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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
MR.. JONES WRITES.
Gives Some Pointers About the Bridge
Sidewalks.

Engineer Haynes received the fol-
lowing letter from G. p. Jones,
agent of the Milwaukee Bridge and
Iron Works, written from Minneapolis:
DEAR SIR have just returned
from Montana and find your cOmmu-
nicatio on my desk. l don't know
as | can do anything. ] figured less
than 10 per cent 10 the contract, and
your home men will do all work any
way, except the pay of foreman. and
therefore those aldermen who want
home men to do the work will be let
ting the contract to home men as
much if do the work as if they let It
to Mayer Bros. or Klelnschmidt Bros.
They would certainly not undertake
the iron cantilevers there, and if they
did, they could not expect to do first
class JOB. 1t is but tinkerlng job at
best, and ought to he done by experts,
who understand their business
Will you please let me know when
it comes up? l think they ought, at
least, to allow me a chance to be
heard | can't very well execute the
contract with the forfeiture clause in
it. unless the time is extended. | ex-
pect my people ordered the iron, as |
told the m to GO ahead with the work.
and it was ten DAYS before l heard
there was any trouble about letting
contract.
Respectfully yours,
@. p. JONES.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
WANTS A DIVORCE.
DoIlie Nelson Takes Allegations
Against Her Husband.
He Hurt Her Feelings by Abusing q
Calf, and Did other Things.

An action for divorce has been
started by Dollie Nelson against her
husband, Geo. Nelson. Both are well
known residents Of Rapidan, the
plaintiff being the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. Garrett, of that place. Mrs.
Nelson alleges in her complaint that
they were married in this city May
9th, 1891, and have resided with her
parents in Rapidan, ever since, and
that the plaintiff is 26 years of age,
and the defendant SO years. There
is one child, Claude G. Nelson, three
years old next May. The ground for
the complaint is alleged cruel and in
human treatment Of the wife by the
husband. AS specific instance,
Mrs. Nelson alleges that eight months
after the marriage, her husband shook
his fist ia her face. About two years
ago, she says, the defendant in the
presence of the plaintiff and we'll
knowing that his acts would hurt her
and make her feel uncomfortable, in
a cruel and inhuman manner
chased, beat and pounded a certain
calf and used vulgar and profane lam
guage in the presence of the plain
tiff and her father and mother In
March, 1896, she says, her husband
refused to speak to her for three
entire days, and ignored her and
treated her slightingly. She alleges
that her husband has sullen and
morose spells and that on account OF
his treatment her health will become
seriously affected. She says that on
one occasion the defendant left the
home of plaintiffs father and mother
and attempted to take away property
of these persons, including provisions
and other personal property in which
they were jointly interested. and,
threatened to leave her without
provisions. She alleges that the defen-
dant has land in Rapidan worhS5O0, in
numbered for $3.50, and Sl00in personal
property. The laintiff prays the
court to grant her divorce and the
custody OF the child, and support from
the property or earnings of the de-
! PENDANT. Pau &Pfau are attorneys
/ for the plaintiff. zsss-.s-s....
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
A COMPROMISE VERDICT.

The suit of Reese Evans VS.. school
district No. ia, Butternut Valley,
was tried by jury in the municipal
court Friday. The suit was brought
on a contract for grading the school
lot. The school district maintained
that Mr.. Evans was to have $3.50 fol
the Job, or fifteen cents yard fol
ninety yards. Mr.. Evans claimed that
tue grading amounted to 400 yards
and sued for fifteen cents yard fol
all of this, or $50. The jury was out
an hour, and at seven O'Clock brought
10 compromise verdict for nine cents
a yard, or S38.72 in all.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
THE LIGHTING PLANT.
Alderman Zimmerman Outlines the
Latest Plan of the Council.
A Plant With SO Arc Lights, to
Cost Less Than $4,000.

