The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17

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Director Morey, of the Normal school
at Winona, has received from Attorney
General Douglas an opinion regarding
some Normal school matters over
which there has been some dispute
Mr.. Douglas says that the payment of
tuition charges in the Normal schools,
in lieu of declaration of intention to
teach in the public schools of the
state, entities the student so paying to
the rights enjoyed by those who do
sign the declaration The last part of
the opinion is in direct opposition to
the contentious heretofore made by
State saPsrintsndent Lewis: = =
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:. THE village Of Balatorn has sold
So, 900 worth of water works bonds to
Minneapolis parties for So, O25 and
accrued interest. Work will commence
on the plant in about week: -.
. st: Peter Tribune: Capt: p: Green
is home from the Philippines, where
he soldiered two years. he was pro
vost marshal of Manila for one year
and can give you the inside Of life in
the Philippines He is accompanied
by his wife. =.
Daniel T. Ronnstree, -of Troverse
Nicollet county, who settled in that
section in 1855, died last Friday at
the home of,s.his daughter, and was
buried on Sunday
Arrangements are being made to
stock the lake which will be created at
Redwood Falls by the building of
dam, with fish from the United States
fish hatcheries. &C, g
A Redwood Falls dispatch says that
the report of big wheat yields con-
tinue and that many % bushel yields
are reported, and scarcely none less
than %. Help is said to be scarce and
wages are high.
The New Ulm Journal contains an
extended account of the new boot and
shoe factory opened in that city last
week. It has capacity of 800 pairs of
shoes per day and gives employment
to twenty men. Three statesmen are
employed on the road. The factory cost
SO, 600.
St. Peter will send delegation of
about twenty old soldiers to the ma
tional enacampment at Chicago the last
of this month.
The Sentinel says that the assessors
returns show that there are only 1925
worth Of Jewelry in Fairmont. 60
Twenty rural, four semi grad
ed and two graded schools in Redwood
county will receive state aid this year.
This is. the best showing of any
county except Blue Earth, and its pop
ulation is only about one-half the lat
ter One rural school in the county
applied for state aid and then. with
drew..sHad &c remained in Che list,
Redwood county, could. have led. the
state.
Faribault was visited by heavy
rain and wind storm. yesterday, which
blew down the large Chimney of one-of
the elevators sending It through. the
roof Of the power house, = damaging
the electric motor Considerable other
damage was done by the.wind. The
country west Of the city was visited
by hail storm and many felds.of
corn, fax and potatoes suffered Sc
verely.
Mr.. G. A. Chapman has been busy
the last day or two disposing of the
surplus funds derived from the sale Of
the sugar beet crop Of last season, = in
which several of our. citizens were in
terested. The surplus, however, was
not great. Those who put up from
forty to sixty dollars in cash to prove
to the farmers how profitable beet
raising was, drew out from So. so to
81. 80. In other words for every dollar
put in. by the" enterprising business
man, he received back about seven
cents The gentlemen. who put up
their money for beet culture last year