The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-28

office, is down with an attack of
appendicitis.
Mrs. G. F. Koehler is slowly recover
ing from an operation last week, but
was not quite SO well today.
The state board of pharmacy has
granted a certificate of registered
pharmacist to Chas. T. Schweitzer, of
Mapleton.
The contract for constructing the
Mankato & New Ulm road will be
awarded Saturday. Bids will be opened
at Chicago on that day.
Secretary Brewster has received forty
or fifty applications for the position of
superintendent of schools, as result of
the action of the school board at it's last
meeting. The election of teachers &C.
ours next week Wednesday night.
Rev. J. f. Stout, of Red Wing, was
in Mankato Sunday and Monday. He
conducted the funeral of Mrs. Joshua
Hodson Sunday afternoon, and the
attendance was very large, and long
procession of carriages followed the re-
mains to Glenwood cemetery.
Chas. Dixon, driver of hose wagon
No. 1, was seized with commissions at
the fire station this noon, and it re
quired several men to hold him, in or
der to prevent him doing injury to him.
DR.. Holbrook was called. and he was
resting easily late this afternoon.
Mrs. May Dufie1d of Garden City,
was examined as to her sanity Monday
afternoon by Judge Hughes, assisted by
Drs. Beach and Merrill. She Is forty
years old and the mother of eight chill
dren. She was confined to the asylum
some four years ago but was discharg-
ed. Her trouble is believed to be, due
to ill health.
In practice game of ball at Sibley
park Saturday afternoon between the
normals and the highs, Mr.. Bancroft, of
the latter suffered a severe fracture of
the knee cap. He was taken to DR..
Harrington's Office where the injury
was dressed. He will be laid up some
time as result, but the doctor thinks
that he will recover all right.
The howitzer cannon received from
the government has no vent and there
fore cannot be fired off. Commander
Torrey, of Wilkin post, says that the
only reason that he can think of for
the government sending such cannon
to Mankato is because it heard that
since the spring election everything was
to be closed and it thought it would
send that kind of a cannon.
The adjusting of the fire losses of the
National Citizens bank block and con-
tents will take two or three days, proba-
bly,. Isaac FELTON,, who had no insur.
ance now estimates his loss at between
$500 and 5000, aside from the furniture.
Thos. and Evan Hughes place their loss
at 5000 to 800. They have 1,012 vol,
umes of law books, damaged fifty per
cent They have $500 insurance.
The new vestibuled train on the
Omaha road went through this noon
and the other train will go through to-
morrow noon 1t consisted of mail
baggage and express, three coaches and
a chair car with buffet attachment
The train is solid vestibuled and
painted yellow, and is by far the hand
| soonest train ever run on this division
1t is complete in it's appointments an6
is great credit to the road 1t will
return tomorrow afternoon.
| The members of the house and senate
from the Second congressional district
have organized picnic association fol
the purpose of holding Fourth of July
celebration or picnic at either Lake
Emily or Lake Washington. The plan
is to arrive at one of these lakes on the
evening of the third and remain fol-
several days, The association was
formed by electing the following
officers: President, Hon Gilbert Gutter.
son, Blue Earth county; secretary, w.
D. Smith, Faribault county; executive
committee, Senator Somerville, Brown
county; Representatives Larson, Red
wood, and Bean, of Nicollet