In a conversation in regard to the
advertisement by the council for bids
for an electric lighting plant, Alder
man Zimmerman said to the FREE
PRESS Saturday that intention is to
award the contract for plant in cas- e
satisfactory bid shall be received,
and the council is not stopped by an
Injunction. The plans and specifica-
tiOns are in the hands of Prof.
Shepardson, Of the state university,
to cut them down to the $4,000
limit. When the specifications shall
have been completed, Mr.. Shepardson
will mail copies directly to the firms
asking for them. They allow five
months. limit in which the work
can be completed, but it is not
thought that over three or four
months will be required.
The specifications will provide for
a plant of lightweight arc lights of
1000 candle power, dynamo, engine
and wiring. Aid. Himmelman states
that the cost will be less than $10,-
900. The city is now paying for
forty-four arc lights, besides the in
candescents. Under the proposed
municipal ownership, the incandes-
cents will be entirely cut off, and the
number of arcs doubled. 1t is pro
posed to use the boiler now in the
pumping station, which will not have
to be enlarged. 1t is thought that
only one more employe will be need
ed, an engineer, the present firemen
doing the work. The electrician who
takes care of the fire alarm
system for $500 year can be paid a
larger salary and look after the light
ing system, giving his entire time tC
the city. The cost of operating the
plant will not exceed ten dollars a
day, so Mr.. Zimmerman figures, and
the alderman says that $4,000 now
Epaid for lighting the city can be used
in improving our streets. He refers
w UlC SuOCCoo VI "0uSi WI Nc
system, and says:
"When the question of city owner.
ship of the water works was proposed
there was greater cutlery againsti1
4 than there-is now against municipal
ownership of the lighting plant.
was in the council then and only
26 years old and one of the leading
citizens wrote letter after letter
about the boy administration After
two years of city ownership of the
lighting plant, the people would not
sell the plant any more than they
would the water plant now, and no
body wants to sell the water plant
If we want more lights in the future
a duplicate engine and dynamo can b'
put in, doubling the capacity"
City Recorder Brown has had sever
or eight inquiries regarding thu
$4,000 light bonds from prospective
bidders, and believes that several bid
will be received.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
BELGRADE ITEMS.

Ye correspondent was away from
home last week, therefore could not
supply you with Belgrade news, but
he is with you again and will make up
for lost time by writing the items of
last week and this one also, and hopes
We people will forgive hs absence.
Less Whitcome, of Farj bault, spent
a few days with his relatives last
week. He returned home Saturday.
Messrs. Parsons and Meachum took
trip to Lake Washington last Fri
day, returning on Monday They re-
port moso pleasant time.
B Severance was in ST. Paul on
business last week.
Mrs. John Steel and daughter, Of
Medo, were in the neighborhood a
week ago last Saturday. They re-
turned home Sunday.
Dave Goodridge and family drove
over TO Mapleton the 10th. They re-
port every thing prospering finely in
that vicinity.
I The Bible reading meetings were in
progress two weeks, commencing Jan.
4th and ending Saturday evening,
Jan. 10th Josiah Keene was present
at every meeting and proved to be a
very energetic worker. We did not
learn whether there were any new
converts or not.
There was dance over to the wind
mill Friday night, Jan. %. Some of
the young people of this neighbOrhood
were there.
Mrs. B. Severance and daughter,
Daisy, are expected home from the
east this week, where they have been
visiting friends and relatives for the
past few months. We hear that
Daisy's uncle made her present. of a
bicycle, so suppose we will see Miss
Daisy wing around on her own bike
next summer.
Grandma Peart and Grandma Sharp
are spending this week at George
FIetcher's.
y Miss Minnie Loucks, who has been
i'll, is reported better.
Miss Jean Whtcome left Monday
for Faribault, where her brother,
Leslie, lives.
Miss Sharon spent last week Thurs
day at Hebron, being the guest of
Mrs. Marian Keene.
Miss Eva Fletcher still continues
, abou, TIE same
That's Foster, of Indian Lake, is still
visiting his cousin, Ahcil Goudridge
Grandma Spears celebrated her 18th
birthday last Sunday by having large
dinner party. All her children were
there and they all returned t. theil
homes well pleas.d with the COCO
time they had. We nope that GRANDMA
Spears will live to cell brdte many
more birthdays WITH htr children.
Miss Minnie Clark spent last week
at Ms Hugh Grlce'>
Mrs Green, WI" h been visiting
at Mr.. Grams, has lone To Far bault
The young peope II he grade or
gained Literary ~ on Tuesday
last. There wert a. few uut.anC
we hope To zee nU,'a m re- out at the
next NEE ing, ~ w, b. held al
h" srtool on e nur>.iay ev, n
in Ian 28tu r. u" yi- luvii &c
to come.
Messrs S.el al j -. son have
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
/. A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
Such Was the Commercial Club
Reception and Party Friday Night.
Two Hundred People Participate
in the Clubs Hospitality.

