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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16

ing until Monday was FIVE and seven
elshths inches. This beats any record
ever known in Mankato
The Western Union wires to the twin
cities were down Monday. but in after
noon communication was secured by
way of Albert Lea. The wires are down
east of La Crosse, but are all right west
of here.
The river is rising rapidly and has
nearly reached the highest point made
during the spring. 1t will probably go
somewhat higher, as the Blue Earth
will send in large volume of water in
day or two.
Choking up of the catch basin Sunday
night caused Rosenberger & Curriers'
basement to overflow. The damage
mounts to $50 or $50, including the
spelling of 600 pounds of sugar
The retaining wall in the rear of
Thos Jones's lot on Sixth street, five
feet high, fell in that night. Mud
washed down onto the sidewalks in
many places on that street.
The roof on the National Citizens
bank building has not yet been repaired
since the fire some weeks ago, and
Z water came in and damaged the law
| library of Thos. and Evan Hughes to
the extent of $500, and they will
ask the bank to reimburse them. They
had been informed that the roof had
been repaired.
| The sidewalk at the corner of Front
and Main streets overfowed, and foot
of water went into the basement of
The Saulpaugh. Fred Kron's base
ment and the Corner Cafe basement
were flooded, The water also ran over
the sidewalks at Jackson and Front
and Second streets.
Mrs Wizards horse was found
Monday, buried under the debris OF
Peter Sangers barn The animal had
been drowned.
The basement of W. w. P. McCon
nePs residence, at Fourth and jackson
streets was flooded
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
A SEWER CONTRACT.
MankatO Firm Gets One at st.
James.

Q Bids were opened at ST. James Friday
night for putting in Lab feet of eight
inch sewer pipe, 2,674 feet of ten-inch
pipe, and eleven manholes. The sewer
is to be laid on the north side, with Wit
rifed clay pipe. The bids were as fol
lows:
Mankato Heating and Plumbing Co
80 cents per foot for 10-inch pipe, 4f
cents for S-inch, $2S per manhole, sc
cents per junction.
Phil McGraw, SO cents for 10-inch
pipe, 43 cents for S-inch, 1874 per man
hole.
Mr.. Schultz, of st. James, 40 cents
per foot for all kinds.
The contract was awarded to the
Mankato Heating and Plumbing Co.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16

of over half century It has lived on its merits and on tine Go
the the leading National Family s
Press avor home entered into
Weekly enables
at the rifing cost of
community in which he lives cordial support of his local 1.-Two
unringly his
and the doing his he @
different
weekly which should found awake 1ay
just think it! Both of these only $l25 year.
al to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
SCHOOL NOTES..
Annual School Meeting the Third Satnr
day in July.

The new law fixes the third Saturday
in July as the time for holding the an
nual school meeting.
County Supt. Freeman has visited all
of the schools in Blue Earth county ex-
cept seven since the first of January.
John c. Miller, graduate of the nor
NAL, who has been principal of the
Plainview school the past year, has &C
copied like position for next year at
Lanesboro.
So many questions concerning school
laws are asked ofthe state superintend-
emit that he is unable to answer them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
NEARLY
Fifty-Eight Years Old :! +!

It's a long life, but devotion to
the true interests and prosperity
of the American people has won
for it new friends as the years
rolled by and the original mem
bers of its family passed to their
reward, and these admirers are
loyal and steadfast today, with
faith IN its teachings, and conf
dence in the information which
brings to their homes and fire.
sides. AS natural consequence
it enjoys in its old age all the vi
tally and vigor of it's youth,
strengthened and ripened by the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
Some Changes

Several changes in the faculty OF the
nnormal school are made.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
WHAT BECAME OF THE CROWD
Billygoat from Pacific Avenue Causei
Diversion in Clark Street.

