The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-08-23
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municipal court Warden Felgate ar
rested his man little too soon. cache
had his main line laid, but had not
attached any of the side lines with
hooks, although he had them ready in
his boat. The court held that the
empty line could not be considered a
trot line and dismissed the action.
From fridays Daily
Escanaba, Mich, Aug. l6.-Lightning
played many queer pranks at the home
of Michael Considine, Northwestern
conductor. Mr. Considine was sitting
near window reading a paper, when
the bolt struck the house. The paper
was torn into small bits, but the read
er escaped without injury. The bolt
tore its way through wall and, strik:
ing telephone instrument, cut off the
transmitter and hurled it through the
open doors of two rooms. Every room
in the house was wrecked, but no
member of the family of four was
injured.
w. R. Geddes took a drive yester
day through Mankato, Decoria, Me-
Pherson, Medo and part of Beauford
townships and paid particular atten-
ton to the crops. He found the har-
vest well along, and expects that prac-
tically every field will be cut by to-
morrow night. In some places stack
ing is in progress. Rapid progress is
being made with the harvesting, in
spite of scarcity of help, as the crop
is light.
Mr.. Geddes found that the yield
will not be more than half of the
average with any of the crops. The
stand is light, owing to the wet wealth
er. In low places there is no yield.
Corn looks good, but on closer inspec-
ton it is seen that it is very thin,
many hills not coming up and the
hills being small. Some fields are just
tasseling out, and six weeks is re-
uuired from the time the tassel APP
pears until the crop is considered out
of danger from frost.
Mr. Geddes expects wheat to go
about eight bushels of No. 2 in the
localities that he visited. Very little
threshing has been done yet. While
he saw several straw piles, he saw no
machines in operation.
Or" Scholton, the Winnebago man
who was in Mankato yesterday, was
accompanied home last evening by
Deputy Sheriff John L. Loft of that
place. Mr.. Loft states that Scholton
has been harmlessly deranged for four
years, and believes that he is doctor.
He is therefore called CDR" Scholton
at Winnebago. With his wife, he
went to Tyler for a visit short time
ago, and when he reached Mankato on
his way home he refused to go any
further. He was found at the union
depot. and Chief Osten cared for him
at the city hall, providing him with a
cot, but he preferred to be up, and
stood upright two thirds of the night,
with his hand to his ear and looking
at the floor, intently listening for
sounds under the floor AS he re-
fused to 90 home, the officer was sum-
moned from Winnebago, but still
Scholton refused to go. 1t was neces-
sary to place him on the train.
Deputy Sheriff Loft was assisted
in taking Scholton by H. E. Harvey,
who was going to Winnebago. Scholt-
on is man well along in years, and
has white beard.
Wausau, Wis, Aug. l6.-H. Heskett,
superintendent of the construction OF
, the Wausau street railway system for
the Knox Construction company, OF
Chicago, which is about completed, Will
leave soon for Mankato, Mimi, to in
stall a like system in that city. The
| local system, consisting of five miles
of trackaee, was put in within a year
and is found very satisfactory by the
mblic and the city administration as
| well as by the electric railroad COM
pany.
Indian relics are found at intervals
in this part of the state, and IN TINS
direction Fred Babcock and hathryn
Rabcock of Kasota have been very
fortunate of late. At Lake jefferson
last week they picked up two Indian
arrow heads, and another was found
ON the shores of Lake Washington. All
were of flint and exceptionally fine
| specimens.
:, Mrs. Kreszenz Vogel, patient IN
one of the local hospitals, has been
| showing such marked signs OF IN
sanity that she was examined as to
her sanity this forenoon before Judge
Hughes and was committeed TO the
insane asylum at st. Peter. Deputy
Sheriff Klughertz and wife took her
there later.
Mrs. VogeIs home is in Mobiles coun-
| ty. She entered st. Joseph's hospi-
tai several months ago for the purpose
of making her home there, and not to
receive treatment. 1t was noticed that
she was not in her right mind any
of the time. but only lately was IL
thought best to incarcerate her. She
+, is an old lady, and has family OF
grown children.