The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-06-08
Eagle Lake Residents Observe
the Memorial Day.
GRAVES FLOWER MARKED.
~T - let -
Impressive Ceremonies Were Carried
Out With Patriotic Addresses;
Close Of the School.


cises were held in the Methodist Episco-
pal church, Sunday evening, May 9th,
all the churches uniting in the services.
Rev. j. j. Lutz, pastor of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, preached the Me-
mortal sermon. Patriotic music was fur
nished by the male quartette. A good
ly number of the old veterans were
present. On Decoration day a commit
tee, consisting of Comrades AL. Dear
born, A. l.. Cummins and Samuel Press
nall decorated the ten graves in the
Eagle Lake cemetery. Each soldiers
grave was marked with flag. The ten
who repose in this cemetery are the fol-
lowing; E. +. Stevens, Company H,
Thireeth Wisconsin Infantry; Hiram
Sell, Company X, Thirty ninth Illinois
Infantry; James Lowell, Company X,
Second Minnesota Cavalry; Alex Hill,
New York state militia; William r.
Hum, Company A, l22 New York Infan-
try; Chester HI. Ryle, Company B, Tenth
Wisconsin Infantry; o. ID. Seaver, Com
pany B, Sixteenth New York Infantry,
Jere Elliott, Company A, Tenth Mime
sofa Infantry; S. ID. Lyman, Company
X, Twenty second Veteran Reserve
corps, and Isaac n. Ewing, Company C,
,nfh Int,
The graves of those who lie in the
old Burgess cemetery, southwest of town
were decorated by Comrade Pickle. Fol-
lowing are the names and regiments of
those buried there: Levi Stearns, COM
pany ID, First Minnesota, Battalion In
fantry; H. c. Bulls, Company g., Fiji
teenth New York Engineers; Sergeant
H. NJ. Burgess, Company E., Ninth Min
nesota Infantry; j. l.. Burgess, Company
X, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery !;
James Mattison, Company H, Second
Minnesota Infantry. Two soldiers of
the war of 1872, are buried in this
cemetery, but neither have tombstones
to mark their graves. The name of one
is Speed, the other Redner. Their graves
should be appropriately marked.
On Sunday, June 3rd, at 80 p. m. a
school house, at the head of which was
carried beautiful silk flag, the colors
belonging to the G. A. r. post of Eagle
Lake. The procession marched to the
cemetery where circle was formed
around each grave, and upon which was
deposited bouquet of flowers, by the
children of the Sunday school, after
which A. L. Cummins, post quartermas-
ter, planted on each grave a small flag.
When the circle was formed around the
last grave, that of Captain Dickerson,
patriotic addresses were made by Com
rades Ira B. Reynolds, and A. l.. Cum
minis, and patriotic songs rendered by
the Tivoli choir. At the conclusion of
sion marched back to the school house
where memorial sermon was delivered
by Rev. J. j. Lutz.
Following are the names of the old
veterans buried in the Tivoli cemetery !;
Deacon Whitney, war of 1872; George
H. Bennett, Company H, Second Mime
sofa Infantry; Nj. S. Fuller, Company
F, First Minnesota, heavy artillery !;
Lewis Bennett, Company H, Second Min
nesota Infantry; Lieutenant Henry
Ruegg Company f, Second Minnesota +;
Captain Nelson, w. ID. Dickerson, Com
pany H, Second Minnesota Infantry. An
other grave decorated was that of
frankie York, a boy of ten years who
was killed by the blood-thirsty Sioux
Indians in 1864, while carrying provis-
ions on horseback from his home just
across the lie Sueur river to the camp
of detachment of Company + of the
Second Minnesota cavalry, under Ser
geant Alex Merrill, now of GAINESVILLE,
who was holding the Indians in check.
The soldiers were at McCarty's cabin,
and the boy had almost reached the
cabin when he was fired on by the In
dians and his horse killed, while three
bullets went through the body of the
brave little boy. His mother had taken
refuge in the Mccarthy cabin, and he
died in her arms. He was stepson OF
George Bennett.
One of the most interesting events of
the season was the graduating exercises
of the class in the ninth grade of the
ninth grade of the public schools, held
in the Christian church Monday evening
The church was beautifully decorated
and packed to the utmost. The -four
"sweet girl graduates and the three
brioht yOlnu men COMPOSING the class