The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-16

driving his team about the park as riual,
but he still limps somewhat.
William Siebert has received the free
use of Citizens telephone for three
months in compensation for damage done
to his store on West Front street, by
a blast of dynamite across the street,
where some of the companys men were
digging post holes in the solid rock,
about two weeks ago. Half the paper
of the ceiling was torn off at that time,
and the awning was badly torn.
P. S. Lobdell, now resident of Hen
rietta, Pine county, was in the city
last week selling out his feed mill and
slaughter house. The engine, boiler and
mill will now be removed from their 10
cation on West Front street. Although
they have not been used for about a
year, they have had the effect of keeping
up the rate of insurance on houses in the
neighborhood. The slaughter house, Just
across the Blue Earth river in lie Hill
lier has been sold to Russ Burrill.
Supt. Blake and his men were given a
vast deal of extra work in cleaning up
after the Labor Day festivities at Sib-
ley park by reason of a million little
small boys. When the exercises were
almost over, these boys appeared with a
fresh supply of programs, which they
were going to distribute. As the cele-
bration at the park was about over, Mr.
Blake told the boys not to distribute
these programs in the park. The young
sters took the pamphlets off a little dis
lance and tore them into slIreds! There
was aastrong wind that scattered the
pieces far and wide. Every tiny scrap
of paper had to be picked UP by hand. r.,
The mound at Sibley park now looks
exceedingly pretty. 1t has been trim
med up, and freed fr rpmpI al, its, sspperfpq7
Gus foliage, of which there was an enor-
nous quantity this year. Mrs: Chancesyy
Austin Of San Diego, CAL, was recently
a visitor@ atathe park, and declared that
California did not have ia eautyqspot
to equal alt It. .sb93s bnG sul8r4 1sd5o
Mr. Blake is Still working at the we'll
at Highland park.o The excavation in
the quicksand, Yeightyrseven feet below
the surface of the, ground, has been dug
to a depth that is only eighteen inches
less than what will be required to i'm
merse the strainer. 1t is impossible
however, to get down any further with
the apparatus that is now in use. The
pressure of the quicksand has caved in
the thin iron casing that has been used
at the bottom to hold back the sand at
the sides as the digging went on. Mr.
Blake has sent to Chicago for a new
piece of casing. This will be six inches
i'll diameter, half an inch thick, and nine,
ty feet long, SO that it will reach the
entire depth of the well. This casing
will cost about fifty dollars. After the
casing is thrust down into the well, Mr.
Windmiller's services will be engaged
to deepen the well. SO the strainer can
be inserted. Washed sand from the
river will be packed in all about the
strainer, and then the casing will be rails
ed just high enough to allow the water
to flow in upon the strainer, which, of
course, must be completely immersed.
Mr.. Blake is satisfied that there is
water to the value of thousands of dol
lars flowing down there in the great
est abundance, practically an exhaust
less supply. The city certainly needs
to have its water replenished now.
Residents of Mound avenue would be
very much pleased if drivers would keep
their horses and vehicles off the boule-
wards and sidewalks, or rather off those
places where the boulevards and side
walks may some day appear. Delivery
men have way of driving close up to
the front gates, without regard to pass
ers-by on foot, who must walk out into
the street.
Oscar Over went to visit the fair at
st. Peter Thursday.
j. NJ. Mankle of Montana, who has
been visiting at the home of his cousin,
Mrs. Frank Allen, left for his home
Thursday.
The young lady who was injured at
Sibley park on the afternoon of Labor
Day is Miss Hattie Kuhn, who bakes in
the establishment of M. Hanna. Miss
Kuhn is still confined to her home on
Poplar street as the result of her in