The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-24
Residents Of the Little Village Began
to Get Nervous.
But No Great Amount of Damage Was
Done Whereabouts.
Base Ball Fans Are Given Something
to Think Of.
Other News Of Interesting Character
Is Put Forth.

Is Fut fOftn.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Sunday night just before seven o'clock,
st. Clair citizens were disturbed by the
ominous rumbling of an approaching
storm. 1t sounded for all the world like
an oncoming train and continued in force
for full fifteen minutes. People gathered
i nthe streets and doorways anxiously
awaiting developments. All the cyclone
stories came readily to mind. But no
death dealing cloud seemed to- appear.
Only a dark spot just north of our viii
lage beyond which was the clear sky.
All the oldest settlers declared they had
never seen it in this fashion before. As
the noise lessened and finally died away
with the progress of the cloud northward,
peace came again upon the community
1t developed later that a heavy storm
had swept through the country west of
Tivoli in four mile sweep. Near here,
however, no damage has been reported. 4
Mankato township and team from
Decoria called Smiths contested for hon
ors at the local park Sunday, the latter
winning by a score of l6 to 5. Best
man and Shepard were the points for
Smiths and were well-nigh invincible.
Shepherd halls from Smith Mills and as
tonished all by his remarkable NIT work,
while Bestman, besides throwing well
batted out two-baggers and made a
three base hit. For Mankato, Schweig-
art caught and Teissen was in the box.
Their Businessman mostly "chewed the
rag"
A large party of excursionists from
this vicinity took advantage of the pro-
pitious weather to visit Lake Madison
Sunday. Among them were the. Bruels
May, Fitzloff, Schustag and Hodapr
families, the Misses Smith and Miss
Stella Rasdall.
Mr.. Lee Rasdall and Mr.. Fred Krause
enjoyed camping trip to Lake Madison
staying Sunday and Monday. They
brought home about two hundred fish
IS x,or;o,,e l,;nJ. ond o.1ac
And speaking of fishing, our good prin
cipal, Mr.. Daniel Setchfeld, writes
from st. Cloud that he recently was al
assistant in great catch of black bass
five of which weighed twenty pounds.
| The Free Methodists will hold thei
annual camp-meeting at Mineral SPRING
July lilo. Rev. G. S. Phillips of st
Clair, is in charge of arrangements. Tn
bill of advertisement says that tents ant
fodder can be procured on the grounds
also that trains will be met at Eagl
Lake the first two days. A good-size'
crowd is expected to be present from
various places in the Winnebago dis
trict. Good speakers will be on ham
so the services are confidently expecte,
to be popular and effective.
The new telephone line connecting 81
Clair and the farmers to, the SOUTHWARK
began business Saturday by gettin
crossed over the Citizens line. In conse
I quence there was a furore on for tn
time being until the trouble man coul
separate the conflicting stories that bug
zed back and forth. Every one too
hand in the fun. Now all is seren
and when all get used to the new COZ
venience, there will be a ring only OK
casionally.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Neary, {
Mcpherson township, whose death o.
CURED, Monday, was had at the Cathol
church Tuesday morning Father She
lock saying the usual requiem mass. M
Neary was an old settler in our comml
nifty, well and most favorably know
Her funeral was very largely attende
in consequence. r
3 Merchant Pagenkopff is charging al
a improving his home. The veranda w
be made artistic and the general effect
. the house rendered. more in harmon
g with the prevailing mode. Mr.. Pet
t McGovern has the work in charge.
f Congregational Church Notes.
g E. Dudley Parsons occupied the pulp
t of the Congregational church Sunday a
It ter an absence of two weeks spent
!, Minneapolis and the western part of t
% state.
d The church has been cleaned thoroug
ly and seemed pleasant place to be
more ways than one Sunday.
Sunday, June Goth, the Children's d
=, exercises will be held at the usual no
for the evening service. This year I
!. program will consist of Bible reel