider
able. and Il fair share of it is done
with the United States.
When the war of 1870 eliminated in
the Independence Of Belgium from the
rule of the Netherlands, he two coun-
tries were So divided that Holland had
the larger share of the seaccast line
and Belgium had n larger measure of
the inland country. Holland retained
oil the colonial possessions of the two
countries. and i'm order TO keep up
connection with them and protect
them from hostile assaults. the navy
was maintained by Holland.
Belgium. having no foreign colonies
to protect was under no obligations
To maintain u navy. Holland has now
Il considerable navy. having 100 ships
and 1.,hD sailors. but Belgium is able
to get along without any Eavy ut all.
though the Belgium army. on Il peace
footing. is ZOO men stronger than
the Dutch army. and. on war foot
ing, has 100000 men more.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-07-19

Henry Saunders. a prominent mer'
chant OF Victoria, British Columbia;
has just returned from Alberni, where
he has been inspecting various gold
quartz properties in which he is finan1
cially interested. On his homewartt
journey he decided to take short cut
across the mountains. the snow appar-
emily offering a better road for walk
ing than the trail.
Some few miles were made safely
aud comfortably, and then a soft spot
was struck in which Saunders strug-
gied to regain his foothold. At the
same time q giant bowlder detached
itself and went tumbling down to the
canyon. Released suddenly. the en-
tire snow-covered side of the noun
tain commenced to slide. Saunders
saw nothing but immediate and awful
death before him, and III desperation
chung to the side of the avalanche,
which, gathering momentum as it pro-
crossed, soon had developed express
train speed and power to sweep down
giant trees of centuries growth as
though they were matches.
The trip of the avalanche and its
involuntary passenger was about four
miles altogether, and it was accom-
plished in less than half IN hour.
Saunders, at the foot of the noun
tain found himself hurled into the
Alberni River and against saltwater
bowlder with such force as to partial
ly stun him. He mechanically exert
ed himself to reach the nearest shore
AMI did SO. Afterwards, soon rs his
strength had in a measure returned,
he returned 10 Alberni i'll time TO
catch tho stage for Nanaimo, from
which point lie returned home.