The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-09
Modern Brotherhood in Charge
of Memorial Services.
News From Many Of the Busy
Towns Herab0uts.
Choice Collection Of Gossip;
Personal Mention.

st. Clair, June lon Saturday the
St. Clair, ''kid' nine defeated like
aggregation at Eagle Lake by score
of 81 to a. The first five innings look
ed gloomy to the ST. Clair boys but
then tney went in and batted out a
victory, every one getting hit. Spe-
cial features of the game were the
catching of Ralph Macbeth for Eagle
Lake and the all round work of Foster
and Wolcott The locals are looking for
bigger game, GAINESVILLE, preferred.
The Modern Brotherhood of America
led the st. Clair Memorial day exer-
cises Tuesday. Meeting at their hall at
10 a. m, the lodge members and the
general public, including the school chill
dren and teachers, to the number OF
a hundred, after singing national songs,
suitable to the occasion and listening
to an address by E. Dudley Parsons
formed i'm line and marched to the Cath
Ollie cemetery. There the graves of Pet
er Thielman, Aaron Foyes, John Roeig,
George Payer, and Captain Patrick
OConnor, soldiers of the civil war as
well as that of st. Cyr' the Black Hawk
veteran, were decorated. Then the
company visited in turn the Andrews
homestead where the grave of Will
liam Gleason was cared for; the town
ship graveyard in which were found the
resting places of Sumner, A. T. and
Henry Hilton, Jacques Lacquers and an
unknown; the Lutheran burying
ground in which all that is mortal of
William Ruge reposes and finally the
Hawkins cemetery which contains the
remains of J. d. Hawkins, d. Alling, j.
Weston and William Doland. After
completing this memorial round good
ly number went to the home of Ernest
Ruge where bountiful picnic dinner
was served. The M. B. A. could not
have done better thing than to thus
the children, as they did.
The Lutheran parsonage is beginning
to assume majestic proportions, looming
up amid the trees in very imposing
manner A large force of carpenters is
at work and soon the brick veneering
will begin.
Charles Dittman is putting a porch
on the front of his house, thus adding
greatly to its appearance as well as
providing cool place to fight mos
quitos during the long summer eve
nings.
Tine cement walk around the school
yard was begun Tuesday. The con-
tractors expect to have the work COM
pleted in two weeks.
Albert r. Brown, who has been chos-
en- by the Mankato Congregational
church, as its associate pastor to re-
side in ST. Clair, succeeding f. Dudley
Parsons, recently elected to the prin-
cipalship of the Brookings, South Da-
kota, high school, will arrive the last
week in June. Mr. Brown is gradu-
ate of Yale Theological seminary and
being thus one of the best prepared men
possible to procure and coming well
recommended as man of force and
weight, he viii find ready welcome
from the people of this vicinity. He will
bring his bride with him.
State examinations are engaging the
time and energy of the school people
this week. Monday, June 5th, occurs
the annual field and track meet, Monday
evening the usual public program will
be given and Tuesday there is trip to
Good Thunder in order to show the
youth of That village a few pointers on
racing and so forth.
Father Sherlock, John FitzIoff, John
Bestman, William Franz, Henry Theil-
man and Geo. b. Caldwell took fish
ing trip to Madison Lake Tuesday.
Mrs. Albert Gerlich and her two chill
dren are visiting in this community
this week.
Father Sherlock rejoices in the safe
arrival of fine Hambletonian colt. He
has almost decided to name it Sherlock
Holmes
Charles and Otto Arnold, Joseph Good
ricn, Joshua Bruce and George Bjorne
all of GAINESVILLE, carpenters at work
on the Lutheran parsonage are staying
at the American house.
BUBBLES FROM BEAUFORT.