The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-13

/ Rochester, Sept. lot. r. Spillane
was Knocked down by two soldiers
Saturday night and robbed of money
and a ring. The assailants are MEM
bers of Battery G, Third Field artit
lery Fort Smelling, which has been in
camp here for two days on its way
to Sparta, Wis. Spilane was hit on
the head with the butt of a revolver.
The soldiers We're not identified and
have left town. @
There is quite crowd at the Gar
den City fair today, many, being there
from distant parts of the county.
| The cattle, sheep and hog exhibit is
good, but the vegetable display is not
up to the standard.
The apple exhibit is not as good as
usual, the Parks display being con-
lspicuous by its absence.
This afternoon Professor Hacker of
the state dairy department, delivered
an address, and the horse racing sched
uled for the afternoon was pulled off
on time and with the entries men,
toned in yesterdays issue
w. R. Adams is superintendent of
the cattle and sheep department, and
he will judge the cattle at the Man
kato fair which will be held here
the latter part of the week.
Tomorrow Congressman Hammond
will deliver an address.
After Madison Lake had\ won
against Waterville, Aug 25 by a
score of ) to 3, the latter offered to
put up a side bet of 500 against
the same amount put up by Madison
Lake. The Madison boys Immediately
raised the cash and deposited it in
the Peoples State bank with the I'M
derstanding that the game was to be
played by, home players. When Madi-
son Lake played with Waterville they
were handicapped for two players; and
it was necessary to pick up two
from the crowd while Waterville hard
picked team from other places, one
being Dick Murphy, recently with the
Flecks.
When their manager, accompanied
by DR.. Tyrell, came up from Water
ellie Monday they wished to play Muir
ply and pick the grounds and still
hold Madison Lake down to the
broken team with which they played
on Aug %. Madison Lake could not
agree to this unfair proposition as the
understanding was that only home
players were to be used. Madison,
however,. offered three other PROPOSE
tions:
Three Propositions Offered.
First, to play on neutral grounds,
preferably Mankato, each team limited
strictly to home players; second, to
play on grounds of Wateryille's choice,
Faribault; WaterviIle to have Murphy,
and Madison Lake to have Bestman
from st. Clair, thus allowing each
team one outsider; third, Madison
Lake offered to increase the side bet
500 and 90 to Waterville to raise
the money. And all these fair prop
ositions Waterville would not agree.
It was the desire of the Madison
Lake representatives to have this
game come off and their money is
actually deposited in the Peoples
State bank; but it was impossible to
get Waterville to get to any terms
that were anything like fair.
Mrs. Nina Meyer, has taken an APP
peal from the award of 1928 made
to her by the Nicollet county board
for the land taken from her to put
the proposed new road up the bluff
in North Mankato. This road will
run up the ravine where her property
is situated, and will pass where her
house stands. She claims that there
is not room to move the house, as
the road will take all the available
fiat surface. and that her damage
will include the total loss of her house.
She has retained G.. O. Daley as her
attorney, and the case will 60 ON
the calendar for the October term OF
the district court at st. Peter. She
claims $1,000 damages.
The suit of Frank II. Barnes VS..
Deforest f. Carpenter, Lorenzo Car
penter and Evan Hughes was settled
today and stipulation filed that Will
result in its being dismissed when the
calendar is called at the next term OF
the district court Deforest j.. Car
penters farm was the bone of con-
tention, and by the terms of the settle
ment Mr.. Hughes receives the full
amount of his judgment, and an ar
rangement is made between the Car
penters that is entirely satisfactory to
! them.
| We were all wrong at this end of
the line, and both the Roosevelt boys
are located properly. 1t was Kermit
who went into Dakota to hunt chick