The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-11-29

among the farmers herds of swine
there.
Winnebago City Enterprise: j. R.
Hughes is the new operator for &c. L.
Sharp at the Edwards, Wood & Co.
commission house. Burt Taylor c.
cepts position with the same COM
pany at Mankato.
Nothing has been heard lately from
New York regarding the construction
of the street Car line, and if the
franchise has not already expired it
| will do so JAN LIST.
A report from Madison :. Lake says
that J. r Lowe will cease the publ
cation of the New Era the first of De-
| cember and move his plant to Centura,
Wis. 1t is expected Eugene Barnes of
Mankato will start paper to succeed
the New Era.
JacobssC. Hub has been granted "a
license to fit glasses by the state board
of examiners in optometry, having
passed the required examination. His
certificate is the first to be filed in the
Office of the clerk of the district court
under the new law.
| A stranger in the city today remark
ed that he had never before seen SO
much dust in Mankato as filled the air
today. He asked why the city officials
do not sprinkle the streets the same as
they do at otker times of the year
when it is dusty.
| The remainder of the blue prints
for the public library arrived yester-
day afternoon, and there are now six
complete sets, which will be passed
around among the contractors who are
figuring on the building A number
of local and outside contractors are
talking of submitting bids.
Rain fell Saturday night, and the
! weather was raw and threatening yes
terday The mercury took fall last
night and today opened beautiful
People are congratulating themselves
that it was rain and not snow that
fell Saturday night.
! The sexton of the Catholic cemetery
complained to the police this morning
that private party had gone into the
cemetery and dug grave upon a
family lot, against his circumstances
The party had been given permission
to do so by the owner of lot, to inter
| a still born babe.
The American Express Co. g Office is
about to undergo some extensive re-
pairs and improvements. New coun-
! tiers will be placed in it, new paint
and paper will be put on, and anew
sign will replace the old one on the
outside. When completed, it will be
one of the ''swellest" Offices in the
city.
! Good Thunder Herald: The Citi-
zens' Telephone Go. have their line
now completed to Beauford and are at
present extending from Garden City
to Vernon Center. Among the
proposed improvements on the Mil
waukee system is new steel bridge
over the Maple river, one half mile
south of town.
Sumner Tollefson, the man who was
badly injured near Vernon Center
some time ago, is somewhat better.
DR.. Bjelland yesterday discovered an
abcess in his fractured hip and re-
moved two quarts of pus. 1t is thought
J that he will improve much more rap
idly now. His broken ribs and arm
are doing well.
The funeral of the late ". J. o.
! born this afternoon was attended by a
large concourse of sympathizing
friends. The services were impress
sive, and the floral offerings many and
beautiful, including one from the Bar
association. Rev. Geo. w. Davis con-
Quoted the services, assisted by Rev.
Geo. 81. Davis. The interment was
had at Glenwood cemetery, whittier a
long procession accompanied the re-
mains.
John Dettweihler, 426 North Broad
street, purchased yesterday of agent
Peter Helm a fine silver tone Hackley
piano, although some agents were try
ing to put in different instrument,
but the Chase Hackley instruments are
, sold on their merit and the firm is one
of the strongest in the business. No
one need have fears but what they
will stand by any bargain made by
/ their agent and any talk by other
dealers to the contrary is simply boy
play.
Cream correspondent in GAINESVILLE
Argus: When N. T. Hoverson pulled
his pump out of his bored we'll for re-
pairs looking glass was held up re-
fiecting the light down in the we'll
when it was discovered that the hole
was entirely filled with willow roots
that had come from row of willow
trees 40 feet from the we'll. These
roots had penetrated the pine curbing
10 feet from the surface and then
grown down the well distance of 90
feet. Where the roots came through
the curbing they were the size of a
mans little finger but Immediately
branched out into numerous fine
threads. E. A. Runnels, who is an ex-
pert in the we'll business informs the
= writer that this is NO NOW tbino