The reception and party given by
the Mankato Commercial club Friday
night in the L. P. Hunt building was
a marked success in every way, and
one of the most enjoyable social events
that has occurred in our city within
recentiyears. The cold wave appar-
emily did not keep many away, for
fully two hundred people responded
to the invitations issued by the club.
The party was a very pretty one, the
majority of the guests being in full
evening dress, and the happy faces on
all sides indicating how well everyone
was enjoying the occasion.
As the guests arrived, they were
shown into dressing rooms on the
second floor near the head of the stair
way, and were afterwards ushered in
to the presence of the reception COM
mittee and announced by name by
Messrs. III. E. Hance and j. B.
Meagher. The reception committee
was lined up in semi-circle in the
clubs reading room, as. follows: Mr..
and Mrs G. L. Alleman, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G. Thro, Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Hub
bard, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Comstock,
Mr. and Mrs. S. r. Snow. Those who
desired, then filled the card tables in
the other rooms of the club, while
those who preferred dancing went tC
| the third floor, which was entirely at
the disposal of the guests. An intro
duction committee, consisting OF
Messrs. H. P. Christensen, A. g. Mat
ter, o. w. Schmidt. f. M. Crane, r.
e. Brown and III. G. Akers, saw that
the guests were made acquainted with
each other.
The reception lasted from $50 tt
$50 o'clock, and then Prof. Jache's
orchestra struck up waltz, and in 6
moment the floor of the hall was fillec
with dancers. The floor was in fine
condition, and the music could. not
have been improved upon. A program
of fifteen dances and several extras
was executed, and the greater part Of
the guests participated in the dane
lug. Messrs. d. A. Walker and E. e
Cranaall ably performed the duties o.
floo.S managers. A large number O
card tables were filed throughout the
evening.
A buffet lunch was furnished dur
ing the evening in the Commercial
club rooms, and the large number o
guests were so eXpeditiously served
that none were obliged to wait. Thi
was very pleasant feature of thu
occasion.
The guests departed at shortly afte
one o'clock, and the declaration tina
it had been one of the most enjoyable
parties that had ever occurred in thu
) city was frequently heard. The com
! mittee of arrangements, which con
sisted of Messrs. @. L. Alleman, j.
} Wise, Jr. and E. f. Soaring, receive'
, numerous congratulations on the sue
cess of the affair."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
HIS FEET FROZEN.
Little Boy Wanders Out in His Night
Dress.
The Lad Slipped Out of the House
aud Got Lost.

At about nine O'Clock Friday
Chas. Detliff, an Omaha section hand,
while working on the track near the
cement works, looked up and saw a
four year old boy approaching on the
snow, wearing only a short
night dress and his feet and
legs bare to the, piercing wind. When
he had convinced himself that he
was not looking upon an appar-
ition, buC was in his right mind,
Mr.. Detlotf asked the little fellow
what he was doing out there, and
received the reply that the boy was
looking for his mother. Mr.. Detloff
picked him up in his arms and carried
him to the nearest house, which was
some distance away. TheIe, snow was
applied to the boys feet to draw the
frost out, but he was in bad shape,
having been out in the cold for some
time.
1t was afterwards learned that the
little fellow is the child of Mr.. and
Mrs Chris johnson, who live south of
Ogle & Davis addition. Mrs. john
son had gone out to get a pail OF
water and the boy had slipped out
and followed her. but lost his way and
wandered fully half mile from home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson have met with
great amount of misfortune. Their
ten year old boy was run over by The
cars year or two ago and one foot
cut off. The family has also suffered
from sickness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
TWO GOOD BILLS.
Senator Barr Introduces Measures
In the Senate.

