The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-26
Stories From Home and Elsewhere.

the hill near the railroad track instead
of cutting it down. With a five per cent
grade over the hill, the cost of the road
is estimated at $5,400. This estimate
has been filed with the county board.
Mr. Brooks has thought out another way
to reach the falls and avoid the present
billy route, and that will be to follow
the edge of the bluff across Lyons
creek and recross the track and come in
back of the old depot. The cost of this
will be comparatively little, and the road
will not pass near the track, which is
considered dangerous feature of the
other plan.
While the county board was in ses-
sion last Tuesday j. B. Nielsen, j. b.
Richards and l.. b. Fancher of North
Mankato appeared before the commits
sioners with the request that County
Surveyor Daniels be instructed to coop
kato Mankato and Blue Earth county
in locating the site and preparing an
estimate of the cost of bridge to span
the Minnesota river at that point, says
The st. Peter Herald. While the last
legislature was in session it voted an
appropriation of $4,000 to be used in
constructing a second bridge at North
Mankato, the bill designating the point
at which it was to be erected 1t de-
veloped, however, that there is some diff
ference among the people of North Man
kato as to the proper place to build the
bridge, and when the commissioners
learned of this they declined to issue
instructions to Mr.. Daniels to make the
survey.
Joseph, the nineteen year old son OF
A. Rebbe, former resident of Mankato,
was drowned at about seven o'clock
Wednesday evening in large drainage
ditch near Albert Lea. The family
moved to their farm near Albert Lea
two years ago. The ditch, which is
twelve feet deep and eighteen feet wide,
crosses the farm. The young man with
some companions went in bathing, but
was taken with cramps and never arose
to the surface. His companions dived
for him, but it was nearly midnight be-
fore the body was found.
The remains will arrive in the city on
the p. m. train today over the Mil
waukee road, and funeral services will
be held at st. Peter and Paul's Catholic
church at nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
The boys father was in the city to-
day, arranging for the funeral The
family lived on North Sixth street.
In the municipal court this afternoon
the suit of r. Wachtler VS.. T. f. Weber
was tried before a jury. The plaintiff
seeks to recover a commission of $l.5O
an acre for negotiating the sale of 800
acres of land for the defendant. The
defendant claims that Mr.. Wachtler re-
ceived a commission from the purchasers
of the land, A. C. Hopkins and Macbeth
& Gardner Mr.. Wachtler admits hav-
inc received small commission from
them, but says that his principal com
mission was to come from MIR. Webber.
w. r. & c.. ID. Geddes are the plaintiffs
ATTORNEYS and W. w. Smith the defend
ants.
Judge Comstock yesterday filed de-
Mrs. Frances Sontag. The plaintiff sued
for $l9l2, and the defendant put in
claim. The court grants the de-
PENDANT Judgment against the plalntllf
for SlS.2S. w. w. Smith represented
the plaintiff and c.. o. Daley the de-
PENDANT.
In spite OF the weather prediction OF
"fair tonight and Friday" severe thun.
der storm came up last night that did
some damage in the city. Lightning
struck Mrs. Jones' residence, at 4o9
State street, and split the. chimney, SO
that half of it fell off, but it could not
he discovered that the fluid in seeking
the ground had done any other damage
to the residence.
Small limbs were wrenched from the
trees in different parts of the city. Inc
rain poured down in torrents, and srept
the streets and flushed the CUTTERS.
Standing grain must have been lodged
wherever the wind struck it.
The rainfall last night, according to
the rain guage at the park, was ~
inches. The rainfall last Saturday night
was .93 inches, and that Sunday nlgnt
was 2.29 inches. This makes total
rainfall within a week of 4.l9 inches.
The river has begun to rise again.
meeting of secretaries of the South
ern Minnesota State Fair Short Ship
circuit was held in this city last even
ING for the purpose of selecting the free
for the coming fairs In the
circuit. President Atchison and Secre-
tary Krost represented the Mankato
Fair association, E. E. Miller the 81.
Peter fair, and A. f. Burmeister the
Brown county fair.
A selection of attractions was made,
and also a selection of second choice, In
case the first choice cannot be secured.
The first choice free attractions include
a trio of two women and man In
trapese and acrobatic performance,
man and woman in contortion acts ana
wire walking, the wheeling Vince
locks" in their bicycle performance, and
the LaBelle brothers of New Ulm, who
do slack and tight wire stunt, Jug
Cling, etc. 1t is proposed to have these
attractions on the fair grounds and also
on the streets, as an added attraction
for fair week. In case these cannot be
gotten, other attractions equally good
will be secured.
Next week the contract for building
the two wings to floral hall will be
,,y,rdod and the work will be pushed.