IA Diversion in Clark Street.
The billygoat broke away from his
home in a shabby quarter on Pacific
avenue and made dash for La Sale
avenue. Two or three boys started in
pursuit and before they had gone the
length of a single block twenty boys
had joined them and in few seconds
more as many men had been drawn
along and formed the incipient crowd
Billygoat was we'll in the lead, head
and tail up, and cleaning the sidewalk
Of everybody before him. Seemingly
every building he passed was emptied
of its people to witness the sport. Al
Monroe street the goat turned to the
right, when a portion of the crowd
rushed by him and attempted to
right about face" him, and they did
stop him. Soon a ring was formed
in which the men stood twenty deep
and outside this ring moved and
surged an excited multitude. Never
were more people at a street fight OF
at fire. In the vacant space inside
the ring stood the goat, his horned
head lowered and his feet we'll plant
ed to resist attack. Then began the
thrusting forward by those behind
them into the open space of men and
/ boys in order to tease and madden the
goat. Against every such intruder he
ran a-but, and in almost no time the
| space was vacant again. This fea'
| ture of tho cpOrt cOptinuad for pOod
many minutes and until the goat him
| self made a dash, that was equal in
| bravery to Cervera's in Santiago har'
Dor, for liberty, and succeeded in scat
| tering the crowd in panic Now once
more billygoat was on the sidewalk
and, assuming the pose and airs of a
victor, he still made his way north
ward. The crowd rallied again and
still pursued. The street for couple
of blocks was as full of people as II
ever is when the circus is coming into
the town. On went the goat to about
the middle OF the block, when, appar'
emily feeling too sensibly the pressing
of the crowd behind, he sprang from
the sidewalk into the street and ran
diagonally across to the end Of the
opposite block. There he butted his
way through an opposing part of the
crowd and attempted his escape into
the alley. The multitude surged after
him, but tust as they seemed about to
Overtake him the friendly open dooi
at the rear of a sumptuous saloon re-
ceived him out of their sight. A quar-
ter of an hour later the owner Of the
captured goat was seen on Clark street
leading his now willing captive bach
to Pacific avenue. What became OF
The crowd-where did it disappear to;
Nobody could tell. But it did disap.
pear instantly, just as such crowds
DO, as will those that suddenly gather
10 see a dog kill rat that is let out
Of trap, as those that gather to wit
ness a breakdown or a fight between
oeWSboys.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
Electric Motor Wagons.

The Automobile Club and some cleo
.ric associations in France are occu.
pied in endeavoring to establish cleo.
.ric charging stations for electric We
nicles. The Idea is to arrange with
electric light and power stations to
10 the work, so as to make the use Of
electrically propelled carriages posi-.
Die all over France.
A Brilliant Idea.
"Wny amt pap like Billy Stubs
.ather?" What do you mean, Rob-
,rt?" "Why, Billy amt a-goin' te
lang up his stockin this Christmas
lie says faint big enough. He's 60
ng to sneak one Of his papa's new
lnion suits and tie up tn legs.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

During the recent strike Of ladies'
tailors the proprietor of a well-known
uptown establishment was endeavor-
ing to explain to an interested Gus
toner the difference between the kind
of work which is done In an establish
ment like his and that done by the
stumbling wretches who were fighting
for recognition" and their right to
better pay. you see," he explained,
men who never see a fine garment on
a lady and who have no opportunity
to observe and learn what good style
Is cannot be expected to turn out ar
tistic work. They can never hope to
become artists; they are simply ar
testans."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that Is by constitu-
tlonal remedies. Dasfnessi is caused by an n
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
Il med you have a rumblng sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness l. the result, and unless the indian
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroy, d forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing butan in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh ure. Send
for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY 6 Co., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
IN North America one OF the largest

In North America one OF the largest
of the weasel family is the fisher" q
very large, long-furred animal, living
vainly by the waterside, and, like
lany others of the tribe, very partial
to fish. 1t weighs about sixteen pounds
and its long, richly colored fur Is ex-
ported in great quantities to different
parts of Europe, though not often used
In this country. A trapped Usher
will attack any one who comes within
reach of the trap chain and when free
will beat off any dog of twice its size.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

An ornithologist, having investigat.
ed the question of at what hour il
summer the commonest small birds
wake up and sing, states that the
greenflnch is the earliest riser, as Il
pipes as early as 1880 In the morn
ing, the blackcap beginning about
2:20 1t is nearly o'clock, and the
sun as we'll above the horizon, before
the first real songster appears in the
person of the blackb bird. He Is heard
half an hour before the thrush, ant
the chirp of the robin begins about the
same length of time before that o.
the wren. Finally, the house sparrow
and the tomtit occupy the last place OF
the list This investigation has alto
gether ruined the larks reputation
for early rising. That much-celebrat
ed bird is quite sluggard, as it does
not rise until after the chaffinches, lin.
nets and number of the hedgeroV
birds have been up and about.-Cin.
cinnati Enquirer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

BUILDING operations always havo a
delighted audience. 1t pleases the av-
,rage person to see the mortar slip
nto the chinks of the rock like butter
nto cats ear, especially when some
me else fcndles the trowel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

OUR Somerset correspondent says:
The ground has got so warm during
she hot spell that the cows are giving
boiled milk and the mushrooms arc
coming up in the pastures ready
,tewed And yet the ambition of that
Toung man is to get reporters place
IN religious paper
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

The loston iase-Eall Club paid
10000 for Mike Kelly. If all reports
ire true the managers would be willing
sell him for the same number of fig
Tres, but with a period whore the
comma was when they got him. - It'd
pjfc
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
Cheaper to Move than Pay Rent.