Senator Barr introduced bill in
the senate Wednesday relating to the
maintenance of drawbridges. 1t
provides that the counties connected
by such bridges shall Gear equally it's
cost of maintenance. This is no more
than fair and just all around, as from
the ture of things both counties are
always equally benefited by the
bridge.
He also introduced bill the same
day to govern the erection, operation
and regulation of platform and hay
scales used in weighing hay grain, live
stock and other farm products for the
general public in consideration for a
fee paid therefor. This is the bill
asked for by the Mankato board of
trade. and it is in the interest of far
mers and consumers alike.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

The city has purchased the old
street car company's snow pillow and
is using it to scrape the snow out Of
the gut tiers. 1t cost the city $50, or
about one-fourth of its original cost,
and is expected to prevent tue accum-
ulations Of snow and ice in the .guJters
which has to be picked aud Shoveled
out in order TOILET the water " run
freely.
The Mapleton Enterprise says
that tue DanvIle poSlUtfice has been
moved To near the Star creamery, and
that Ira Moore has been appointed
postmaster; also tuaJ the capacity Of
the MapletOn MIL Is being Increased
to It's barTels per Gay
"A prominent lumber company is
negotiating Tor tue purchase or IL.
Cumnins 81 Cos iumuer yard at Eagle
l. Ike. LII the deal goes through, it
will put in a large yard there. lne
company is one which has a numb
Of ,nr s.
Mrs. Sdrau Kuul son died at h, r
home in RapldaD at $50 O'CLOCK Friday
night, aged 40 year. III deaLli vas
due 10 cousumpJiou. one leaves d
d nuSudud dnu four chnuTeu. Tue
funeral VIII occur TUESDAY
Judge Mead SATURDAY III IL "a foer
OF license 10 W, ludl d dn - III 80 e
The lands M1rn II. l.. "a
III nor>; d So d "r'cf y lp i,
Tor ddniul> Ess,'" L
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

taken orders for getting out ice Tor
Belgrade people. Now, good people,
is the time to put up ice for next
summer. You may think it a waste
of time and somewhat foolish, now,
but just you get your ice, and when
next summer the thermometer is 100
in the shade, you will not regret that
YOU have some ice to use.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
A TRADE MARK.
1t Causes Trouble Between Two
Milling Firms.

The suit of the Madelia mill COM
pany against the Amboy mill COM
pany was tried before Judge Sever
ence Friday. The suit is over trade
mark which the Amboy company has
been using, and which the Madelia
company claims is an Infringement of
itstrade mark. The plaintiff asks for a
perpetual Injunction res training the
defendant from making use of the
trade mark.
The suit of Lou f. Davis, of Lake
Crystal, VS.. James A. Pagan, OF
Minneapolis, assignee of w. z. Davis,
to recover $500 alleged to be due The
plaintiff from his father, the assignor,
was tried before Judge Sew rance
yesterday. The plaintiff and his
father both swore that the wag' :
were due, while the defense put on NJ
evidence. The case was submitted
without argument, and the court
expected to decide the case today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

The Creamery Package Co. sold a
full creamery outfit Wednesday to the
Morgan Creamery Co.
Mrs. Klingl, the mother of the
late Mrs Louis B User, received word
Thursday of the death of her son, in
Omaha. The remains will be inter.
red there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

Mrs. Mary Neal has disposed of
her millinery stock at Good Thunder
to Mrs Augusta Mainline, and ha~
moved to this city.
The Great Northern Railway has
One Million acres choice wheat LANDS
in Minnesota still undispostd Of
Write for maps and full particulars
Land Commissioner, Great Northern
Railroad, ST. Paul, Mimi. 33t
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Annual Report of Vital Statistics of
Blue Earth County.

