The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-08-19
GARDEN CITY.


Garden City, Aug. 17.-Business
seems to be very dull in town this
week as quite a number of our citi-
zens are spending the week at Camp
Delight" on the southern boundry of
Loon Lake.
Mr.. Kinney and sons spent Sunday
with VIM. Aldridge and family. The
boys while out riding with their
cousins, Myrtle Aldridge and Mrs.
Coffman had the misfortune to have q
smash-down. Fortunately no one
was hurt.
Lue Tyson who has been very sick
is again able to be out.
Office seekers are numerous in this
part Of the county as well as in other
parts.
We are glad to make mention of a
new dry goods stock which is being
moved here by Mr. John Graham's
son-in-law, He will occupy the build
ing owned by Mr.. A. Warner or best
known as the drug store.
G. Wendlandt was quite badly hurt
by a horse last week.
J. E. Neff has his new office nearly
completed.
Mr.. Geo. Goodall and son, Merle,
visited in Winnebago City Tuesday
afternoon of this week.
Miss Clara Piper has friends visit
ing her from Mankato.
A. M. Thompson is is or the sick
list.
Miss Clara King entertained a num-
Der of her playmates Last Monday.
They gathered to remind Miss Clara
that she was n year older.
Don't miss the fair this year and
come prepared to get your dinner on
the grounds for we understand there
are to be several eating houses there.
Mrs. Shaw visited at Mr.. Chamber
Inns neal Good Thunder one day this
week.
Rev. Fifeld, of Vernon. preached
in the Baptist church last Sunday.
A young lady cousin of Edgar Dill
ley's is visiting here. She is best
known here as Effie Frazer.
Mrs. Lue Butterfeld and her sister,
Susie, and Roxie Beebe were in town
last Saturday.
Carley Warren and Miss Relief Will
son were in town Sunday.
We are glad to say there are no
more cases of diphtheria in this vi
entity.
Mrs. Buckles and three of the chill
dren are quite sick.
Mrs. Geo. Goodall spent several
days in MankatO last week.
Ed. Parker's houses west of the M.
w. A. hall begin to look as if they
would soon be ready to occupy.
RAPIDAN.
Stacking is about all done and
frrmers generally are blowing, the
heavy rains we have had, having put
the ground in good condition for fall
blowing. There is yet some shock
threshingI to be done, but another
weeks work will wind that all up.
1t Miss Ottie Derby has gone to Win
nepeg, Manitoba, to visit her brother
and to recuperate her health.
/. School began in the Just district,
No. sc, yesterday, with Miss Agnes
Mcdonald as teacher. Mrs. Mcdonald
is giving excellent satisfaction in
that district as evidenced by the
board hiring her for the second year.
Her school will run for nine months,
with the privilege of ten months If
the weather is good during the winter
months so the small children can at
tend.
Marcus Larson had a sever attack
of cholera morbas recently. He has
so far recovered from his broken leg
that he can get around on crutches.
Miss Anna Davis has been taken to
Mortified to have her eyes treated
by a specialist. Her many friends
wish her the best Of success and hope
that when she returns that she will
be blessed with sight again.
MI. Brandt, who has the putting in
of the we'll for the creamery company,
had bad luck last week. He acct
IDENTIFY dropped a short stick of wood
into the well and it took two days to
drill it out. He is down eighty-four
feet.
D. T. Bowen Sundayed at J. P.
Menten's.
Messrs. Bradshaw, Jr. and Spicer
were r~usticating in Rapidan yester-
day.
We are pleased to see the announce
meut of o. j. Olsen for county super
intendent of schools, and hope that
he may succeed in securing the nomi-
nation next Tuesday. Mr.. Olsen has
taught the Rapidan Mills school dis
trict No. 100 for three successive
years, and has given excellent salts
faction, so good in fact that he had
the privilege of the school for another
year When Mr.. Olsen took this
school il was in bad shane, and when