A little Austin boy, whose impecuni-
,us parents are always moving from
me house to another, was asked by tho
Sunday school teacher:
"Why did the Israelites move out of
Egypt"
"Because they couldn't pay their
'ent, reckon. "-TeTas Siftings.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system etfectually,
dispelliug colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste. but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE KY. NEW YORK, N. Y.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
Too YonRue.

The doctor said: "show nue. yeui
tongue"
But the bright little miss was hlgt
strongue
MY tongue isn't Sick"
She answered him quick;
.The troubles way down in my
Tongue"
Chicago Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Ratcliffe-"What, Southard's coun.
trv place sold for ten thousand! Why.
he was offered twenty for 1t last year"
Vance-"That was before he had the
grounds improved by a New York
landscape gardener. Puck.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Clean blood means a clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, BY
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, bllckheada
and that sickly bilious complexion by takint
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, SOC.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
Blizzard Philosophy.

The quality of the hat does not desig-
late the quantity Of brains that lies
beneath it.
Words of repining never bring ray
If sunlight.
IT'S q poor general that will not
orage from an enemy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

A man without any religion at all
may not be manly, but woman with-
out any religion at all isn't even femi-
nine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Governor-elect Roosevelt of Me-,
York, driven to desperation by the
prmy of Office seekers by whom Re ls
besleged, has issued this notice; mo
person. no matter who he may be, need
come to see me hereafter unless he has
an appointment"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

am entirely cured of hcmolThaye OF lungs
LrNDAMAN. Bethany. Mo: January s. ls93.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

The Hanover Modern Woodmen will erect
4 large building by means of the lottery plan.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren
eething, soft ems the gums, reducing lnflamma-
ion ,allays p ain, cures wind collie. &c. bottle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

a good many people believe they are poll
ticians who are not.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Any fool can talk but emily wise men know
how to think.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Gratitude is too often but fervid exp cta-
ton of favors to come.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full OF life, nerve and vgor, take No-To
Bao, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, zoe or 81. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

The paper-hanger finds business good when
it drives him to the wall.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
Beauty rs Blood Deep.

The Topeka Elks have given an entertain
ment, PLAYING Romeo and Juliet
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
ro-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.

Plttsburg has the right kind of clay handy
nd is reaching for pottery plant.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
No Wonder Business was Dull.

FLOWS business in your line?" in
Iuired one stranger who met another
n railway car.
Booming"
"You don't say sol Awful dull in
mine. What line are you in?"
"Ice. And your"
"Stoves. Pitts burg Dispatch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Educate Your Bowels With Sascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation foreve
ioc, 25c. If C. c. c. fail, druggists refund none
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

A whistle on one of the lola smelters can
be heard ID miles away.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
Dent Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

When any statement is made there is al
ways someone to dispute it,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, loo or Csc
II @. G. G. fail to cure. druggists refund money
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Compound is the overcoming or cases
of supposed barrenness. This great
medicine is SO we'll calculated to regu-
late every function of the gcnerative or
gans that its efficiency is vouched for
by multitudes of women.
Mrs. ED. WoLFoRD, of Lone Tree.
Iowa. writes:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11
To Cure Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if ii fails to cure. 25c.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
snen strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

The gum trees OF Australia are tn.
tallest trees in the world. They aver.
age 900 feet in height.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

"A MOTHERHOOD is woman's natural destiny.
M Many denied the happiness of children
- through arrangement of the generatve organs
Actual barrenness
Among the many trumphs Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

age 300 feet in height.
One of the largest forests in the
world stands on ice. 1t is situated be.
tween Ural and the Okhotsk sea. A
well was recently dug in that region
and at a depth Of $50 feet the grount
was still frozen.
A German authority on forestry an
nounces the discovery in India of
tree having leaves so highly electrical
that whoever touches one of them re
ceives a severe electrical shock. Eve
upon the magnetic needle this tree
which has been given the name O
philotcea electrical, has a strong influ
ence, causing magnetic variations a
Il distance Of seventy feet. The cleo
trical strength of the tree varies az
cording to The time of the day, be
ing most powerful at noon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-05-11

Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
WHERE MANY WERE
KILLED DURING STORM

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett.
SAN JUAN PORTO RICO, Aug. 13.-
Reports of terrible loss by the hurri-
cane continue to reach here. At
UtruadO it is now said that there were
200 or 800 killed during the storm. Ar
royO is completely destroyed only four
houses being left standing.
At. Guayama three brick houses are
all that are left standing. The church
is without a roof. There were fifteen
one persons were drowned The town
suffered comparatively little.
Conditions at Ponce are no better.
There is a report of a mutiny there.
The commanding officer is doing the
best he can for the relief of the suffer-
ers.
Official word comes that there were
several casualties at Patilas Nobody
has any shelter, all the survivors are
sleeping in the streets. Families OF
some means are without food. Baker
les are destroyed and there is no bread
or salt. The Mayor fed the destitute
for a time with provisions found under
the ruins. but none is left.
Barranquitas is mass of ruins.
Thirteen persons were killed there.
At Mayaguez the conditions are no
better. Vessels went aground, but there
was no loss of life.
Governor General Davis has sent out
thousand soldiers to aid post COM
manders in the relief of the suffering.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
HURRICANE SEEMS
TO BE DECREASING

WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.-The West
Indian hurricane appears to be gradu-
ally decreasing in strength, and the
chances are that it will spend itself be-
fore making much further progress.
This is the welcome news given out by
the officials of the weather bureau to-
night 1t is based on the fact that there
has not been any decided fall in the
barometer in the localities that should
feel it's effect, and by the presence of
an area of high pressure in the north
ern part of the United States which
tends to keep the storm from cOntinu-
ing on it's onward march. The move
ment of the hurricane is apparently
very slow. and even at Jacksonville the
velocity of the wind this morning was
but twenty-one miles an hour. The
opinion of the officials is that by the
time Charleston is reached there will be
no more than an ordinary blow. Will
mington N c., and Norfolk have taken
down their hurricane signals. The
storm now appears to be on the east
coast of Florida, and the latest reports
from Jupiter, dated at 4 o'clock this
morning, indicate a pretty severe blow
at that place. 1t is now south of Jack
sonville, indicating slow northward
movement since last night. The bureau
has had no wire reports south of Titus
Vile, Fla, some distance below Jack
sonville. since last night, and nothing
from Nassau, Bahama Islands. since
Friday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
OTIS LATEST LIST
OF CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-General Otis
reports the following additional casual
ties:
KiIled-August 9. Thirty-sixth Infantry
near San Fernando CorpOrals Louis J.
Wagner and Andrew Wilson.
Wounded-Seventeent Infantry. Com
pany d, Nicholas Milan. chest, very Sc
we're; John J. Woods, forearm, moderate;
Celestine Boline, elbow, severe; Company
G. John Hamel. arm. severe; Company
II, Edward Woods, thigh, severe; John
Wraymond, thigh, slight. Twelfth In
fantry. Company H. Corporal Albert
Beryow. shoulder, slight.
Fifty-first Iowa Infantry, Company c.,
Peter ]. Hariff, chest, severe.
Thirty-sixth Infantry, Major John
Hugh Braden, knee, slight; Company D,
Captain Robert B. Obernly, forearm,
slight; Company c, Matthew E. Ham.
arm, severe; Company D, James F. Hig-
gins, thigh. slight; Company NJ; Michael
Mccarthy, knee. slight; John Ray. knee
slight. Twenty-fourth Infantry at De-
posito, Company E. Corporal L. B: Price,
foot, moderate, Eleventh, Fourth ., In
fantry, near Novalleta, Company b, Clem
WOnghtel, leg, slight.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
INSURGENTS HAVE
TAKEN THE AGGRESSIVE

MANILA, Aug. 13.-The insurgents
have taken the aggressive in the neigh
bOrhood of the railroad. On Saturday
night they unsuccessfully attacked San
Luis, on the Rio Grande, near Calum-
pit, which is garrisoned by two compa-
nies of the Twenty second Infantry.
The Americans had one man, a ser
geant, killed, and two privates wound
ed. Yesterday morning a similar affair
took place at Gringua, four miles west
of MalolOs, where another small garri-
son is stationed as a safeguard against
possible attack upon the railway. A
special train took reinforcements to
Malolos and Guiganto, just north Of
Rulacan.