The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-26
From Mondays Daily.

The home of Mrs. Sol. Taylor in South
Bend town was destroyed by fire Sat
urdav afternoon. The occupants lost
everything but the clothes they had on.
The fire started from defective chin
ney, so it is reported. The house was
owned by ID. d. Evans of Mankato.
The hired man employed on the farm
lost $50 in cash which he had III his
room. The young ladies of the fam
lily lost several gold watches.
DR.. w. X. Jaeoby of Vernon Center
was infNIankato over night on his way
to Chicago to enter the Pasteur In
stitute for treatment A few days
ago his greyhound became engaged in
fight with another dog, and in try
| ing to separate them DR.. Jacoby's dog
bit him across the base of his thumb.
He treated the wound and it has heal
ed nicely, but since then the greyhound
is thought to have developed rabies
and has been killed, and DIR. Jacoby
thought it safest to take treatment.
Albert Lea, July 22.-There was con-
sternation here yesterday morning when
the Minneapolis & st. Louis, Iowa
Central and Illinois Central railroads
brought in fifty coaches of excursion
| lists bound for st. Paul and a derailed
lot of empty coaches at Manchester,
just north of this city on the Mime
apolis & st. Louis, over which the ex-
cursion was going, prevented further
operations in that direction. After
some delay and scramble for some
| ho st
rangements were made to take the
special trains and the two regulars of
the st. Louis over the st. Paul, and
as the first section was going over the
Y a car left the track and another
delay resulted. but at last late in the
forenoon all left the city.
Fairmont, July 22.-AIartin county
has been visited by large number
of heavy rain storms thus far in July,
at times accompanied by heavy winds
which blew over the trees. Near Tru-
man the wind blew over the barn of
Henry Bohlman from it's foundation.
The plate glass in w. f. MerrilPs resi-
dence was blown in.
The large water fall has filled the
sIoughs and says and raised the water
| i'm the lakes. Farmers are delayed i'll
haying and are unable to cultivate
corn i'm the low lands. Considerable
grain is lodged.
Considering the heavy rains the last
few weeks, crops are still looking fair
and with ordinary weather will mature
in generally good yield. On account
of the wet weather it is estimated that
only about two thirds Oft hay crop
will be harvested, and probably only
a half crop, unless the weather i'm
proves.
Two residences were struck by light
ming during the storms of Saturday
night and yesterday. Emmanuel John
sons house at 2IO North Fourth street,
was struck at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
night, and the chimney was demolished
| above the roof, and cracked ten feet
below the roof and SCOT blown out
through the stovepipe hole. The bricks
from the top of the chimney were hurl-
ed for a distance of a block in all dl-
rections, so great was the shock, but be-
low the roof the damage was slight,
| which is a curious thing. | could not
be found where the fluid entered the
ground.
The first floor of this residence is oc-
cupied by n. Nj. Hermanson and wife,
and the second floor by Frank "a.
Thompson and wife.
A house on North Broad street owned
| bv Miss Minnie Lang was struck by
lightning at three o'clock yesterday al
L., loI
off and a hole made in the roof. The
lady living there was rendered lnsenslbie
for time The family were preparing
| to move, and did move to house on
Fourth street today.
From Tuesdays Daily.