The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-11

of them has found reward enough in it
to induce him to keep up the enterprise.
There are not business houses enough to
furnish advertising and job patronage
sufficient to enable an editor to make
any profit We hope it will not be long
thus, and that our town will grow so
that we can have paper of our own, and
one that can and will stay.
The fire bell startled our people Tues
day evening. about $3.50. A double barn,
belonging to James Mape and Thomas
Smith, and standing upon their adjoining
lots, caught fire, presumably from a
pipe or cigar in the mouth of some fellow
who, made tired either by hard work or
by the ''load" he was carrying, had climb
ed into the hay NOW to enjoy a snooze.
His snooze did not last long, and the
building did not last long, either. Our
firemen and citizens worked faithfully
and successfully. and the fire was con-
fined to the building in which it started.
The loss is in the neighborhood of 5000
for each man, both insured The wet
roofs of the surrounding buildings help
ed to prevent the fires spreading.
Miss Grace Zuel returned Saturday
from a months visit with relatives at
Annandale and Minneapolis.
School begins Monday, the 18th. Miss
Annie NNildes, of Mankato, who has
pleased pupils, parents and school board
for the last six years, will again pre-
side in the primary department.
Mrs. j. E. Southwick is enjoying a
visit from an uncle and an aunt, from
Indiana.
Frank j. Fasnacht, one of the sturdiest
of our younger farmers, has rented his
form to John Smith, and will remove,
with his family, to Pennsylvania In
stances are not rare where a westerner
has gone east and showed the people
there what real hustler is like, and
Frank will no doubt keep up the VESTS
reputation in that respect.
John Smiths removal to the Fasnacht
farm leaves vacancy at the Smith
farm. Perhaps Ed Smith could tell us
how this vacancy is going to be filled.
T. A. Haigh having resigned the posi-
ton of village recorder, the council have
elected Capt F. M. Baker to the position,
and he has qualified
The Great Western brought in nine
coaches we'll filled, six or seven hundred
people in all, in its excursion Tuesday.
They enjoyed ride on the lake, rode on
the flying horses, ate everything IN sight,
and departed at six p. m. Now that the
c. G. w. has broken the ice, we hope
they will make popular excursions to our
lake permanent feature.
After more than forty years eontinu-
Gus residence on his fine farm, Mr.. P.
c. Lyons will soon move to another of his
farms, close to Marysburg, and has rent
ed the "old homestead" to Gerhard
Thissen.
At an auction sale Tuesday, farmers of
experience and good Judgment paid $7.75
per acre for standing corn. This does
not indicate that our corn crop is bad
one. In fact, there are hundreds of acres
in this vicinity which one week of sun
shine will convert into very satisfac
tory crop.
Arthur Shell is able to be out again,
after his little siege with the grip.
Mrs Margaret C. Mahoney, of Eagle
Lake, visited her sister, Mrs. Farmer,
here Wednesday.
Mayor w. j. Sichler was in Elysian
Tuesday night, and did not know what
danger his drug store was IN. George
Southwick removed all the mayors books
and papers, however, and these would
have been saved, even if the store had
been consumed.