Secretary Hewitt, of the State
Board of Health and Vital Sta tisCics,
has forwarded to Clerk of Court
Thorne the following returns of
births and deaths as reported by the
lage clerks of Blue Earth county for
1896:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29
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. 14u
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

This is net gain in population in
the county from this source of 49,
and in the city of IA
The town clerks and health officers
can get their orders by applying IG
Mr.. Thorne.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

No, fines have been paid in the
municip court thus far this month.
and police business is running light,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-29

Judge Mead Friday made the final
decree and distribution OF the estate
of John j. Evans, deceased.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-08-27
What Some Ladies are Doing.

Mrs. George Wilson of Binghamton,
N. Y, is the latest fashion leader. She
has covered her bedroom suite OF furni-
ture with postage stamps from all parts
of the world. To carry out this delight
full idea only trihe of 1000 stamps
was necessary.
Miss Edith Rotch died recently in Bos-
ton and left $4,000 to the Shelter tor
Unprotected Girls, an institution at SYRIA
cuse. The money will be used to erect
new dormitory.
Miss Ellen Glasgow is the name of a
Young Virginia woman who has pro-
duced an exceptionally interesting book
called 1.-THE Descendant" She is from
Richmond. and is less than % years OF
age.
Mrs. Beasley OF Philadelphia reioices in
an income of $4,000 year, derived
from an invention OF her own, machine
that hoops barrels.
Miss Mary Secord Packard of Bayonne,
N J., is the first woman to receive the
degree of doctor of medicine at Johns
Hopkins University.
Louise Imogen Quincy, the poetess, has
resigned the postmastership of Auburn
dale. Mass, because OF an increase in
labor and a decrease in the compensa-
ton. She will hereafter devote herself
solely in literature.
Isabel Darlington graduated the other
day from the law department of the Uni
versitv OF Pennsylvania, the only woman
in a class oil a. She was also one of the
II members of the class who received
their diplomas cum laude.
Mrs. Mckinley was lately presented
with a lace handkerchief by Mrs. X. F.
Thorne OF La Cygne, Kansas, who
wished to show her respect and love tor
''the first lady of the land" The work
was all done by hand and contains
10000 pieces.
We are told that Mrs. John Glitch of
Denver, Col, is probably the only
woman in the world who owns and per-
sonally manages geological garden.
She drives large ostrich attached to A
light spring wagon. He is pacing
bird" and travels rapidly in harness. II
he sees a banana skin or any similar
dainty by the roadside he makes swift
dive for it, no matter how fast he is
going. To be drawn by such bird, and
driven at the same time by woman.
must be trying experience for even the
coolest son of Uncle Sam.
The granddaughter Of the naturalist
Iohn lanes Audubon, Miss Maria Audu-
bon OF Salem, Mass, has worked for
IL wears in the translation of her grand
fathers unpublished journals, which were
written in French, the letters being so
small that magnifying glass was neces-
sary to decipher many of them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-08-27
Rural Free Delivery.

1t is reported that the experiments
which have been made by the post office
department in the free delivery OF rural
letters have, so far, resulted very much
to the department satisfaction. Fifty
thousand dollars was appropriated last
winter by Congress Tor this use and
tests of the feasibility of the plan were
made in various parts of the country.
Early reports which have come in,
especially from some districts in Maine
and Vermont, tell of the satisfaction of
the farmers with the new service and OF
their willingness to profit by it. 1t is
found that they take many more daily
newspapers when they can have them
delivered, and also that the number of
letters carried shows vigorous increase.
The rural carrier makes one trip a day
over distance of between 16 and "a
miles. He supplies his own conveyance
horse and cart or bicycle. 1t has been
found that responsible men are willing
to do this work for an annual stipend
ranging from SITS upwards, the average
pav being about $500. 1t is estimated
that at that rate sixty million dollars
(about halt the annual pension BILLY
would provide rural tree delivery all over
the United States. That would mean,
among other things, employment tor
100000 persons. The rural carriers are
allowed to exc out their stipend by any
supplementary enterprises that do not
interfere with their duties, as to sell
stamps or stationary and receive and
deliver express parcels or kilograms.
Where farmers live some distance from
the road their mail is left in boxes ut
convenient points by the roadside, from
which also letters are collected.-l Har-
per's Weekly.