The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-01

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fire. The mill was the property of JOS
eph Kruer. He carried $500 insurance
and the loss is $4,000. The mill may
be rebuilt at Good Thunder.
Victor Sperra, one of the old settlers
of Lyra township was found dead on
Thursday morning, evidently having
died of heart disease. He retired the
previous evening enjoying very good
health. and ia the morning started to
dress himself, as when found he was
partly dressed. The deceased was
about sixty-five years of age.
The Sterling Center correspondent of
The Mapleton Enterprise writes that
letter received this week brings the
news of the death upon the 9th inst,
near Ulen, Mimi, of f. Meilicke, who
formerly occupied the old Hill place,
few miles south of Good Thunder. He
had been i'll for long time, and suffer
ed greatly Enlargement of spleen was
the cause of his death. Deceased was
consistent Christian, man among
men. held in high esteem by all, and we
were very sorry to learn of his death
He leaves a wife and family of grown
up children to mourn him. Mrs. Lydia
! n, of a
daughter The funeral was held on the
| Sth inst.
Smith Hill came up from Mankato,
Monday afternoon, to visit his son, An
drew. Mr.. Hill is severely crippled but
by the aid of clutches gets around con-
siderably. -Mapleton Enterprise.
The Mapleton and Minnesota Lake
ball clubs will play at Mapleton Sunday
afternoon.
Charles Nathe of Mapleton will or
ganize store at Sank Center.
Clark Brown sailed, Saturday, August
| 10Th, from New York, for Hamburg,
Germany. He goes to Europe as the
manager of the Japanese Guards" a
company of twenty Japs, who do mill
| tary drill and wall-scaling act. He ex-
poets to make all the large cities of
Europe. He does not know how long
he may be away.-Mapleton Enterprise.
William Field, few years ago a
| farmer lad at St. Clair but now one of
the best experts in the employ of the
international Harvester company, was
| in town several days this week, says
The Mapleton Enterprise. Mr.. Field by
close attention to his duties has slowly
worked himself up until now he is one
of the trusted employees of the COM
pany and finds employment when other
men are given a vacation, not having
lost day in four years. Those who are
in position to know say that as an ex-
pert on gasoline engines he has few
| equals, and every one who owns gaso-
| line engine knows how much like a
mule those machines are, and how hard
it is to get them working when they
once start bucking.
Paul Moses was arrested at Maple
ton Wednesday night for disturbing the
peace. He endeavored to run the officer
through with pitchfork.
A. ]. Ellis of Sterling realized seven
ty-five bushels per ace from his oat field.
The Mapleton Enterprise is pleased to
learn that John c.. Morrow, formerly of
Beauford, but for the past several years
employed by the United States Steel
company, in the mining districts of
| Northern Minnesota, has been promoted
and is now a full f1edged master mechan-
ic in the mines at Hibbing. 1t is an
other evidence that honest effort is APP
preciated, even by great corporations.
Mapleton w. G.. L. L. is about to is
| sue a cook book
A. A. Buck told Mapleton newspa-
per man that he is going to shave off
| his whiskers soon.
A Beauford correspondent writes that
by Tuesday evening considerable grain
had been threshed by different machines
in that locality, and the following re-
ports have been secured: George Sell
ers has threshed ITO acres of wheat. 1t
was in two fields equally divided, one
| field was cut before the storm and the
other after, but this field was nearly
out of the path of the hail so suffered
more from the wind. From the first
field he secured about l71s bushels per
acre, and we will say that it was APP
parently as fine field as could be found
in the county. From the last mentioned
field the yield was fifteen bushels to
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