The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-08-28
PICKED FROM COUNTY PRESS.

The following recently married couple.
were rendered a reception in the l. o. O
+. hall, Wednesday evening by the mem
bers of the Rebekah lodge. Mr.. ans
| Mrs. A. M. Cornell, Mr.. and Mrs. /
IL. Meyer, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Kin
ney. The wives of the gentlemen named
are members of the order. Mrs. Geo
Randall and Mrs. j. E. Brown did the
honors of receiving. 1t was very pleas,
ant affair. The refreshments were ice
cream and cake.-Amboy Herald.
We understand that the Mankato Side
walk company, has offered to put down
| a first class cement walk, twelve feet
wide, on Main street, for two dollars a
| foot. linear measurement. There are
fifteen twenty two foot lots in a block.
The cost therefore per lot would be
| forty-f four dollars, or six hundred and
sixty dollars for each side of a block.
Crackey! wouldn't that make us feel
proud to see that job done?- Amboy
Herald
DR.. T. G. Busse and Miss Grace Smith
were married at Mapleton.
Rev. F. E. Day resigns the pastor
ate of the Baptist church at Mapleton.
The question of salary has something to
do with Rev. Days action.
The Mapleton Enterprise states that
lit is Charles Merricle, not Charles Min
exile. who is heir to fortune in Hol-
land.
James O'Connor marketed the largest
consignment of poultry last Saturday
of any single farmer. His checks ag-
gregated about $70.-Mapleton Enter
prise.
Over $500 worth of poultry was mark
eted at Mapleton last Saturday. Charles
Macbeth of Aankato was one of the
buyers.
Louis RAIDER planted forty eight bush
els of barley seed and realized only
sixty bushels.
Mr.. Chas. ellison, the will known
well man is working on ditching ma
chine which he intends to have patented.
If he succeeds in making the machine
anticipated it will revolutionize the
work of ditching, laying water mains and
putting in sewers. The machine is ex-
pected to dig any depth or width desired.
-Mapleton Enterprise.
David Away, we'll known to many
in this section of the country, has re-
turned to Minnesota from Ogden, Utah,
finding that climate very detrimental to
his health He will probably relocate at
Eagle Lake.-Mapleton Enterprise.
Mrs. H. C. Hotaling of Mapleton, who
is ill with nervous prostration, is re-
ported very much improved.
ANDY Humid. second son of Roman
Humid, proprietor of the Mapleton meat
market. met with an accident while at
work on the farm, Monday morning. He
was driving a team and in some manner
fell off, The boy is of the opinion that
the wagon wheels passed over his body
but the injuries received hardly carry
out this contention. He was confined to
his bed few days the first of the week,
but is all right again now.-Mapleton
Enterprise.
Gingseng gathering is very profit
able occupation, if we may judge from
the work done by Henry Gerlach on
Monday. Taking the commercial value
of the roots and seeds, his days work
was easily worth $50. The ginseng root
is quite valuable on account of the use
which the Chinese make of the plant in
their pharmacopoeia, bringing IN It's
dried form about $40 per pound. As to
the medical qualities of the plant Ameri-
can physicians claim it has no value
whatever Our town has several of the
real shang growers, chief of whom is our
friend Chas. T. Kellogg, who has quite
a garden of it under cultivation. We also
learn that its value means an annual in
come of $4,000 to the acre so long as
China's cash box holds out. We trust
that the expectations of our gingseng
growers will be more than realized
Good Thunder Herald.
George A. Walter of Berlin, Wis, has
been secured as principal of the Good
Thunder school.
County Surveyor Brooks has been with
us for the past few days running out
grades and lines for sidewalks. At the
present time our walks are in very bad
condition and it is hoped that some at
least of them will now be improved
Good Thunder Herald
Marshal Mcbride of Rose Creek mis-
took Fred Clesen, proprietor of the hotel
of that place for a burglar and shot
him in the heel Clesen had refused to
stop when ordered to do so by the mar
shall.
The old Occidental hotel at Fairmont
was sold yesterday to the Fairmont
Real Estate and Investment company
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