The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-10-11
MAPLETON.
From the Enterprise:

From the Enterprise:
Mr.. A. Covel of Mcpherson was one
of the lucky farmers as far as the po-
tato crop is concerned. He had half an
acre from which he realized 81
bushels.
Grandpa Day came home from
Pennington, Tuesday. He reports
that about ten miles of the Milwaukee
road is practically graded and that the
work is being pushed right along.
The seven year old son of Horatio
Wicks was thrown from horse on
Monday evening, breaking his arm
Just above the wrist. He was brought
to town and DR.. Schefcik examined
the injuries by means of his X-ray
machine, finding both bones broken.
Mr.. Edward Forgarty, a respected
citizen of Lyra township, died on
Wednesday, after an illness of about a
month. The deceased was born in Ire
land 81 years ago and came to America
when a young man, locating in Wis
consin. Later he moved to Minnesota
and made his home in this county.
A depressing accident occurred at
the home of Mr.. Jerry O'Connor Tues
day afternoon, when the children in
romping through the field pushed one
of their number, a lad of eight years
of age 80 that he fell upon sharp corn
stub. The stub penetrated the eye
fairly gouging it out. The little fell
low was brought to town and on the
recommendation of DR.. Kruger was
taken to Mankato where his injuries
were looked after by DR.. James, the
eye specialist.
Last Tuesday, Oct. 1st, was the ODD
birthday of Mrs. Weltah Leighton, the
esteemed mother of Mrs. J. M.
Sprague. Mrs. Leighton is the oldest
person in the community and, consid-
ering her age, is enjoying remarkable
health. Mrs. LIE ighton remembers see
ing some of the soldiers of the revolu-
tionary army as they marched through
her native state, Vermont. Many are
the wonderful changes which have
taken place during her long and busy
life. That she may live to round out
the century of her life is the earnest
wish of her. many friends in Mapleton.
One of the matters of general in
terets to be considered by the village
council next Monday evening will be
whether Mapleton shall have sewer
system or not and whether the work
will be commenced at once or carried
over until next spring. A complete
and exhaustive set of plans and speci-
fcations have been prepared by
County Surveyor Brooks for the in
formation of the council and the in
struction of contractors. The proposed
work, according to the plans pre-
pared, commences at Grove street, near
the corner of the school house pro-
perty and runs north on Second street
to Main where it intersects with the
main sewer running along Main street
the depot to Center, thence northfrom
again to the vicinity of the stockyards
where it runs westward to the open
ditch.
Early Friday morning, the clang of
the fire bell aroused our people and an
investigation found the. village lookup
in flames. The first thought was are
we to have a repetition of the Good
Thunder catastrophe, but such was
not the case. The lookup was unoc-
cupied and had not been used for sew
eral days. 1t was plainly the work of
and while the building was
not anything to be proud of, it is to
be regretted that there should be any
one in the community possessing sufi-
cient anarchistic instinct as to boldly
apply the torch to any building. The
fire was discovered by VIM. Strobel,
who fastened to the building expect
ing to find some poor wretch strug
Cling in the flames, but was unable to
break open the door. He spread the
alarm and when the fire boys had sue
ceeded in placing the fire under con-
troll, the building was complete ruin.